By: Sean Crose
The 29-0 junior welterweight Arnold Barboza squared off towards the 18-1 Sean McComb within the co-main occasion of Saturday’s Devin Haney-Ryan Garcia card at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center. The Barboza-McComb match was scheduled for 10 rounds. Southpaw McComb pushed the motion within the first. Barboza, alternatively, remained affected person. It grew to become obvious within the second that Barboza was coping with an ungainly, pretty excessive quantity puncher. What’s extra, Barboza had clearly determined that the successful technique can be to put on his man down. Yet the lanky McComb continued to throw off Barboza’s timing within the third.
Barboza determined to select up the tempo within the fourth. He was in a position to land, however the taller McComb was nonetheless giving him issues. The tempo was slower within the fifth, however McComb was nonetheless conserving Barboza from getting right into a rhythm. McComb continued to look good within the sixth, throwing so much and using a slippery protection. By the seventh it regarded as if Barboza didn’t have any solutions for his tall, irritating opponent. Whenever he landed nicely, McComb would fireplace proper again. Had Barboza been a tougher hitter, issues maybe may need been completely different. Still, when Barboza managed to land, it was clear he was nonetheless within the battle.
That didn’t preserve the followers from voicing their frustration within the eighth, for Barboza merely didn’t seem to have the instruments to get the higher of his opponent. McComb didn’t land with energy, however he landed continuously. Even within the ninth spherical, Barboza couldn’t appear to make something occur. McComb’s type appeared to have a psychological and bodily edge over the the betting favourite. The tenth and closing spherical might have truly gone to Barboza, who had a strong three minutes for himself.
After the ultimate bell had sounded, the judges awarded Barboza a cut up determination victory.
