Mariusz Wach knocks out Tye Fields to retain WBC International heavyweight gold - Boxing News
Mariusz Wach, the current WBC International heavyweight champion, successfully defended and retained his gold for the second time against the current USA Native American Boxing Council heavyweight champion, Tye Fields, by collecting a sixth round authoritative
knockout win in a 12-round battle held on Saturday March 24, 2012.
The bout headlined the event co-promoted by Mariusz Kolodziej of Global Boxing Promotions and Jimmy Burchfield of CES Boxing. The ring for the clash was stretched at Resorts Hotel & Casino situated in Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States.
The pay-per-view was co-headlined by the eight-round skirmish between Kamil Laszczyk and Tevin Farmer for the ownership of the vacant WBO Youth super featherweight title. Wach, 32, entered the ring amidst the chants and slogans of his supporters but even
then was seriously outclassed by his opponent’s experience.
The Polish Wach was entering in his career’s 27th bout. The champion, infamous as the ‘Viking’, was on a continuous long undefeated win streak and never lost even a single bout. The orthodox pugilist became the WBC champion after collecting a fourth round
knockout win over Kevin McBride.
His Saturday night opponent Tye, 37, was entering in his career’s 54th bout. The veteran heavyweight collected 49 wins and 44 of them by knockout. As far as the experience is concerned, Tye had the upper hand but Wach had the support of his fans who yelled
every now and then motivating the Polish to knock his opponent out.
From the very first round, Wach threw well calculated powerful jabs that rattled Tye after regular intervals. During the whole five rounds, Tye was nowhere to be found. His defence was easily penetrable and footwork sluggish that gave Wach ample opportunity
to connect knockout jabs.
After the bout, Wach commented, “As soon as I came out of the door of the arena, I see all the people. Everybody wants to touch me, everybody was cheering me. I was trying to stay focused. Stay focused on my opponent, stay focused on my game plan. It is
really very hard with the people singing so loud. Everybody wants to grab you and touch you.”
Fields, who lost his senses in the sixth round via technical knockout, revealed that he did deviate from his game plan which eventually cost him the bout. Tye said, “I got away from my game plan. I thought I could tie him up, but he caught me with a right
hand and put me on the ground. When I tried to get up, I was pretty wobbly.”
Wach now has 27 wins and he successfully defended not only his gold but also his undefeated streak. Tye, on the other hand, has collected his career’s fifth defeat and interestingly all by knockout.
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