Yordenis Ugas Dominates Cesar Miguel Barrionuevo in
Co-Featured Bout
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Adam Kownacki Remains Undefeated with Decision Win Over
查爾斯·馬丁
Amanda Serrano Earns World Title in A Record Sixth Weight Division in SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING COUNTDOWN Main Event
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布魯克林 (九月 9, 2018) – 肖恩·波特 became WBC Welterweight World Champion Saturday night as he earned a narrow unanimous decision victory over 丹尼·加西亞 in a hotly contested fight live on SHOWTIME from Barclays Center, 布魯克林拳擊™的家, 由總理拳擊冠軍呈現事件.
All three judges scored the fight in favor of Porter (116-112, 115-113, 115-113) in an electrifying fight in front of 13,058 fans at the 30日 professional boxing event at Barclays Center. (Video highlights here: HTTPS://s.sho.com/2MWXfRj)
Porter earned the belt that Keith Thurman, who previously defeated Porter and Garcia, was forced to vacate due to an injury.
In an anticipated title fight that was widely regarded as a 50-50 contest in boxing’s deepest division, 加西亞VS. Porter played out as advertised. The difference in total power punches landed throughout the 12-round battle was just five, with Garcia holding the narrow advantage.
In a matchup of accuracy vs. activity, Porter looked to outworked Garcia. He was relentless in his attack and threw 742 total punches and 544 權力拳, 著陸 25 百分. 加西亞, 另一方面, was the more precise fighter, landing the higher percentage and more meaningful punches. He connected on 46 percent of the 304 power punches he threw. Due to the contrasting styles, the three judges were only able to all agree on four rounds.
“I made a prediction and a hard one to live up to,” 波特說. “I said I wasn’t leaving New York without this belt and I’m not leaving New York without this belt. I knew he was going to be accurate. The game plan for me was to be accurate from the outside and show I could beat him without roughing him up on the ropes.”
A disappointed Garcia clearly disagreed with the judges’ 記分卡.
“He was throwing a lot,” 加西亞說, who falls to 7-2 在世界冠軍戰鬥. “I had my defense tight, so I wasn’t feeling his punches. I thought I landed the clearer shots and won this fight.
“I have to sit back, relax and see what’s next for me.”
Following the announcement of the decision, IBF welterweight champion and consensus top-five pound-for-pound fighter 埃羅爾·斯彭斯JR. entered the ring to challenge the newly crowned WBC champion to what would be a blockbuster unification bout.
“The same way that you called Danny out, I’m going to call you out”, 斯彭斯說：. “I think I’m the best welterweight in the division. I’m ‘The Truth’ and I guarantee you I come home as unified champion. I definitely want that fight against Porter.”
It was a star-studded night at Barclays as current and former world champions attended the fights, including Spence, 米奇·加西亞, 賈勒特赫德, Gervonta戴維斯, 阿德里安Broner, 其他葉貝, Claressa盾, Keith Thurman and Jermell and Jermall Charlo.
In the co-featured event of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING, consensus top-10 welterweight 約爾德尼斯·格斯 (23-3, 11 科斯) out boxed Argentina’s Cesar Miguel Barrionuevo (34-4-2, 24 科斯) on his way to a dominating unanimous decision victory (119-109, 120-108, 120-108). With the win in the WBC title eliminator, Ugas earns the WBC’s second mandatory position to fight Porter.
In a tactical performance, Ugas dictated the pace from the opening bell and looked comfortable throughout the 12 發. He was the more effective fighter from the outset, 著陸 55 他的權力拳％，而 35 他的總拳％的. Barrionuevo, who was facing a big step-up in competition, was never able to trouble the former Olympic bronze medalist out of Cuba, despite throwing more punches.
Barrionuevo connected on just 26 他的權力拳％，而 19 他的總拳％的. Ugas was the far more accurate puncher connecting on 55 他的權力拳％，而 35 他的總拳％的, including a wild multi-punch assault on Barrionuevo in the eighth round.
“We won today and I think I showed everybody my talent,” 賽義德·烏加斯, who improves to 8-0 在 147 英鎊. “I’m happy with my performance. I showed enough, now I’m ready for a championship fight.
“I want the winner of Danny Garcia vs. 肖恩·波特. I’m here to compete with the top-level guys in the sport.”
“I just didn’t have the right distance tonight,” said Barrionuevo, 誰是他中美. 登場. “It was hard to catch him and attack. He countered well and attacked the body. I showed my heart but he was the better fighter tonight.”
在轉播揭幕戰, heavyweight slugger 亞當Kownacki (18-0, 14 科斯) remained undefeated by scoring a unanimous decision victory over former world champion 查爾斯·馬丁 (25-2-1, 23 科斯) in a sensational action-packed fight. Each of the judges scored the fight 96-94 in favor of the hometown favorite Kownacki, who was fighting in front of a boisterous contingent of Polish fans.
Both fighters were incredibly active, 擁有近 1400 total punches thrown throughout the 10 發. Kownacki and Martin, the former IBF heavyweight champion, each threw over 500 power punches and landed 37 percent of them.
Kownacki, who was fighting at Barclays Center for the seventh time in his pro career, started the fight on the front foot, backing up his opponent and wearing him out on his way to winning the early rounds. Martin began to claw his way back into the fight and caught a second win in the seventh round, landing several powerful left-handed blows to the head of Kownacki.
In a contender for the 2018 整年的, 該 10日 and final round saw tremendous back-and-forth action with both fighters trading devastating exchanges while doing their best to stay on their feet. The two fighters combined to land 62 punches in the round, 57 of which were power punches.
“I think I proved tonight that I’m a top 10 戰鬥機,” Kownacki told SHOWTIME Sports® reporter Jim Gray. “I think I need one or two more fights before I go for a title fight. 我有我身後一支偉大的球隊. Whatever they decide, that’s the route we are going to take.
“I thought I won the decision a little wider than the cards, but Charles came to fight all night. He was in shape and coming forward and I had to dig deep.”
馬丁, who was punished by a slow start, was gracious in defeat and gave credit to Kownacki.
“I’m a late starter, but he was the better man tonight,” 他說. “Looks are very deceiving, but it’s boxing. I put up a hell of a fight and went the 10 發. I just came up short.”
In streaming coverage of live undercard fights on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING COUNTDOWN, 阿曼達·塞拉諾 (35-1-1, 26 科斯) became the first six-division world champion in women’s boxing history, joining Manny Pacquiao and Oscar De La Hoya as the only boxers, 男女不限, to reach the mark. The Brooklyn native defeated an aggressive and determined Yamila埃絲特·雷諾索 (11-5-3, 8 科斯) to earn the vacant WBO Junior Welterweight World Championship via unanimous decision (all three judges scored the fight 99-91).
“This means everything to me,” 塞拉諾說. “I work so hard and I hope this fight shows the fans that girls can fight and we can give it our all just like the men do. We deserve to have this platform and we deserve to be shown.”
Also on the live stream, Brooklyn fan-favorite 克里斯·科爾伯特 (9-0, 3 科斯) cruised to a unanimous decision win over Fatiou Fassinou (28-11-3, 15 科斯) 和梅威瑟促銷’ unbeaten prospect 理查德森Hitchins (6-0, 3 科斯) dominated Mexico’s Cesar Valenzuela (7-3, 2 科斯) en route to a unanimous decision victory.
Saturday’s SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING tripleheader will replay on Monday at 10 P.M. ET / PT在Showtime EXTREME.
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