Boxing Results: Yoshihiro Kamegai and Jorge Silva Draw
By Gabriel Montoya, MaxBoxing (Oct 7, 2012) Doghouse Boxing
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At the historic Memorial Auditorium in Sacramento, CA, Yoshihiro Kamegai
and Jorge Silva put on a war Saturday night. While the fight ended in a
draw, the sustained action honored the many battles that have been
fought in that building over the years. From the outset Silva looked
like he might overwhelm the Japanese fighter, taking it to him early on
with volume, sheer aggression and an uppercut that rocked Kamegai.
But
Kamegai, 21-0-1 with 18 knockouts, used his toughness, guile and hard
jab to wrest a semblance of control from Silva. The two men went at each
other like everything was on the line. To these men who have not
established themselves in the US as draws or recognizable names,
everything was. Silva was able to stun Kamegai twice in the fight while
Kamegai kept Silva honest with his power punching ways.
In the
end, the crowd was satisfied, the fighters’ stocks both rose and the
judges had it 95-95 twice and 96-94 for Kamegai, a draw.
Linares decisions Velasquez
In
a fight that was a likely rougher than expected, Venezuela’s Jorge
Linares improved to 32-3 with 20 knockouts via a wide ten round decision
over Hector Velasquez 52-18-3 with 35 knockouts by scores of 100-89,
98-91, and 97-91. Linares was once high on many writers’ list as a
future elite fighter. But after back to back stoppage losses, he has had
to re-tool in Japan’s Teiken Gym.
In this fight, you could see
his skill level. The offense of Linares has never been questioned. It’s
his durability and ability to take a punch. Velasquez was game, pressing
and attacking early and often. But Linares’ jab and movement kept him
in charge throughout despite taking flush punches from Velasquez on a
number of occasions. Velasquez was penalized a point for rough stuff and
Linares suffered a cut that his team managed very well. All in all, it
was a solid effort from Linares who did not appeared terribly happy with
his performance, expressing his need to improve.
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