Cheavon Clarke and Efetobor Apochi throughout their combat on Saturday, August 31, 2024 at Dignity Well being Sports activities Park in Carson, California. Photograph Credit score: Melina Pizano/Matchroom.
It wasn’t a really perfect near the combat however Cheavon Clarke will gladly take the top outcome.
A powerful surge by Efetobor Apochi wasn’t sufficient to upset the unbeaten Jamaican-British prospect of their bruising cruiserweight affair. Clarke gained through majority resolution win in his U.S. debut
Decide Jerry Cantu (95-95) had it even after ten action-packed rounds. Judges Ron Scott Stevens (98-92) and Jonathan Davis (97-93) had it for Clarke of their DAZN aired bout Saturday at Dignity Well being Sports activities Park in Carson, California.
Apochi provided a reputable account of himself each early and late. Clarke was being examined for his first time as a professional, which additionally marked his first profession combat exterior of the U.Okay. The 2020 Nice Britain Olympian held his personal and finally took management of the combat, notably within the center rounds.
Clarke practically had a knockout in a one-sided eighth spherical. Apochi by some means remained upright after taking a left hook to the chin and a proper hand to the temple. Clarke went on the assault, to the purpose the place he appeared to punch himself out by spherical’s finish.
Motion slowed for the primary time within the ninth, which labored to Apochi’s benefit. Clarke boxed extra within the spherical, clearly in an effort to get his second wind.
It labored, till it didn’t.
Apochi rocked Clarke late within the spherical with a temple shot. There wasn’t sufficient time within the spherical to complete him off, although Apochi was capable of get in a pair extra pictures earlier than the bell
The momentum carried over into the ultimate spherical. Apochi took the combat to Clarke, who stood his floor when needed and clinched simply sufficient to attenuate Apochi’s output. It resulted in Apochi struggling his third slim resolution defeat, as all his wins have come through knockout.
Clarke superior to 10-0 (7 knockouts) with the win. It marked the third time in simply ten professional bouts the place the 33-year-old cruiserweight has gone the ten-round distance.
Additionally on the present, Robert Garcia-trained Arturo Cardenas (15-0-1, 8 KOs) survived a serious intestine verify in a ten-round, break up resolution win over Jesus Arechiga.
The all-Mexico battle noticed Arechiga (21-2, 15 KOs) win by rating of 96-94 on one card. It was overruled by scores of 98-92 and 96-94 for Cardenas, who defeated Danny Barrios through majority resolution simply two months in the past.
Each fights served on the undercard of the Diego Pacheco-Maciej Sulecki tremendous middleweight crossroads conflict.
