Elijah Garcia (R) and Amilcar Vidal trade onerous photographs. Photograph by Esther Lin/SHOWTIME
ONTARIO, California – Elijah Garcia may be only 19 years of age but he fights with the savvy of a seasoned professional.
In a clash of unbeaten middleweight prospects, Garcia stopped Amilcar Vidal in the fourth round before a boisterous crowd at the Toyota Arena on Saturday on the Brandon Figueroa-Mark Magsayo undercard.
GARCIA FINISHES VIDAL 😱@Elijah3EGarcia picks up his 14th-straight win with a blistering 4th-round KO of Vidal 💥#VidalGarcia | #FigueroaMagsayo pic.twitter.com/MwKw9sbCpu
— SHOWTIME Boxing (@ShowtimeBoxing) March 5, 2023
The southpaw Garcia, who resides in Phoenix, Arizona, improved to 14-0, 12 knockouts.
Vidal-Garcia was a compelling conflict as each are volume-punching boxer-punchers. Each fighters had been on the assault from the opening bell, every connecting with their share of punches, notably to the physique.
Vidal allowed Garcia to stroll him down. Though he fought together with his again towards the ropes, the 27-year-old did nicely in touchdown to the face of Garcia, producing blood from his nostril.
Garcia fought in spurts, however was very efficient in touchdown single photographs or two-punch mixtures after pawing a jab at Vidal.
With lower than a minute left within the fourth spherical, a proper hook to the top harm Vidal. Garcia pinned Vidal towards the ropes, touchdown at will till Vidal dropped to the canvas. Referee Jack Reiss stopped the bout at 2:17.
The struggle was even at that time within the struggle. Vidal related on 92 of 297 complete punches (31 %), whereas Garcia landed a complete of 97 of 296 punches (33 %).
Garcia, who received a regional title belt, was happy together with his efficiency.
“It’s what everybody goals of,” mentioned Garcia after the struggle. “That is what we work on since turning professional. Mentally, I misplaced the struggle within the first two rounds. My respect to (Vidal). Once I harm him, I adopted up.”
Vidal, who resides in Montevideo, Uruguay, drops to 16-1, 12 KOs. He had fought on a handful of Showtime platforms up till the loss to Garcia.
