MARIO Barrios’ title unification plans towards Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis and Eimantas Stanionis took successful final night time as he was held to a break up draw by Abel Ramos.
Barrios began sturdy and dropped Ramos early, however his defensive leaks had been once more uncovered because the Texan was pressured to beat a sixth-round knockdown.
Decide Mike Ross scored 116-110 for the champion, whereas Javier Alvarez totalled 114-112 for Ramos. Douglas Robinson couldn’t break up them at 113-113 as Barrios escaped along with his WBC welterweight title.
Enormous for the load, Barrios received the correct hand working effectively within the opening spherical as Ramos’ knees quickly buckled. The challenger’s glove touched the canvas for what ought to’ve been scored a knockdown.
Barrios, educated by Bob Santos, discovered success with that very same shot in spherical two, dropping Ramos for actual this time on the session’s shut after disguising the shot behind a brief left hook.
Battle-weary Ramos managed to get the pinnacle transferring and land some pictures within the fifth, however Barrios’ left jab saved him at vary. That was till Ramos roared again into the competition in spherical six when a thudding proper hand shook Barrios up and despatched him down for a knockdown.
Loving his entrance foot ascendancy, Ramos continued pushing ahead, touchdown two-fisted assaults by way of the tenth as Barrios tried to plant his toes and reestablish the jab-right hand. Ramos was not fooled and knew the champion was tentative.
The pair punched it out in an exciting last spherical as the gang rose to indicate appreciation. Barrios’ face was swelled, with blood smeared throughout each males on the conclusion. They every threw over 750 punches.
“Hats off to him. It was a hell of a efficiency,” mentioned Barrios. “He’s a puncher, he positively can crack. We might run it again. It might be a hell of a combat.”
Abel Ramos added: “I had bother with my shoulder within the camp, so I needed to heat up a bit.”
