![]() Here is the press release sent out by Showtime & Premier Boxing Champions. Plenty of questions will be answered on this night as the televised tripleheader has some intriguing matchups. Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero (14-1), coming from the knockout loss to Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis, will face WBA super lightweight champion Alberto Puello (21-0). The return of one of the more entertaining trash talkers in the sport will occur on May 13 live from the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, NV, on Showtime. Simply return to this post and refresh when the time comes.įull coverage – a fight story, photo gallery and analysis – will follow on separate posts the day of the fight and the following day.Premier Boxing Champions announced that Alberto Puello will be defending his WBA super lightweight title against Rolando Romero on May 13. The main event will take place later in show.īoxing Junkie will post the results of the main event and other featured bouts immediately after they end. The featured bouts on the card begin at 9 p.m. Rolando Romero and Ismael Barroso are scheduled to fight for the vacant WBA 140-pound title Saturday at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas (Showtime). The victory was the biggest in the career of Sims, who has now won seven consecutive fights.Īkhmedov was coming off a split-decision loss to Albert Puello for the WBA title in August, meaning he has lost back-to-back fights. The last several rounds were fought at a feverish pace, with both fighters having success. He continued to stand his ground and began to turn the momentum back in his favor around Round 8 even though his right eye was swollen shut. Then the former amateur star from Uzbekistan seemed to take control of the fight by the third or fourth round as a result of his relentless pressure and superior activity. The slick Sims (20-2-1, 7 KOs) had success with his sharp jab and counter punches to the head of Akhmedov (9-3, 8 KOs), particularly early in the fight. The other two had Sims winning, 116-112 and 115-113. defeated Batyr Akhmedov by a majority decision in a brilliant, back-and-forth 12-round battle of 140-pound contenders. Juarez had won his previous three fights. The problem for the 23-year-old Texan is that he had long periods of inactivity, which allowed Barthelemy to win rounds.īarthelemy, 37, was coming off his first knockout loss, a six-rounder against Gary Antuanne Russell last July. Juarez (14-2, 5 KOs) had success when he let his hands go, especially when he had Barthelemy pinned against the ropes. ![]() The slick Cuban wasn’t particularly active but his power shots were accurate, with a 49% connect rate. ![]() ![]() The third scored it 95-95.īarthelemy (30-2-1, 15 KOs) was content to fight from the outside and pick his spots to throw his punches. Two judges had Barthelemy winning, 98-92 and 97-93. All three judges also had Barroso leading, 78-73, 77-74 and 76-75.įormer two-division titleholder Rances Barthelemy defeated Omar Juarez by a majority decision in a 10-round 143-pound fight. In the end Romero seemed to miss several shots yet Weeks stopped the fight.īoxing Junkie had Barroso leading 78-73 after eight rounds. Romero tried to end the fight at that point but couldn’t do so, as Barroso continued to fight back. ![]() Romero the pushed Barroso down yet referee Tony Weeks ruled it a knockdown. Romero landed a left about a minute into the round, which Barroso seemed to take well. Rolando Romero dropped and stopped Ismael Barroso at 2:41 of the ninth round to win the vacant WBA 140-pound title in what will be seen as a controversial result.īarroso seemed to have built a lead on the cards after eight rounds, as Romero, who went down in Round 3, threw few punches. ![]()
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