McJoy Arroyo vyhral IBF Junior bantamové majstrovstvá sveta & Amir Imam zarobí strela na 140-búšiť hlavou On SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING®
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STEP, TEXAS (Júl 18, 2015) - Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. získal jednomyseľné rozhodnutie, (97-92, 98-91, 96-93) cez Marcos Reyes v hlavnej udalosti Showtime CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING v sobotu pred 9,245 Na Don Haskins Center v 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 sa rozhodol pokúsiť sa kampane na Super Middleweight.
Chavez (49-2-1, 32 KO), ktorý bojoval prvýkrát s trénerom Robertom Garcia, Zdalo sa, že aby bolo možné pristáť jeho silu zábery na vôli, however he would pick his spots and had long bouts of inactivity. Although he was working with a new trainer, Chavez naďalej nútiť dopredu a bojoval veľmi podobný boj ako to urobil proti Andrezj Fonfara v apríli, tentoraz proti menšie súperovi.
“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 libier. 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, keby som neublížil moju ruku by som zrazil ho.
“I connected on the best punches to the chin and the body. Mu ublížil som, but I couldn’t finish him because I hurt my hand. He threw a lot of punches but missed a lot. On mi nikdy neublížil. I felt I hurt him every time I landed.”
Po boji, Reyes (33-3, 24 KO) kázal svoj prípad SHOWTIME reportéra Jima Graya a poukázal hmotnostný nepomer.
“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.
"Bol som proti všetkým a všetkému - rozhodca, Hmotnosť, všetko. I think I won the fight. It’s OK – I did my best.”
V spolupráci funkcie, McJoy Arroyo vyhral technický rozhodnutie nad Arthur Villanueva vyhrať voľné IBF Junior bantamové majstrovstvá sveta potom, čo zápas bol zastavený na 2:10 v 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 potom, čo sudcovia skóroval 10th.
Puerto Říčan Arroyo (17-0, 8 KO) stal sa treťou bojovník z ostrova vyhrať titul 115 libier.
The lefty-righty matchup was at times highly technical and foul-filled. Referee Rafael Ramos deducted a point against Villanueva (27-1, 14 KO) 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, Augusta uviedol, že zastavil boj v najlepšom záujme bojovník, ale že Villanueva vyhlasoval, že on mal žiadne problémy so zrakom.
"Keď bol zadávanie, 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 kolesá, boxing or brawling. It was a competitive fight but we just worked harder every round.”
Keď spýtal sa Gray, či to bolo ťažké nájsť svoj rytmus, Arroyo odpovedal, “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 nesúhlasil s prerušením a vyzvala na okamžité odvetu.
"Bol to drsný boj a veľmi ťažké pre mňa po headbutt,” Villanueva said. "Myslel som si, že som boj vyhral.". I didn’t want them to stop the fight because it was just getting into the flow. I’m disappointed with the stoppage. Viem, že som ho porazil a ja chcem okamžitú odvetu. "
V úvodnom zápase večera, neporazený 140-libra uchádzač vyradený Fernando Angulo s burácajúci právo zarábať si na povinné strela k víťazovi plánovaného jesenného zúčtovanie medzi Viktorom pištole a Lucas Matthysse pre voľné WBC Super Lightweight majstrovstvá sveta.
Zdalo sa, že náročný boj o Imam (18-0, 15 KO), ale on bol vždy pod kontrolou a vrcholne presné, pristátie 54 percent jeho sily razníkov v porovnaní s len 17 pre Angulo (28-10, 16 KO). Imam ended the bout in brilliant fashion with a powerful right to Angulo’s ear, nútiť súpera k pádu lícom dopredu, aby sa na plátne a rozhodca okamžite zastaviť súťaž 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.”
Povedal Imám propagátorom a siene slávy Don King, "Bol to skvelý výkon - len to, čo som očakával a viac. 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.”