BLOODIED CHAVEZ FIGHTS TO DRAW.Byline: Associted Press A visibly tired and battered Julio Cesar Julio Cesar could refer to those people:
It was a very cautious regulation 12-round bout, with Chavez mostly defending himself against Gonzalez. The veteran Chavez ended up bleeding profusely pro·fuse adj. 1. Plentiful; copious. 2. Giving or given freely and abundantly; extravagant: were profuse in their compliments. from the nose and with a swollen left cheek. American judge Terry Smith scored it 115-114 for Chavez, Larry O'Connell of Britain favored Gonzalez 116-114 and American Chuck Hassett saw it as a 115-115 draw. Both boxers said they look forward to a rematch. ``Gonzalez put up a good fight. I believe that in another bout I will have the opportunity of winning, since I will better prepare for the occasion,'' Chavez said. ``Of course, I want a return fight . . . I feel very happy to have fought against the great champion and I hope to have another opportunity,'' Gonzalez said. Gonzalez's right eyebrow appeared inflamed at the end of the fight. Gonzalez started Chavez's nosebleed nosebleed, nasal hemorrhage occurring as the result of local injury or disturbance. Most nosebleeds are not serious and occur when one of the small veins of the septum (the partition between the nostrils) ruptures. in the third round, and a 1-2 in the fifth made it worse. By the ninth round, Chavez's face was constantly smeared with blood. A round later, his left cheek started to swell. The two exchanged a flurry of strong blows in the last round, and referee Jose Guadalupe Garcia of Mexico had to stop the fight for a few seconds for the blood to be wiped from Chavez's face. A standing room crowd of more than 50,000 fans at Plaza Mexico stadium, rooting for Chavez all along, booed and whistled and threw things into the ring when the decision was announced. Chavez, 35, is on the downside On the Downside is an EP by the San Diego, California band Counterfit, released by Alphabet Records in 2000. It was the band's first EP, recorded shortly after the members had relocated to San Diego from Fairfield County, Connecticut. of a brilliant career. He is one of the few modern fighters to record 100 victories and a six-time world champion. On the undercard un·der·card n. The event or events coming before and supporting the main event, as of boxing matches. , a head butt opened a gash on Ricardo Lopez's right eye and officials stopped his strawweight straw·weight n. See minimumweight. strawweight Noun a professional boxer weighing up to 105 pounds (47 kg) Also called: (mini-flyweight) title bout against Rosendo Alvarez of Nicaragua after seven rounds and declared it a draw. |
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