By Keith Idec

Ivan Baranchyk’s fight Friday night wasn’t nearly as grueling as his previous appearance in the “ShoBox” series.

The Russian-born Baranchyk beat Philadelphia southpaw Keenan Smith pretty comfortably in their eight-round bout in Miami, Oklahoma. All three judges – Don Griffin (80-71), Jerry Griffin (78-73) and Brett Miller (79-72) – scored their junior welterweight fight for Baranchyk by large margins.

Smith (11-1, 5 KOs) tried his best to stick, move and hold against the aggressive Baranchyk (17-0, 10 KOs), but he didn’t land enough effective punches to have a chance to win in the main event of a four-fight “ShoBox: The New Generation” broadcast by Showtime from Buffalo Run Casino.

The mostly one-sided fight was far different from Baranchyk’s unanimous-decision defeat of Abel Ramos on February 10 at Buffalo Run Casino. Baranchyk survived a third-round knockdown and floored Ramos twice in that slugfest.

Smith went to the canvas twice in the final 25 seconds of this fight, but neither trip was caused by a Baranchyk punch.

Baranchyk began landing left hooks that left Smith holding in the final minute of the sixth round. Referee Gary Ritter deducted a point from Smith in the fifth round for holding.

Baranchyk clipped Smith with a short left hook to the chin when there were about 25 seconds remaining in the third round. Smith and Baranchyk both landed threw multiple punches after the bell to end the third round as well.

Baranchyk connected with an overhand left that knocked Smith back into the ropes with just under 50 seconds to go in the second round. Baranchyk tried to inflict more damage, but Smith managed to hold and move his way to the end of the round.

Smith wrestled Baranchyk to the canvas with about 1:25 to go in the first round. That prompted a warning from Ritter.

In the co-featured fight before Baranchyk beat Smith, Rolando Chinea pulled off an upset by knocking off unbeaten junior welterweight prospect Kenneth Sims Jr. by majority decision in an eight-rounder.

Chinea won their back-and-forth fight by the score of 77-75 on the scorecards of judges Don Griffin and Brett Miller. Judge David Sutherland scored the fight even (76-76).

Unofficial Showtime punch stats showed Chinea connected on more overall punches (273-of-798 to 225-of-643). Showtime credited Chinea with landing more power punches (223-of-553 to 189-of-505) and jabs (50-of-245 to 36-of-138).

The 26-year-old Chinea, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, upped his record to 15-1-1 (6 KOs). Chicago’s Sims, 23, slipped to 12-1 (4 KOs).

Sims started the fight strong by using his hand speed and movement to trouble Chinea in the first round. Chinea still set the tone early in the fight as he pressed the action, stayed in Sims’ chest and consistently banged away at Sims’ head and body, often while Sims’ back was against the ropes.

Sims kept the fight competitive for the first five rounds, but couldn’t keep Chinea off of him.

In the sixth round, Chinea’s power punches to Sims’ head seemed to start slowing him down. Sims did land a couple hard right hands to Chinea’s head in the sixth round, but nothing that prevented Chinea from coming after him.

Sims started the seventh round strong, but Chinea snapped back Sims’ head with a right hand near the halfway mark of that round. Chinea seemed fatigued by the seventh round as well, which enabled Sims to mount a comeback in the final two rounds.

Sims was very busy during the eighth round, but he couldn’t land anything that hurt Chinea.

Keith Idec is a senior writer/columnist for BoxingScene.com. He can be reached on Twitter @Idecboxing.