The opposite two scores were 114 114 and 116 112. The primary one was more within the ballpark of the fight that took place contained in the ring. Muratalla was eating too many jabs, and missing too steadily for him to win 8 to 4 or 10 to 2. Those scores were from outer space and had no logical place within the scoring for the fight.
ComputBox Punch Sats
- Raymond Muratalla landed 175 of 611 punches thrown (29% connect rate).
- Andy Cruz landed 176 of 537 punches thrown (33% connect rate).
“I assumed Muratalla did simply enough to edge it. I assumed he won the twelfth, and I assumed 7 to five for me. It was very close fight,” said promoter Eddie Hearn to Boxing Social, reacting to Raymond Muratalla’s win over Andy Cruz.
It’s a bit surprising that Hearn is abandoning his fighter, Cruz, because normally promoters keep on with their guys, especially with close fights. Muratalla was more aggressive within the twelfth round, but it surely was Cruz who was landing the shots. The one thing Muratalla was doing was walking forward.
“Muratalla impressed me tonight. I assumed he looked very strong, very big at the load,” said Hearn. “There have been loads of close rounds, but possibly somewhat little bit of consistency and pressure and somewhat bit more output from him. That nicked the fight,” said Hearn.
The punch output was essentially even, with Cruz landing yet one more punch than Muratalla. So, when Hearn says the punch “output” is what won the fight for Muratalla, he’s off.
“What he is likely to be talking about is the ability advantage that Raymond showed. His shots clearly looked stronger. A part of that needed to do with how big he was in comparison with Cruz. The 2 fighters looked a division apart,” said Hearn.
The scale advantage that Muratalla had over Andy played a component in him having more power. Cruz looked like a brilliant featherweight fighting a lightweight welterweight tonight. He didn’t appear to be he belonged in the identical ring with Muratalla by way of size.
“After I heard that card, I assumed, ‘I do know they’re not giving that one to Andy,’” said Hearn in regards to the judge who scored it 118 110 for Muratalla. “My opinion was, Muratalla edged a really close fight. This was Andy’s sixth fight. Possibly he lacked somewhat little bit of championship experience.
Hearn’s comment about knowing that the wide rating was for Muratalla is analogous to how I felt. After I heard the rating read, I just knew it was for Muratalla.
“Muratalla is 23 and 0. I assumed he did rather well tonight. He just needs to return back against a top contender. His stock rose,” said Hearn about Cruz.
If Hearn goes to match Cruz against a contender next, he should persuade him to get a unique coach so he can work on his lack of aggression. Derek ‘Bozy’ Ennis was telling Cruz to throw more, but he wasn’t listening.