Mayweather Promotions’ Rolando Romero Scores Unanimous Decision Over Previously Unbeaten Jackson Maríñez for Interim WBA Lightweight Title; Otto Wallin TKOs Travis Kauffman In Heavyweight Scrap
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Uncasville, Conn. - Agosto 16, 2020 – David Benavidez kept his unbeaten record intact after 23 fights with a dominating performance against Alexis Angulo in the main event of an exciting night of boxing live on SHOWTIME Saturday night from Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn., presented by Premier Boxing Champions.
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No canal Showtime Championship Boxing® tripleheader card, the 23-year-old Benavídez (23-0, 20 KOs) – who lost his WBC world title belt on the scale on Friday – scored a stoppage victory against the former world title challenger Angulo (26-2, 22 KOs), whose corner threw in the towel after the 10th redondo.
“I rate myself a solid eight,” Benavidez said. “I could have done some stuff better, but overall it was a great performance. I didn’t want to go too fast and leave myself exposed for some big shots. He’s a heavy puncher. But like I said, I like to do the stuff that nobody has ever done. Nobody has ever stopped him and I’m pretty sure nobody is ever going to make him look like that again. I demolished him from round one to round 10.”
A seven-year pro at the age of 23, Benavidez landed 56 percent of his power punches in the fight and averaged 29 de 70 punches thrown per round. Benavidez closed the show by landing a career high 54 punches in round 10.
Colombia’s Angulo, agora lutando fora de Miami, Fla., entered his second world title opportunity riding a three-fight winning streak, but was unable to come counter anything Benavidez threw at him.
Benavidez said he was disappointed and embarrassed by not making the 168-pound weight limit on Friday. “Everything everyone said about me is true,” Benavidez said. “I should be a professional and come in on weight, but this time I couldn’t do it. It’s my first time not making weight in eight years of being a professional.”
“I really have to talk to my promoter to see what’s next,” Benavidez added. “I’ll fight anybody to get back to the spot I was. You could see by this performance tonight, I could put on a great performance against anybody and people will pay to see that. I’m probably going to go right back into training camp to make sure I don’t miss weight.”
No co-main event, rising lightweight Rolando “Rolly” Romero (12-0, 10 KOs) scored a controversial unanimous decision over previously fellow unbeaten Jackson Maríñez (19-1, 7 KOs) to capture the interim WBA Lightweight Title. Os escores foram 115-113, 116-112 e 118-110, all in favor of Romero.
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The story of the fight was Maríñez’s reliable jabs as the Dominican fighter won the battle in that department (14 percent compared to Romero’s 10 por cento). It was Romero, contudo, who held the advantage on power punches connecting on 24 por cento (31 de 228) comparado com 18 percent for Maríñez (72 de 401).
“I don’t think I had a bad performance,”Disse Romero, who confidently predicted a brutal knockout would end the bout in his pre-fight comments. “I thought I won the fight. Regardless of everything, I’m the world champ now. Estou feliz. "
Romero suffered a slight cut above his left eye in the ninth round on a head butt, but it didn’t seem to affect his performance in the championship rounds. “He came out a little bit tougher and slicker than what I thought,” Romero said. “But all he did was move around the entire fight. He didn’t even try to engage. It’s hard to knock out someone who doesn’t try to engage. I hurt him multiple times with body shots and a few hooks. There was one moment I hurt him with a right hand and he pulled my head down. It was just hard to finish him off.
"Sim [I would give him a rematch]. He didn’t do anything special.”
Maríñez, de 29 anos, who holds the WBA’s No. 6 posição, is trained by Robert Garcia, who was not present in the Maríñez’s corner electing not to travel cross country from his Southern California home.
“That was pure robbery,” Maríñez said. “I won the fight. I out-jabbed, out-boxed him. You could tell he didn’t think he won the fight right afterwards. It’s a robbery.”
Na luta de a cerimônia de abertura, heavyweight contender Otto Wallin recorded a TKO at 2:32 of the fifth round against Travis Kauffman, who re-tore his left labrum at the start of the fifth round and was unable to lift his arm. Referee Michael Ortega signaled the end of the fight and afterwards Kauffman announced he was retiring from boxing, just days ahead of his 35th aniversário.
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Wallin, de 29 anos (21-1, 14 KOs) who had a four-inch height advantage over Kauffman, said he felt for the injured Kauffman, but was dominating the fight. “I was breaking him down. I had a lot left,” Wallin said. “Too bad he hurt his shoulder in the end, but I was breaking him and hitting him with good clean shots.”
