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George Acosta Defeats Cesar Villarraga
To Keep Winning Streak Alive
Super featherweight George “El Yuyu” Acosta (15-1, 2 KO), of
Whittier, Ca, defeated Cesar Villarraga (8-3, 4 KOs) of
Bogota, Colombia, by way of unanimous decision to keep his
8-fight winning streak alive. The 8-round bout served as the
main event headliner on Thompson Boxing’s “New Blood” card
this past Friday at the Doubletree Hotel in Ontario, CA.
From the opening round, Acosta was in control of the action
as he landed more punches and stayed busier throughout the
fight. Acosta, after moving down super featherweight in his
last few fights, showed he is a stronger fighter at his new
weight class. Villarraga did his best to outbox Acosta but
couldn’t get away from the constant pressure. Acosta used
his jab and combination punching to keep Villarraga on his
back foot the entire fight. Scorecards read 78-74 and 80-72
twice.
“This was another good fight where I feel I got better in
the ring,” said Acosta. “Villarraga was using a lot of
lateral movement, so I had to keep the pressure on him. I
was in great shape and all the hard work I put in training
camp showed. I’m hoping this is the year I make a run to the
top 10 rankings. I’m happy that I’ve been staying busy, it’s
a tremendous blessing.”
In the 8-round super featherweight co-main event, Rigoberto
Hermosillo (13-4-1, 9 KOs) of Los Angeles, CA, triumph over
Blas Ezequiel Caro (9-6, 4 KOs) of Santa Fe, Argentina.
Hermosillo, a southpaw, dropped Caro with a left hook to the
body in round five. Throughout the fight Hermosillo landed
the harder shot, though Caro had some shining moments. The
scorecards read 79-72 and 78-73 twice, all in favor of
Hermosillo.
In bout number three, a scheduled 6-round lightweight bout,
Anthony Chavez (10-3-1, 3 KOs) of Redlands, CA, defeated
Diuhl Olguin (15-31-6, 10 KOs) of Jalisco, Mexico. Chavez
took control of the early rounds by landing the cleaner
shots. Both fighters were landing counter punches and midway
through the bout, Chavez landed some nice right hands. At
the end, Chavez won by majority decision. Scorecards read
60-54, 59-55, and 57-57.
In the second bout of the night, a scheduled 4-round
heavyweight clash, Bryan Hall (1-0) of Fresno, CA, defeated
Arnulfo Cazares (2-4, 2 KOs) of Tecate, Mexico, by way of
majority decision. Hall, who is six inches taller than
Cazares, used his height and reach advantage to control
distance and won on two of the judges cards. Scorecards read
39-37 twice, and 37-37.
In the opening of the evening, a 4-round welterweight bout,
Kevin Salgado (2-1) of Mexico, defeated Steven Walker (0-1)
of Long Beach CA. Salgado outworked Walker for most of the
fight. Walker landed some nice shots early, but came up
short as Salgado won by majority decision.
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