Abel Ramos Tops Francisco Santana By Unanimous Decision In Action-Packed Welterweight Fight & Rising Heavyweight Efe Ajagba Scores Career-Best Victory Stopping Amir Mansour After Two Rounds Former Bantamweight Champion Juan Carlos Payano & Rising Welterweight Prospect Eimantas Stanionis Pick Up Victories in PBC Prelims on FS1 Cliquez ICI for Photos from Frank Micelotta/ FOX Sports (Mot de passe: FoxSports ) Cliquez ICI for Photos from Nabeel Ahmad/Premier Boxing Champions (Photos à ajouter prochainement) Cliquez ICI pour les photos de Sean Michael Ham / Premier Champions de boxe (Photos à ajouter prochainement) CARSON, CALIFORNIE. (Mars 9, 2019) – Champion du monde poids welters WBC Shawn Porter retained his title with a close split-decision victory over Yordenis Ugas Saturday night in the main event of Premier Boxing Champions on FOX and FOX Deportes from Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson , Californie. “The crowd was expecting a big brawl , but that’s not the way this fight needed to go tonight ,” M. Porter. “The style that we used left the fight close . As the clock ticks , you have to do what’s working . Tonight the foot movement was working and it made Ugas have to reset. ” “I showed tonight that I belong with the elite fighters at welterweight ,” said Ugas . “All I can say is that I’m ready to fight any of the top names in the division . I’ll be back. ” The early rounds were defined by Porter using his jab to try to cut down the distance , while Ugas worked power shots and jabs to the body . Porter had some success on the inside landing on Ugas ’ chin during flurries , but was unable to hurt the Cuban . En un tour de cinq, both men stood in the center of the ring for an extended period of time throwing power punches that had the crowd on their feet . Ugas began to work cleaner on his counterpunching as the fight went on , and Porter focused on movement while trying to snap his jab . “I was on my toes all night ,” M. Porter. “I was very focused the entire fight and just listening to my corner . We wanted to out box him and eventually turn it on and press him . But my dad did not think that was the smartest way to win the fight . We fought this way for 12 rounds and no one has ever seen that from me before. ” Porter’s activity clashed with the sharp countering and body punching from Ugas . Selon Compubox, Porter was more active on a per round basis , lancement 42.9 punches per round to 37.4 from Ugas . Ugas held the advantage in body punches landed at 57 à 34, while the two fighters each landed 79 coups de puissance. In round 10 Porter began to bleed from his right eye due to an accidental head butt , but late in round 11 he landed one of his most significant punches of the fight when he backed Ugas up with a left hook to the head . Après 12 tours, les juges’ scorecards reflected that there were numerous close and hard to score rounds as all three judges agreed on only the fourth and ninth rounds , which went to Ugas and Porter respectively . Un juge a vu le combat 117-111 for Ugas , which was overruled by scores of 116-112 et 115-113 pour Porter. Both fighters believed after the fight that they had done enough to win . “Il n'y a aucun doute là-dessus, I was robbed tonight ,” said Ugas . “After the first round I figured him out and dominated the fight . He had no answer when I was pushing him back . I dominated the fight in my opinion. ” “We fought a good smart fight tonight ,” M. Porter. “I was consistent and I thought we won a majority of the rounds . We got the win , we’re still champion and we’re looking forward to what is next. ” Additional action , saw a back-and-forth welterweight contest in which Abel Ramos (24-3-2, 18 KOs) got a unanimous decision over Francisco Santana (25-7-1, 12 KOs) après 10 tours. Santana struck first , landing a clean left hook that put Ramos on the canvas late in the second round . Santana had been stalking Ramos around the ring for much of the early action , before catching him in a neutral corner for the knockdown . “He caught me on a flash knockdown in the second round ,” said Ramos . “I didn’t see the punch coming and he caught me a little bit off balance . As soon as I got up , I was good. ” Both fighters were effective in mixing up their attacks , although it was Ramos that held a 138 à 46 advantage in jabs landed , par CompuBox. Santana’s power punching caused Ramos to begin bleeding from his nose in round six , but in round seven Ramos connected with a flurry of shots that appeared to have Santana temporarily out on his feet . Santana was able to survive the round , but was then out landed 56 à 26 over rounds eight and nine . Both fighters pushed forward in a 10e and final round that saw them land a combined 68 punches out of 224 jeté. Despite the early knockdown , Ramos was awarded the decision on all three scorecards by tallies of 98-92, 97-92 et 95-94. “I was very surprised by the scorecards ,” said Santana . “I thought I did enough to win . It was very competitive but I was landing more significant punches . I knew he was a warrior who would come back to fight after the knockdown . I don’t know what else to do at this point , but I’ll always keep my head held high. ” “Je pensais que je gagné le combat,” said Ramos . “I landed more punches . I felt like I was landing all night and I was doing good clean work throughout the fight. ” In the opening bout on FOX and FOX Deportes , rising heavyweight prospect bande dessinée Ajagba (9-0, 8 KOs) remained unbeaten and earned the best win of his young pro career by stopping veteran Amir Mansour (23-4-1, 16 KOs) after two rounds . Ajagba was dominant from the outset , knocking Mansour down twice in the first round . He first landed a clean straight right to Mansour that caused him to tumble to the ground . He got to his feet but was then put onto the ground by a straight left from Ajagba . “I’ve never fought a southpaw in the pros before ,” Ledit Ajagba. “Ronnie Shields has taught me a lot and given me the plan on how to fight a southpaw and how to use my right hand against them. ” Mansour made it to the second round but continued to take a beating as Ajagba landed flush to the head consistently . After the round , referee Thomas Taylor took a long look at Mansour in his corner decided to call the fight after two rounds . “I want to be the best heavyweight in the world ,” Ledit Ajagba. “That’s my dream . I’m going to go home and work hard and prepare for the next fight. ” PBC Prelims on FS1 preceded the main card and featured former world champion Juan Carlos Payano (21-2, 9 KOs) battant précédemment invaincu Damien Vazquez (14-1, 7 KOs) by unanimous decision after eight-rounds of bantamweight action with scores of 80-71 deux fois et 79-73. Additional action on FS1 saw rising welterweight prospect and 2016 lituanien olympien Eimantas Stanionis (8-0, 5 KOs) score a unanimous decision victory over a game Samuel Figueroa (11-2, 4 KOs) par des dizaines de 80-72 three times across eight rounds of action . # # # Pour plus d'informations: visite www.premierboxingchampions.com , ht tp://www.foxsports.com/presspass/homepage et www.foxdeportes.com , suivre sur TwitterPremierBoxing, @PBConFOX, Foxsports, FOXDeportes, TGBPromotions, et @Swanson_Comm ou devenez fan sur Facebook à www.Facebook.com/PremierBoxingChampions , www.facebook.com/foxsports &www.facebook.com/foxdeportes . L'événement a été promu par TGB Promotions.
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