McJoe Arroyo zmaga IBF Junior Bantamweight Svetovno prvenstvo & Amir Imam zasluži Shot Ob 140-Pound naslovom Na Showtime CHAMPIONSHIP boks®
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STEP, TEXAS (Julij 18, 2015) - Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. prislužila soglasno odločitev (97-92, 98-91, 96-93) nad Marcos Reyes v glavnem primeru Showtime CHAMPIONSHIP boks v soboto 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, Chavez odločil, da poskuša kampanjo v super srednji.
Chavez (49-2-1, 32 Kos), ki se je boril za prvič s trenerjem Robertom Garcia, zdelo, da bi lahko pristalo njegove moči posnetke po svoji volji, however he would pick his spots and had long bouts of inactivity. Although he was working with a new trainer, Chavez še vedno nalagajte naprej in se borili zelo podoben boj, kot je to storil pred Andrezj Fonfara v aprilu, Tokrat proti manjšim nasprotnika.
“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 funtov. 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, če jaz ne bi poškodoval roko, jaz bi ga nokavtiral.
“I connected on the best punches to the chin and the body. Ga boli sem, but I couldn’t finish him because I hurt my hand. He threw a lot of punches but missed a lot. Nikoli me ni bolelo. I felt I hurt him every time I landed.”
Po boju, Reyes (33-3, 24 Kos) pridigal svojo zadevo SHOWTIME novinar Jim Gray in poudaril teže razlike.
“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.
"Bil sem proti vsem odds - sodnik, teža, vse. I think I won the fight. It’s OK – I did my best.”
V sodelovanju funkcijo, McJoe Arroyo osvojil tehnično odločitev, nad Arthur Villanueva za zmago prostega IBF Junior Bantamweight svetovno prvenstvo, potem ko je dvoboj ustavil 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 po tem, ko so sodniki zadetka 10th.
Portoričan Arroyo (17-0, 8 Kos) postal tretji borec iz otoka osvojiti naslov v 115-kilogramskega.
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, Avgust izjavil, da se je ustavil boj v najboljšem interesu borec, ampak da Villanueva je trdil, da je bil ob nobenih vprašanj vpogledne.
"Ko je bil vstop, 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 krogi, boxing or brawling. It was a competitive fight but we just worked harder every round.”
Na vprašanje, ki ga Gray, če je bilo težko najti svojega ritma, Arroyo je odzvala, “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 strinjal z zaustavitvi in pozval k takojšnji revanš.
"To je bila groba boj in zelo težko za mene po 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. Vem, da ga lahko premagam in želim takojšen revanš. "
V uvodnem dvoboju večera, neporažen 140-funt bojevnik nokautiral Fernando Angulo z Grmi pravico, da zaslužijo obvezno strel na zmagovalca načrtovanem jesenskem showdown med Viktor Postol in Lucas Matthysse za prosto WBC Super lahki svetovno prvenstvo.
Pokazalo se je, da je težko boj za Imam (18-0, 15 Kos), ampak je bil vedno pod nadzorom in skrajno natančna, pristanek 54 odstotkov svojih moči udarcev v primerjavi s samo 17 za Angulo (28-10, 16 Kos). Imam ended the bout in brilliant fashion with a powerful right to Angulo’s ear, prisili nasprotnika, da pade z licem naprej na platno z roko in takoj ustaviti tekmovanje 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.”
Dejal Imam promotor in Hall poti k odvisnosti Don King, "To je bila odlična predstava - samo tisto, kar sem pričakoval in še več. 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.”