ARON MARTINEZ SCORES UNANIMOUS DECISION WIN OVER DEVON ALEXANDER

On Wednesday October 14th ESPN had a night of boxing on their series Premier Boxing Champions. The fights featured Devon Alexander (26-4, 14 ko’s) vs Aaron Martinez (20-4-1, 4 ko’s) in the main event and co-featured Lee Selby (22-1, 8 ko’s) vs Fernando Montiel ( 54-5-2, 39 ko’s) in the co-main event. There was even guest appearances by Adrien Broner, Shawn Porter, and Robert Garcia.

The night started off with Kevin Newman (4-0-1, 1 ko) beating  Jay Williams (3-8) by unanimous decision which included a knock-down in the 2nd round. Next Lionell Thompson (16-3, 10 ko’s) beat Thomas Hanshaw (6-7, 4 ko’s). The referee stopped the fight in between the 2nd and 3rd round when he thought Hanshaw had enough. After that Alexis Santiago (20-3-1, 8 ko’s) beat Gustavo Molina  (10-9, 4 ko’s) by unanimous decision. Then Robert Garcia’s fighter Ivan Redkach (19-1, 14 ko’s) knocked out Erick Martinez (11-3-1, 5 ko’s) in the 3rd round.

Starting the live televised fights was the co-main event where the IBF Featherweight Champion Lee Selby (22-1, 8 ko’s) took on Fernando Montiel ( 54-5-2, 39 ko’s). From the get go it was evident that Montiel was the harder puncher, this could be seen time to time when Montiel would wobble Selby. Regardless of Montiel’s power Selby was the younger fighter with the height and reach advantage. Selby would use his reach to his advantage and use his jab to keep Montiel away. The only problem was that occasionally when Selby would throw a jab he would lower his right arm leaving his face exposed to Montiel’s left hook. Montiel’s veteran experience could only get him so far. Selby was the more active and accurate puncher throughout the fight which got him a unanimous decision win.

In the main event Devon Alexander  (26-4, 14 ko’s) took on Aaron Martinez  (20-4-1, 4 ko’s). In the first couple of rounds the fighters were awkwardly dancing in the ring trying to figure out one another. But in the 3rd round the ball got rolling and the momentum was on Martinez’s side. Martinez forced himself on Alexander and made Alexander go toe to toe with him. Martinez put relentless pressure on Alexander and fought the whole fight on the inside. Alexander, being a boxer, should have stayed on the outside and out boxed Martinez. Instead Alexander played Martinez’s game and tried to slug it out. Martinez’s ability to make Alexander fight his fight gave Martinez a unanimous decision win.