McJoe Arroyo oorwinning IBF Junior Pluim Gewichten World Championship & Amir Imam verdien skoot op 140-pond titel op Showtime CHAMPIONSHIP boks®
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STAP, TEXAS (Julie 18, 2015) - Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. verdien 'n eenparige besluit (97-92, 98-91, 96-93) oor Marcos Reyes in die belangrikste gebeurtenis van Showtime CHAMPIONSHIP boks Saterdag in die voorkant van 9,245 by die Don Haskins Center in El Paso, Texas.
Reyes was the more active fighter – he doubled Chavez’s output – but simply couldn’t hurt his larger opponent. Following a loss at light heavyweight last April, Chavez het besluit om te probeer om die veldtog teen super middelgewig.
Chavez (49-2-1, 32 Uitklophoue), wat veg vir die eerste keer saam met afrigter Robert Garcia, blyk te wees in staat om sy krag skote land op wil, however he would pick his spots and had long bouts of inactivity. Although he was working with a new trainer, Chavez het voortgegaan om vorentoe te bulldoze en geveg het 'n baie soortgelyke stryd soos hy gedoen het teen Andrezj Fonfara in April, hierdie keer teen 'n kleiner teenstander.
“I won. This is big for me and Robert,” Chavez said. “I can do it better, but I won and that is the important thing. I’m going to fight at 168 pond. Bietjie vir bietjie, I’m going to get down in weight. We know we’re doing much better work in the gym.
“In the third round I hurt my left hand. I think it’s broken, Ek weet nie. I’ll see the doctor. With all respect to Reyes, as ek nie seer my hand het ek hom uitgeslaan.
“I connected on the best punches to the chin and the body. Ek het hom seergemaak, but I couldn’t finish him because I hurt my hand. He threw a lot of punches but missed a lot. Hy het my nog nooit seer. I felt I hurt him every time I landed.”
Na afloop van die stryd, Reyes (33-3, 24 Uitklophoue) verkondig sy saak te Showtime verslaggewer Jim Gray en daarop gewys die gewig verskil.
“I feel I won the fight. I showed him how I box,” Reyes said. “I made the weight at 168 and he didn’t make weight. He’s like a light heavyweight fighting a middleweight.
"Ek was teen alle verwagtinge - die skeidsregter, die gewig, alles. I think I won the fight. It’s OK – I did my best.”
In die mede-funksie, McJoe Arroyo het 'n tegniese besluit oor Arthur Villanueva om die vakante IBF Junior Pluim Gewichten World Championship wen na die bout is gestop by 2:10 in die 10ste round due to a deep gash over Villanueva’s right eye. The fight went to the judges’ scorecards and Villanueva was ahead 97-92, 98-91 Nadat die beoordelaars behaal die 10ste.
Die Puerto Rikaanse Arroyo (17-0, 8 Uitklophoue) het die derde vegter van die eiland tot 'n 115-pond-titel te wen.
The lefty-righty matchup was at times highly technical and foul-filled. Referee Rafael Ramos deducted a point against Villanueva (27-1, 14 Uitklophoue) for leading with his head in the sixth. In a different clash in the sixth, a deep gash opened up over the right eye of Villanueva that ultimately led to the stoppage. Ramos ruled that the clash that opened the cut was unintentional.
Dr. Brian August inspected the cut midway through the seventh round and again after the eighth. Ramos again signaled for August to inspect the cut in the 10ste and ruled that it was too deep to continue. In an interview with Jim Gray, Augustus verklaar dat hy gestop die stryd in die beste belang van die vegter maar dat Villanueva beweer hy is sonder oë kwessies.
"Toe hy die aangaan, he was entering low. He was clashing heads a lot,” Arroyo said. “Before the fight, I knew he was a tough fighter. All Philippine fighters come to fight. I knew I had to be ready for 12 rondes, boxing or brawling. It was a competitive fight but we just worked harder every round.”
Toe hy gevra is deur Gray as dit was moeilik om sy ritme te vind, Arroyo gereageer, “That’s a normal thing when a southpaw fights a right hander. We were both trying to be slick and smart. That happens when two boxers with the same style fight.”
Villanueva nie eens met die oponthoud en gevra vir 'n onmiddellike rematch.
"Dit was 'n rowwe stryd en baie moeilik vir my na die kopstamp,” Villanueva said. “Ek het gedink ek het die geveg gewen. I didn’t want them to stop the fight because it was just getting into the flow. I’m disappointed with the stoppage. Ek weet ek kan hom klop en ek wil 'n onmiddellike rematch. "
In die opening bout van die aand, onoorwonne 140-pond aanspraakmaker uitgeslaan Fernando Angulo met 'n donderende reg om 'n verpligte skoot verdien by die wenner van die geskeduleerde val konfrontasie tussen Viktor Postol en Lucas Matthysse vir die vakante WBC Super Liggewig World Championship.
Dit blyk 'n moeilike stryd vir Imam wees (18-0, 15 Uitklophoue), maar hy het altyd in beheer en uiters akkuraat was, landing 54 persent van sy krag stoot in vergelyking met net 17 vir Angulo (28-10, 16 Uitklophoue). Imam ended the bout in brilliant fashion with a powerful right to Angulo’s ear, dwing sy teenstander aangesig-vorentoe te val op die doek die skeidsregter en om onmiddellik stop die wedstryd op :56.
“I take my hat off. He’s a good opponent,” Imam said. “I just hit him with a big shot on his ear and he was done.
“These guys get the belts and just hold it. I’m going to get the belt and hold it with pride.”
Gesê Imam promotor en Hall van Famer Don King, "Dit was 'n uitstekende prestasie - net wat ek verwag het en meer. You should never underestimate but pontificate when it comes to the ‘Young Master.’ We will take the belts and anyone that comes in front of us.”