Jesus Cuellar vs Jonathan Oquendo
Before the night’s headliner got underway, Jesus Cuellar failed to impress with his Unanimous Decision win over Jonathan Oquendo. Cuellar left Brooklyn’s Barclays Center with WBA Featherweight title following scores of 116-111 (twice) and a staggering 120-107 – boxing is subjective, granted, but that’s a ‘Mr Magoo’ score right there.
Boxing Base saw the action 115-112, though the last four rounds could have gone either way. Cuellar vs Oquendo got off to promising start, with Oquendo moving well and countering a stalking champion. But Cuellar came on strong, particularly in the middle rounds, and began to find his target more, chopping away at the mid-section. Oquendo stumbled into some bad luck in the 4th – in the form of Cuellar’s leg – and recieved a count from the referee.
With the middle rounds complete, it was then that the styles of both men seemed to clash. Neither man had problems pulling the trigger, and for one reason or another, produced a scrappy affair. Forgive me for not exploring the possible reasons, but Jacobs vs Quillin is literally just starting (how unprofessional of me…).
Jesus Cuellar now jumps up to 28 wins 1 defeat, 21 knockouts, while Jonathan Oquendo drops to 26 wins, 4 defeats, 16 knockouts.
Chris Algieri vs Erick Bone
Chris Algieri returned to winning ways on the Jacobs vs Quillin support, but boy did he make hard work for himself. Instead of fighting behind the jab and putting his notable counterpunching to good use, Algieri allowed himself to be dragged into a close-quarter gun fight with Erick Bone.
To be fair, Algieri managed to adapt fairly well, and quite rightly won via Unanimous Decision (95-94, 97-92 twice). It made for an entertaining scrap, sure, but since Algieri isn’t known for his firepower, he’d be doing himself a big favor to stick to his outside game as he did against Ruslan Provodnikov.
Why Algieri chose to go to war, I’ve no idea. Perhaps he’s trying to send a message to the Welterweight division? Perhaps he’s trying to build a reputation as a marketable bruiser? Oh, and one last thing, Algieri scored a knockdown in the 8th (well, technically, I guess – Bone’s legs got tangled).
Algieri now builds to 21 wins, 2 defeats, 8 knockouts, while Bone falls to 16 wins, 3 defeats, 8 knockouts.
Marcus Browne vs Francisco Sierra
Marcus Browne, a rising Light Heavyweight prospect, had little problems with veteran Francisco Sierro, scoring a 3rd round TKO. Browne looked to be overmatched from the first bell, eating some heavy shots, and sustaining a nasty cut on his left eye courtesy of a right hand. And it was that cut which, after worsening over the course of the next two rounds, caused the ringside physician to call a halt to the action.
Browne now moves up to 17 wins, no defeats, 12 knockouts, while Sierra falls to 27 wins, 10 defeats, 1 draw, 24 knockouts.
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