Combating in a hometown could also be an excessive amount of for some.
Not for Jose Miguel Borrego.
In entrance of a boisterous crowd, Borrego outboxed Etoundi William, dropping him as soon as en path to a hard-fought unanimous determination victory at el Deportivo Ferrocarrilero in his hometown of Aguascalientes, Mexico. Scores have been 97-92, 97-92, and 98-91 for Borrego, who improved to 21-4, 17 knockouts.
Borrego was the aggressor from the opening bell, taking the initiative and throwing and touchdown hooks behind a constant jab. Each exchanges combos over the subsequent couple of rounds, however William would start touchdown persistently with uppercuts. Borrego was content material to hold within the pocket, however blood started popping out of his nostril by spherical 4.
The motion produced stable exchanges, nevertheless it was a two-punch mixture that dropped William to the canvas in spherical 5. William was in a position to fend off Borrego’s onslaught of punches after beating the rely, whether or not it was clenching or preventing again, even having an honest sixth spherical that noticed him outbox Borrego.
By spherical eight, William slowed down, presumably from exhaustion, solely throwing in spurts. Borrego would stroll William down in direction of the ropes, connecting to the pinnacle and physique.
At the same time as Borrego eased his aggression over the past two rounds, William continued to again up, preferring to combat off the ropes. Borrego did let his palms go, outboxing William and touchdown his share of punches till the ultimate bell.
The 26-year-old Borrego, who has not too long ago fought on PBC and ProBox TV playing cards, beforehand fought on November 3 of final yr, knocking out Diego Perez Vigil in spherical three. The combat additionally passed off in Aguascalientes.
In his earlier combat in February 2022, Borrego misplaced by unanimous determination to then-unbeaten welterweight prospect Peter Dobson. With the win over William, Borrego has received seven of his final 9 fights.
William, who’s initially from Abidjan within the Ivory Coast and now lives and trains in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, falls to 16-1, 12 KOs. William beforehand fought on April 26, which passed off in Mexico Metropolis, stopping journeyman Ricardo Banuelos Cernas.
The 31-year-old has notable wins over fringe contender Jorge Garcia Perez and Endry Saavedra, who was unbeaten previous to stepping within the ring towards William.
Within the co-feature, featherweight Kevin Barron Crespo of Tijuana, Mexico defeated Nazario Castro by unanimous determination. Scores have been 97-92, 97-92, and 99-90 for Crespo, who improved to 15-1, 9 KOs.
Crespo dropped Nazario in spherical two. Crespo was the more-effective fighter all through a lot of the combat, however each fighters produced stable exchanges between the 2.
Nazario, who resides in Guamuchil, Mexico, falls to 13-5-1, 8 KOs.
Junior welterweight Antonio Aguilera of Tijuana improved to 10-0-1, 2 KOs, defeating Francisco Important Macias (4-3, 4 KOs) of Aguascalientes by unanimous determination. All three judges scored the bout 58-56 in favor of Aguilera.
Francisco A. Salazar has written for The Ring since October 2013 and has coated boxing in Southern California and overseas since 2000. Francisco additionally covers boxing for the Ventura County (California) Star newspaper. He could be reached at [email protected]
