2020 Olympic gold medalist Andy Cruz (3-0,1 KO) placed on a glowing efficiency, pitching a ten-round unanimous resolution shutout victory over a defensive-minded Brayan Zamarippa (14-3, 5 KOs) in a profitable protection of his IBF Worldwide and WBA Continental Latin-American light-weight belts on Saturday evening on the Caribe Royale in Orlando, Florida.
Zamarripa took an infinite quantity of punishment from Cruz and was restricted to only 30+ punches landed within the combat. He appeared apprehensive about throwing as a consequence of Cruz counting him with punches. The scores have been 100-90, 100-90, and 100-90.
Cruz staggered Zamarripa within the third spherical with a straight proper hand that had him holding on. After that spherical, Zamarripa performed it secure, hardly ever throwing something and principally shifting to maintain from getting hit.
“I’ll be prepared in two months, two months I’ll want. I’ll be prepared for the Haney-Garcia card [on April 20th]. Two months is all I want,” stated Andy Cruz to Matchroom Boxing on when he plans on combating subsequent.
“After all, it makes me very glad to listen to feedback from boxers of the caliber of Shakur praising my protection. It reveals me I’m on the precise path I wish to take to change into a legend on this sport.
“I needed to come back into the skilled sport and present that I can field at any distance within the ring. I’m very versatile, and I needed to point out that power going into the professionals. I needed to point out the doubters as nicely that I might go on and do good issues on this skilled profession.
“As I’ve seen in earlier interviews. Whether or not we face one another utterly depends upon Keyshawn Davis,” stated Cruz when requested about his ideas on Keyshawn Davis, a former opponent of his from his newbie days, saying he doesn’t wish to combat him.
“I’m progressing; I’m doing nicely. I’m doing what I can do greatest, however he has to go and present that he’s top-of-the-line. It utterly depends upon him if we’ll face one another sooner or later.
“I needed to say that, like several father, a son can at all times do higher than a father sooner or later. There’s at all times hope,” stated Cruz, jokingly, viewing Keyshawn as his son as a consequence of his 4-0 file in opposition to him within the amateurs.
