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The Mexican Daniel “Cejitas” Valladares was proclaimed this Friday the minimum weight world champion of the International Boxing Federation (IBF) by defeating the Filipino Rene Mark Cuarto by split decision.
The scores with which the local snatched the title were 115-111 Y 115-111 in your favor and 113-113 for Mark Fourth.
Valladares has 11 trumps, by knockout, 3 losses and 1 draw. The Asian boxer stayed in trumps, on the fast track, 3 losses and 2 draws.
The contest was held at the Deportivo Revolución in Monterrey, Nuevo León, a little more from 900 kilometers north of Mexico City.
Epic and brave combat
Cejitas started aggressive, he unleashed powerful right handers that hit the champion, who reacted with accurate uppers always looking for the short trade.
Motivated by the support given by the fans in his hometown, the challenger maintained the initiative at the beginning of the second episode.
In the fourth round the local suffered two head butts, one caused a cut above his left eyebrow; Rene took advantage of it to launch himself for the knockout, but his rival defended himself with a right hand that made the Filipino tremble.
Between the fifth and sixth episodes, Cejitas managed to mark the distance with the jab to contain the Asian’s onslaught.
Despite the dominance that Daniel Valladares established in the seventh, he was unable to shake the accurate right of Mark Cuarto, which hurt and made the challenger’s wound bleed profusely.
In a fierce exchange of blows in the ninth episode, the Mexican opened the Filipino’s left eyebrow, with a powerful overhand, Rene ended the episode disconcerted.
At the start of the tenth, the monarch was penalized one point for the repeated occasions in which he had to go to his corner to adjust the lacing of his gloves.
At the end of the battle, no one slowed down. Both with bloody faces looked for the knockout. Valladares tried it with left hooks; Mark with the powerful right of him, the two without respite until the final bell. Fight by unanimous decision
In the preliminary fight to eight rounds in super welterweight, Cuban Roniel Iglesias, gold medalist at the Olympic Games in London 1200 and Tokyo 2020, defeated Mexican Agustín Lugo by unanimous decision with scores of 79-73, 78-73 Y 80-20.
It was the second fight for Iglesias; last May he obtained his first victory by overcoming Brandon Pérez, another Mexican, by knockout in the second round in his professional debut
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