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Nick Parkinson
Slight sensation Ryan Garcia takes Luke Campbell for the WBC lightweight intermediate vacancy in the main event of a DAZN card at the American Airlines Center in Dallas on Saturday.
Garcia (20-0, 17 KOs) has won four of his last five stoppage fights, including an impressive first-round KO over Francisco Fonseca on February 14th. Campbell (20-3, 16 KOs) has not fought since losing a unanimous decision that challenges Vasiliy Lomachenko for the August 2019 lightweight championship.
In the main competition, Rene Alvarado defends his “regular” light junior WBA title against Roger Gutierrez in a 12-round battle.
Alvarado (32-8, 21 KOs) has won eight fights in a row, including six in stoppage time since losing the decision to Yuriorkis Gamboa almost four years ago. Gutierrez (24-3-1, 20 KOs) suffered consecutive losses to Oscar Duarte and Hector Tanajara in 2018, but won five consecutive fights, four by stopping.
Also on the card, Rene’s twin brother Felix Alvarado (35-2, 30 KOs) defends his IBF junior world title with the weight of flying against DeeJay Kriel (16-1-1, 8 KOS) in a fight of 12 rounds.
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Ryan Garcia has his hands wrapped by coach Eddy Reynoso before the interim fight with Luke Campbell at the American Airlines Center in Dallas on Saturday. (Photo by Ed Keenan / Folden Boy Promotions)
Battle in progress: Rene Alvarado vs. Roger Gutierrez, 12 rounds, for the “regular” junior title of Alvarado’s WBA lightweight team
Results:
F. Alvarado defeats Kriel in the TKO victory
Felix Alvarado shone in his US debut, scoring two knockdowns in a 10th round victory over DeeJay Kriel to defend his lightweight IBF world title.
After not boxing at all in 2020, Alvardo – Rene’s twin brother, also in action on the same book – showed that his power marks him as one of the best in the world, at 108 pounds, in the second title. world defense.
Alvarado (36-2, 31 KOs), 31, from Nicaragua, served as a warning with a quick start, and then Kriel (15-2-1, 8 KOs), 25, with a left hook that landed in color on chin in the second round. Kriel survived admirably a torrid minute and a half until the end of the second round, taking a large right hand up to her chin in the process.
Alvarado landed a series of photos in the fourth round and put the South African back on the canvas with a left hook. But Kriel, a former straw-weight titlist and a quality operator, returned quickly.
Kriel narrowed the points margin in the middle rounds, but was almost overwhelmed at the end of round 9 as Alvarado increased the pressure. Alvarado sustained his attack in the 10th round and was enough to force a stop after 1 minute and 39 seconds, when he landed a series of unanswered shots.
Curiel overwhelms Agaton in the TKO victory
Raul Curiel quickly came out of the goal and never gave up, beating Ramses Agaton for an extra four minutes on the way to a unilateral TKO victory in the second round.
Curiel (9-0, 7 KOs) focused on his body in time, and a left hook on his liver closed on Agaton, who fell to his knees in frustration. The fight seemed to be on the verge of a halt at the end of the first round after a fistfight against the ropes, but Agaton (22-13-3, 12 KOs) lasted long enough to hear the bell at the end of the first round.
The aggression did not stop with the start of round 2, however, as a perpetual barrage of straight hooks and left upper cuts landed steadily. Agaton, whose right eye swelled, could not protect himself, and his corner threw the towel at 1:16.
According to CompuBox, Curiel beat Agaton 43-10, despite throwing practically the same amount of punches (108 for Curiel, 107 for Agaton).
Young Garcia remains undefeated with the victory of the majority of the decision
Slight Sean Garcia, Ryan Garcia’s younger brother, went undefeated with a majority fight victory over Rene Marquez with scores of 38-38, 39-37 and 39-37.
Garcia (5-0, 2 KOs) had a more difficult time than expected against Marquez (5-5, 2 KOs). Marquez kept coming forward, landing his body fists and throwing his right hand every time he had Garcia close. Garcia, 20, managed to get more shots in the third round, but ended the fight tired – a product of Marquez’s body attack.
According to CompuBox, Garcia landed 48 of 161 total hits, while Marquez, 31, managed to land only 30 of 185. Garcia also connected 43 of his power shots, while Marquez landed only 22.