Jose Pedraza made WBO lightweight champion Raymundo Beltran look his age in defeating him by a one-sided 12 round unanimous decision on Saturday night to dethrone him in their fight at the Gila River Arena in Glendale, Arizona. The younger 29-year-old Pedraza put on a boxing clinic in jabbing and picking off the older, slower 37-year-old Beltran. In the 11th, Pedraza dropped Beltran with a big left uppercut. Pedraza continued to belt Beltran around the ring in the final seconds of the 11th. It was lucky for Beltran that he wasn’t hurt earlier in the round because he likely wouldn’t have made it through the round. Beltran suffered a cut early on and he was never able to fight at a high level due to his cut and his slower hand speed. The judges scored it in Pedraza’s favor by the scores 114-112, 117-110 and 117-110. Boxing News 24 scored it for Pedraza by a 117-110 score. Beltran didn’t do nearly enough to win the fight. Even the rounds Beltran did win were close ones that could have easily have gone the other way. Pedraza’s boxing skills was the difference in the fight, as he was just too slick and clever for Beltran. read more https://www.boxingnews24.com/2018/08/jose-pedraza-defeats-raymundo-beltran-results/
