IBF mild welterweight champion Liam Paro meets the upset-minded Richardson Hitchins within the headliner tonight, stay on DAZN, within the Matchroom-promoted present in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Updates & outcomes of tonight’s 8:00 p.m. ET occasion will proven beneath.
– Tremendous featherweight Henry Lebron (20-0, 10 KOs) stayed unbeaten with a 10-round unanimous choice victory over veteran Christopher Diaz (29-5, 19 KOs). The judges’ scores have been 97-93, 97-93 and 96-94. Lebron was on the run a lot of the battle, hitting and shifting. He did look comfy taking the laborious proper fingers from Diaz to the top in rounds 3, 6, 8, and 10.
Lebron was minimize within the brow from a conflict of heads in spherical eight. He’d been bleeding from the mouth from the six and appeared like he needed no a part of Diaz. Not an entertaining battle on Lebron’s aspect.
– Unbeaten flyweight Yaniel Rivera (7-0, 3 KOs) destroyed Angel Gonzalez (14-1, 7 KOs) by a fourth-round knockout; Rivera dropped the overmatched Gonzalez thrice within the battle. The primary knockdown got here in spherical three with a robust proper hook. There are two extra knockdowns in spherical 4.
The referee, Luis Pabon, halted the competition after the second knockdown. Gonzalez had largely been holding from the third spherical, making an attempt to outlive, and appeared dispirited.
– Light-weight Agustin Ezequiel Quintana (21-2-1, 13 KOs) began sluggish however then got here on late to upset Marc Castro (13-1, 8 KOs) by a ten-round break up choice. The Argentinian Quintana, 28, had the group on his aspect within the eighth and ninth, touchdown clear pictures that appeared to stun Castro.
Within the early levels, Castro managed the battle along with his nonstop punching, however he was drained by the seventh spherical, permitting Quintana to return on to get the higher of him. The judges’ scores have been 97-93 for Quintana, 96-94 for Castro, and 96-94 for Quintana.
The Aussie Paro (25-0, 15 KOs) can be making an attempt to remain on prime towards a really completely different kind of fighter within the extremely expert Hitchins (19-0, 7 KOs), who’ve the pace, dimension and technical abilities benefit on this battle.
Paro, 28, is a blue-collar kind of fighter. He’s not an excellent expertise, however he makes use of techniques to compensate for his lack. In his latest win over the boogeyman of the 140-lb division, Subriel Matias, Paro held ceaselessly, pushed off, and moved to win a 12-round unanimous choice earlier this yr.
It wasn’t fairly to look at, however Paro acquired the win. Some followers imagine he ought to have had level deductions taken away for the holding, pushing, and rabbit punches that he used towards Matias. It’s too late now. It’ll be attention-grabbing to see if Paro makes use of the identical techniques tonight towards Hitchins.
The Brooklyn, New York native Hitchins gained a controversial 12-round unanimous choice over Gustavo Lemos in his final battle on August sixth. It was an equally ugly efficiency as Paro’s final battle and never very entertaining. The Eddie Hearn-promoted Hitchins gained, although, and he’s difficult for a world title tonight.
Tonight’s DAZN Predominant Card at 7:00 pm ET
- Liam Paro (25-0, 15 KO) makes his first and probably the final protection of his IBF mild welterweight title towards #1 ranked Richardson Hitchins (18-0, 7 KO) within the 12-round principal occasion
Henry Lebron (19-0, 10 KO) faces Christopher Diaz (29-4, 19 KO) in a 10-round contest at tremendous featherweights. - Flyweight Yankiel Rivera (6-0, 2 KO) battles Angel Gonzalez (14-0, 7 KO) in a 10-round-rounder in a battle that needs to be attention-grabbing for so long as it lasts.
- Marc Castro (13-0, 8 KO) continues his growth with a 10-round light-weight bout towards Agustin Ezequiel Quintana (20-2-1, 13 KO)
Preliminary Card at 3:30 p.m. ET
