BOXING

Garcia knocks Pinoy Duno out in Round 1

Published

4 years ago

February 7, 2020

PONCIANO

By Ponciano “John’ Melo Jr.

posted November 03, 2019 at 12:00 pm

Manila Standard Digital

https://manilastandard.net/sports/fightsports/309059/garcia-knocks-pinoy-duno-out-in-round-1.html

LAS VEGAS — Romero Duno donned a shirt that took a shot at Ryan Garcia for seemingly “running” away from him after failed attempts of a fight with the latter.
For their Saturday (Sunday, November 3 Manila time) bout, however, Garcia didn’t even need to run, he just needed one round.
The 21-year-old pulverized the Filipino fighter only halfway through the first round with a left hook to the temple that sent the Pinoy boxer to the canvass en route to a KO win for the up-and-coming star Garcia at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

Garcia has now captured the World Boxing Council silver lightweight belt after knocking out Duno at the 1:38 mark of Round 1 of their scheduled 10-rounder that made schedules a little earlier for the night’s main event featuring the light heavyweight clash of Sergey Kovalev and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez.
“I feel good,” Garcia said after the KO win.
“It’s kind of what I expected like I said. But all respect to Duno. He came to fight. He came in shape,” said Garcia.
The still undefeated Garcia, now with a record of 19 wins and 16 KOs, says it could have been a different bout, as he did absorb some crunching blows from Duno.
“He caught me with that overhand right, “ said Garcia as highlight plays of the fight were projected on screen at the soldout arena.
“You seen right on the chin, and I took it. And then, from there, I knew I could just keep taking ‘em and keep coming at him. So, when I took his best shot, I felt good. I was like, ‘All right, I got him,” he explained.
Garcia now also holds the NABO 135-pound championship belt from Duno who falls to a 21-2 (16 KOs) record, ending a three-year undefeated run since May of 2016.

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BOXING

Naoya Inoue is ‘overrated’ – Luis Nery

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5 days ago

April 19, 2024

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Two-weight world Mexican champ Luis Nery (35 wins – 1 loss – 0) mocked the undefeated “Japanese monster” Naoya Inoue (26 wins – 0 loss) as ordinary and overrated hyping their fight at Tokyo Dome in Japan May 6, 2024.

31-year old Inoue will defend his undisputed super bantamweight title against Nery.

29-year-old challenger Nery has the WBC and Ring magazine bantamweight titles plus the WBC super bantamweight title from 2020 to May 2021.

On the other hand, the undisputed Inoue who holds WBA and IBF titles plus WBC and WBO belts has never lost except a decision with Filipino ‘flash’ Nonito Donaire last 2011.

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Francis Ngannou cries ‘deception’ vs Anthony Joshua camp

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3 weeks ago

April 3, 2024

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Francis Ngannou cries ‘deception’ vs Anthony Joshua camp

Former UFC fighter Francis Ngannou accused AJ camp of ‘trickery’ when he suffered devastating knockdowns in the first and second round last March 8, 2024 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

The MMA fighter and former UFC heavyweight champion said that AJ camp sabotaged him by letting him go early in the arena.

“We both fought at 3am. What I think, something that’s happened is that they get me to the arena very early. Like my pickup time was 10.30pm to go to the arena. And then when we get to the arena, they tell us that we are scheduled around 1.45am. right?” Ngannou blurted.

He believed that he came exhausted, which resulted in his humiliating defeat.

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Texas Department urges Mike Tyson to pass EEG, EKG tests

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3 weeks ago

April 3, 2024

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Texas Department urges Mike Tyson to pass EEG, EKG tests

The 57-year old legend Mike Tyson (50 wins – 6 loss) vs 27-year old YouTuber Jake Paul (9 wins – 1 loss) must undergo major tests before the fight to materialize at AT&T Stadium in Texas Arlington on July 20, 2024.

The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulations (TDLR) urged Tyson to undergo or pass a brain test Electroencephalography (EEG) and Electrocardiogram (EKG) for the heart.

“A person aged 36 or older applying for a contestant’s license must submit a report of favourable physical testing conducted within the previous 12 months, including but not limited to an EEG and an EKG.” TDLR elaborated.

Meanwhile, the American youtuber explained that he picked Tyson because he wants to change the history of boxing. He already fought Floyd Mayweather Jr but he lost.

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