Canelo vs Chavez Jr PPV: Under Card Results Recap
LEMIEUX CONTINUES WIN STREAK BY GETTING LOPSIDED DECISION OVER REYES
Montreal, Canada’s David Lemieux (38-3) keeps looking better and better in the squared circle. From his ‘Knockout of the Year’ candidate over Curtis Stevens a little over a month ago to tonight’s one-sided beating of Mexico’s Marco Reyes (35-5) he is sharp, on point and raising his stock as a pro boxer. The Canadian barely missed, connected on his power punches as well as showcased his solid left hook to the head and body of his opponent. Surprisingly, he had no problem walking down the longer and taller Reyes. During the bout a beautiful left hook from Lemieux that landed flush on Reyes’ face opened up a cut over the Mexican fighter’s right eye in Round 2. Blood instantly started flowing from it painting his face red. The next round the Canadian star couldn’t miss with that shot which enabled him to bust up his man with a wicked right upper cut and overhand rights since Reyes was too cautious of that Lemieux left hook and overlooked those right hands. His face was a bloody mess going into Round 4 with blood streaming down his face and and a bit of swelling developing over both eyes.
For the second half of the match Lemieux popped his jab then looped his left hook or swung an overhand right to keep his foe at bay. Reyes got a little carried away at the end of Round 8 and blatantly hit his foe after the bell. This foul was committed right in front of referee Robert Byrd who deducted a point during the 60 second break in-between rounds 8 and 9. Lemieux cruised to a decision verdict behind his crisp left hook as he flicked his jab and easily pot shot his foe just outside of range. Reyes had no answer for Lemieux who effortlessly boxed , moved and outsmarted his opponent.
The official scores for David Lemieux were 99-90, 99-90and 98-91 for the Canadian as he picks up the unanimous decision verdict.
‘MACHINE’ MATTHYSSE RETURNS TO DISMANTLE TRANSFORMER’ TAYLOR IN 15 MINUTES
Allot of questions were emphatically answered with ex-champ Lucas Matthysse ‘s (38-4) move up to the welterweight division as he took on Emanuel Taylor (20-5) on the main card of the Canelo vs. Chavez Jr PPV.
Well, the proud warrior let the critics know that he was a player in the crowded and illustrious division, that he still has allot of boxing life left in him and the power he held at junior welterweight followed him up to 147lbs.
He shined tonight in every stanza; a counter overhand right landed flush by Matthysse visibly stunning his man with about 30 seconds left in Round 1and had it happened a minute sooner he might have finished him. Going into Round 2, Matthysse was firing on all cylinders; his uppercut was sharp, his body work and combinations were deadly and he punished Taylor along the ropes during the last 40 seconds with almost a dozen unanswered shots in the form of over hands rights and left hooks the the body as he mixed in some uppercuts. A mean jab and straight right hand that landed right down the pike from Matthysse sent Taylor to the canvas like a folded lawn chair late in Round 3, the Maryland native beat Jay Nady’s count but was never the same after that shot. Taylor valiantly boxed and moved forward willing to trade with the Argentine but, Matthysse was landing the harder, cleaner and more devastating shots now busting open his nose through Round 4.
Going into Round 5 a left hook to the body that landed clean followed up by a pair of solid 1-2 combinations from Matthysse dropped Taylor to the floor . His nose a bloody mess as he stood up to beat the standing 8-count but when referee Jay Nady asked him if he wanted to continue it was clear he was ready to pack it up.
The answer to the question of: can Matthysse be a factor at welterweight ? Has been ultimately answered with a loud and firm , “absolutely”. The official time of the KO came at (2:21) of Round 5 as ‘Machine’ Matthysse gets his first victory at 147lbs.
DIAZ JR MAKES EASY WORK OF AVILA OVER 10 ROUNDS
Joseph Diaz Jr (24-0) defended his NABF featherweight title with a clear-cut unanimous decision over previously unbeaten Manuel Avila (22-1).
Diaz Jr kept a wide south paw stance looking to catch his man coming in with a stiff left hand or looping right hand shot which was very Pacquiaoesque. Avila operated somewhat gun shy which let the Californian dictate the pace and Avila try to counter him and with the slower hand speed and footwork turned out to be a bad move. He did have his moments when he finally pushed forward and used combinations but it didn’t happen until Round 7. It was too little, and too late for Avila at this point as Diaz Jr stuck and moved and doubled up his left hook and jab.
In the end the judges saw it clear for Joseph Diaz Jr with scores of 100-90, 99-91 and 99-91 in a unanimous decision as he hands Manuel Avila his first professional defeat.
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