Jahyae Brown, Anthony Vieira battle to split draw at Fenway Park

Vieira found early success by working Brown out and keeping him on the defensive. Brown responded in the middle rounds, finding openings with counters as the match settled into a tactical battle between aggression and precision.

The fight stayed close in the final rounds. Vieira continued to apply pressure and looked to finish strong, while Brown landed enough effective counters to keep the match in doubt.

After eight rounds, the judges returned scorecards of 77-75 for Brown, 80-72 for Vieira and 76-76, resulting in a split draw.

In the co-feature, undefeated lightweight Shea “Showtime” Willcox improved to 8-0 with a dominant six-round unanimous decision over Salvatore Pugliares.

Willcox controlled the action from the opening bell, scoring three takedowns, including two in the fourth round. Pugliares moved around the ring for much of the fight in an attempt to avoid exchanges, but Willcox stayed patient and consistently landed the cleaner blows. All three judges scored the match 60-51.

Former heavyweight contender Cassius Chaney returned to the win column with a third round stoppage of Harold Roy.

After controlling the first two rounds, Chaney hurt Roy with a right uppercut midway through the third and scored a takedown. Moments later, a left uppercut sent Roy down again, prompting the referee to wave the match off.

Among the local prospects in action, Giovanni Daley remained undefeated with a six-round unanimous decision over Stephen Davis, while Bobby Laing improved to 4-0 after earning a fourth-round knockout en route to a unanimous decision win over Jayson Colon.

Peter Campbell needed less than one round to stop Zachary Calmus, dropping him twice before the referee stopped the fight. Michael McIntosh won his professional debut with a four-round unanimous decision over Steven Farrar.

Elsewhere, Robinson Perez stopped Ayo Martins in the opening round of their heavyweight bout, and Billy Cosgrove scored a unanimous decision win over Nicholas Locantore in his professional debut.