McJoe Arroyo Enwee Mmeri IBF Junior Bantamweight World Asọmpi Onye Mmeri & Amir Imam akpata gbara Mgbe 140-Pound Mbụ On SHOWTIME egwuregwu ọkpọ®
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Nzọụkwụ, Texas (July 18, 2015) - Julio Cesar Chavez Obere. akwụ a etebe (97-92, 98-91, 96-93) n'elu Marcos Reyes na isi ihe omume nke SHOWTIME egwuregwu ọkpọ na satọde n'ihu 9,245 na Don Haskins Center na 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 kpebiri na-agbali Mgbasa Ozi na ibu middleweight.
Chavez (49-2-1, 32 Kos), bụ onye na-alụ ọgụ maka oge mbụ na ọzụzụ Robert Garcia, yiri ka na-enwe ike adaa ike ya gbaa na uche, however he would pick his spots and had long bouts of inactivity. Although he was working with a new trainer, Chavez wee na-bulldoze atụ na agha a yiri nnọọ agha dị ka o mere megide Andrezj Fonfara na April, oge a megide a nta iro.
“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 pound. 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, I don’t know. I’ll see the doctor. With all respect to Reyes, ma ọ bụrụ na m na-ewute m aka m ga-kụrụ aka ya.
“I connected on the best punches to the chin and the body. M na-ewute ya, but I couldn’t finish him because I hurt my hand. He threw a lot of punches but missed a lot. Ọ dịghị mgbe m wutere m. I felt I hurt him every time I landed.”
Mgbe agha ahụ, Reyes (33-3, 24 Kos) kwusara ya ikpe SHOWTIME akụkọ Jim Gray na kwuru si na ibu kara.
“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.
"M bụ megide niile emegide - na refirii, arọ, ihe niile. I think I won the fight. It’s OK – I did my best.”
Na ngalaba-mma, McJoe Arroyo merie a oru mkpebi n'elu Arthur Villanueva iji nweta ohere iputa IBF Junior Bantamweight World Asọmpi Onye Mmeri mgbe bayere e kwụsịrị na 2:10 na 10nke 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 mgbe ndị ikpe gbatara na 10nke.
The Puerto Rican Arroyo (17-0, 8 Kos) ghọrọ atọ fighter si n'àgwàetiti iji merie a 115-paụnd aha.
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 10nke and ruled that it was too deep to continue. In an interview with Jim Gray, August kwuru na ọ kwụsịrị agha na mma mmasị nke fighter ma na Villanueva sịrị na ya na-na-enweghị n'anya mbipụta.
"Mgbe ọ na-abanye, 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 agba, boxing or brawling. It was a competitive fight but we just worked harder every round.”
Mgbe a jụrụ site Gray ma ọ bụrụ na ọ bụ ike ya chọta n'afọ iri na ụma, Arroyo zara, “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 ekwenyeghị na stoppage kpọ ihe ozugbo rematch.
"Ọ bụ ike ike ọgụ na nnọọ siri ike maka m mgbe headbutt,” 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. M maara na m nwere ike na-eti ya na m chọrọ ihe ozugbo rematch. "
Na oghere n'obi nke mgbede, undefeated 140-paụnd mgba kụrụ aka Fernando Angulo na a thundering nri irite a amanyere bụ iwu ogbugba na-eto eto nke na ndokwa ọdịda showdown n'etiti Viktor Postol na Lucas Matthysse maka ohere iputa WBC Super Kedu otu m ga World Asọmpi Onye Mmeri.
Ọ pụtara ịbụ ike agha n'ihi na Imam (18-0, 15 Kos), ma ọ bụ mgbe niile na-achịkwa na kasị ezi, ọdịda 54 percent nke ike ya punches tụnyere nnọọ 17 n'ihi na Angulo (28-10, 16 Kos). Imam ended the bout in brilliant fashion with a powerful right to Angulo’s ear, ese ya onye iro na-ada ihu-na-atụ anya kwaaji na refirii ka kama ịkwụsị zoo na :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.”
Kwuru Imam-akwalite na Ụlọ Nzukọ nke Famer Don Eze, "Ọ bụ ihe magburu onwe arụmọrụ - nnọọ ihe m na-atụ anya na ndị ọzọ. 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.”