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
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Карсон, КАЛИФОРНИЯ. (Март 9, 2019) – WBC Welterweight World Champion Шон Портер retained his title with a close split-decision victory over Yordenis УгасSaturday night in the main event of Premier Boxing Champions on FOX and FOX Deportes from Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Калифорния.
“The crowd was expecting a big brawl, but that’s not the way this fight needed to go tonight,” сказал Портер. “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 Угас. “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.
В пятом раунде, 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,” сказал Портер. “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. По Compubox, Porter was more active on a per round basis, метание 42.9 punches per round to 37.4 from Ugas. Ugas held the advantage in body punches landed at 57 для 34, while the two fighters each landed 79 электрические удары.
В туре 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. После 12 раундов, судьи’ 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.
One judge saw the fight 117-111 for Ugas, which was overruled by scores of 116-112 и 115-113 for Porter. Both fighters believed after the fight that they had done enough to win.
“There’s no doubt about it, I was robbed tonight,” Said Угас. “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,” сказал Портер. “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 Абель Рамос(24-3-2, 18 КО) got a unanimous decision over Франциско Сантана (25-7-1, 12 КО) после 10 раундов.
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,” сказал Рамос. “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 для 46 advantage in jabs landed, за 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 для 26 over rounds eight and nine. Both fighters pushed forward in a 10й and final round that saw them land a combined 68 пуансоны из 224 бросил. Despite the early knockdown, Ramos was awarded the decision on all three scorecards by tallies of 98-92, 97-92 и 95-94.
“I was very surprised by the scorecards,” said Santana. “Я думал, что сделал достаточно, чтобы выиграть. 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.”
“Я думал, что я выиграл бой,” сказал Рамос. “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 мультфильм Ajagba (9-0, 8 КО) remained unbeaten and earned the best win of his young pro career by stopping veteran Амир Мансур (23-4-1, 16 КО) 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,” Said 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. После раунда, 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,” Said 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 championХуан Карлос Паяно (21-2, 9 КО) победив ранее непобедимым Дэмиен Vazquez (14-1, 7 КО) by unanimous decision after eight-rounds of bantamweight action with scores of 80-71 в два раза и 79-73. Additional action on FS1 saw rising welterweight prospect and 2016 Литовский Olympian Eimantas Stanionis (8-0, 5 КО) score a unanimous decision victory over a game Самуэль Фигероа (11-2, 4 КО) десятками 80-72 three times across eight rounds of action.
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