Wallin looked sharp in his return to the ring for the first time since he nearly defeated Tyson Fury in September 2019. Ele desembarcou 12 jabs per round and 54 percent of his power shots throughout the fight. Currently living in New York City and originally Representing his native Sundsvall, Suécia, Wallin had former champion Joey Gamache in his corner for the bout.
Both fighters have recovered from injury in the recent past, as well as the COVID-19 virus. “I didn’t feel anything from COVID,” Wallin said. “I had great training. I was sick in March, but COVID didn’t hit me very hard. I was lucky. Lamento por todos que perderam suas vidas devido a COVID.
“Eu quero voltar para Nova York em seguida e relaxar um pouco. Eu venho treinando há muito tempo, quase um ano. Por isso, quero relaxar um pouco e espero poder lutar novamente até o final do ano. ”
Kauffman de 34 anos (32-4, 23 KOs) da leitura, Pa., estava lutando pela primeira vez em cinco anos e sete lutas sem seu treinador Naazim Richardson, que morreu inesperadamente no mês passado. Após a luta, Kauffman disse que estava se aposentando do boxe.
"Eu rasguei meu lábio esquerdo me preparando para o [Luis] Luta ortiz,”Kauffman disse. “Como um manequim, Esperei cinco meses para fazer uma cirurgia depois da luta com Ortiz [Dezembro de 2018]. Comecei a me sentir melhor e ia fazer uma luta de ajustes em março, mas então COVID aconteceu. Esta oportunidade apareceu e eu não queria perdê-la e me senti bem. Na primeira rodada eu machuquei. eu senti, mas então ele foi embora e eu pensei que talvez fosse apenas minha mente e foi embora. Então, na quinta rodada eu ouvi e foi isso. Foi rasgado novamente.
"Terminei. Estou me aposentando. Eu tenho filhos. Eu tenho feito isso há muito tempo,”Kauffman disse.
Durante a transmissão do SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING, houve várias atualizações importantes para o próximo mês de setembro 26 Projeto duplo PPV SHOWTIME com os gêmeos Charlo campeão mundial, que começará ao vivo às 7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT. Cinco das seis lutas do doubleheader exclusivo, todas por um preço, serão disputadas com um cinturão do Campeonato Mundial em jogo.
O primeiro cartão é encabeçado por Jermall Charlo defendendo seu título WBC Middleweight como ele enfrentará No. 1-candidato classificado Sergiy Derevyanchenko. Brandon Figueroa todo em ação defenderá seu título WBA Super Bantamweight contra Damien Vasquez. O campeão peso galo da WBO, John Riel Casimero, vai defender seu cinturão de 122 libras contra um oponente a ser nomeado.
Depois de um intervalo, o pay-per-view contará com mais três lutas com uma unificação de 154 libras servindo como o evento principal enquanto o campeão WBC Jermell Charlo enfrenta o campeão WBA e IBF Jeison Rosario. Luis Nery enfrenta Aaron Alameda pelo título WBC Super Bantamweight vago e ex-campeão mundial unificado Danny Roman enfrenta Juan Carlos Payano em uma atração especial Super Bantamweight.
Telecast de sábado do SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING, the second of a nine-event television lineup taking place over the next five months, will replay on Monday at 10 p.m. ET / PT no Showtime EXTREME.
Uma indústria líder equipe de produção e anunciar tripulação entregues todos os locais, sons e drama da Mohegan Sun Arena. O locutor veterano Brian Custer apresentou a transmissão, versatile combat sports voice Mauro Ranallo called the action ringside alongside Hall of Fame analyst Al Bernstein and three-division world champion and Olympian Abner Mares providing expert analysis. Dois membros do Hall of Fame completaram a equipe de transmissão da SHOWTIME - o artilheiro não oficial Steve Farhood e o locutor mundialmente conhecido Jimmy Lennon Jr. O produtor executivo foi David Dinkins, Jr. and the Director was Bob Dunphy.
The telecast was available in Spanish via Secondary Audio Programing (SAP) com Alejandro Luna e ex-campeão mundial Raul Marquez chamando a ação.
Saturday’s fights are presented by Premier Boxing Champions and promoted by TGB Promotions and Mayweather Promotions. The main event is promoted in association with Sampson Boxing and the Wallin-Kauffman bout is promoted in association with Salita Promotions and Kings Promotions.
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