Chapter 569: Two Cushion Matches

Tonight's bout will feature Rhodes, a boxer from Italy, who will take on the current WBO bantamweight champion Mexican Barrera.

Because of Barrera's popularity, this match also attracted the attention and expectation of many spectators at the scene.

With the announcement of the live host, tonight's challenger Rhodes appeared first, a young man in his mid-thirties, with a bald head, and a fighter born and raised in Italy.

As a professional boxer, most of the fights have been fought in Europe so far, and today is the first time that Rhodes has come to the United States to compete, and it is also the first time that Rhodes has challenged for the world boxing championship belt.

Soon, under the attention of the audience and surrounded by his coaching team, Rhodes walked through the boxer entrance passage and boarded the ring, waiting for the start of the fight.

Immediately after, the host's voice sounded again: "Here is the current WBO super bantamweight world boxing champion Barre** stage!" ”

"As a leading exponent of the younger generation of Mexican boxing, Barrera has a fiery style of play, although he is not at a high level, but he has a very high knockdown rate, and his right hand is extremely lethal, and he is known as the 'babyface killer' by fans. Barrera is undefeated in his career, winning 25 fights, including 23 knockouts, and tonight is the fifth time Barrera has defended the WBO Super Bantamweight Belt! ”

With the introduction of the host, many viewers at the scene also applauded and looked at the entrance channel of the fighters.

As a very well-known Mexican fighter, Barrera also has a group of loyal fans in the United States, and there are some Mexican fans here today, wearing traditional Mexican costumes, singing and dancing on the scene to meet Barrera's appearance.

Barrera was also wearing a white jersey today, and at the same time wearing a hat with Mexican national characteristics, slowly walked out of the entrance passage, behind him, his head coach, holding the WBO super bantamweight boxing championship belt, closely followed Barella out of the court, and behind him was Barrera's entire team, all of which slowly followed behind him and played together.

Soon, Barrera also came to the ring, and both fighters took off their coats, and after the referee repeated the precautions of the fight to the two fighters, the second mat match began as the bell rang.

At the start of the bout, both fighters clenched their fists and walked towards each other with steady steps.

Barrera's style of technique is very rigorous, he holds his fists high and starts throwing jabs to test his opponent when he walks in.

And the challenger Rod, at the beginning of the game, also played very cautiously, holding his fists, throwing few punches, and his punches also straightened his body and hit a jab to test Barrera.

In the first minute of the first round, the two fighters tested each other, and Barrera hit several jabs from Rod, but the two back hands were dodged by Rod, and Rod also hit two jabs from Barrera, but the hooks and backhands were also dodged by Barrera.

A minute into the first round, Barella started to push first, unleashing more straight left and right hands and began to put pressure on Rod on the attack.

Rod, on the other hand, doesn't seem to be in a hurry to start an attack with Barrera, or may not have tried enough, so he still doesn't punch much, and mainly defends with a hug to resist Barrera's attack.

Although Rod's technique is also good, but compared to Barrera, there is still a gap in delicacy, although Rod is committed to defense, but he was still hit by Barrera a few heavy punches, but these heavy punches did not hit Rod's vital point, but more hit Rod's body.

It wasn't until the final minute of the first round that Rod started to push and started throwing more punches.

At this time, the two hit each other, Rod hit Barrera more because he threw more punches, and Barrera because Rod punched more holes, so Barrera also hit Rod more jabs and straight punches, and several of them clearly hit Rod in the face.

Bite!

The first round of the match between the two was over, and in this round, Barella played more aggressively than Rhodes throughout the match, and obviously hit a little more, so Barella should have taken advantage of the points in the first round and won the first round.

After a minute's break, the second round began, and at the beginning of this round, Rod, who had defended more in the previous round, began to take the initiative to attack, first provoking a fierce confrontation, and suddenly burst out, and the combination punch rained down on Barrera.

Barrera didn't expect Rod to start suddenly, so he was caught off guard, but Barrera, who was relieved immediately, also immediately punched quickly and had a fierce confrontation with Rhodes.

Because Rod attacked first, Rod hit Barrera two punches first and hit him in the head, but Barrera's ability to resist hitting is also very strong, and Rode's strength does not seem to be very large, so Barrera withstood Rode's blow and immediately gave Rod a heavy punch counterattack.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

The two launched a fierce combination of punches, and even the defensive action was a little lacking, and the dull and fast-paced striking sound echoed in the ring.

This attack, Barrera hit Rod three punches, and Rod hit Barrera two punches, the hit Barrera was as steady as Mount Tai, and continued to attack, and the hit Rod seemed to be a little weak under his feet, he received a few punches from Barrera, began to retreat, took the initiative to withdraw from the fight with Barrera, and hugged the boxing fight.

Barella, on the other hand, continued to move forward, looking for an opportunity to strike Rhodes.

Wang Hao was in the lounge, doing preparatory activities while watching the game between Barrera and Rhodes through the TV in the lounge.

In his last life, Wang Hao liked to watch the matches of the Mexican Three Musketeers, including Barella and Morales, because the games of several people were more popular and their styles were very aggressive.

So for Barrera, Wang Hao still knows very well about the boxer, although Barrera is not as fast as Morales, but Barrera's heavy punches are very powerful, especially Barrera's right hand, which is his killer weapon, with the ability to knock down opponents and end the game with one punch.

