Japanese Hiroto “Mad boy” Kyoguchi lost this Friday by knockout in round eight to the Mexican Esteban Bermudez and kept the World Boxing Association (WBA) light flyweight belt.
In Guadalajara, western Mexico, Kyōguchi he added sixteenth win in many battles as a professional, after a great performance where he looked good with his ‘jab’, his venomous ‘top’ and his great speed, he was even penalized two points for putting his head down sa.
With 1-2 and good defense, the Asian started to impose conditions and in the second round he hit Bermúdez with a strong ‘upper cut’.
Cut to the forehead, the Mexican bled profusely, despite this he responded in exchanges against a cunning opponent, capable of escaping impacts and hitting beautiful return shots.
Kyoguchi was punished in the sixth round, then he closed out better.
As a Greek warrior, Bermúdez appeared red with blood, coated his rival’s body, the referee’s blue shirt, the canvas and his coach with his red blood cells, leukocytes and platelets. Despite everything, he sought punches in the soft zone and took the seventh round, after another penalty on “Mad boy”.
Forced to be on the brink of disqualification, Kyoguchi emerged to end the match in the eighth segment; he became a punching machine, brought Bermudez into a corner and knocked him down.
The Japanese Arrived at 16 wins, 11 on the fast trackin, while Bermudez suffered his fourth setback along 14 wins and two draws.
Before the Venezuelan Mayerlin “La Monita” Rivas won by technical knockout to the Mexican Karina “La Bella” Fernandez to retain the WBA super bantamweight title.
Rivas inflicted damage with a jab and in just the first minute of the fight he knocked down the Mexican, who received a protection account; he gradually increased his advantage against the Mexican, with a broken nose not exposed in the fourth round.
Rivas added his seventeenth win as a professional, eleventh by knockout, with four losses and a draw. Fernández suffered his seventh defeat with 17 wins and a draw.
Source: La Verdad
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