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Nick Parkinson
Lightweight sensation Ryan Garcia tackles Luke Campbell for the vacant WBC interim lightweight title during the main event of a DAZN card at the American Airlines Center in Dallas.
Garcia (20-0, 17 KOs) has won four of its last five fights at intervals, including an impressive KO series in the first round over Francisco Fonseca on February 14th. Campbell (20-3, 16 KOs) has not fought since losing a unanimous decision challenging Vasiliy Lomachenko for the lightweight championship in August 2019.
In the co-main event, Rene Alvarado defends his WBA ‘regular’ lightweight title for junior against Roger Gutierrez in a 12-round fight.
Alvarado (32-8, 21 KOs) has won eight fights in a row, including six through a strike, since Yuriorkis Gamboa lost a decisive loss nearly four years ago. Gutierrez (24-3-1, 20 KOs) lost in a row in 2018 to Oscar Duarte and Hector Tanajara, but he won five consecutive games, four to a standstill.
Also on the map, Rene’s twin brother, Felix Alvarado (35-2, 30 KOs), defends his IBF junior flyweight world title against DeeJay Kriel (16-1-1, 8 KOS) in a 12-round fight.
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Ryan Garcia gets his hands wrapped up by coach Eddy Reynoso ahead of his interim title fight against Luke Campbell at the American Airlines Center in Dallas on Saturday. (Photo by Ed Keenan / Folden Boy Promotions)
Fight in progress: Rene Alvarado vs. Roger Gutierrez, 12 rounds, for Alvarado’s WBA “regular” junior lightweight title
Results:
F. Alvarado dominates Kriel in TKO victory
Felix Alvarado shone in his American debut when he scored two hits in a 10th-round victory over DeeJay Kriel to defend his IBF world flyweight.
After not boxing at all in 2020, Alvardo – Rene’s twin brother, also on the same card in action – has shown that she can point him out as one of the best in the world with £ 108 in his second world defense.
Alvarado (36-2, 31 KOs), 31, from Nicaragua, warned quickly and then Kriel (15-2-1, 8 KOs), 25, with a left hook that landed evenly on the chin. the second round. Kriel miraculously survived one and a half minutes until the end of the second round and in the process took a large right hand to the chin.
Alvarado landed a series of shots in the fourth round and put the South African back on the canvas with a left hook. But Kriel, a former list of straws and a good operator, quickly shot back with quick hands.
Kriel narrowed the points margin in the middle rounds, but he was almost overwhelmed at the end of round 9 because Alvarado increased the pressure. Alvarado sustained his attack in the 10th round and it was enough to force a strike after 1 minute and 39 seconds, when he landed a series of unanswered beats.
Curiel overwhelms Agaton in TKO victory
Raul Curiel quickly got out at the gate and never conceded, beating Ramses Agaton for four plus minutes en route to a one-sided, second-round TKO victory.
Curiel (9-0, 7 KOs) focused on his body early on, and a left hook to the liver tied Agaton, who fell to his knee in frustration. The fight at the end of the first round seemed to be on the verge of a standstill, after a spate of blows against the ropes, but Agaton (22-13-3, 12 KOs) held on long enough to keep the clock ticking. the end of the first round.
However, the aggression did not stop with the start of Round 2, as an eternal barrage of right brackets and capital letters landed constantly. Agaton, whose right eye was swollen, could not protect himself and his corner threw in the towel at 1:16.
According to CompuBox, Curiel surpassed Agaton by 43-10, although he threw virtually the same amount of beats (108 for Curiel, 107 for Agaton).
Younger Garcia remains unbeaten by majority decision
Lightweight Sean Garcia, Ryan Garcia’s younger brother, remained unbeaten with a hard-fought majority victory over Rene Marquez 38-38, 39-37 and 39-37.
Garcia (5-0, 2 KOs) had a harder time than expected against Marquez (5-5, 2 KOs). Marquez kept coming forward, hitting his body blows and throwing his right hand every time he had Garcia close. Garcia (20) was able to make more blows 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) could land only 30 of 185. Garcia also committed 43 of his power beats, while Marquez landed only 22.