“In Brazil, people help each other and now I’m in a position to help.”
He stopped Aleksandar Rakic in the third, but it’s a win that will live with an asterisk.
A lot of fighters wouldn’t have even thought of trying what she’s going to try.
“Sparring was bad. Something was off. At the fight, I didn’t want to be there.”
“I want the respect that I’m warranted and that I should be given from him,” Castaño said.
This guy who once lost four bouts in a six-fight span has morphed into a near-perfect fighter. He’s won 11 in a row, most of them spectacularly, and he’s only getting better.
Alvarez should be commended, not criticized, for having the audacity to believe he was good enough to unify the 175-pound division the way he had so easily done with the super middleweight division.
Charles Oliveira made quick work of Justin Gaethje Saturday at the Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona, winning by submission at 3:22 of the first round.
All three judges scored the bout 115-113 for Bivol.