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Nwokolo UBO
World Champion, Decisions Barraza |
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JUNE 23, 2094 /
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BY UBO PRESS OFFICER |
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Emeka
Nwokolo won the vacant Universal Boxing
Organization™ (UBO) world Super Welterweight
title, beating Jeovanis Barraza on Saturday
night, June 22, at the DoubleTree By Hilton
in Manchester, New Hampshire.
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Nwokolo,
from Nigeria but based in Los Angeles, boxed a
very disciplined fight in what was by far his
biggest challenge to date, working well from the
outside and finishing rounds strong with a
higher output than his opponent.
Barraza
was often on the back-foot trying to counter,
but he found it difficult to catch Nwokolo
cleanly, and came out second best in most of the
rounds as Nwokolo boxed his way out of the few
periods where the Colombian had success.
It was an
impressive performance by Nwokolo, against an
opponent who had come to win but just couldn't
find the answers, and it was clear that he had a
firm game-plan and stuck to it.
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After
twelve rounds of boxing, judge Martha Trembley
scored the fight 118-110, while judges Eddie
Scuncio and Kevin Hope both had it 120-108.
With the
clear unanimous decision, the new UBO world
champion improved his professional record to 13-1
(11), while Barraza falls to 23-4 (15).
The fight
headlined “Down & Dirty 10”, a show promoted by
Reyes Boxing.
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