McJoe Arroyo Vitorias Campionato Mundial Júnior IBF Bantamweight & Amir Imam gaña tiro no 140-Pound Título Showtime Championship Boxing®
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PASO, TEXAS (Xullo 18, 2015) - Xullo Cesar Chavez Jr. gañou unha decisión unánime (97-92, 98-91, 96-93) sobre Marcos Reyes no evento principal da canle Showtime Championship Boxing o sábado fronte 9,245 no Don Haskins Center, en 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, Chávez decidiu tentar facer campaña en super-medios.
Chávez (49-2-1, 32 Kos), que estaba loitando por primeira vez co adestrador Robert Garcia, parecía poder pousar os seus tiros de enerxía a gusto, however he would pick his spots and had long bouts of inactivity. Although he was working with a new trainer, Chávez seguiu intimidar adiante e fixo unha loita moi semellante como fixo contra Andrezj Fonfara en abril, esta vez contra un adversario menor.
“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 libras. Little by little, 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, non sei. I’ll see the doctor. With all respect to Reyes, se eu non tivese magoado miña man eu tería bateu a fóra.
“I connected on the best punches to the chin and the body. Eu ferídelo, but I couldn’t finish him because I hurt my hand. He threw a lot of punches but missed a lot. El nunca me machucar. I felt I hurt him every time I landed.”
Tras a loita, Reyes (33-3, 24 Kos) cravou o seu caso á Showtime reporteiro Jim Gray e salientou a disparidade de peso.
“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.
"Eu estaba en contra todas as probabilidades - o árbitro, O peso, todo. I think I won the fight. It’s OK – I did my best.”
Na co-metragem, McJoe Arroyo gañou unha decisión técnica sobre Arthur Villanueva para gañar o Campionato do Mundo Bantamweight vago IBF Júnior tras a loita foi interrompida en 2:10 no 10th 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 tras os xuíces marcou a 10th.
O portorriqueño Arroyo (17-0, 8 Kos) converteuse no terceiro loitador da illa para gañar un título £ 115-.
The lefty-righty matchup was at times highly technical and foul-filled. Referee Rafael Ramos deducted a point against Villanueva (27-1, 14 Kos) 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 10th and ruled that it was too deep to continue. In an interview with Jim Gray, Agosto afirmou que el deixou a loita no mellor interese do loitador, pero que Villanueva alegou que estaba tendo problemas de visión.
"Cando estaba entrando, 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 rounds, boxing or brawling. It was a competitive fight but we just worked harder every round.”
Cando se lle pregunte por Gray se era difícil atopar o seu ritmo, Arroyo respondeu, “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 non concordou coa paralización e apelou a unha revancha inmediata.
"Foi unha loita áspera e moi difícil para min despois da cabeza,” Villanueva said. “I thought I won the fight. I didn’t want them to stop the fight because it was just getting into the flow. I’m disappointed with the stoppage. Sei que podo vencelo e quero un desquite inmediata ".
Na loita de apertura da noite, invicto de 140 libras contedor nocauteou Fernando Angulo con dereito trovejando para gañar un tiro obrigatoria no gañador do enfrontamento entre Viktor caída prevista Postol e Lucas Matthysse para o Campionato Mundial Leve vaga WBC Super.
Semella unha loita difícil para Imam (18-0, 15 Kos), pero el estaba sempre no control e moi precisos, aterraxe 54 por cento dos seus golpes de enerxía en comparación con só 17 para Angulo (28-10, 16 Kos). Imam ended the bout in brilliant fashion with a powerful right to Angulo’s ear, forzando seu adversario a caer cara adiante para a pantalla e o árbitro a interromper inmediatamente o concurso en :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.”
Dixo o fiscal Imam e Hall of Famer Don King, "Foi un excelente rendemento - o que eu esperaba e moito máis. 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.”