McJoe Arroyo Vitórias Campeonato Mundial Júnior IBF Bantamweight & Amir Imam ganha tiro no 140-Pound Título em Showtime Championship Boxing®
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PASSO, TEXAS (Julho 18, 2015) - Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. ganhou uma decisão unânime (97-92, 98-91, 96-93) sobre Marcos Reyes no evento principal do canal Showtime Championship Boxing no sábado em frente 9,245 no Don Haskins Center, em 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 fazer campanha em super-médios.
Chavez (49-2-1, 32 KOs), que estava lutando pela primeira vez com o treinador Robert Garcia, parecia ser capaz de pousar seus tiros de energia à vontade, however he would pick his spots and had long bouts of inactivity. Although he was working with a new trainer, Chávez continuou a intimidar a frente e fez uma luta muito semelhante como ele fez contra Andrezj Fonfara em abril, desta vez contra um adversário 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, Eu não sei. I’ll see the doctor. With all respect to Reyes, se eu não tivesse magoado minha mão eu teria bateu para fora.
“I connected on the best punches to the chin and the body. Eu feri-lo, but I couldn’t finish him because I hurt my hand. He threw a lot of punches but missed a lot. Ele nunca me machucar. I felt I hurt him every time I landed.”
Após a luta, Reyes (33-3, 24 KOs) pregou o seu caso à Showtime repórter Jim Gray e salientou a disparidade de peso.
“I feel I won the fight. I showed him how I box,”Reyes disse. “I made the weight at 168 and he didn’t make weight. He’s like a light heavyweight fighting a middleweight.
"Eu era contra todas as probabilidades - o árbitro, O peso, tudo. Eu acho que eu ganhei a luta. It’s OK – I did my best.”
Na co-metragem, McJoe Arroyo ganhou uma decisão técnica sobre Arthur Villanueva para ganhar o Campeonato do Mundo Bantamweight vago IBF Júnior após a luta foi interrompida em 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 após os juízes marcou a 10th.
O porto-riquenho Arroyo (17-0, 8 KOs) se tornou o terceiro lutador da ilha para ganhar um 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 ele parou a luta no melhor interesse do lutador, mas que Villanueva alegou que ele estava tendo nenhum problema de visão.
"Quando ele estava 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.”
Quando perguntado por Gray se era difícil encontrar 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 não concordou com a paralisação e apelou para uma revanche imediata.
"Foi uma luta áspera e muito difícil para mim depois da cabeçada,” 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. Eu sei que posso vencê-lo e eu quero uma revanche imediata ".
Na luta de abertura da noite, invicto de 140 libras contendor nocauteou Fernando Angulo com direito trovejando para ganhar um tiro obrigatória no vencedor do confronto entre Viktor queda prevista Postol e Lucas Matthysse para o Campeonato Mundial Leve vaga WBC Super.
Parecia ser uma luta difícil para Imam (18-0, 15 KOs), mas ele estava sempre no controle e extremamente precisos, aterrissagem 54 por cento de seus golpes de energia em comparação com apenas 17 para Angulo (28-10, 16 KOs). Imam ended the bout in brilliant fashion with a powerful right to Angulo’s ear, forçando seu adversário a cair face-a frente para a tela e o árbitro a interromper imediatamente o concurso em :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.”
Disse o promotor Imam e Hall of Famer Don King, "Foi um excelente desempenho - exatamente o que eu esperava e muito mais. 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.”