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Roiman Villa Says Rashidi Ellis Can
Have Another Beating If He Wants It
Power-punching welterweight Roiman Villa, boxing’s newest
breakout star after his thrilling come-from-behind victory
over formerly unbeaten “Speedy” Rashidi Ellis, says if the
“disrespectful” Ellis would like another beating, he can get
it in a rematch any time.
Fighting on the undercard of superstar Gervonta “Tank”
Davis’ ninth round knockout of featherweight champion Hector
Luis Garcia, and with the Showtime PPV cameras rolling live,
the explosive Venezuelan Villa (26-1, 24 KOs) patiently
waited for a tiring Ellis (24-1, 15 KOs) to slow down and
then took over in the second half of their fight last
Saturday night at the Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C.
Villa lost the first five rounds on all three judges’ cards,
then flipped the power switch to sweep the final four. Still
down on two cards entering the final round, he dropped Ellis
twice officially to secure an exciting majority decision in
their IBF Welterweight Title Eliminator. One judge scored
the fight 113-113 but was overruled by two 114-112 tallies
in favor of Villa.
“He disrespected me,” that was his biggest mistake,” said a
happy Villa, post-fight. “At the press conference, he was
only talking about fighting Jaron Ennis next and ignoring
me. That gave me extra power. God doesn’t like ugly.”
Villa and his legendary promoter Sampson Lewkowicz say that
Villa is ready for anyone in the division next, but are more
than happy to accommodate Ellis’ request for an immediate
rematch.
“In one of my tweets before the fight, I said that a star
would be born in this fight and I was right,” said Lewkowicz.
“The plan worked perfectly. You can only get away for so
long against an animal like Villa. And if Ellis wants to
complain, he can have a rematch any time. Just ask. Villa
will do it again, but this time it will be even quicker. If
not, we are ready for Boots Ennis if he wants to fight.”
The victory adds to the momentum Villa generated in his US
debut, and most recent bout before this one, by dropping the
previously unbeaten Janelson Bocachica on his way to a
unanimous decision in a September edition of SHOBOX: The New
Generation.
“If he says he has doubts, we can do this again,” added
Villa. “There’s nothing different he could do to change
things and if he tries to surprise me and exchange punches,
then I can go home earlier next time. I’ll put him to
sleep.”
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