Julio Cesar Martinez struggled touchdown his guess photographs towards slippery Samuel Carmona, however he bought the choice. Photograph @MatchroomBoxing
GLENDALE, Arizona – The co-featured bout to the Juan Francisco Estrada-Roman Gonzalez was a conflict of types that didn’t work out by way of leisure worth. The 12-round flyweight bout featured WBC titleholder Julio Cesar Martinez towards 2016 Olympian Samuel Carmona. It was a traditional slugger vs. boxer matchup.
Martinez (19-2, 14 KOs), of Mexico Metropolis, was the bull (a barely deranged one), and he in the end prevailed by scores of 117-111, 116-112 and 114-114, defending the inexperienced belt for the fourth time, however he was clearly pissed off by the fleet-footed Spaniard.
Carmona (8-1, 4 KOs) was the matador (one who forgot his irons and “Banderillas” and was reluctant to make use of his sword — there was speak that he could have injured his proper hand).
Samuel Carmona tries to maintain JC Martinez at bay. Photograph by @MatchroomBoxing
The boxer-slugger matchup is normally a captivating one. Can the boxer preserve his composure and management the tempo and distance of the bout along with his stick-and-move recreation? Or will the slugger’s aggression and wild haymakers pull the boxer in to his kind of battle (the kind of scrap the followers in attendance tonight got here to witness)?
This time it simply didn’t work out. Martinez couldn’t lower the ring off the continually transferring Camrona and his stalking aggression was usually ineffective when he was in vary as a result of he normally missed with large hooks. Carmona’s punch-on-the-fly recreation was principally flight by the center rounds, which introduced out the boo birds, particularly throughout Rounds 7 and eight.
In a nutshell, Martinez was sloppy and Carmona was slippery, so there weren’t many significant exchanges over the 12 rounds they shared within the ring.
