NEW YORK – Jonas Sultan seems like a big clenched fist. There’s not a chunk of the Filipino bantamweight that’s not rock arduous.
On Saturday evening, southpaw Carlos Caraballo obtained a good suggestion of what it was to hit a fist with a fist, when Sultan edged out a unanimous 10-round resolution to win the vacant WBO Intercontinental bantamweight belt by 94-93 scores from The Hulu Theater at Madison Sq. Backyard.
Sultan (18-5, 11 knockouts) knocked down the beforehand undefeated Caraballo (14-1, 14 KOs) 4 occasions, as soon as within the second, third, sixth and ninth rounds.
“That is boxing. That is struggle,” Sultan mentioned. “And I got here to win tonight. Caraballo is a tricky man, however I needed this one.”
The primary time Sultan knocked down Caraballo got here from a barrage of photographs within the second, nevertheless it was a proper uppercut to the pinnacle that felled Caraballo. Caraballo had crowd behind him, however nothing, it appeared, was going to steer him away from the charging Sultan.
One other proper to the pinnacle dropped Caraballo a second on the outset of the third. Once more, Caraballo got here proper again and tried to have interaction Sultan. By the top of the second, Caraballo had Sultan teetering.
In closing seconds of the fourth, Caraballo had Sultan backing up once more. The sway of the combat gave the impression to be getting into Caraballo’s route. Sultan was wobbly, having bother with Caraballo’s jab, and being open to straight lefts to the face.
Caraballo and Sultan spent the fifth again on even floor. Sultan appeared to get his legs beneath him. Within the sixth, Sultan snuck a brief, counter proper hand that dropped Caraballo a 3rd time. Caraballo landed a couple of massive left hooks that caught Sultan’s consideration, and should have been sufficient to win the spherical.
Within the eighth, the 2 stood toe-to-toe, with Caraballo showing to get the higher of the exchanges. One time, it appeared, Caraballo landed a left hook, adopted by a proper to the physique that had Sultan backing up.
Within the ninth, Sultan knocked down Caraballo for a fourth time with a mixture left hook to the jaw and quick proper uppercut.
By the top, everybody was in awe, speaking a few Struggle of the Yr candidate.
On the undercard, junior featherweight Carlos Jackson (18-1, 11 KOs) edged out Jonathan Guzman (24-2, 23 KOs) by eight-round split-decision. Guzman used his jab nicely to disrupt Jackson. Over 8 rounds, Guzman landed 54 jabs to Jackson’s 31. Jackson landed 48 energy punches to Guzman’s 39, which spelled the distinction.
Junior welterweights Dakota Linger (12-5-3, 8 KOs) and Mathew Gonzalez (12-0-1, 8 KOs) fought to a six-round majority resolution draw. After the spherical, Gonzalez land 33/60 punches to Linger’s 6/56 punches. Within the closing two rounds, Linger upped his exercise, touchdown 28 extra energy photographs than Gonzalez.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – OCTOBER 30: Dakota Linger (L) and Mathew Gonzalez (R) trade punches throughout their combat at The Hulu Theater at Madison Sq. Backyard on October 30, 2021 in New York Metropolis.(Photograph by Mikey Williams/High Rank Inc by way of Getty Photos)
Alejandro Martinez was carrying a modest two-fight successful streak into his bout towards fashionable 38-year-old native Pablo Valdez. The pair placed on a pleasant present in a scheduled six-round welterweight scrap. Valdez (5-0, 4 KOs) remained undefeated with a doubtful 6-round majority resolution. Martinez (2-2-1, 2 KOs) noticed his two-fight streak finish.
Welterweight Jahi Tucker (5-0, 3 KOs) stopped Jorge Rodrigo Sosa (3-3, 3 KOs) at 2:18 of the second spherical of a scheduled six-round bout.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – OCTOBER 30: Marc Misiura (L) and Kasir Goldston (R) trade punches throughout their combat at The Hulu Theater at Madison Sq. Backyard on October 30, 2021 in New York Metropolis.(Photograph by Mikey Williams/High Rank Inc by way of Getty Photos)
In a junior welterweight bout, Kasir Goldston (4-0, 1 KO) received a four-round unanimous resolution over Marc Misiura (2-2, 1 KO). Junior light-weight Ray Cuadrado (2-0, 1 KO) remained undefeated with a unanimous four-round resolution over Michael Land (1-4-1, 1 KO).
Joseph Santoliquito is an award-winning sportswriter who has been working for Ring Journal/RingTV.com since October 1997 and is the president of the Boxing Writers Affiliation of America. He may be adopted on twitter @JSantoliquito.
