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Pittsburgh, PA. (Feb. 21, 2015) - Sammy Vasquez hoatu i runga i te whakaatu mo ona pā whenua i roto i te Pittsburgh, toa i te 10-a tawhio noa whakatau loto tata-shutout (99-91 rua, 100-90) mo Emmanuel Lartey i roto i te hui matua o ShoBox: Ko te Generation New i runga i te Paraire, Feb. 20 i te Consul Pokapū Energy.
Vasquez (18-0, 13 Koó) tomo te a'ee te rapu tona 10th knockout karapīpiti ki te hoariri kihai i nei i te patototanga iho i mua i a kua i roto i te whakakai ki e rua US. Mau maona. The military veteran wasn’t able to finish Lartey (17-3, 8 Koó, 1 NC), engari ko e pā ana ki te tika anake te mea kihai i haere i tona ara i roto i te mahi tino mīharo i roto i i ū mai e ia 50 ōrau o ngā tītere mana.
Tīmata Vasquez puhoi a i kaha ki te tiki i ona matā i roto i te tīmatanga o te wāhanga, but he accelerated the tempo in the second half of the fight as Lartey appeared to slow down. The hometown favorite did his best work with Lartey against the ropes and landed at will in the middle rounds. Lartey seemed like he was ready to quit on his stool after the eighth, engari tonu ia, a pakanga Vasquez tona production i roto i te rauna whakamutunga e rua, ka cruised ki te wikitoria.
"Ahau i whakaaro e haere ana ki raro, e ia he wa torutoru, engari whakairihia ia i roto i reira,” Vasquez said. “The jab was going well, but I made a couple of mistakes because I started feeling comfortable. I knew he was hurt after the eighth and my corner told me to step off the gas a little bit and pick my punches more instead of just storming him.
“I thought he was going to quit a couple times on his stool. He’s a tough guy – no one could knock him out. Kihai i taea e ahau ranei. "
Maturuturu iho Lartey tona whawhai tuatoru ki te 'amanaki runga i muri i te parekura whakatau ki Errol Spence Jr.a Pirika Diaz.
"Sammy Ko te toa uaua,” Lartey said. “He’s really strong. I ahau toku pai, engari ko ia te pai noa rawa. "
I muri i te whawhai, ShoBox auvaha Steve Farhood wahia iho mahere game faahiahia o Vasquez.
"Ko ha rawa te mana, me te mahara mahi e Vasquez, tere rite nga rauna fakalakalaka, tūtahi nga tawhio noa, me te whakahaere i te mahi ranei mekemeke, patua titi Lartey ki nga taura ranei,” Farhood said. “He showed a lot and he deserves the reputation he has as being one of the top young American welterweights.”
Craig Baker patototanga a roto i Humberto Savigne i roto i te pouri maere, oti i te runaruna Cuban faaara o mua ki te TKO miramira-hurori i 1:58 o te tuarua a tawhio.
Savigne (12-2, 9 Koó, 1 NC), nei i te painga rahi nui, ka ko te toa kaha he hiroki, landed a series of right hands in the first and looked like he could make it a quick night against the undefeated-yet-untested Baker. But the Texan fought like an opponent who had nothing to lose against Savigne, he hōia mātanga ki te mo 400 pāngia amateur i raro i tona whitiki.
Baker (16-0, 12 Koó) u he torutoru pupuhi tika i roto i te tuatahi, a ka puta mai ki waho mura i roto i te rua, throwing a high volume of punches with Savigne against the ropes. Fighting in a small ring, Savigne had nowhere to go and continually ate shots on a suspect chin before falling face forward to the canvas. Savigne got up, engari ka hinga ia ki te taura, a, ko āta roto i runga i ona waewae, akina te kaitautoko ki te aukati i te whakataetae i 1:58.
"Ano ahau i kino ki a ia i roto i te taka noa tuatahi, a taea e ahau te korero ki ko ngoikore tona kauae, Taea e korerotia e ahau e taea e whakaoti ahau ia,” Baker said. “In the second, Ahau ka hongi toto tika, a i mohio ahau i ahau ki te haere ki te mahi, I ahau ki te whakaoti ia.
"Ka hoatu e taata ha faingamālie haere i roto i ahau, but I was the undefeated fighter and he wasn’t. I worked too hard to come here and lose. I just have to keep working. You haven’t seen the last of me – this is a life changing moment.”
I miharo āta-tau 36-tau te Savigne i muri i te whawhai.
"Ko ia te pai i te po nei te tangata,” Savigne said. “I wasn’t expecting him to be as tough as he was. I made a huge mistake in taking him lightly. This is something that I’ll learn from. Now I’ll go back to the drawing board. I’ll go back to the gym – I’ll keep working hard and I’ll be back.
"I roto i te rauna tuatahi, Baker patua ahau i runga i te taha o te taringa, a ngaro ahau te tauritenga. Ko ahau rawa āmai. He hurt me with that shot. Ko ia te tangata pai tenei po. "
Claudio Marrero riro he tūtahi wikitoria whakatau loto mo Orlando Rizo i roto i te a'ee whakatuwheratanga o te telecast. Marrero (18-1, 13 Koó) te mana i te a'ee i te tīmatanga, patuki Rizo (18-6, 11 Koó) iho piro e wha nga wa en huarahi ki te wikitoria papû 78-71, 78-70, 80-68.
Marrero ko te toa ake tukituki, me te whai hua, tauranga 43 ōrau o nifó mana, me te 39 ōrau o ana nifó katoa.
"I whai ahau ki te whakaturia ake i nga matā nui kia taea e te mutunga ahau i te po,” Marrero said. “It got away from me at times, engari ko te he faaineineraa pai mo te tango i taua taahiraa mo te pere i te taitara te ao.
“I’m not disappointed I didn’t knock him out. I underestimated his tenacity to get back up and stay in the fight and I need to work on my discipline so that doesn’t happen again. I feel that I’m ready for a shot at a title whenever I get an opportunity.”
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