Paul Kroll and Marquis Taylor Battle to a Spirited Split Draw in Telecast Opener on SHOWTIME®
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奥兰多, 佛罗里达州. - 二月 18, 2022 - Jamaine “The Technician”奥尔蒂斯 used his superior hand and foot speed to dance and dish out punishment against game纳希尔·奥尔布赖特（Nahir Albright） to win the vacant NABF title in the main event of的ShoBox: 新一代 as part of an action-packed doubleheader on开演时间 周五晚上在加勒比皇家度假村.
奥尔蒂斯 (15-0-1, 8 科斯) sailed to a unanimous decision win by scores of 98-92, 97-93 和 97-93 to remain undefeated and stamp his name as a player in a loaded lightweight division. 点击这里 to watch video of the decision.
Whether he was walking Albright (14-2, 7 科斯) down or punching on the move, Ortiz produced a dominant and flashy performance over 10 发, wowing a crowd that included former light heavyweight champion安东尼奥·塔弗 and San Francisco 49ers All-Pro offensive linemanTrent Williams. 点击这里 to watch highlights of the ninth round.
After he was dropped twice in his last fight against Joseph Adorno in a majority draw in April, Ortiz looked more poised and patient in the early going, picking his punches carefully and hitting and moving while avoiding Albright’s big right hand.
As the difference in speed became apparent, Ortiz began to open up in the second after he scored with a big left that caught Albright clean. 从那时起, Ortiz maintained control of the distance and pace, leaping at Albright with lefts and rights or peppering him with jabs.
“I think I showed maturity in this fight,奥尔蒂斯说. “I was cautious in the beginning. I didn’t want to get caught like I did in my last fight. After I took the first couple rounds to feel him out, I saw that I could do whatever I wanted in there and I started to get into a groove and let my punches go.”
奥尔蒂斯, 伍斯特, 质量。, 登陆 48% (103 的 216) 他的权力拳, 相比 41% for Albright (88 的 216), but it was his body punching that produced the biggest numerical disparity. Ortiz out-landed Albright 42 到 4 to the body, showcasing that aspect of his game in the fifth round when he found a home for several thudding body shots. Afterward, Ortiz called out the power-puncher Rolly Romero (14-0, 12 科斯) as the opponent he wants to face next.
“He’s got a big name,奥尔蒂斯说. “He’s a big puncher, but he can’t box. That would be an easy fight. My goal is to have a title eliminator and to win a title. 之后, my goal is to be one of the top pound-for-pound fighters in the sport.”
Ortiz’s signature round was the sixth, when he showcased his footwork and speed, darting around the ring and landing rights and lefts. He connected with an overhand right on the run while New Jersey’s Albright was on the ropes and then landed several unanswered right uppercuts to punctuate the round.
奥尔布赖特, an aspiring R&B singer, showed his toughness and resilience by trying to match Ortiz’s output each round. He had success in spurts, but it was fleeting. In the ninth, he landed a pair of overhand rights, only for Ortiz to use his footwork to avoid taking further punishment.
“He was the better man in there tonight,” an emotional Albright said. “It was a great experience and I saw a different look. I know that I have all the talent and ability, and this will not deter me at all from being a world champion.”
在转播揭幕战, 保罗·克罗尔 和马奎斯·泰勒 fought to a spirited split draw in their eight-round super welterweight bout by scores of 77-75 for Kroll, 80-72 for Taylor and 76-76 in a verdict that frustrated both fighters. 点击这里 to watch video of the decision.
Before the bout, Philly’s Kroll spoke of the little respect he had for Taylor’s power, since Taylor only had one knockout on his ledger, but it was Taylor who was the harder and busier puncher in the contest, relying on a check left hook that continually found its mark.
Houston’s Taylor connected on 34% of his power punches compared to 29% for Kroll, outscoring him 98 到 71 and out-landing him 109 到 84 总拳数.
泰勒 (12-1-2, 1 KO) staggered Kroll (9-0-1, 6 科斯) in the sixth with the biggest punch of the fight, a left that caused Kroll to fall against the ropes as Taylor followed up with digging shots to the body.
“I thought I had it for sure,”泰勒说. “I thought I had the fight in the bag. I don’t know what the judges saw. I was being the aggressor and I landed the clearer shots. I thought I really had that fight with no questions. I don’t know what else I could’ve done.”
The busier and fresher fighter, Taylor didn’t sit in between rounds and at times had to be restrained by his trainer from running to the middle of the ring before his minute of rest was up.
Normally a patient and technically sound fighter, 克罗尔, a former amateur star who won the 2016 中美. 奥运会拳击选拔赛, went after Taylor in the first, throwing a wild right hand that continually missed its mark.
Kroll fought well in spurts and with urgency in the eighth and final round, but Taylor was ready for him.
“I thought I won the fight 5-3,” Kroll said. “I took the beginning and the end. He won a couple rounds in the middle. We can run it back on the next ShoBox. I am ready to fight him again. He was awkward, but I outworked him on the inside. I won that fight.”
名人堂成员的国际拳击名人堂巴里·汤普金斯 与前世界冠军一起从马戏团召集行动劳尔·马尔克斯 和著名的格斗运动权威布赖恩·坎贝尔 作为专业分析师. 名人堂成员史蒂夫Farhood was the unofficial scorer. 执行制片人戈登·霍尔 同丰富的高根 生产和里克·菲利普斯 导演.
The event was promoted by King’s Promotions. 该的ShoBox doubleheader will re-air on Tuesday at 10 P.M. ET / PT在Showtime EXTREME®.
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