Heavyweight Slugger Luis Ortiz Earns Unanimous Decision
Over Christian Hammer
Eduardo Ramirez Scores Ninth-Round TKO of Bryan De Gracia
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BROOKLYN (מרץ 3, 2019) – אלוף העולם לשעבר של 154 פאונד Erislandy לארה and WBA Super Welterweight Champion בריאן קסטנו fought to a highly competitive split-draw Saturday at Barclays Center, ביתו של ברוקלין אגרוף ™, באירוע שהציג אלופי הפרמייר באגרוף. 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. השופטים קלעו את המאבק 115-113 (עַרמוֹן), 115-113 (לארה) ו 114-114.
עַרמוֹן (15-0-1, 11 קוס), who was fighting in his first U.S. אירוע מרכזי, held a large advantage in power connects (181-103) while Lara (25-3-3, 14 קוס) found success landing his left hand down the middle on his way to a 34 percent to 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. בשני המחזורים האחרונים, Castaño ramped up the pressure and connected on 44 אגרופים, 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.”
לארה, מצד השני, 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.”
בשיתוף התכונה, סבלן קובני במשקל כבד לואיס אורטיז (31-1, 26 קוס) earned a unanimous decision victory over a game האמר נוצרי (24-6, 14 קוס). Although the judges scored the fight 100-90 ו 99-91 פעמיים, both men fought through bloody noses at different points in the fight and both were stunned in a back-and-forth second round.
אורטיז, 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. אנתוני יהושע, דאונטיי ויילדר, אני מוכן. "
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 עבור האמר, while also connecting on 49 אחוזים מאגרופי כוחו. Ortiz made a conscious effort to attack Hammer’s body with 33.6% of his total connects (45 של 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.”
בפותח הטלוויזיה, אדוארדו רמירז (22-1-3, 9 קוס) caught Bryan De Gracia (24-2-1, 20 קוס) 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, של Los Mochis, Sinaloa, מקסיקו, was trailing on the scorecards at the time of the stoppage according to two out of three judges (the third had it even). רמירז, 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 אחוזים מאגרופי כוחו, while Ramirez landed 38 אחוזים ממנו.
“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.”
עם הניצחון, Ramirez is now in line to face WBA (רגיל) 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, אדווין רודריגז (31-2, 20 קוס) won a 10-round cruiserweight fight via unanimous decision overMitch Williams (16-7-3, 11 קוס) על ידי עשרות רבות של 96-94 פעמיים ו 98-92. Coverage on social media also saw אנטוניו ראסל (13-0, 11 קוס), younger brother of WBC Featherweight Champion Gary Russell Jr., stop Jose Maria Cardenas (16-4, 13 קוס) 22 seconds into the sixth round of their bantamweight fight. In the opening bout of the digital presentation, Leduan רתלמי (14-0-1, 7 קוס) remained unbeaten with a unanimous decision over Miguel Angel Aispuro (11-7-2, 7 קוס) על ידי עשרות רבות של 80-72 פעמיים ו 79-73 in their eight-round super featherweight attraction.
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ניהול SHS אגרוף 
ויליאמס יהיה הלחימה במדינה האחרת השמינית נגד האמר, ארגון האיגרוף העולמי לשעבר (WBO) אלוף במשקל כבד באירופה. “אני לוחם בהאמה,” וויליאמס הסבירה מדוע הוא נלחם מתנגדים רבים כל כך בחצר האחורית שלהם. “על ידי הטבע, באיים הקריביים, אנחנו ידועים כפירטים. אני כבר נסעתי בכל החיים שלי. אין לנו גבולות, רק משקה לחצות. בכל מקום שאני נלחם, אני מרגיש כאילו זה עיר הולדתו של נסאו. זהו הקרב השישי שונה עבורי השנה, אבל רק אחד שבאמת קורים. אחרים התפרקו מסיבה זו או אחרת. אני הולך לנצל את ההזדמנות הזאת. אני עומד בפני מצוקות לחימה ברומניה בפעם הראשונה, אבל אני הולך לשם עם הכוונה של belting מן האחד אל השני. אני הולך להוציא אותו. אני מביא אגרוף הקונכייה שלי (נכון בוהן גדול), אשר הוא שם נרדף לאיים בהאמה, ואנשים בכל מקום אוהבים את זה.”
המאבק האחרון של Upshaw הביא להפסד מאכזב, בדרך של החלטה שמונה בסיבוב שנוי במחלוקת, ביוני האחרון לעיר הולדתו האהובה בלאוס Lanell (12-1-1) בלאס וגאס. “אני נשלט מאבק ושעדיין הפסדתי,” Upshaw הגיב. “אני מסתכל על אגרוף שונה מאז הקרב שלי בלאס וגאס. אני נשדדנו אבל למדתי שאני לא יכול לתת עד היריב שלי הוא דפק החוצה. אני לא יכול להרשות לעצמו לעבור את המרחק במאבק הזה (לעומת. Oener).”