McJoe Arroyo Wins IBF Junior Bantamweight World Championship & Amir Imam Earns Shot Ka 140 Pound Title On Showtime Championship Boxing®
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Mehato ea, Texas (July 18, 2015) - Julio Cesar Chavez Refresh. e sebelelitseng phetho yeo se dumelelanago (97-92, 98-91, 96-93) fetang Marcos Reyes a ka sehloohong ketsahalong ea Showtime Championship Boxing ka moqebelo ka pele ho 9,245 a le Don Haskins Center a 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 etsa qeto ea ho leka ho letšolo la kwa bartolomeo middleweight.
Chavez (49-2-1, 32 Kos), ea neng a loana ka lekhetlo la pele le mokoetlisi Robert Garcia, ne ho bonahala eka khona ho le naha matla a hae Shots kwa tla, however he would pick his spots and had long bouts of inactivity. Although he was working with a new trainer, Chavez a tsoela pele ho bulldoze pele 'me loana le a tsoana haholo loana joalokaha a ile a khahlanong le Andrezj Fonfara a April, nako ena khahlanong le e nyenyane lireng.
“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 lik'hilograma tse. 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, haeba ke ne ke sa utloisa bohloko letsoho la ka nka be ke o ile a kokota mo tsoa.
“I connected on the best punches to the chin and the body. Ke mo utloisa bohloko, but I couldn’t finish him because I hurt my hand. He threw a lot of punches but missed a lot. Ha ho mohla a 'ntša kotsi. I felt I hurt him every time I landed.”
Ka mor'a hore ntoa, Reyes (33-3, 24 Kos) bolela litaba tse molemo nyeoe ea hae Showtime moqolotsi oa litaba Jim Gray le o ile a bontša boima fapane hole.
“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.
"Ke ne ke khahlanong le bohle hanyetse - le moletsaphala, boima, tsohle. I think I won the fight. It’s OK – I did my best.”
A ho sebdisana tšobotsi, McJoe Arroyo hlōla wa setekgeniki qeto fetang Arthur Villanueva ho hlōla lolea IBF Junior Bantamweight World Championship ka mor'a hore gia o ile a ema 2:10 ka 10go th 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 ka mor'a hore baahloli scored le 10go th.
The Puerto Rican Arroyo (17-0, 8 Kos) ile la boraro oke tse tsoang sehlekehlekeng ho hlōla le ea 115-boima ba sehlooho.
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 10go th and ruled that it was too deep to continue. In an interview with Jim Gray, August ile a bolela hore o ile a khaotsa ntoeng ea ho loanela a le dikgatlhegong tsa oke empa hore Villanueva o ile a bolela o ile a ba se nang mahlong ditaba.
"Ha a ne a kena, 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 o garela, boxing or brawling. It was a competitive fight but we just worked harder every round.”
Ha a botsoa ka Gray haeba e ne e le thata ho fumana hae morethetho, Arroyo a arabela, “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 sa lumellane le le stoppage 'me a bitsa bakeng sa hang-hang katie.
"E ne e kaba ho loana le haholo thata bakeng sa 'na ka mor'a 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. Kea tseba hore ke ka mo otla 'me ke batla ya hang hang katie. "
A a qalang gia ea lijo tsa mantsiboea, Krrish 140 boima ba contender o ile a kokota tsoa Fernando Angulo le le thundering tokelo ya ho fumana chelete e le tlamo thunngoa le mofenyi wa ho lokiselitsoe oela makhaola-khang pakeng tsa Viktor Postol le Lucas Matthysse bakeng sa lolea WBC Super bobebe World Championship.
Ho ne ho bonahala ho ba e thata loanela Imam (18-0, 15 Kos), empa o ne a kamehla e le molaodi le ho fetisisa e nepahetseng, lulisa 54 ba etsang liphesente tse matla a hae punches bapisoa le feela 17 bakeng sa Angulo (28-10, 16 Kos). Imam ended the bout in brilliant fashion with a powerful right to Angulo’s ear, ho qobella mohanyetsi oa hae ho oa lifahleho pele ka ho seile le moletsaphala ho hang-hang thibela ho tlholisanong kwa :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.”
O ile a re Imam a ntsetsa pele le Hall ea Famer Don King, "E ne e e ntle haholo tshebetso - feela seo ke se ho lebeletsoe le feta. 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.”