2023-08-06 05:15:00
Carlos NavaEscritor ESPN Digital August 6, 2023, 1:15 a.m. ETLread: 4 min.
Jake Paul, left, put most of his attack behind the left jab to defeat Nate Diaz.Sam Hodde/Getty Images
DALLAS – Jake Paul defeated Nate Diaz by unanimous decision, who was far more of a match than many would have imagined in a thrilling 10-round bout.
Paul thus returned to winning ways, after losing his first fight last February, resoundingly before a spectacular arena in downtown Dallas sold out with more than 20,000 fans.
The judges gave Paul the winner with cards of 97-92 and a pair of 98-91.
“Nate is a warrior, he put up with everything, because I think I won every single round,” Paul said outside the ring. “All credit to my team and fitness.”
Díaz went from less to much more, including a knockdown, which in the end was the biggest difference, also overcoming his inexperience in boxing.
Paul once again showed in front of a rookie “professional boxer” that he is superior, as long as his physical condition reaches him, as happened tonight when Díaz looked like an amateur in a school fight.
Díaz wanted to box, but his technical and fundamental limitations were evident. And it’s not like Paul came off as a boxing scholar either, but he always looked at better boxing pace.
The American Airlines Center never stopped vibrating fiercely as it has rarely done in recent years; far beyond the Western Conference Finals in the NBA the previous year.
The Youtuber always tried to lean on his right and the martial artist tried to take advantage with counterattacks led by his left foot. They never stopped trying to attack each other.
The fourth round was the best yet for Diaz, with combinations led by the left landing well and sending Paul back, who began to hold to avoid further trouble.
When it seemed that Díaz was beginning to dominate, he was hit with a left-handed blow from Paul between the side and the front, which sent him to the canvas and put him in bad shape, to the howls of the people.
The fatigue for an MMA fighter seemed more than evident, when at times he showed his rival up to his back with his arms down; that happened at the height of the fifth episode. From then on his blows had no power.
Paul’s blows weren’t very powerful either, or perhaps the fight would have ended sooner, because they easily entered Díaz’s face and body, who was trying to motivate himself with the ovation of the people, like the favorite of those present that he always was.
In the eighth chapter, Díaz returned to the fight, taking advantage of Paul’s fatigue and slowness, who continued to look mobile, but lacking in attack. Díaz connected to the opponent’s face until his legs trembled at the scream of the fans that he thought was collapsing.
Thus they reached the last round of an exciting fight, which made up for many of the boxing defects of both fighters with action and which kept the fans on their feet from start to finish.
The ladies provide boxing and show
Many fighters should learn from Shadasia Green and Olivia Curry, who went all-out in a true pitched battle from the very beginning of the first round.
Green defeated Curry to remain undefeated in her professional career. She always looked stronger, with better precision and close to the knockout.
In the second round, both connected solidly from all angles of the ring. In the next they took a breather, before reaching the fourth, in which Green was already mercilessly punishing Curry’s face.
At the end of the sixth chapter, in a counterattack from his left foot, Green was close to sending his rival to the canvas, who took three steps back, recovered and the bell helped him. It was only a matter of time now.
For the seventh it seemed that Green finished. He connected with both hands all the combinations of him, in what at times seemed excessive punishment for Curry.
However, Curry took up air. He recovered and continued to try to survive the punishment, with intermittent attacks coming to the front.
Curry managed to hold out the entire route.
The judges scored Green 99-91, 100-90 and 100-90.
SANCHEZ BEATS BELTRAN
Alan Sánchez defeated Ángel Beltrán by unanimous decision. The judges saw the Guadalajara win over the cachanilla 77-75, 78-74, 79-73.
It was an aggressive, dynamic and above all exciting fight until the eighth and final round.
H2O KEEPS RISING
American Ashton ‘H2O’ Sylve (10-0) knocked out Brazilian William Silvia (34-5) in the fifth round to remain one of the most advantaged and undefeated prospects in boxing today.
Sylve set the standard from the second round when he sent his rival to the canvas, with a jab that seemed to be a low blow. But Silva never complained about it.
H2O ended the fight with a shot to the liver area of Silva, who never really seemed to get much into the ring.
AVILA AND STEPHENS BORED
In a yawning bout that seemed like it was in slow motion, Chris Avila defeated Jeremy Stephens by unanimous decision before an already sold-out arena in downtown Dallas eager for the main event.
The judges voted (59-55, 59-55 and 60-54) for Ávila.
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