Heavyweight Slugger Luis Ortiz Earns Unanimous Decision
Over Christian Hammer
Eduardo Ramirez Scores Ninth-Round TKO of Bryan De Gracia
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Бруклін (Сакавіка 3, 2019) – Former 154-pound world champion Эрисланди Лара and WBA Super Welterweight Champion Brian Castaño fought to a highly competitive split-draw Saturday at Barclays Center, дом Брукліна БОКС ™, in an event presented by Premier Boxing Champions. With the draw, Castaño retains the WBA belt in what was the toughest test of his career against the longtime top 154-pounder in Lara. Суддзі забіў бой 115-113 (Castaño), 115-113 (Лара) і 114-114.
Castaño (15-0-1, 11 КО), who was fighting in his first U.S. галоўная падзея, held a large advantage in power connects (181-103) while Lara (25-3-3, 14 КО) found success landing his left hand down the middle on his way to a 34 працэнтаў у 27 percent advantage in power accuracy.
In the close, difficult-to-score fight, five of the rounds were separated by three or fewer connects and three of those rounds favored Lara. In the final two rounds, Castaño ramped up the pressure and connected on 44 ўдары, while Lara landed only 24 punches across the championship rounds. Castaño won the final three rounds on all three judges’ scorecards. Without doing so, the Argentine would have lost his belt.
After the hotly contested fight, both fighters have options, including a rematch, in the talent-rich super welterweight division.
“I know I won the fight. I feel I was robbed,” a disappointed Castaño told SHOWTIME’s Jim Gray. “If he wants the rematch, I’ll give him the rematch. I waited for him this time so I can wait for him again if he wants the rematch. I would give him the rematch if he wants. I can also go ahead and fight any other champion that wants to fight me. I’m ready for whoever they put in front of me. Hurd or anyone else.”
Лара, з другога боку, felt he did enough to claim the belt: “I thought I won the fight by landing the more accurate and effective punches. Castaño came to fight but he never hurt me and I hurt him. All I can do is give the fans great fights and that’s what I’ll continue to do. I have a lot of fight left in me and I’m not going anywhere.
“If we have to fight him again, I’ll fight him. Hurd or Castaño. Anybody, I’ll have the rematch with both.”
У са-функцыя, Cuban heavyweight slugger Луіс Ортис (31-1, 26 КО) earned a unanimous decision victory over a game Крысціян Хамер (24-6, 14 КО). Although the judges scored the fight 100-90 і 99-91 двойчы, both men fought through bloody noses at different points in the fight and both were stunned in a back-and-forth second round.
Ортис, who earned his third consecutive victory since dropping a thrilling slugfest with WBC Heavyweight Champion Deontay Wilder one year ago, is now looking for another world title shot.
“The fight wasn’t what I was expecting,- сказаў Ортыс. “It was a hard fight and my corner really had to work with me. After I got the rhythm, I heated up a little bit. Every heavyweight out there should know that I still have it at 40-years-old. Anthony Joshua, Deontay Уайлдэр, Я гатовы. "
Although Hammer fought with more energy and with more resolve than in previous fights with other top-tier heavyweights Tyson Fury and Alexander Povetkin, Ortiz used his superior technique and skills to eventually cruise to the lopsided decision. Ortiz averaged 45 jabs thrown per round and landed 61 jabs to just 20 для Хамьмера, while also connecting on 49 адсоткаў яго удараў ўлады. Ortiz made a conscious effort to attack Hammer’s body with 33.6% of his total connects (45 з 140) coming via body shots.
“I fought a fight that I hadn’t for years, which is box and work,- сказаў Ортыс. “So I’m not disappointed I didn’t knock him out because I showed some of my boxing skills tonight.”
“Ortiz is a very good and experienced fighter,” said the 31-year-old Hammer, who was making his American debut. “He’s technical and smart but he’s not as intimidating as people say he is. I respect Ortiz but I don’t think he’s the best fighter I’ve ever faced.
“I’m very confident going forward. I know that I can go the distance with anyone and I’m willing to fight anyone. People thought I’d get knocked out but I proved them wrong.”
