‘Gollaz’ beat Robbie Davies Jr. by points. to win the FIB’s Intercontinental Superlight scepter
For the second week in a row, a Mexican boxer starred in a new surprise in England, After the jalisciense Gabriel ‘Gollaz’ Valenzuela was imposed by way of points to the favorite Robbie Davies Jr. after 10 intense episodes in the weights category Superligers, Thus winning the Intercontinental championship of the International Boxing Federation.
Last Saturday, it was Mauricio ‘Bronco’ Lara, Who surprised by taking the undefeated world champion Josh Warrington by way of the knockout in nine assaults. And on this occasion, he was also close to getting the knockout Valenzuela, Which closed strong enough to take the victory by majority decision with ratings of 96-95, 94-94 and 96-95.
The Mexican’s victory at the Wembley Arena in London paid up to $ 700 for every 100 bets on this result. From the beginning of the fight, motivated by the possibility of acting soon in support of canelo Álvarez on American soil, as promised by its developer Eddy Reynoso, Gabriel he went out in search of the knockout, and on several occasions hurt his rival.
Davies Jr. came out to fight on the counterattack, but the pressure from the Mexican was not enough to keep him at the distance required to execute his boxing. Valenzuela eagerly he knew that the knockout was necessary to avoid a surprise on the cards, and though he did not arrive, he did enough to convince two of the three judges to take a well-deserved victory.
The nascent company BXSTRS celebrated double in England, as last week they took the victory with ‘Bronco’ Lara and now with Valenzuela, Who improved to 23-2-1 with 13 knockouts while Davies he was left with 20-3 and 13 offsides.