Golden Boy promoter Oscar De La Hoya was completely satisfied after watching his fighter, mild welterweight contender Oscar Duarte (29-2-1, 23 KOs), rating a seventh-round knockout of substitute opponent Miguel Madueno (31-4, 28 KO) on Saturday evening of their conflict on the Honda Middle in Anaheim, California.
Duarte’s Dominant KO
Within the seventh, Duarte, 29, damage Madueno with a proper hand to the top. He then adopted with a left that drove Madueno in opposition to the ropes. Duarte then linked with a number of big photographs, selling referee Thomas Taylor to cease the battle.
De La Hoya identified in an interview after the battle that Keyshawn Davis, who captured the WBO light-weight title final Friday evening, couldn’t knock out Madueno of their battle final yr on July sixth in Newark, New Jersey. Keyshawn was pressured to go the total 10-round path to get a unanimous resolution win.
Duarte was extra brave than Keyshawn as a result of he was prepared to face within the pocket and commerce bombs with Madueno to put on him down and get the KO. Davis didn’t try this as a result of he was uncomfortable with Madueno’s energy and quantity of punching.
“Keyshawn couldn’t knock out Madueno; he couldn’t cease him. In order that tells you a large number about Madueno, about Oscar Duarte, and about Keyshawn as a result of he simply gained a world title final evening. That tells you about Duarte,” stated Oscar De La Hoya to DAZN Boxing, reacting to his fighter, Oscar Duarte, knocking out substitute opponent Miguel Madueno within the seventh.
Madueno had a full camp to organize for Keyshawn. He didn’t have that for the Duarte battle, as he got here in on one week’s discover to exchange injured Regis Prograis because the opponent.
Within the fourth, Madueno was lower on the bridge of his nostril from a conflict of heads, within the sixth. Madueno suffered a lower over his left eye from a proper hand that Duarte hit him with.
After the battle, Duarte referred to as out Arnold Barboza Jr, saying he wished to battle him subsequent. Barboza Jr. captured the WBO interim mild welterweight title on Saturday evening with a win over Jack Catterall.
