Boxing Kingdom

In the most important match of the week, held in Fort Worth, rising star Vergil Ortiz Jr (17-0, 17 KOs) and former super lightweight champion Maurice "Mighty Mo" Hooker (27-2-3, 19 KOs) they gave birth to a magnificent fight. 22-year-old Ortiz won WBO International welterweight title  beating 31-year-old Hooker by kot in the seventh round . Ortiz achieved his  17th victory before the limit  with an attacking and dominant fight. The leitmotif of the match was an attacking Ortiz with the aim of pinning Hooker to the ropes but with the former champion slipping away with shrewdness. In the third and fourth rounds Hooker used the length of his jab and right foot to keep Ortiz away but he always closed the distance by hitting him in the body with his right. Ortiz showed great footwork and constantly cut the ring to chase Hooker and hit him especially with body series. In the sixth round Ortiz reached Hooker with a combination, which sent the former champion to the mat without be

  An extraordinary performance, the result of a perfect tactical strategy, allowed Oscar Valdez (29-0-0, 23 KOs) to become the new WBC super featherweight world champion by dethroning the eve's favorite Miguel "El Alacran" Berchelt (37-2 -0.33 KO) with a brutal KO in the tenth round. The fight of the MGM Grand in Las Vega s, from which a battle in pure Mexican style was expected, actually proved to be a true domination of the challenger, who never allowed the rival to enter the game. The reign of “Alacran” therefore ended in the seventh defense of the WBC title.  Those who anticipated a fierce battle from the start will be surprised to see three very tactical rounds at the opening, marked by a prolonged study phase. Since these initial skirmishes, however, a detail has emerged that would have affected the remainder of the fight, namely the considerable advantage of Valdez in terms of speed. The challenger approached the match by moving quickly on his legs and exploiting