By: Sean Crose
Kenneth Sims Jr. took on Oscar Duarte in his hometown of Chicago, Illinois Saturday evening in the principle occasion of a Golden Boy card. The scheduled 12 spherical affair was held within the junior welterweight division and was broadcast dwell on DAZN. Sims had a robust first, tossing out his jab and firing efficient energy photographs. Duarte nevertheless, employed stress and was capable of land on his man later within the chapter. The second was shut although Sims could have edged it together with his efficient protection – had not Duarte landed nicely 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 attention-grabbing facet of the fight- the truth that Sims fought higher, however Duarte’s punches had been far more practical. Sims was glorious 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 glorious, however Duarte was getting the higher of him at occasions to make sure. 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 powerful spherical to name.
By the eleventh it was nicely previous clear that the combat would possibly come all the way down to what the judges most well-liked, the lively energy punching of Duarte or the choose abilities of Sims. The combat may need finally come down, it may very well be argued, to every decide’s style. Sims did nicely within the remaining spherical, however Duarte did higher. With that being mentioned, it was a superb combat general.
The judges finally dominated in favor of Duarte by way of majority choice. Ultimately, it was a really shut and entertaining combat. 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 offered a superb efficiency within the ring. “This was the type of combat I had anticipated,” Duarte mentioned afterward. “I needed to hit his physique and take his legs away.”
“I assumed I gained,” mentioned Sims. “I wish to run it again.”
And who may blame him?
