Comments Thread For: Abril Tames a Lion, Retains His Belt in Awkward Affair

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Recently elevated from interim to full WBA Lightweight titlist, 30-year old Cuban Richar Abril (18-3-1, 8 KO) of Miami, Florida, made his first successful defense and first start since a controversial 2012 decision loss to Brandon Rios, earning a unanimous decision over 24-year old Ugandan Sharif Bogere (24-1, 15 KO) of Las Vegas, Nevada, on Saturday night at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.

Both men came in below the division limit of 135 lbs, Abril at 134 ½ and Bogere at 134. The referee was Russell Mora.

The rangy Abril immediately went to work in the first round on establishing an effective distance for dealing with the aggressive Bogere. An early Abril right caught the eye. A three-punch combination at mid-ring caught the attention of Bogere who resorted to bulling Abril to the floor. Bogere took a warning from Mora, and would again late in the opening round for rabbit punching.
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[Tomasio]

Mora sucks at being a ref!! He shouldn't be allowed to ref title fights again! He kept on harassing Abril for holding & pushing Bogere's head down when all he was doing was trying to protect himself from getting headbutts(which he got a couple of times & even suffered cuts)& it was Bogere lunging in head first, rabbit punching & holding! & when he took the point away from Abril for holding, Abril was not holding & it was Bogere that cause them to get tangled. Then just like in the Mares/Adbeko fight(when Mares was unloading low blows & Mora did nothing) & Bogere kept on with the rabbit punching & head butts & finaly in the last round Mora took a point..

[jri9d0]

"Awkward" is putting it mildly but he still got the "W."

[CubanGuyNYC]

That was one of the ugliest fights I've seen in a while. I'm just glad Abril got the call. It was a tough bout to score; Richie could've easily been robbed yet again.

[nycsmooth]

by mid fight I saw the direction this was going & ,honestly, lost interest & switched 2 a MX channel for some real boxing...

[The_Demon]

A very ugly fight,not that hard to score imo as Bogere landed very little clean

[chubano]

It was UGLY and fun at the same time.
Broner vs Abril will be good to see, after last night, I can see Broner winning, unless Abril uses the Jab, he gave away his jab last night.

[Samsrealtor]

Men Bogere fought very dirty. Good for Abril. I like boxing so I enjoyed his style.

[soycubanitooo]

NO doubt Richard Abril despite winning last night he did not fight properly. No only his jab was given away but many other boxing skills....Richard needs to change the awful trainer he has....That guy destroy boxers...

[chubano]

NO doubt Richard Abril despite winning last night he did not fight properly. No only his jab was given away but many other boxing skills....Richard needs to change the awful trainer he has....That guy destroy boxers...

"Asi es", this trainer sucks.