Stanionis is now the WBA world welterweight champion. Stanionis should have won the fight outright – I don’t see how you could score this bout for Butaev. Butaev lost a point in the 11th for pushing Stanionis down as well. Stanionis, a former Olympian, who has not gotten the praise of other welterweight contenders, put forth a dominant one-sided boxing lesson, as he landed the cleaner punches all night long. In a career-defining win, Eimantas Stanionis won an odd split-decision over Radzhab Butaev in one of the most action-packed bouts of the evening. Lopez is 37-years-old and has given a lot to the sport, and Crowley’s ability to bully Lopez around in the fight might be a sign that the times are a-changing. Stanionis would be a fun bout that I would love to see headline a Showtime card. Both guys make great TV fights, and Crowley vs. The biggest x-factor in this fight was age, and Crowley was younger. Crowley, an aggressive southpaw, appeared to use his youth to defeat Lopez, who looked like a similarly styled pressure, but just older. In the PPV opener, undefeated welterweight Cody Crowley defeated game veteran Josesito Lopez via a ten-round decision, even dropping “The Riverside Rocky” in round seven. Cruz happens in the future, as it is two young fighters in a compelling fight. It was a good win for Valenzuela’s resume, but also somewhat sad to see an aging former champion knocked out quickly, and badly with a left hook from the southpaw stance. Lightweight Jose Valenzuela got a first-round KO over former world champion Francisco Vargas. Though I talk about showing compassion for Gamboa the ref didn’t, and though Gamboa was stopped, Cruz’s great performance was in the shadow of seeing Gamboa at 40-years-old, being a shell of who he once was.Ĭruz looked like a relentless pitbull, no wonder pitbull is his nickname, and now we hope to see him against another highly ranked world title contender after he just had a great fight with Gervonta “Tank” Davis. I lost count of the times Gamboa was dropped, but it just feels awkward how the young eat the old in boxing. Lightweight Isaac Cruz rocked former world champion Yurorkis Gamboa with seemingly the first right hand he threw, the fight continued to go downhill for the legend, Gamboa, as he was hurt in the second round and dropped. This was a masterpiece by Spence. Spence might not be vocal on the internet, but he sure is memorable when he fights, now we just need the fight with Terence Crawford, so we can crown a king of the era. In short, despite getting buzzed by Ugas, Spence wanted it more than Ugas and took the fight out of him, something we haven’t seen since Ugas had a career resurgence. In this bout, we saw all aspects of Spence’s game, Spence boxed, and in the later rounds bullied Ugas, as Ugas was landing great counter punches, but didn’t feel comfortable throwing the volume that Spence was throwing. Beyond being a superstar in the sport, Spence is loyal to his community, and that essentially is a big part of why he is so beloved there. Spence is an action fighter, who put 40,000 people in the seats to see him fight, and did the major promotional duty of the pay-per-view as well. This performance is one of the most impressive of Spence’s career as Ugas has been viewed as a boogeyman of the division and more so, Spence can safely say he has the most impressive resume at 147 lbs. now holds three of the four major world titles after tonight, as he stopped Yordenis Ugas in the tenth round as Ugas’ eye was swollen up like a balloon, and the doctor ringside had seen enough.
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