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Rocky
KO's
Barrios!!
In one of the most memorable
performances of his career, Junior Lightweight Rocky Juarez
of Houston endured a savage assault from Jorge "La Hiena"
Barrios of Argentina, then came back to force a stoppage
late in the fight.
The 32-year-old Barrios
brought a record of 47-3-1 with 34 KO's.
After losing a 12-round split
decision to Joan Guzman in challenging for the WBO Super
Featherweight title in September of 2006, Barrios was coming
off a third round knockout of Decho Bankluaygym in Buenos
Aires in April of 2007.
Juarez was coming off a
unanimous decision loss to Juan Manuel Marquez in
challenging for the WBC Super Featherweight title in Tucson,
Arizona in November of 2007.
Barrios began by landing to
to the body in round one, while Juarez established
the jab.
Barrios landed a solid shot
to the jaw to open round two, while Juarez then went to the
body, and closed the round with a left hand shot that seemed
to be half hook, half uppercut.
With the crowd chanting
"Rocky, Rocky!" in round three, Barrios continued to advance
forward.
But after the referee warned
Barrios for a low blow, Barrios had a point deducted.
It was the first of two
points deducted from Barrios in the match, with the second
coming in the ninth round.
The fighters traded shots in
round four while a pounding from Barrios to the head of
Juarez gave the Argentinian round five.
The trading continued
in round six.
In round seven Juarez
cornered Barrios and landed several rights and lefts to the
head.
This would be the beginning
of a stretch of dominance for Juarez through the eighth
round, as Juarez seemed to find a rhythm and a range,
landing repeatedly to the head and body of Barrios as Juarez
advanced forward.
Barrios came back with
renewed energy in round nine, although Juarez remained calm.
Barrios was the
aggressor early in round ten and Juarez came back with an
assault of his own, landing left hook combinations to the
head.
A shot from Juarez to the jaw
of Barrios put "La Hiena" on the canvas in round eleven, and
when he got up, blood was gushing from a vicious cut on the
inside of his mouth. The doctor checked the injury and put a
stop the contest at 2:55 of the eleventh round.
With the point deductions,
Juarez was ahead on two of the three judges' scorecards
going into the eleventh round. However CompuBox punch stats
reveal that Barrios threw 1,006 punches in the match to 476
for Juarez.
Barrios landed 162 times,
including 117 power shots, while Juarez connected a total of
126 times with 77 power shots.
Rocky Juarez improves to 28-4
with 20 KO's!! |
