By: Sean Crose
The 14-0-1 Raymond Ford entered the ring on the Turning Stone Resort and Casino Saturday evening within the hope of profitable the vacant WBA featherweight title. His opponent within the scheduled 12 rounder was the 12-0 Otabek Kholmatov. The first spherical was largely a sense out course of, although Kholmatov was in a position to land successfully. Ford virtually went down in an thrilling second, that noticed Kholmatov land some good pictures whereas Ford largely fought nicely behind his quick jab. While Ford remained sharp within the third, he merely allowed Kholmatov to land cleanly far too incessantly. By the top of the spherical Kholmatov was placing punches collectively impressively.
Ford proved to be fairly aggressive within the fourth, firing off punches with quick palms, and controlling the tempo of the chapter. A really busy Kholmatov fully dominated the fifth with punch combos. The sixth was thrilling and quick paced, with every man having his sturdy moments. Kholmatov fired away at his man within the seventh. Ford had a strong eighth, touchdown sharp pictures of his personal that landed cleanly. Kholmatov took to transferring about and outright avoiding Ford through the ninth. Ford was good within the tenth, however Kholmatov was higher. Throughout the combat, the person merely appeared to have extra within the tank than Ford did.
A bloody however decided Ford tried to sharpshoot within the eleventh, to some constructive outcomes. Still, it didn’t seem like Ford would have a lot probability on the choose’s playing cards because the twelfth spherical started. So Ford let all of it go, charging at Kholmatov, touchdown like he had tried to land all evening, and at last doing sufficient to get the referee to legitimately cease the combat simply earlier than the ultimate bell. It was a unprecedented win for the New Jersey fighter, who’s now the WBA featherweight champion of the world.
