VETERAN SANCHEZ CAPTURES USBA 122 POUND BELT
ROSEMONT, Ill. – Challenger Agapito Sanchez, 37-9-2 (22 KOs), 122, Bronx, NY, stopped defending, and highly rated, Art Simonyan, 14-2-1 (7 KOs), 122, Armenia, to take the USBA 122 pound title in the fifth round of a scheduled 12.
Although Simonyan, 29, working behind straight and short punches, won a close opening round, Sanchez, 35, began regularly catching his foe with very wide right hands and left hooks in round two.
Simonyan had no real answer for what seemed to be repeated invitations to counters.
In round five, Sanchez unloaded a looping right hand to the chin of Simonyan dropping him flat. Although he was able to make it to his feet, he was clearly not fit to fight. The bout was stopped at 1:30 of the round.
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Although Simonyan, 29, working behind straight and short punches, won a close opening round, Sanchez, 35, began regularly catching his foe with very wide right hands and left hooks in round two.
Simonyan had no real answer for what seemed to be repeated invitations to counters.
In round five, Sanchez unloaded a looping right hand to the chin of Simonyan dropping him flat. Although he was able to make it to his feet, he was clearly not fit to fight. The bout was stopped at 1:30 of the round.
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Note: Above are excerpts from the article. The full article appears here. Clarifications and comments by me are contained in {}. Deletions are marked by [...]. The bold emphasis is mine.
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