SAN ANTONIO – After 10 hard-fought rounds, Ramon Cardenas and Bryan Acosta shared a second of respect backstage, giving each other their due for placing on an all-out slugfest for the followers right here on the Boeing Heart at Tech Port. Cardenas, who emerged from the battle with a unanimous determination victory, was happy with the present he gave his hometown followers in his first look in San Antonio since 2023.
“A Mexican warfare – that’s what we gave the individuals,” stated the 29-year-old Cardenas, 26-1 (14 KOs). “Win, lose or draw, I instructed him, it’s all for the love of the game. It’s lovely. That’s what boxing ought to be about – the perfect preventing the perfect.”
The battle was not with out drama for Cardenas, who’s rated No. 2 by the WBA at 122lbs. Cardenas was dropped within the seventh spherical – a product of what he says was laziness on account of being tired of how uneventful the battle was for the primary six rounds. However he rose as much as battle to the choice win.
“As humorous as that sounds, I used to be doing so effectively that I obtained bored,” he stated. “I used to be like, ‘What else are you gonna deliver me?’ I obtained reckless and I paid for it.”
Following the victory, Cardenas says he doesn’t know what comes subsequent. But when he had his method, he would like to face the division’s high fighter, undisputed champion Naoya Inoue.
“I’d like to battle Inoue,” Cardenas stated. “I’m a competitor, I need to battle the perfect. Inoue’s the perfect and I need to battle him. If I can get him this yr, every time he needs, I’m prepared for it.”
Cardenas added that, if the cash had been proper, he would additionally battle his good friend and fitness center mate Murodjon Akhmadaliev, the previous unified champion who now holds the WBA interim title, ought to Inoue find yourself vacating his WBA belt.
ProBox TV CEO Garry Jonas says they’re observing the state of affairs with the WBA and Inoue whereas protecting their choices open.
“Quite a bit is dependent upon the WBA and the way it shakes out with Inoue,” Jonas stated. “We’re gonna have to attend and see. It sucks to be able like that the place you’re ready on a unified champion to resolve who he’s gonna battle and who he’s not gonna battle. There’s nothing extra that we are able to do aside from preserve him in a great spot and provides him good fights and preserve him prepared.”
Though Cardenas can’t management what Inoue decides, he can chill out a bit of and put together himself for the following transfer.
“I’m gonna go and luxuriate in some meals, then take a pair days off, speak to my supervisor, speak to my promoter and see the place we go from right here,” stated Cardenas.
Ryan Songalia is a reporter and editor for BoxingScene.com and has written for ESPN, the New York Each day Information, Rappler, The Guardian, Vice and The Ring journal. He holds a Grasp’s diploma in Journalism from the Craig Newmark Graduate Faculty of Journalism and is a member of the Boxing Writers Affiliation of America. He may be reached at ryansongalia@gmail.com or on Twitter at @ryansongalia.
