‘Gollaz’ defeated Robbie Davies Jr. via points to win the IBF Intercontinental Superlight title
For the second consecutive week a Mexican boxer was the protagonist of a new surprise in England, after the Jalisco Gabriel ‘Gollaz’ Valenzuela was imposed through points on the favorite Robbie Davies Jr. after 10 intense episodes in the weight category Superligeros, because of which it Intercontinental Championship of the International Boxing Federation
It was last Saturday Mauricio ‘Bronco’ Lara, who caused the surprise by taking the unbeaten away from the former world champion Josh Warrington by way of a knockout of nine rounds. And on this occasion, he was also close to achieving the knockout Valenzuela, which closed strong enough to secure a majority decision win with ratings of 96-95, 94-94 and 96-95
The Mexican’s triumph at Wembley Arena in London would pay up to $ 700 for every 100 bet for that result. From the start of the fight, motivated by the ability to act in support of soon Canelo Alvarez on American soil, according to the promise of its promoter Eddy Reynoso, Gabriel went in search of the knockout and repeatedly hurt his rival.
Davies Jr. He went on to fight in the counterattack, but the pressure from the Mexican was not enough to keep him at bay that was needed to perform his boxing. Valenzuela hungrily he knew the knockout was necessary to avoid a surprise on the scorecards, and while it didn’t come, he did enough to convince two of the three judges to get a well-deserved victory.
The young company BXSTRS fourth in England double, because they took the victory last week ‘Bronco’ Lara and now with Valenzuela, who improved to 23-2-1 with 13 knockouts while Davies he was left 20-3 and 13 knockout.