Ed Paredes defends his titles by knocking out Manuel Leyva in seventh round - Boxing news
Ed Paredes, the current WBC and WBO Latino welterweight champion, successfully defended his titles by collecting a seventh-round knockout win over Mexican, Manuel Leyva, in a 10-round bout which took place on March 2, 2012.
The show, Dominican Domination, a 10-bout pay-per-view, was successfully put up by ESPN2 in its weekly Friday night show ‘Fight Nights’. The special edition was sponsored and promoted by Acquinity Sports and was headlined by the epic light welterweight clash
between Joan Guzman and Jesus Pabon.
Ed, widely known as ‘The Lion’, was entering in his career’s 34th encounter. Paredes has emerged victorious in a total 29 bouts and grabbed a total 19 wins by knockout. The American 26-year-old orthodox pugilist boasts many emphatic wins over names such
as Michael Lozada, Antonio Pitalua and others.
His opponent for the Friday night was a less experienced Manuel Leyva who hails from Mexico and was coming from a recent win over Jose Alonso.
Manuel, infamous as the ‘Pirry’, is currently facing a real tough tide in his career. He has lost a total three bouts in last five encounters and against pugilists who are considered newbie’s in the division. The 29-year-old brawler has been in a total 25
bouts and came out victorious in 21.
The Mexican proud has collected 12 of his wins by knockout which clearly shows that he lacks the ability to throw raw-powered punches. The only aspect that was beneficial for the southpaw Leyva was his resilience.
Ed, who claimed to make Manuel’s senses fade away in the second round, started things quite slowly. In the first round it seemed as if Ed is trying to understand the footwork and technique of his opponent, the reason why Leyva connected some well-placed
jabs.
Later on, in the fifth round, Ed started to connect heavy duty punches which rattled Manuel so much that he fell unconscious twice. The fight came to an end in the seventh round when Paredes threw a good combination of right and left hand that first connected
Leyva’s body and then bashed his face.
Manuel fell down and was unable to break the referee’s 10-count. Samuel Burgos, the referee for the bout, had no choice but to end the bout via total knockout at 1 minutes and 29 seconds.
Afterwards, Ed, sharing his sheer joy over the win, admitted that he underestimated Manuel, “I thought I would take him out earlier. It came a little tougher than I expected. I’ll go back and look at the film, but I'm happy I got the win. That was the important
thing.”
Ed now has eight wins in continuity and overall 30 in his baggage. Leyva, on the other hand, has collected his fifth career loss. The ring for the bout was setup at Westin Diplomat Resort situated in Hollywood, Florida, United States.
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