Chris ARREOLA THIAB FRED KASSI sib ntaus RAU ib tug kos
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Kauj ruam, Texas (Lub Xya hli ntuj 18) - Undefeated Irish lub hnub qub Carl "Tus hma" Frampton (21-0, 14 Kos) tsom loj heev lub plawv thiab kev txiav txim, raws li nws ntse tiv thaiv nws junior featherweight title tiv thaiv Alejandro Gonzalez Jr. (25-2-2, 15 Kos) nyob rau Don Haskins Center nyob rau hauv El Paso thiab nyob rau PBC rau CBS. Sib ntaus sib tua nyob rau hauv nws U.S. debut. Frampton tau khob qhov rooj cia ob zaug nyob rau hauv thawj puag ncig, tab sis bounced rov qab nyob rau hauv impressive zam los yeej ntawm unanimous kev txiav txim siab (116-108 ob zaug thiab 115-109).
Nyob rau hauv lub televised opener, heavyweights Chris "Tus npau suav phem" Arreola (36-4-1, 31 Kos) thiab "Loj "Fred Kassi (18-3-1, 10 Kos) tiv thaiv ib tug nyob ze 10-round bout xaus nyob rau hauv ib feem ntau kos.
Gonzalez Jr. tuaj tawm qev thiab ntaus Frampton nrog ib tug nyuaj ncaj sab laug jab tsawg tshaj li ib feeb mus rau hauv lub sib ntaus, sending the Northern Ireland-native to the canvas for the first time in his career. Frampton was knocked down again with less than 15 vib nas this nyob rau hauv lub li thawj, thaum Gonzalez ntaus Frampton nrog ib tug ntse sab tes tom qab nws pob ntseg. Gonzalez tau txiav ib tug taw tes nyob rau hauv lub thib peb puag ncig rau ib tug tsawg tshuab thiab dua nyob rau hauv lub 11.
"Tus hma" nyob mus txog rau lub lofty xav kom nws US. debut los ntuav thiab tsaws 100 ntau punches tshaj Gonzalez Jr., xws li muaj ze triple tus nqi ntawm jabs. Gonzalez Jr., txawb ntau hwj chim punches, Txawm li cas los, Frampton yog ntau yog nrog nws lub hwj chim txhaj tshuaj.
"Kuv tsis xav tias zoo nyob rau hauv thawj puag ncig. Kuv tau mus txog los ntawm ob flash knockdowns ho thiab zoo tu qab tso zoo. Cov me nyuam yuav tshum zoo heev,"Hais tias Frampton. "Lub nplhaib canvas yog heev mos. Kuv yuav tsis tau sawv rau hauv kuv cov ntiv taw thiab hais tias yog kuv zoo tshaj plaws attribute. Kuv tau mus txog thiab pom ua siab tawv qhawv. Kuv tuaj rov qab thiab yeej feem ntau ntawm cov rounds thiab muab kev zoo siab. "
Frampton txuas ntxiv, "Kuv xav los yeej yog knockout. Nws tsis tshwm sim. Kuv chim, tab sis kuv mam li rov ntsuam xyuas thiab tsiv mus nyob rau; onwards thiab upwards. Nws ntaus kuv tsis muaj ntau yam thiaj li lub sij hawm, tab sis koj twb tau txais nrog ntawd thiab nqa on thiab hais tias yog dab tsi kuv tau ua. "
“Kuv twv yuav raug hu yeej qhov kev sib ntaus, Kuv yog ntau npaum li cas zoo,"Hais tias Gonzalez. “Kuv xav tau ib rematch thiab kuv zoo siab ua nws nyob rau hauv nws hometown. Kuv mam li muab txhua yam uas sib ntaus yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws rau kuv yog thaum 118 los yog 122.”
“Cov me nyob overreacted rau cov uas tsis muaj blows, Kuv twb cia li ua kuv lub cev ua hauj lwm,"Gonzalez txuas ntxiv. “Kuv tsis yog ib tug qias neeg fighter, Kuv ua si los ntawm cov kev cai thiab qhov no yog disappointing. Nws yog ib tug zoo fighter, tiam sis kuv qhov zoo tshaj plaws nws puas ntsib.”
Nyob rau hauv lub qhib sib ntau sib tw ntawm cov telecast, Arreola npaj los mus ua kom ib daim ntawv qhia hais tias nws yog npaj txhij rau lwm lub ntiaj teb title txhaj tshuaj, tsis tau yog tsis muaj cuab kav mus xa cov kev ua tau zoo nws tau vam vim Kassi lub khoom ua si npaj thiab heavy-ntaus ruaj ruaj. Cov paj xyeem tau 96-94 rau Arreola thiab 95-95 (ob zaug).
“It was a good decision. It was just a tough fight,"Hais tias Arreola. “Fred came to fight and he’s a survivor. He held right, he moved right. He came here with a good strategy and he got a draw out of it.”
Arreola txuas ntxiv, "Kuv paub tias kuv tau Deontay (Wilder), I’d be in much better shape and a lot better prepared. Not that I wasn’t prepared for Kassi, tab sis nws tuaj ntawm no nrog ib tug zoo sib ntaus thiab twb npaj. "
Kassi tsis noj dab tsi deb ntawm Arreola, tab sis kom meej meej xav hais tias nws yeej lub bout.
“Kuv tsis txaus siab rau qhov kev txiav txim,"Hais tias Kassi. "Kuv xav tias kuv yeej txhua puag ncig ntawm qhov kev sib ntaus. Kuv pom hmo no Kuv yog tus zoo dua fighter. Kuv yuav tsis muaj dab tsi deb ntawm Chris. Kuv yog nws tus phooj ywg rau xyoo. Cov neeg tsis paub kuv, ces kuv cia li xav mus qhia lub ntiaj teb no kuv yuav ua li cas nws. Kuv muaj pov thawj tias kuv yuav nyob rau hauv lub heavyweight division. Kuv pom kuv lub siab. Kuv twb tau kev cob qhia nyuaj rau ntau lub xyoo thiab kuv tau qhia nws hmo no."
