Tremendous middleweight Raiko Santana can thank Time beyond regulation Boxing’s additional time guidelines after grinding out a choice win.
Santana defeated former beginner standout Lorenzo Simpson by split-decision Friday evening on the Time beyond regulation Elite Area in Atlanta, Georgia. Unique scorecards have been 78-74 for Simpson, whereas the opposite two judges scored the bout 76-76.
Time beyond regulation Boxing carried out a rule the place if a struggle ends in a draw, a bonus spherical takes place to find out the winner. Santana received the additional spherical on two judges’ scorecards to enhance to 11-4, 6 knockouts.
Many of the motion all through the struggle was fought within the heart of the ring, with each combating largely within the pocket. The southpaw Lorenzo was more-economical together with his punches, however Santana was busier, throwing and touchdown punches and combos to the top and physique of Lorenzo.
Two of the judges might have been swayed by the upper punch output from Santana all through the struggle, however Simpson was the more-accurate puncher. Remaining punch stat numbers favored Simpson, as he threw 391 whole punches, touchdown 139 of them (35.5 %).
Santana landed 79 out of 462 whole punches (17.1 %).
The 31-year-old Santana, who’s initially from Pinar del Rio, Cuba and now resides in El Paso, Texas, beforehand fought on November 25, shedding an in depth choice to unbeaten prospect Daniel Blancas. Santana has received three of his final 4 bouts.
Simpson, who resides in Baltimore, Maryland, falls to 14-2, 8 KOs. He suffered his first defeat as a professional on August 25, by majority choice to Vladimir Hernandez.
The Simpson-Santana struggle was elevated to most important occasion standing after the Elijah Pierce-Jose Sanmartin struggle was postponed. Pierce, who’s rated No. 9 by The Ring at 122 kilos, backed out of the struggle, reportedly resulting from a chilly.
Within the co-feature, junior light-weight Maliek Montgomery dropped late-sub Cesar Juarez as soon as en path to a unanimous choice win. Scores have been 80-71, 80-71, and 79-73 for Montgomery, who improved to 18-0, 16 KOs.
Juarez was sport, selecting to remain within the pocket and mixing his assault, however the taller Montgomery threw and landed extra punches and combos to the top and physique.
Late in spherical eight, a left hook to the top dropped Juarez to the canvas. Juarez was not visibly harm by the punch, and was prepared to interact because the motion resumed, however the bell rang to finish the struggle.
Montgomery was initially scheduled to struggle on Could 3, however that struggle towards Eridson Garcia fell by. He’s managed by Trifon Petrov.
Juarez, who resides in Mexico Metropolis, falls to 29-16, 22 KOs. The 32-year-old has misplaced six of his final eight bouts.
In a WBC world featherweight title elimination bout, Tiara Brown outclassed and defeated Gabriela Bouvier by choice. All three judges scored the bout 100-90 for Brown, who improved to 17-0, 11 KOs.
Bouvier initiated exchanges early within the struggle, however the 36-year-old Brown was the aggressor all through a lot of the struggle, dictating and strolling Bouvier down behind a constant jab.
The 32-year-old Bouvier, who resides in Maldonado, Uruguay, falls to 19-13-1, 4 KOs.
In mild heavyweight motion, Casey Dixon of Atlanta dropped Gerald McClellan, Jr. (6-2, 4 KOs) of Milwaukee as soon as in spherical one to win by unanimous choice. Scores have been 39-36, 39-36, and 38-37 for Dixon, who improved to 5-0 1 No Contest, 4 KOs.
Within the opening bout of the OTX 8: The Hunt Continues card, tremendous middleweight Donte Layne of Elmont, N.Y. improved to 3-0, 3 KOs, stopping Montrel James (2-11) of St. Louis, Mo. at 2:52 of the opening spherical.
Francisco A. Salazar has written for The Ring since October 2013 and has coated boxing in Southern California and overseas since 2000. Francisco additionally covers boxing for the Ventura County (California) Star newspaper. He will be reached at [email protected]