У тэлеперадачы нож, Eduardo Ramirez (22-1-3, 9 КО) caught Bryan De Gracia (24-2-1, 20 КО) with a vicious right uppercut in the ninth, stunning his opponent and suddenly breaking open a close fight. Ramirez pounced on the dazed De Gracia and unleashed a wave of punches which forced referee Benjy Esteves to call the fight at 2:10 of round nine.
The southpaw Ramirez, Лос-Мочис, Сіналоа, Мексіка, was trailing on the scorecards at the time of the stoppage according to two out of three judges (the third had it even). Рамірэс, known to grow stronger in the later rounds, connected on 36 punches in round number nine, by far his highest connect total on the night. Although De Gracia was the more aggressive fighter, the Panamanian failed to consistently land punches. De Gracia was accurate on just 27 адсоткаў яго удараў ўлады, while Ramirez landed 38 адсоткаў яго.
“I definitely knew it was close but my corner kept telling me to keep going and going, and that’s when I caught him,” said Ramirez, who was fighting with a heavy heart following the passing of his grandfather. “I didn’t just come here to fight. I came here to do something and I did it.”
З перамогай, Ramirez is now in line to face WBA (Regular) Featherweight World Champion Can Xu and will be looking to challenge for a world title fight in the deep featherweight division.
In SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING COUNTDOWN action that streamed live on theSHOWTIME Sports YouTube channel and SHOWTIME Boxing Facebook page, Эдвін Радрыгес (31-2, 20 КО) won a 10-round cruiserweight fight via unanimous decision overMitch Williams (16-7-3, 11 КО) дзесяткамі 96-94 у два разы і 98-92. Coverage on social media also saw Антоніа Расэл (13-0, 11 КО), younger brother of WBC Featherweight Champion Gary Russell Jr., stop Jose Maria Cardenas (16-4, 13 КО) 22 seconds into the sixth round of their bantamweight fight. In the opening bout of the digital presentation, Leduan Бартелеми (14-0-1, 7 КО) remained unbeaten with a unanimous decision over Miguel Angel Aispuro (11-7-2, 7 КО) дзесяткамі 80-72 у два разы і 79-73 in their eight-round super featherweight attraction.
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Уільямс будзе змагацца ў сваім восьмым іншай краіне супраць Хамьмера, былы Сусветнай баксёрскай арганізацыі (WBO) Еўрапейскі суперцяжкай вазе. “Я Багамскія воін,” Уільямс патлумачыў, чаму ён змагаецца так шмат праціўнікаў у іх двары. “Па прыродзе, у Карыбскім басейне, мы вядомыя як піратаў. Я падарожнічаў ўсё сваё жыццё. У нас няма межаў, Толькі вады, каб перасекчы. Куды б я ні змагацца, Я адчуваю, што гэта мой родны горад Насаў. Гэта шосты іншы бой для мяне ў гэтым годзе, але толькі адзін, што на самой справе адбываецца. Астатнія разваліўся па той ці іншай прычыне. Я збіраюся скарыстацца гэтай магчымасцю. Я сутыкаюцца нягоды барацьбы ў Румыніі ў першы раз, але я туды з намерам стужак яго ад слупа да паведамлення. Я збіраюся ўзяць яго. Я прывяду маю Ракавіны ўдар (вялікі права зверху), які з'яўляецца сінонімам Багамах, і людзі паўсюль любяць яго.”
Самая нядаўняя барацьба Апшоу прывялі ў расчараванне страты, шляхам спрэчнага восем круглых рашэння, у чэрвені мінулага года ў роднай любімы Lanell сильфонным (12-1-1) ў Лас-Вегасе. “Я дамінаваў гэты бой і ўсё яшчэ страчана,” Апшоу пракаментаваў. “Я гляджу на боксе рознаму, так як мой бой у Лас-Вегасе. Я быў абрабаваны, але даведаўся, што я не магу дазволіць да таго часу, мой апанент не выбіваецца. Я не магу дазволіць сабе сысці з дыстанцыі ў гэтай барацьбе (супраць. Oener).”