San Antonio welterweight retains WBC interim title with hard-fought victory over Fabian Maidana
Mario Barrios provided flashes of the world champion fighter he has become, landing his best punch, the left jab, and punishing rights. In the third round, one such combination from the San Antonio welterweight dropped Fabian Maidana . But that’s the problem. It was only one combination. Clearly the better fighter, Barrios took control from there.
He connected on more punches than Maidana in 11 of the 12 rounds and won all three judges’ scorecards, 116-111, or eight rounds to four. When Maidana did connect with a punch, it was effective. Most of them seemed to land on Barrios’ right eye, and by the sixth round, that eye was swelling and closing fast. By fight’s end, it was completely shut. “I started feeling right away,” Barrios said. “It made it hard to find my range, get my rhythm down. It definitely was a factor.
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