Torres Defeats Andrade In World Cup Boxing Series Lightweight Final
Undefeated Lightweight prospect Luis Torres pounded out a hard-fought ten round unanimous decision over veteran Diego Andrade to win the inaugural World Cup Boxing Series (WCBS) Lightweight tournament on Thursday night at the Palenque de la Expo in Sonora, MX. There were some heated exchanges early in the bout with Andrade trying to force the fight on the inside and make the fight difficult on the taller and younger Torres. Among the veteran tactics that Andrade implemented throughout the fight, he would raise his hands and roust the crowd whenever Torres would land a clean punch. While such tactics are obviously designed to goad an opponent into rushing forward recklessly to theoretically allow the fighter using such ploys to try and take advantage, Torres did not take the bait and spent much of the fight gradually out working the more experienced Andrade. Although Andrade remained in the fight and seemed to win the appreciation of the crowd in attendance, he was not able...