In the ongoing game, Wang Hao also saw that Rod had also made some preparations before the game and strengthened the defense of Barrera's right hand, but because Rod was not stronger than Barrera in terms of overall technology, and even inferior to Barrera in technical details, so when Rod let go of the attack, it was easy to be hit by Barrera, and Barrera's strength was significantly stronger than Rhodes.

This is also the reason why Barrera can still continue to attack after being hit by Rod, but Rod can't withstand Barrera's heavy punches, because Barrera's heavy punches are obviously stronger than Rod's.

Rod began to retreat, while Barella pressed hard, and in the second half of the second round, Barrera continued to hold the initiative steadily, and although he was not capable of knocking him down, he continued to damage Rod with heavy punches.

When Barrera was unable to hit Rod's heavily defended head, Barella struck Rod's body in the hope of reducing Rod's mobility and defensive ability through continuous body blowing.

However, Rod is very tenacious, and he has done a good job in some defensive details, he resisted Barella's attack, was not defeated, and at the same time looked for suitable opportunities to feedback Barrera.

But Barella didn't give Rod many of those chances, and once Rod tried to hit an effective counter-attack, Barrera could always hit Rod hard right away.

Bite!

As the bell rang, the second leg was over, and in this round, Barella still had a clear advantage on the field, and he was also ahead of Rhodes on points.

After a one-minute break, the third round began.

In the third leg, the situation on the court was similar to the second leg for most of the time, with Barella taking the initiative and being on the attacking side, while challenger Rhodes was more on the defensive and counter-attacking.

Only in the middle of the third round did Rod hit a small climax of the counter-attack, hitting Barrera with back-to-back punches, but was quickly returned by a ferocious Barrera.

At the end of the third round, although Barrera's point advantage was not as obvious as in the second round, he still had more hits and should take the lead in points.

Soon, the fourth-round match between the two began, and in the first half of the fourth round, Rod, who knew that he was behind, began to try to play more aggressive attacks, as if he wanted to regain some points disadvantage, and at this time, Barella did not immediately play a more ferocious attack like the first two rounds, suppressing Rod, but let go a little and let Rod play more attacks.

Boom!

Rod landed a left-handed jab that was dodged by Barrera with a backward lean, followed by Rod stepping forward and attempting to land a right hook to Barrera.

However, at this time, Barrera, who saw Rod exposing the gap in defense, immediately took a quick step forward, and at the same time exerted force under his feet, a heavy right hand punch hit Rod in the chin.

Barrera's punch was full and heavy, and Rhodes, who was hit, immediately became unsteady on his feet, fell to the right back, and sat in the ring.

Barrera relied on his killer right hand to knock out challenger Rhodes for the first time.

On the field, the referee quickly walked up and counted the seconds for Rod.

Barrera's right hand was heavy, and Rhodes sat on the ground for six or seven seconds before he stood up, and his face looked extremely tired and weak.

Seeing this, the referee directly waved his hand to stop the game.

Barella saluted the crowd with his hands held aloft, having already secured his position as the division's bantamweight champion for the sixth time.

Wang Hao watched the match in the lounge, Wang Hao knew that the young Mexican three musketeers were very strong, among which Barrera was the most lethal of the heavy punches, although Barrera's speed is not fast, but with solid boxing skills, and rigorous style of play, Barrera can always find opportunities in the twelve rounds of the game, with his right hand to hit the opponent hard.

If you want to beat a boxer like Barrera, you only need to be fast enough and have a certain amount of resistance ability, because against a fighter like Barrera, it is difficult to fight for 12 rounds without being hit by Barrera's right hand.

Wang Hao remembered Pacquiao who later knocked out and defeated Barrera, most fighters of the same level will be knocked down when they encounter Barrera, but Pacquiao can knock down Barrera, relying not only on the speed far beyond the average boxer, but also on the terrifying striking power.

It's a combination of both, both at the top of the division, to be able to beat a fighter like Barrera.

Barrera's title defense is over in a WBA super middleweight world title defense bout, featuring a white fighter from Australia who challenges the reigning champion of boxing American, Aix.

WBA super middleweight champion Aix, a young black boxer, has won 21 fights in his career, including 15 knockout wins, with a decent record and a decent quality of opponents.

Today is the first time Aix has defended the WBA super middleweight belt, and in his last fight, Aix fought hard for twelve rounds to win the precious belt by a slight point advantage over the then WBA super middleweight champion.

Today's opponent is a very experienced fighter, the Australian fighter, who has fought 40 fights in his career, winning 35 of them and losing five, winning 21 of those victories.

In terms of the competition record, although the challenger's record is not very impressive, but it is also decent, and this is the second time that the challenger has challenged for the world boxing title, and the last challenge was two years ago and ended in a point failure.

The bout started quickly, and in the first round, the two fighters were mainly tentative, with defending champion Aix playing a little more aggressively, while the challenger played a little more slippery, not throwing many punches, but the punches were more efficient.

After the first round, although defending champion Aix took the initiative a bit, the number of hits and points between the two men was almost the same.

In the second and third rounds, the defending champion continued to take the initiative, while the challenger Aussie continued to play slick, and although his punches began to increase, he was still very careful not to let go of his attacks.

In the fourth round, the challenger suddenly seized an opportunity to find a gap in Aix and knocked Aix down once with a cold punch.

But Ax immediately got back to his feet and seemed to be enraged by the knockout, and soon, Aix knocked out the Australian fighter once in the round with a sustained frenzy of strikes.

In the end, the two fighters fought for the full twelve rounds, shook hands, and the bout ended in a draw.