Michel Da Silva was shaved before the fight (and defeat) against Mirco Cuello.
The Argentine Micro neck He landed the vacant South American featherweight title overnight by quickly knocking out the Brazilian Michel Da Silva. But that great news isn’t the axis of the night’s tale in the main fight of an evening at Casino Buenos Aires
Is that the fight started late because referee Hernan Guajardogoverned by the regulations of the Argentine Boxing Federation (FAB), ordered the Brazilian to shave as he was about to step into the ring.
After shaving live in front of the cameras, Da Silva was able to do little against one of the greatest promises in Argentine boxing, bronze medalist at the Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games and Olympic representative in Tokyo 2021.
The 21-year-old Neck of Santa Fe sped up the race definition to 2 minutes, 30 seconds of the first round with a hepatic hook that left his rival twisted to the canvas.
A) Yes, added his ninth win, eighth on the fast track, with no draws or losses in his professional record, which also counts the World Boxing Association (WBA) international featherweight crown.
Da Silva, 33, from São Paulo, went to Buenos Aires with a very good card, which now records 13 wins (12 KOs) and a tackle in the rented arena. As an amateur, he completed a record of 52 wins and 7 losses and represented his home country in the 2005 Liverpool Cadet World Cup.
Neck would have had Colombian Edwin Barrios as his original rival but was replaced by the Brazilian, who has been inactive for four years, since his last fight in August 2018 when he eliminated his compatriot Ed Carlos Soares Macedo.
In the undercard fight, the Argentine super bantamweight champion, Juliana Basualdo (31 years / 9-2-0 with 2 KOs) of Santa Fe, prevailed over Amalia Mazzarello (30 years / 3-2-0 with 1 KO) of Buenos Aires in the points, with a split decision, after eight rounds.
Source: Telam
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