Joselito Velazquez made his presence identified in a brand new weight class with a decisive win over a former world title challenger.
Velazquez dropped Andres Campos twice en path to a powerful knockout win late Friday evening on the Poliforum in his adopted hometown of Cancun, Mexico. With the win, Velazquez (20-1-1, 13 knockouts) captured a regional title belt at 115 kilos and a world rating by the WBC.
About halfway by the opening spherical, a mixture momentarily staggered Campos, who backed up in opposition to the ropes. Velazquez adopted up, however Campos was in a position to climate the assault as he clenched or fought again in spurts.
Velazquez scored a knockdown in spherical two, dropping Campos with a lead left hook to the top. Campos beat the rely, and once more, weathered the onslaught of hooks and crosses Velazquez threw after motion resumed.
Undaunted, Campos did his finest work in rounds 4 and 5, making an attempt to stroll Velazquez down in an effort to land his share of punches.
The top of the combat got here within the latter levels of spherical six as a left hook to the top staggered Campos again right into a nook. Velazquez adopted as much as land a mixture as Campos was on his approach right down to the canvas, prompting referee Javier Espinoza to right away wave the combat off at 2:09.
Velazquez, who’s initially from Oaxaca, Mexico, beforehand fought on March 22, dropping Luis Araujo Arellano as soon as en path to a unanimous determination win. On November 24, Velazquez defeated Pablo Carrillo by determination over 10 one-sided rounds.
The wins over Arrellano, Carrillo, and now Campos have taken place in Cancun.
The 31-year-old has received his final 5 fights since a unanimous determination loss to former world titleholder Cristofer Rosales.
Velazquez has been skilled the final couple of years by Eddy Reynoso, who additionally trains Ring Journal tremendous middleweight champion and unified world titleholder Canelo Alvarez. He represented Mexico on the 2016 Olympic Video games.
Campos, falls to 16-2-1, 5 KOs. In his earlier combat in his hometown of Santiago, Chile on Could 18, Campos fought to a majority determination draw in opposition to Edinson Martinez.
The 28-year-old Campos, who’s managed by Tony Tolj, challenged then-IBF world flyweight titleholder Sunny Edwards on June 10 of final 12 months, shedding by unanimous determination. Campos returned to motion three months later, dropping Ben Ligas earlier than profitable by knockout in spherical seven.
Within the co-main occasion, junior featherweight Celex Castro, who additionally resides in Cancun, improved to 18-0, 14 KOs, dropping Argentina’s Ckari Cani Mansilla twice en path to a 3rd spherical knockout victory.
Castro dropped Mansilla (17-4, 12 KOs) as soon as in spherical two and as soon as once more in spherical three earlier than the combat was stopped at 2:34.
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]
