In a battle of rising young contenders, Chris “Primetime” Colbert (17-1, 6 KOs) edged out Jose Valenzuela (12-2, 8 KOs) on the scorecards after 10 rounds of lightweight action. All three judges saw the fight 95-94 in favor of Colbert, who stated his willingness to give Valenzuela a rematch in his post-fight interview.
“Listen, I love the fans,” said Colbert. “If he wants a rematch, then let’s get it. I’m no sucka.”
“I beat him,” said Valenzuela. “I want to thank everyone who came out here to support me. I thought I won. I was hitting him with the harder shots. I dropped him. I dominated. But it is what it is.”
Valenzuela, a stablemate of Benavidez also trained by Jose Benavidez Sr., got off to a quick start following the first loss of his career last September. Valenzuela sent a charging Colbert stumbling to the mat with a picture perfect counter left hook. Throughout the fight Valenzuela held the edge in power punching, landing 117 power shots to Colbert’s 77.
“He over-extended and I caught him with a left hook (on the knockdown),” said Valenzuela. “He didn’t hurt me once in this fight. I was having fun. I enjoyed every minute of it. I won. I was having fun. I wanted to show the world what I could do. I can box and I can bang.”
Colbert, who also came into the fight off his first loss, was able to show his fortitude in rising to his feet after the knockdown and making it through the round with a significant amount of time left in the frame. The Brooklyn native Colbert was able to box effectively throughout the remainder of the fight and avoid a return trip to the mat, using a jab that he out landed Valenzuela with at a 47 to 15 clip.
“It was a hell of a fight,” said Colbert. “At the end of the day, I’m not the judge and I’m not a sore loser. I’m a man. I can take it on the chin like a man. He’s a sore loser. I out-boxed him and hit him with more jabs. Don’t get me wrong. I’m a man and he had his spurts. He hit me with some good shots but then he stopped and I jabbed and I jabbed and I jabbed. He got the knockdown but it’s a 10-round fight.”
The middle rounds saw tremendous back and forth action from both competitors. After Valenzuela spent much of round six blitzing Colbert and forcing him to the ropes, Colbert responded in round seven with effective movement and pot shots. After Valenzuela was again successful pushing Colbert to the ropes in round eight, Colbert responded smartly and fought at an effective distance in round nine.
In the final round, Valenzuela appeared to punctuate a victory by hurting Colbert in the closing seconds with a volley of power shots, but he was ultimately edged on all three cards before calling for a rematch with Colbert.
“I felt like I put it on him,” said Valenzuela. “Definitely I’d like a rematch. I have to be fair and square. I went through a lot. I worked hard. It was tough and to come out like this – it sucks.”
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20 Comments
This is criminal
Wow ! Unbelievable what a gift
Please 🙏🏽 someone call 📱 the police 👮🏾♀️ because it’s been a pure robbery !!!……
Turn off the sound and watch the full fight. They both had moments and if you watch Colbert he always shells up. Most of those punches didn’t connect.
Rayo can punch and he was way bigger. But he has no skills . Someone his size will outbox him easily.
This was absolutely one of the dumbest set of judges I've seen in a LONG time. And they said he Unanimously won! 🤣 but It even looked like Rayo mercy ruled colbert in the end because of how he dominated the fight. But in the end ain't no mercy in boxing. Should have knocked him out and secured the win. Sore loser my fuckin ass, I'd appeal it.
alot of people talking robbery dont understand boxing and the point system.
Jim Gray: " to answer your question , terrible decision "………never in my life have I seen a commentator agree on live tv
I won’t even imagine that shot from Tank.
I have to watch this fight again. I can’t see how the judges have Colbert winning more rounds than Rayo, Colbert didn’t hurt Rayo the way Rayo hurt him not even remotely close. Me and Rayo had the exact same reaction once the scorecards was read.
Disgusting judging. Boxing is being killed by judges. 💩💩💩 Highly recommend buying UFC. Boxing is dead.
who the hell hire this judges ????? they should change that and have some boxing fans as judges
Chris colbert was hurt in every rd plus the knock down horrible decision I'll give him 3rds and that's being nice
Where the judges blind???
A knock down is only one point. Chris was working Rayo, don't know what yall was seeing. Rayo just got some really nice clean hits in… thats not enough to win on the scorecards.
I though Chris won about 3 clean rounds but Rayo won the rest and with the knockdown, there was no way you could have it for Chris. Even the 12 round was close but Rayo hurt chris bad in the last 10 seconds and stole the round for sure.
Bullshit
cOlVERRATED
Nobody cares. The People know who won.
It's Al Haymon now corrupting boxing.