Via Craig Daly: Competitor Jonathan Guidry (19-1-2, 10 KOs) easily defeated former WBC Heavyweight Champion Bermane Stiverne (25-6-1, 21 KOs) by a unanimous decision in 10 rounds at the Casino Miami Jai Alai, Miami, Florida.
The judges’ scores are 100-91, 97-93 and 100-91. Boxing News 24 had a score of 100-91 for Guidry.
Stiverne’s power has a short duration of 5’11” Guidry fought like an eggshell for the first five rounds, afraid to throw more than a handful of shots per round for fear of being turned off by one of the large counters.
You can see that Stiverne was waiting to kill Guidry with one of his counter-attacks from the start, but he didn’t stand a chance because of the low success rate against his puzzling opponent.
In a match that fell out of the radar of the average fan due to the lack of publicity, Stiverne pressured little-known Guidry for 10 rounds, forcing him to hit with his back foot to avoid the blows. adult swing from the static front. very strong former world champion.
Stiverne wasn’t quick or agile enough to approach Guidry to regularly use his strength advantage to take him down, as he could have done it if he could have taken out the Louisiana native if he had. he can knock him down. Consistency.
With Stiverne clearly fatigued in the second half of the match, the younger Guidry, 33, turned up the heat, dropping selection shots to the old fighter’s head and body.
Sadly, the match was only the fourth in eight years for the 44-year-old Stiverne, who looks like the cover of the former WBC world champion he competed in from 2014 to 2015.
Guidry clinched his second win since losing to Trevor Bryan in the decisive 12th round last January in a bid to claim the WBA’s ‘regular’ heavyweight belt.
Bryan, the best boxer in the middle, beat Guidry in the twelfth round and had an easy time making a unanimous decision in 12 rounds.
Guidry’s promoters have cut their jobs if they want to put him in a position to fight for another world title as he is unlikely to be given a #1 ranked fighter like Stiverne , 44 years old and the other. unknown warriors on his resume.
You hate to say it, but no world champion will ever look Guidry’s way to voluntarily give him a shot at their belt, which means he’ll have to go the mandatory route. if he wants to win one of the belts.
