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Montiel To Centeno: "Let’s Do it Again"
Mexican middleweight Juan Macias Montiel says he and fellow
contender Hugo Centeno Jr., have unfinished business that
can only be settled one way.
“There has to be a rematch,” said Montiel (21-4-2, 21 KOs),
immediately after his FOX Sports 1 nationally televised
split draw with Centeno (27-3-1, 14 KOs), a 10-round
back-and-forth affair that saw Centeno throw more punches,
but Montiel’s power do the better quality work.
The two 160-lb fighters met on the televised undercard of
the WBC Super Welterweight rematch between Tony Harrison and
Jermell Charlo at the Toyota Arena in Ontario, California
this past Saturday, December 21.
“We can’t just go on with our careers without settling
this,” said the energized Montiel. “I respect his
performance, but I landed the harder punches and next time I
see him I will finish this once and for all.”
Montiel, from Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico, rocked the
capable Centeno, from Oxnard, California, in round two, but
the two middleweights then settled into a rhythm with the
Californian landing more punches and Mexico’s Montiel
landing harder.
In the end, the judges probably got it right by scores of
97-93 Centeno, 96-94 Montiel and 95-95 even.
“After the fight, Hugo Centeno Sr., said my fighter Juan got
an early Christmas gift, so we agreed to do an immediate
rematch,” said Montiel’s promoter, Sampson Lewkowicz. “It
was an entertaining fight and boxing fans deserve to know
who the better fighter is. Let’s do it again and settle
this.”
Lewkowicz says he’s currently working on the specifics for
the middleweight rematch and will announce them as soon as
possible.
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