McJoe Arroyo Sigrar IBF Junior Bantamweight World Championship & Amir Imam Færir skot á 140-pund Title Á Showtime Championship Boxing®
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SKREF, TEXAS (Júlí 18, 2015) - Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. unnið einróma ákvörðun (97-92, 98-91, 96-93) yfir Marcos Reyes í aðalkeppni á Showtime Championship Boxing á laugardag fyrir framan 9,245 í Don Haskins Center í 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 ákvað að reyna að herferð á frábær Middleweight.
Chavez (49-2-1, 32 Kos), sem var að berjast fyrir í fyrsta skipti með trainer Robert Garcia, virtist að vera fær um að lenda orku skot hans vild, however he would pick his spots and had long bouts of inactivity. Although he was working with a new trainer, Chavez áfram að bulldoze fram og barðist mjög svipaða berjast eins og hann gerði gegn Andrezj Fonfara í apríl, í þetta sinn gegn minni andstæðingnum.
“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 £. 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, ef ég hefði ekki meiða höndina á mér að ég hefði slegið hann út.
“I connected on the best punches to the chin and the body. Ég meiða hann, but I couldn’t finish him because I hurt my hand. He threw a lot of punches but missed a lot. Hann meiða mig aldrei. I felt I hurt him every time I landed.”
Eftir að berjast, Reyes (33-3, 24 Kos) boðaði rétti hans til Showtime blaðamaður Jim Gray og bent á þyngd mismunur.
“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.
"Ég var á móti öllum stuðla - dómarinn, þyngd, allt. I think I won the fight. It’s OK – I did my best.”
Í samstarfi lögun, McJoe Arroyo vann tæknilega ákvörðun yfir Arthur Villanueva að vinna laust IBF Junior Bantamweight World Championship eftir bardaginn var hætt á 2:10 í því 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 eftir dómarar skoraði 10th.
The Puerto Rican Arroyo (17-0, 8 Kos) varð þriðja bardagamaður frá eyjunni til að vinna 115 pund titil.
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, Ágúst sagði að hann hætti að berjast í þágu bardagamaður en Villanueva hélt hann var með enga sjón mál.
"Þegar hann var inn, 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 umferðir, boxing or brawling. It was a competitive fight but we just worked harder every round.”
Þegar spurt var um Gray ef það var erfitt að finna taktinn sinn, Arroyo svaraði, “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 ósammála með stöðvunar og kallað eftir strax vera enn.
"Það var gróft berjast og mjög erfitt fyrir mig eftir 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. Ég veit að ég get berja hann og ég vil strax vera enn. "
Í opnun bardaga kvöldsins, undefeated 140-pund keppinautur slegnir út Fernando angulo með Thundering rétt til að afla sér lögboðnar skot á the sigurvegari af the áætlað haust lokauppgjör milli Viktor Postol og Lucas Matthysse fyrir laust WBC Super Léttur World Championship.
Það virtist vera erfitt berjast fyrir Imam (18-0, 15 Kos), en hann var alltaf í stjórn og ákaflega nákvæmur, lending 54 prósent af orku kýla hans í samanburði við bara 17 fyrir angulo (28-10, 16 Kos). Imam ended the bout in brilliant fashion with a powerful right to Angulo’s ear, þvingunar andstæðing sinn til að falla andlit-til að fara út á striga og dómarinn í stað stöðva keppnina á :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.”
Sagði Imam verkefnisstjóri og Hall of Famer Don King, "Það var frábært árangur - bara það sem ég ráð og fleira. 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.”