Hector Garcia was the shock of Saturday night time when he defeated Chris Colbert by unanimous determination on the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, throughout their World Boxing Affiliation (WBA) tremendous featherweight eliminator battle, by which the Gold title of the class was additionally at stake.
The Dominican took the battle with a few weeks of anticipation because the champion Roger Gutierrez, examined optimistic for Covid-19. Thus, Garcia appeared as Colbert’s opponent on the final minute and gave a terrific efficiency to attain a terrific win with playing cards of 119-108, 118-109 and 118-109.
The Caribbean made clear his ambition and want from the primary bell and went after Colbert with robust combos and with none worry of coming into the trade.
The American’s shifty fashion was not sufficient in opposition to the strain of Garcia, who was rising because the rounds glided by and managed to maintain Colbert on the ropes for a lot of passages of the battle.
Within the seventh spherical, a counterattack by Garcia despatched the native boxer to the canvas and though he recovered he was by no means the identical throughout the battle. Garcia went after Colbert as he tried to outlive by shifting across the ring till the ultimate bell rang.
Garcia now turns into the necessary challenger for Gutierrez’s world title.
The winner stays undefeated with 15 wins, 10 of them by knockout, whereas Colbert misplaced his and now has a report of 16 wins, 1 loss and 6 knockouts.
