(pictures courtesy of Bonesprostudios)

Worcester, អភិបូជា. (ខែ​កុម្ភៈ 11, 2018) – Undefeated prospect លោក Richard “Popeye បុរសម្នាក់ក្តោង” Rivera បាន​បញ្ចប់​ការ​បិទ លោក Kevin “ក្នុង New England Bully” Cobb នៅ​ក្នុង​ជុំ​ទី​បី, punctuating the night with an lethal uppercut that landed right on the button, headlining last night’s “នាពេលអនាគតរបស់អង់គ្លេសថ្មី 5” កាត, បទបង្ហាញដោយកម្មវិធីផ្តល់ជូន Rivera កំសាន្ត, នៅឯ Palladium នៅក្នុង Worcester នេះ, ម៉ា​សា​ឈូ​សេត.

The 27-year-old Rivera (6-0, 5 លើក) fought once again in front of his large, traveling fanbase from Hartford, ភាព CT, capturing the vacant Universal Boxing Federation (UBF) light heavyweight title in dramatic fashion. The charismatic Hartford boxer ended his third consecutive match with what has become his trademark right-uppercut.

Rivera used his strength, energy and determined will to defeat South Boston’s Cobbs (10-3, 4 លើក), whose previous fight had been more than a year ago, when he was stopped in the second round by now world champion លោក David Benavidez.

In only his sixth pro fight, the key question going into the bout was whether Rivera was ready to effectively step up in class to face a more experienced Cobbs. Right from the opening bell, the answer was a resounding, បាត, as Rivera pounded Cobbs with powerful shots to the body and head.

The beginning of the end for Cobbs (ឆ្វេង) as Rivera sets up his vaunted uppercut

“I stepped things up in the third,” Rivera បានពន្យល់. “He stopped throwing as many punches in the third and was ducking in. I said I wasn’t going to look for the knockout but, if it came, I’d take it. I got him with my uppercut. I respect Cobbs and thank him for giving me this opportunity.”

នៅ​ក្នុង​ព្រឹត្តិការណ៍​សហ​លក្ខណៈ​ពិសេស, សំណព្វ​ស្រុក​កំណើត លោក Bobby “BH3” ហារី​ស, III បាន (2-0-1), the two-time national amateur champion, and Brazilian super middleweight ព្រះបាទ​សូល Almeida (0-8-2) fought to a four-round majority draw.

Super middleweight ត្រ​យ “លោក Omar សន្លប់សិល្បះ” សិល្បករ (5-7-1, 3 លើក), ការរីកាណា, ភាព CT, upset intrastate rival លោក Jose “ការ​ស្រាវជ្រាវ​វាយ​តម្លៃ” Rivera (4-2, 3 លើក), of Hartford, winning a six-round majority decision.

Danbury, CT junior welterweight លោក Omar Bordoy, JR. (4-0-, 1 Ko) used a blistering body attack to defeat សេត Basler (0-5) by way of a lop-sided four-round unanimous decision.

Junior welterweight prospect Wilfredo “Sucaro នេះ” បាកាន (4-0, 2 លើក) floored veteran លោក Bryan “The Brick” លោក​អ​ប្រា​ហាំ (6-29-2, 6 លើក) with a sweet right-left combination at the end of the opening round. នៅ​ក្នុង​ការ​ប្រកួត​ជុំ​ទី​ពីរ, បាកាន, of Southbridge, MA., drilled Abraham who went flying across the ring and into the ropes as referee Jackie Morrell halted the bout.

Springfield, MA junior middleweight Derrick “ក្មេង​មិនល្អ” Whitley (3-0) cruised to a dominating four-round unanimous decision over Cleveland’s លោក Roger Blankenship (1-3), pitching a complete shutout in the process.

Bridgeport, CT welterweight Joe Goss (1-0) turned in an impressive pro debut, dropping Montreal’s Samuel Vasquez (1-3, 1 Ko) in the second round on his way to a four-round unanimous decision.

Puerto Rican junior lightweight លោក Luis “Lobito” Rivera (4-3, 1 លើក) overcame a nasty cut over his eye to win a hard-fought four-round majority decision over Carlos Marrero, III បាន (0-2), ការ Bridgeport, ភាព CT, in a non-stop action fight to the finish.

Unbeaten Springfield, MA light heavyweight ray “Bazooka” Graceski (5-0-1, 3 លើក) and International Muay Thai fighter, Harford’s pro boxing debuting Pawel Banasiak (0-1-0), fought to a four-round draw in an entertaining brawl.

Puerto Rican super middleweight Jelame Garcia បាន (7-0, 6 លើក), fighting out of Lynn, MA., remained undefeated but Nathan Schulte (0-5), ការ Woburn, មាន MA, extended him the full distance for first time as a pro en route to a four-round unanimous decision.

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