Report/Pictures by Scott Foster
“Night time Of Champions IV” Boxlab Promotions, together with CBS Sports activities and Warriors Boxing, offered a tripleheader Friday night time on the Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando, FL dubbed the “Night time Of Champions IV.” The 12-bout card was headlined by once-beaten light-weight contender, Cuban-born Idalberto Umara (11-1, 8 KOs) who confronted a late however heralded substitute in former Dominican Olympian William Encarnacion (20-5, 16 KOs). Umara stole the present early with a spotlight reel uppercut that had the Olympian out on his ft, crashing face-first into the canvas. After a number of scary minutes, Encarnacion regained his senses and was greeted with applause from the viewers after returning to his nook. The tip got here at 1:51 of spherical two.
The co-main occasion featured two undefeated tremendous welterweight prospects, with Orlando’s Jeovanny Estela (11-0, 3 KOs) in opposition to Chris “Crunchtime” Thompson (9-0, 6 KOs). Estela, a digital fixture at Orlando’s Caribe Royale, opened the bout robust, hurting Thompson close to the top of the primary spherical to the physique earlier than dropping Thomson twice within the fourth with two looping, overhand rights. Estela would management the bout from the center rounds, closing the present by dropping Thompson once more within the seventh whereas sweeping the final three rounds. Scores had been unanimous for Estela, 78-71, 79-70 & 80-69.
Rounding out the undercard, 6’3 240lb heavyweight Henrich Ruiz (3-0, 3 KOs), a former bronze medalist on the 2021 AIBA World Championship, methodically dismantled sturdy Dionardo Minor (6-1-2, 2 KOs). After a number of sluggish rounds, Ruiz started to make the most of his superior jab and footwork to befuddle the onrushing Minor, boxing his technique to a unanimous eight spherical determination. One choose scored the bout 80-72, and the opposite two judges agreed, 76-74 x2.
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