Margarito steals the show on the Mosley vs Marquez box card., Stops Lewis in the second.
By German V and Maria Bernabe V.
All Photo-German V.
Margarito
knocks all of the six heads out of Andrew Lewis in the second round
after a slow start.
Andrew ''six heads'' Lewis had the better of the first round as he worked
behind crisp combinations, a southpaw stance, making Margarito go backwards
in while having trouble adjusting to the style and energy presented
in the first round by Lewis. Margarito managed to land several good
shots to the body throughout the round.
- Round= Lewis.
The second started with Lewis getting backed up and starting to box
a bit more without the same success as in the first round. Lewis seemed
to be doing the better work until things changed in the mid-round as
Margarito landed a straight right hand to Lewis head which sent him
back against the ropes, a follow up right hand uppercut crushed unto
Lewis chin, a ouple follow up shots, a giant left uppercut, another
hard right hand with Lewis barely able to left his hands up in a futile
attempt to defend himself. Margarito smelling the end stay right on
top landing punches from every angle leaving the ref Joe Cortez no choice
but to step in and stop the fight. Time of the stoppage was 2:30 of
the 2nd round.
Margarito retaind the WBO Welterweight title for the second time and
immediately calls for an unification fight vs the WBA/WBC Welter champion
Ricardo Mayorga.- Mayorga is coming off a 2nd round stoppage of Vernon
Forrest and also stopped Andrew Lewis in the fifth round for the WBA
belt.
Margarito thanked everyone for their support including his wife, and promised to stay a champion for a long time to come.
Q
& A
Boxingladiators- What do you think of your performance in light of Mayorga
having gone 5 rounds with Lewis and you took him out in just two rounds?
Margarito- Well you can see the punch, and who had it. We knew he was hungry in this fight and would come full steam ahead wanting to be champion again but we were very ready for this fight and we knew we would win.
Boxingladiators- Lewis let his tongue go a lot before the fight. Did that throw you off in any way, affect you perhaps?
Margarito- I have fought in the past with fighters who talked to much, well I like to talk with my fists in the ring. With actions.
Boxingladiators- You do know you were behind the cards following in the first round, what do you think about that?
Margarito- I just had to warm up to the task.
Mosley - Marquez butt heads, fight ends up a dissapointing no-contest in the third.
The
main event left more questions to be answered than the ones it was supposed
to answer.
''Sugar'' Shane Mosley seemed to have a bit more trouble than expected
as he took on a determined former IBF Superwelterweight champion in
Raul Marquez.
The southpaw Marquez looked to big naturally as he had the reach and
distance on Shane, leaving Shane at times trying to reach with punches
and looking slower than usual which could be attributed to the weight
jump and muscle he put on from 147 to the 154 ranks.
Marquez jabbed behind a high guard with Mosley pawing with his jab and
throwing well placed shots in spots, while Marquez held his own pretty
good countering with straight punches in the round.
Marquez
started the second behind straight right hands and coming forward as
Mosley jumped in grabbing and clashed heads with the cut prone Marquez.
Marquez kept the pressure, often taking Mosley against the ropes as
both men took turns landing straight right hands. Mosley briefly broke
through Marquez defense with some good body shot and straight right
hands down the pike.
Mosley wins the round with the better placed shots.
Maruqez once more comes out pressuring and lands a hard straight left
hand to Mosley's face, which forse Mosley to clutch, banging heads with
Marquez. Marquez bleeds immediately from above the left eye. Things
get a bit nasty as some wrestling goes on followed up with some spirited
exchanges which were briefly marred by some both fighters stepping on
their shoes.
Another cut, this time above the right eye occurred as both men come
in trying to land each other's punches and clashing heads. The referee
Kenny Bayles called time out to check out the severity of the cuts and
stopping it thereafter..
The fight is called at 2:41 of the fight and declared a no-contest since
it did not go past four rounds completed.
Marquez claimed he wanted top go on, but the decision fell on the ref's hands. He also asked for a rematch as he felt he was doing good and the head butts are what did the damage to his face.
Mosley admitted that Marquez was a very strong Superwelter and felt good fighting at the weight. Mosley felt he would get to Marquez cleanly soon based on the body shots he had been landing until then.
Mosley
stood his ground when asked if he would budge on the 4 million offered
to him for fighting De La Hoya, who he had defeated in 2000. Mosley
called the 4 million ''chump change''
De La Hoya is being reportedly being offered a 12 million purse to fight
him.
2003 boxingladiators.com
