By: Sean Crose
Kenneth Sims Jr. took on Oscar Duarte in his hometown of Chicago, Illinois Saturday night time in the primary occasion of a Golden Boy card. The scheduled 12 spherical affair was held within the junior welterweight division and was broadcast stay on DAZN. Sims had a powerful first, tossing out his jab and firing efficient energy photographs. Duarte nonetheless, employed strain and was in a position to land on his man later within the chapter. The second was shut although Sims might have edged it along with his efficient protection – had not Duarte landed properly in direction of the top of the spherical.
Sims obtained rocked within the third in what was in any other case a brilliantly fought spherical for the Chicago native. The fourth showcased a really fascinating side of the fight- the truth that Sims fought higher, however Duarte’s punches have been far more practical. Sims was wonderful within the fifth, fluid, and largely in management. Duarte landed ceaselessly and successfully into the sixth, although Sims appeared unharmed.
By the seventh Sims began spending an excessive amount of time on the ropes permitting Duarte to bang away at him. Sims was nonetheless wanting wonderful, however Duarte was getting the higher of him at occasions to make certain. Duarte had some good moments within the eighth however Sims had some higher moments, which maybe made all of the distinction. The ninth was shut, thrilling and troublesome to evaluate. The tenth additionally ended up being a really robust spherical to name.
By the eleventh it was properly previous clear that the battle would possibly come all the way down to what the judges most well-liked, the lively energy punching of Duarte or the choose expertise of Sims. The battle may need finally come down, it may very well be argued, to every choose’s style. Sims did properly within the remaining spherical, however Duarte did higher. With that being mentioned, it was a superb battle total.
The judges finally dominated in favor of Duarte by way of majority resolution. Ultimately, it was a really shut and entertaining battle. Though it may very well be argued that the choice ought to have gone to Sims, it was exhausting to say that Sims was robbed as every fighter supplied a superb efficiency within the ring. “This was the form of battle I had anticipated,” Duarte mentioned afterward. “I needed to hit his physique and take his legs away.”
“I assumed I received,” mentioned Sims. “I need to run it again.”
And who may blame him?
