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Janelson Figueroa Bocachica stayed unbeaten with a majority decision win over Mark Reyes Jr in tonight’s ShoBox: The New Generation main event, edging scores of 96-94 and 97-93 on two cards, with the third even, 95-95.
Bad Left Hook scored the fight 96-94 for Bocachica (17-0, 11 KO), with a good handful of swing rounds at the very least in what was a close, interesting fight that both young welterweights should learn from in the end.
Bocachica may have gotten a boost from his opponent, actually, as the 24-year-old Reyes (14-1, 12 KO) may walk away from this fight kicking himself for being a bit inactive in some of the middle rounds especially, with some questions about his stamina and conditioning coming into play. Reyes did better in the last couple of rounds, throwing what he had left into the fight, and Bocachica took a lot of the 10th off, seemingly feeling he had enough of a lead by that point and not needing to take risks.
Janelson Figueroa Bocachica Remains Undefeated – Breaking Boxing News
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Exciting welterweight prospect Janelson Bocachica and fellow undefeated Mark Reyes Jr. both made weight a day before their main event showdown tomorrow night, Wednesday, February 17, live on SHOWTIME at 9 p.m. ET/PT from Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. as ShoBox continues its 20th anniversary year showcasing boxing’s rising stars matched tough.
Detroit’s Bocachica (16-0, 11 KOs) is following up on a dominating performance in his ShoBox debut in October when by facing the power-punching Reyes (14-0, 12 KOs) from Tampa, Fla., in a 10-round welterweight bout. The co-main event will feature unbeaten Russian and Detroit-trained Vladimir Shishkin (11-0, 7 KOs) taking on Ghana’s Sena Agbeko (23-1, 18 KOs) in a 10-round super middleweight matchup, while Alejandro Guerrero (12-0, 9 KOs) of Houston, Texas, returns to ShoBox and faces Mexico’s Abraham Montoya (19-2-1, 14 KOs) in an eight-round lightweight bout.