PREMIER BOXING CHAMPIONS SPIKE TV RECAP
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HIGHLIGHTS
- Andre Berto pinned Josesito Lopez in the corner in the fourth round and tagged him hard with a right, prompting the first big exchange of the fight.
- Berto caught Lopez with a right to knock him down in the sixth. Lopez got back in the game and tried to re-establish himself.
- Berto came out and landed another right to put Lopez on the ground again,stopping Lopez at 1:03 of the sixth.
Andre Berto defeated Josesito Lopez with a KO in the sixth round.
Andre Berto and Josesito Lopez" width="768" height="431" />Andre Berto prevailed over Josesito Lopez, gaining a KO in the sixth round
The hometown crowd came out to see Josesito Lopez, the Riverside Rocky, do some damage to Andre Berto Friday night at Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario, California, but an energized Berto sent them home disappointed with a sixth-round knockout.
Berto sent Lopez to the deck earlier in the round with a right, but Lopez climbed up off the mat. It would be a short-lived try at a rally, as Berto connected with another right hand that put Lopez down for good at 1:03 of the sixth.
Lopez started out deftly avoiding Berto’s jab, but a fourth-round flurry in a neutral corner seemed to slow Lopez, as a cut developed under his right eye. The damage proved to be too much, and Berto capitalized two rounds later.
Andre Berto drops Josesito Lopez twice before the fight is called off.
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HIGHLIGHTS
- Shawn Porter gained a KO at 2:30 in the fifth round.
- Shawn Porter shook off his first career loss in impressive fashion.
- Porter became the first man to notch a knockout in Premier Boxing Champions history.
Erick Bone" width="768" height="431" />Shawn Porter won a 5th-round victory over Erick Bone
Shawn Porter caught Erick Bone with a big right-hand body shot that stunned the Ecuadorian, opening him up for a right-left-right-left combination, all landing squarely to the head to finish Bone off at 2:30 of the fifth round.
Just prior to the knockout, Porter knocked Bone down and through the ropes with a straight right to the body. Bone got back up, but he was unable to truly recover.
It wasn’t all aggressiveness on Porter’s part: He showed impressive quickness in the ring, ducking under a huge right from Bone in the fourth in a slippery now-you-see-me-now-you-don’t flash.
Shawn Porter knocks down Erick Bonè and ultimately knocks him out in the 5th round of their encounter.
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HIGHLIGHTS
- – Chris Arreola came out on fire and scored a knockdown early in the first, but Curtis Harper got back into the fight.
- – Arreola looked re-energized in the seventh round, connecting on multiple stiff rights to Harper’s head, but couldn’t put him down.
- – Arreola connected on a left, right, left, right early in the eighth round and that level of activity may have sealed the deal for Arreola.
- – Arreola took the unanimous decision over Harper.
Arreola vs Harper was a slugfest which captivated the crowd
Two-time heavyweight title challenger Chris Areola used a huge right hand to floor Curtis Harper in the first round, withstood a furious rally by his opponent, and pushed the paced over the last two rounds for a unanimous decision at the Citizens Business Bank Arena in the Spike TV debut of Premier Boxing Champions.
Highlights from Arreola vs Harper
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