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BROOKLYN (Březen 3, 2019) – Former 154-pound world champion Erislandy Lara and WBA Super Welterweight Champion Brian Castaño fought to a highly competitive split-draw Saturday at Barclays Center, domov Brooklyn BOXING ™, v akci pořádané 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. Soudci bodovali souboj 115-113 (Castaño), 115-113 (Lara) a 114-114.
Castaño (15-0-1, 11 KO), who was fighting in his first U.S. main event, held a large advantage in power connects (181-103) while Lara (25-3-3, 14 KO) found success landing his left hand down the middle on his way to a 34 procent do 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 údery, 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.”
Lara, na druhou stranu, 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.”
Ve spolupráci funkce, Kubánský slimák těžké váhy Luis Ortiz (31-1, 26 KO) earned a unanimous decision victory over a game Christian Hammer (24-6, 14 KO). Although the judges scored the fight 100-90 a 99-91 dvakrát, both men fought through bloody noses at different points in the fight and both were stunned in a back-and-forth second round.
Ortiz, 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,” said Ortiz. “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 Wilder, Jsem připraven. "
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 for Hammer, while also connecting on 49 procent svých energetických razníků. Ortiz made a conscious effort to attack Hammer’s body with 33.6% of his total connects (45 na 140) coming via body shots.
“I fought a fight that I hadn’t for years, which is box and work,” said Ortiz. “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.”
V televizní vysílání otvíráku, Eduardo Ramirez (22-1-3, 9 KO) chycen Bryan De Gracia (24-2-1, 20 KO) 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, Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexiko, was trailing on the scorecards at the time of the stoppage according to two out of three judges (the third had it even). Ramirez, 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 procent svých energetických razníků, while Ramirez landed 38 procent jeho.
“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.”
Díky vítězství, Ramirez is now in line to face WBA (Pravidelný) 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, Edwin Rodriguez (31-2, 20 KO) won a 10-round cruiserweight fight via unanimous decision overMitch Williams (16-7-3, 11 KO) podle skóre 96-94 a dvakrát 98-92. Coverage on social media also saw Antonio Russell (13-0, 11 KO), younger brother of WBC Featherweight Champion Gary Russell Jr., zastávka Jose Maria Cardenas (16-4, 13 KO) 22 seconds into the sixth round of their bantamweight fight. In the opening bout of the digital presentation, Leduan Barthelemy (14-0-1, 7 KO) remained unbeaten with a unanimous decision over Miguel Angel Aispuro (11-7-2, 7 KO) podle skóre 80-72 a dvakrát 79-73 in their eight-round super featherweight attraction.
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Williams bude bojovat v jeho osmém jiné zemi proti Hammer, bývalý World Boxing Organization (WBO) Evropský šampion v těžké váze. “Jsem bahamský bojovník,” Williams vysvětlil, proč se bojuje tolik soupeře v jejich dvorku. “Od přírody, v Karibiku, jsme známí jako piráti. Cestoval jsem celý svůj život. Nemáme žádné hranice, pouze vody na kříž. Kdekoli jsem bojovat, Mám pocit, že je to moje rodné město Nassau. Jedná se o šestý jiný boj pro mě tento rok, ale pouze ten, který je opravdu děje. Ostatní rozpadlo na toho či onoho důvodu. Chystám se využít této příležitosti,. Budu čelit nepřízni osudu bojovat v Rumunsku poprvé, ale já jdu tam s úmyslem řemeny ho od čerta k ďáblu. Chystám se vzít ho ven. Jsem přináší svůj Conch punč (big overhand vpravo), což je synonymem pro Bahamy, a lidé všude milují ji.”
Upshaw je poslední boj za následek zklamáním ztrátě, prostřednictvím osm kulatého rozhodnutí kontroverzním, loni v červnu do rodného města oblíbené Lanell Bellows (12-1-1) v Las Vegas. “Ovládal jsem ten boj a ještě ztratil,” Upshaw komentoval. “Dívám se na boxu odlišně od mého boje v Las Vegas. Byl jsem okraden, ale dozvěděl, že nemohu nechat, dokud můj soupeř je vyrazen. Nemůžu si dovolit jít vzdálenost v tomto boji (proti. Oener).”