SAN DIEGO, CALIF.–
Jorge Linares won a twelve round unanimous decision over Anthony Crolla to win the WBA/Ring Magazine and retain his WBC Diamond Lightweight titles at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, Engleska.
Borbe, which took place this past Subota, headlined a card that was broadcasted live all over the United States on AWE- A Wealth of Entertainment and streamed on www.klowdtv.com.
“The fight lived up to expectations and was a terrific contest,”rekao je Charles Herring, President of AWE-A Wealth of Entertainment.
“This is another in the long line of great fights that have come to the network and we should be announcing some more great fights real soon.”
“We were ecstatic and extremely happy about the response we had for this fight,”said Chris Schickedanz, KlowdTV Managing Director.
“We had an overwhelming turnout, and we will continue to show the biggest and brightest fights from all over the globe.”
It was a tough grueling fight that saw Linares ump out to an early lead on the strength of his quick combinations and handspeed.
U krugu od pet, Linares was cut over his left eye. U šestom kolu, Crolla was starting to take charge of the bout with his work to the body and uppercuts inside, until Linares hurt Crolla badly with a right hand that wobbled the Manchester native on the ropes.
Both guys had their moments down the stretch as Linares, at times seemed like he was losing his stamina, only to come back with hard combinations and he was able to eek out rounds.
Linares of Venezuela won by scores of 117-111, 115-114 i 115-113 i sada 41-3. Crolla je sada 31-5-3.
Jack Arnfield won a twelve round unanimous decision over John Ryder in a middleweight bout.
Arnfield won by scores of 117-114, 118-110 i 115-114 i sada 21-2. Ryder is 23-3.
Callum Johnson scored a 9th round stoppage over Wilbeforce Shihepo in a scheduled twelve round light heavyweight bout.
U krugu od pet, Shihepo was docked a point for holding. Shihepo kept holding and was deducted another point in round seven. Later in the round, Johnson dropped Shihepo with a body shot. Johnson finihed things with a huge right that dropped Shiphepo in the 9th round. Shihepo could not beat the count at 2:07.
Johnson is now 16-0 sa 11 nokauta. Shiphepo of Namibia is 23-9.
Conor Benn remained undefeated by scoring a 6-round decision over Ross Jameson.
The score was 60-55 for Benn, koji je sada 5-0. Jameson is 1-2.
Hosea Burton scored two knockdowns in the 3rd round and stopped Fernando castaneda in the same round of their scheduled ten round light heavyweight bout.
Zastoja došlo u 2:18 okruglih tri, for Burton, koji je sada 18-0 s devet nokauta. Casteneda is 24-11.
