02/14/2021 12:59 AM
Clarín.com
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Updated 02/14/2021 8:59 AM
Argentine
Brian Castaño
won the World Boxing Organization (WBO) super welterweight title this Sunday by winning on points, in a unanimous ruling, against Brazilian
Patrick Teixeira
.
It was in an intense 12-round match that took place at the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, California.
Yes, Argentina has a world champion again.
And it is to celebrate.
Castaño, who dominated the contest almost from end to end -
the cards saw him winning by 120-108, 119-109 and 117-111
-, reigns again after having been stripped of the belt of the same category, but from the World Association Boxing, after refusing to make a mandatory fight with Frenchman Michel Soro because he did not agree with the conditions.
#Boxing |
🥊 "El Cóndor" continues to give joy to Argentina!
Brian "Boxi" Castaño new Super welterweight champion @WorldBoxingOrg by defeating Patrick Teixeira by cards of 120-108, 119-109 and 117-111. Pic.twitter.com/MMkLB23Yp2
- Boxing addicts (@nikomexicano) February 14, 2021
The Argentine boxer, 31 years old and born in Isidro Casanova, had reached this commitment with an undefeated record of 16 victories (12 before the limit) and a draw, which was precisely a very valuable precedent since that equality was before the formidable Cuban Erislandy Lara, in a fight in which many saw him as the winner.
The 30-year-old Brazilian, born in Sombrio, state of Santa Catarina, and residing in São Paulo, had won the title on November 30, 2019, beating Dominican Carlos Adames on points, in Las Vegas, but did not show big names in his track record, which also featured a two-round TKO loss to American Curtis Stevens in 2016.
Castaño came out determined to take Teixeira ahead.
The premise, based on the greater reach of his rival, was to
shorten the distances
and seek continuous exchanges to begin to disturb the defending champion.
In the second round,
the Argentine did not take his foot off the accelerator and did not stop pulling and pulling.
Teixeira, surprised, tried to take long left-footed shots and drive him away with his jab.
But the best shots continued to be for the Argentine, who began to send on the cards.
The Brazilian improved in the third round and began to connect in the body of Castaño, who also continued shooting and hitting.
It continued with the same intensity in the fourth round.
It seemed that the definition could come
if the credit of Isidro Casanova managed to build a good combination.
The fifth round was the best for Teixeira, who was finally able to assert his greater size to keep Castaño out of range.
The Argentine was able to balance at the end, who also hardly suffered the impact of his rival's blows.
The
Boxi
was touched in his pride and
in the sixth round not given respite to Brazil
.
He ran it around the ring and again failed to hit the combinations to worry his rival even more.
However, the effort of one hyper active lap was felt in the next.
Once again Teixeira felt a little more comfortable again and even got to connect some good hands.
It was time for a change of air.
And the Argentine, intelligent, managed to continue dominating the scene in laps eight and nine without risking so much physical.
The last three rounds were a monologue by Castaño
.
The champion began to feel the wear and tear due to the continuous clatter of the Argentine, who already dominated the contest at will.
In fact, with a little more power and precision, the knockout could have come in the final round.
This is how the cards arrived.
There were no surprises.
Arm raised for the Argentine and celebrate.
“I come hungry for glory and I want to recover what one day they took from me.
It is the opportunity, it is the moment and we are going to take advantage of them ”, the Matanzas man had warned at the press conference on Thursday, who at length complied with the warning to once again be monarch in this category.
His first reign began in November 2016, when he knocked out Dominican Emmanuel De Jesús in the sixth round at the Presidente Perón de González Catán sports center, until June 2019.
Argentina once again has a world champion among men after almost 20 months.
Now Castaño, a fan of Almirante Brown, will try to get a chance against the dominator of 154 pounds, the American Jermell Charlo, champion of the WBA, the WBC and the IBF.
But for that there will be time.