McJoe Arroyo riro ia IBF Junior whā World Championship & Pere Amir Imam mahi a I 140-Pauna Taitara I SHOWTIME Tuhinga BOXING®
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STEP, Texas (Hōngongoi 18, 2015) - Julio Hiha Chavez Jr. roaa te whakatau loto (97-92, 98-91, 96-93) mo Marcos Reyes i roto i te hui matua o SHOWTIME Tuhinga BOXING i runga i Rāhoroi i roto i te mua o te 9,245 i te Don Haskins Center i 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 faaoti ki te ngana ki te āpiti i te whitu tekau super.
Chavez (49-2-1, 32 Koó), i whawhai hoki ki te wa tuatahi i te kaiwhakangungu Robert Garcia, hangē ki te e taea ki te whenua i ona pupuhi kaha i te hinaaro, however he would pick his spots and had long bouts of inactivity. Although he was working with a new trainer, Tonu Chavez ki te bulldoze atu, ka whawhai, he whawhai tino rite rite i ia ki a Andrezj Fonfara i April, tenei wa ki te hoariri iti.
“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 pauna. 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, ki te kahore ahau i i kino ia i toku ringa e kua e ahau te patototanga ia ia i roto i.
“I connected on the best punches to the chin and the body. I mamae ai ahau ki a ia, but I couldn’t finish him because I hurt my hand. He threw a lot of punches but missed a lot. E kore ia tukino i ahau. I felt I hurt him every time I landed.”
I muri i te whawhai, Reyes (33-3, 24 Koó) kauwhautia tana take ki a SHOWTIME kairīpoata Jim Gray, a tohu i te rerekëtanga taimaha.
“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.
"Ko ahau ki te aroaro katoa - te kaitautoko, te taimaha, nga mea katoa. I think I won the fight. It’s OK – I did my best.”
I roto i te tahi-āhuatanga, Riro McJoe Arroyo te whakatau hangarau i runga i Arthur Villanueva ki te riro i te wātea IBF Junior whā World Championship i muri i mutu i te a'ee i 2:10 i roto i te 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 i muri ngä nga kaiwhakawa te 10th.
Ko te Puerto Rican Arroyo (17-0, 8 Koó) ka ki te toru toa i te motu riro te taitara 115-pauna.
The lefty-righty matchup was at times highly technical and foul-filled. Referee Rafael Ramos deducted a point against Villanueva (27-1, 14 Koó) 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, Kī August i mutu ia te whawhai i roto i te moni pai o te toa, engari i kī Villanueva i whai ia kahore take titiro.
"I te tomo ia, 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 rauna, boxing or brawling. It was a competitive fight but we just worked harder every round.”
A, no te ui e Gray ki te ko reira uaua ki te kitea e tona manawataki, Pahono Arroyo, “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.”
Rite Villanueva ki te Tuhinga ka ka karanga hoki te rematch tonu.
"Ko te whawhai taratara, me te tino uaua hoki ahau i muri i te tukirae,” 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. E mohio ana ahau e taea e whiua e ahau a ia, e hiahia ana ahau he rematch tonu. "
I roto i te a'ee whakatuwheratanga o te ahiahi, patototanga tūturu nguha 140-pauna i roto i Fernando Angulo ki te tika haruru ki te whiwhi i te pere whakahauanga i te toa o te pupūtanga hinga whakaritea i waenganui i Viktor Postol me Lucas Matthysse mo te wātea WBC Super Kōmāmā World Championship.
Puta te reira ki te waiho i te whawhai uaua mō te Imam (18-0, 15 Koó), engari ko ia tonu i roto i te mana, me te tika lahi, tauranga 54 ōrau o ana nifó mana whakaritea ki noa 17 no te Angulo (28-10, 16 Koó). Imam ended the bout in brilliant fashion with a powerful right to Angulo’s ear, akina hoariri tona ki te hinga te kanohi-whakamua ki te koaka, me te kaitautoko ki tonu mutu i te whakataetae i :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.”
Kaiwhakatairanga Imam a Hall o Famer Don kingi ka mea a, "Ko te mahi pai - tika te mea e ahau tūmanakohia me te ake. 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.”