Denys Berinchyk scored the most important victory of his professional profession by outpointing Emanuel Navarrete. Picture by German Villasenor
SAN DIEGO – Denys Berinchyk fought very very similar to a fighter decided to win a world title belt.
Berinchyk defeated Emanuel Navarrete by break up determination Saturday night time earlier than a pro-Navarrete crowd at Pechanga Enviornment. One decide scored the bout 116-112 Navarrete, whereas the opposite two judges scored the bout 116-112 and 115-113 for Berinchyk, who improved to 19-0, 9 knockouts.
With the win, Berinchyk received the vacant WBO light-weight title.
Navarrete, the WBO junior light-weight titleholder and rated No. 1 by The Ring at 130 kilos, was making his light-weight debut, however struggled to discover a rhythm all through the struggle.
Early on within the struggle, Navarrete related with a jab or straight proper, and would try and land a looping proper cross to the top of Berinchyk. In spots, Berinchyk would change from typical to southpaw and again to traditional. The tactic would work at occasions, as Berinchyk did land a proper hand to the top of Navarrete.
Because the struggle progressed, Navarrete started connecting with extra frequency. Each fighters let their arms go in spherical 4, creating spurts of exchanges between the 2.
Emanuel Navarrete vs. Denys Berinchyk. Picture by German Villasenor
Navarrete was in a position to join, at occasions, together with his signature proper uppercut to the top of Berinchyk, however Navarrete regarded extra sluggish and flat-footed, particularly in the course of the center rounds and in the course of the second half of the struggle.
After Navarrete related with a left-right mixture to the top in spherical 10, Berinchyk was in a position to land a collection of left arms to Navarrete’s head. Navarrete was the aggressor in spherical 11 however didn’t land a major punch flush to the top of Berinchyk, who continued to struggle success in spots.
Each fighters had their moments over the last 30 seconds of the struggle, connecting till the ultimate bell sounded to finish the struggle.
The 36-year-old Berinchyk, who resides in Kiev, Ukraine, had not fought since August 26, defeating former world title challenger Anthony Yigit by break up determination. Berinchyk additionally has victories over Yvan Mendy, Isa Chaniev and Jose Sanchez.
Navarrete, who resides in San Juan Zitlaltepec, Mexico, falls to 38-2, 31 KOs. He fought to a majority determination draw in opposition to Robson Conceicao in his earlier struggle on November 16.
The 29-year-old Navarrete was making an attempt to make historical past. Had he received the WBO title belt, he would have received a world title belt in 4 totally different weight lessons. Navarrete would have joined an inventory of outstanding world titleholders who have been born in Mexico to take action, together with Canelo Alvarez, who’s the present Ring Journal and undisputed tremendous middleweight champion, Jorge Arce, Erik Morales, Juan Manuel Marquez, and Leo Santa Cruz.
No phrase if Navarrete will stay at light-weight or drop again all the way down to 130 kilos.
Francisco A. Salazar has written for The Ring since October 2013 and has coated boxing in Southern California and overseas since 2000. Francisco additionally covers boxing for the Ventura County (California) Star newspaper. He could be reached at [email protected]
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