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July 22 2012
Art Hovhannisyan nails Miguel Acosta via split decision to defend streak -
Posted By: Oscars Dean
Art Hovhannisyan, the surging Armenian super featherweight,
successfully defended his undefeated streak by collecting the biggest
win of his career over veteran Miguel Acosta, the former WBA World
lightweight champion, via split decision in a 10-round bout held on
July 20, 2012.
The duo headlined the pay-per-view organised and promoted by Gary Shaw
of Gary Shaw Productions. The event was televised live from Chumash
Casino in Santa Ynez, California, United States and was broadcasted as
Showtime's weekly Friday night special edition.
In addition to the above bout, the jam-packed Chumash Casino also
witnessed Roman Morales take on Alexis Santiago in an eight-round
non-title super bantamweight bout, co-headlining the fight card.
Despite getting knocked down once by the experienced Venezuelan
pounder, Art did not lose hope at all and kept on pummelling the
former world champion. The duo literally battered each other and threw
almost 1000 jabs collectively.
Art, 30, successfully set the pace of the bout in the first round. In
the final seconds of the first round, the Armenian proud connected a
big right hand that flattened Miguel on the ring floor.
During the second round, it was Acosta who made a comeback with his
own hefty jabs eventually kneeling down Art to score a knockdown. From
third round and onwards, Miguel adopted a cautious stance and started
to interpret Art's jab-timings.
Acosta connected higher number of jabs, 124 to be specific, most of
them landing at Art's face. Hovhannisyan did not lose his senses at
all and in the ninth round, after realising that Acosta has worn out,
moved in for the kill and launched a barrage of fists that pounded and
battered the Venezuelan `Aguacerito'.
It was most probably the last 10th round action that aided Art in
collecting the biggest win of his career by collecting 95-93 on two
cards and 92-96 on the remaining one. After the impressive
career-boosting win, Art while sharing his thoughts stated, `I wanted
to end the fight with one punch. I was not hurt by the knockdown. It
was a flash knockdown. Every round I was getting stronger and
stronger. I could have worked better, but I know I won the fight and I
gave the fans a good performance.'
The unfortunate Acosta who has collected his second consecutive loss
and third in a total of five bouts, stated, `I'm very sure I won this
fight. Although he caught me in the first round, I landed more punches
throughout the fight. After he knocked me down, I got my confidence
back little by little with each round. I knew my conditioning was good
and it would carry me into the fight.'
Art has collected his 15th win in a total of 17 bouts whereas Miguel
has received his sixth career loss in a total of 37 bouts.
http://blogs.bettor.com/Art-Hovhannisyan-nails-Miguel-Acosta-via-split-decision-to-defend-streak-Boxing-news-a173421
July 22 2012
Art Hovhannisyan nails Miguel Acosta via split decision to defend streak -
Posted By: Oscars Dean
Art Hovhannisyan, the surging Armenian super featherweight,
successfully defended his undefeated streak by collecting the biggest
win of his career over veteran Miguel Acosta, the former WBA World
lightweight champion, via split decision in a 10-round bout held on
July 20, 2012.
The duo headlined the pay-per-view organised and promoted by Gary Shaw
of Gary Shaw Productions. The event was televised live from Chumash
Casino in Santa Ynez, California, United States and was broadcasted as
Showtime's weekly Friday night special edition.
In addition to the above bout, the jam-packed Chumash Casino also
witnessed Roman Morales take on Alexis Santiago in an eight-round
non-title super bantamweight bout, co-headlining the fight card.
Despite getting knocked down once by the experienced Venezuelan
pounder, Art did not lose hope at all and kept on pummelling the
former world champion. The duo literally battered each other and threw
almost 1000 jabs collectively.
Art, 30, successfully set the pace of the bout in the first round. In
the final seconds of the first round, the Armenian proud connected a
big right hand that flattened Miguel on the ring floor.
During the second round, it was Acosta who made a comeback with his
own hefty jabs eventually kneeling down Art to score a knockdown. From
third round and onwards, Miguel adopted a cautious stance and started
to interpret Art's jab-timings.
Acosta connected higher number of jabs, 124 to be specific, most of
them landing at Art's face. Hovhannisyan did not lose his senses at
all and in the ninth round, after realising that Acosta has worn out,
moved in for the kill and launched a barrage of fists that pounded and
battered the Venezuelan `Aguacerito'.
It was most probably the last 10th round action that aided Art in
collecting the biggest win of his career by collecting 95-93 on two
cards and 92-96 on the remaining one. After the impressive
career-boosting win, Art while sharing his thoughts stated, `I wanted
to end the fight with one punch. I was not hurt by the knockdown. It
was a flash knockdown. Every round I was getting stronger and
stronger. I could have worked better, but I know I won the fight and I
gave the fans a good performance.'
The unfortunate Acosta who has collected his second consecutive loss
and third in a total of five bouts, stated, `I'm very sure I won this
fight. Although he caught me in the first round, I landed more punches
throughout the fight. After he knocked me down, I got my confidence
back little by little with each round. I knew my conditioning was good
and it would carry me into the fight.'
Art has collected his 15th win in a total of 17 bouts whereas Miguel
has received his sixth career loss in a total of 37 bouts.
http://blogs.bettor.com/Art-Hovhannisyan-nails-Miguel-Acosta-via-split-decision-to-defend-streak-Boxing-news-a173421