{"id":53494,"date":"2015-06-21T21:49:01","date_gmt":"2015-06-22T02:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=53494"},"modified":"2015-06-21T21:49:01","modified_gmt":"2015-06-22T02:49:01","slug":"rances-barthelemy-beats-antonio-demarco-boxing-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=53494","title":{"rendered":"Rances Barthelemy BEATS Antonio DeMarco &#8211; Boxing News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\" http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=53494\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-50273 size-medium\" style=\"margin-right: 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Ring-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Ring 2\" width=\"232\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a>Rances \u201cKid Blast\u201d Barthelemy (23-0, 13 KOs) dominated and dropped Antonio DeMarco (31-5-1, 23 KOs) on his way to a wide unanimous 10-round decision on Premier Boxing Champions on CBS Sunday afternoon at the MGM Grand Garden Arena as promoter of the event and President of Mayweather Promotions Floyd \u201cMoney\u201d Mayweather watched from the first row.<\/p>\n<p>Barthelemy was strong in his 140-pound debut, landing with his left hand from every angle, including a straight left that knocked DeMarco down in the fourth round. Barthelemy controlled the fight, never allowing the southpaw DeMarco to ramp up the pressure or land anything significant. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Despite being deducted a point in the ninth round, Barthelemy won by the score of 99-89 on all three judges\u2019 scorecards.<\/p>\n<p>In the televised opener, Sammy \u201cThe Sergeant\u201d Vasquez (19-0, 13 KOs) was too quick and busy for the heavy fisted Wale \u201cLucky Boy\u201d Omotoso (25-2, 21 KOs) as he won a unanimous 10-round decision by the scores of 98-92 on all the scorecards.<\/p>\n<p>Vasquez got off to a fast start winning the first three rounds by using an aggressive southpaw style to deliver numerous combinations to the head and body. Omotoso was eventually able to slow down Vasquez a bit with an increased offensive output and strong counters.<\/p>\n<p>Despite blood pouring down over his face, Vasquez finished strong to pull away. . Vasquez out-landed Omotoso 162-134 while landing 50 percent of his power punches, per CompuBox.<\/p>\n<p>RANCES BARTHELEMY<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI worked very hard with my trainer to prepare for this fight and that preparation helped me catch DeMarco in the fourth round and I dropped him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy left helped me a lot tonight. I stayed true to the Cuban boxing school, and when I saw an opening I threw the other hand to keep him guessing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m blessed to be in this position. Coming from an impoverished upbringing in Cuba to fighting on a PBC card on CBS is unbelievable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want Omar Figueroa next. It would be like a modern day version of Diego Corrales vs. Jose Luis Castillo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ANTONIO DEMARCO<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was waiting to counter and he landed a strong left in the fourth when I went down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI fought my fight and my style. One has to learn how to handle losing, and he was just the better fighter tonight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was a great opportunity on CBS, but unfortunately we weren\u2019t able to accomplish our objective.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight now I just want to go home to my family. I don\u2019t know what\u2019s next. I\u2019m going to think hard about whether to retire or continue fighting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>SAMMY VASQUEZ<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWale\u2019s a tough competitor. Obviously I haven\u2019t tested like this previously.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy objective was just to box him, move around and not let him hit me because I know he has the power that his record shows. He does hit kind of hard, but it\u2019s not anything I haven\u2019t seen before.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI knew I had him hurt in the ninth when I connected on a solid body shot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI carry Pittsburgh and Monessen on my back. I\u2019d like to be fighting there, but Las Vegas is the mecca of boxing and all the greats have fought here. I have an exciting fighting style and I like to bring that to my opponent like I showcased today. I hope that I created some more fans that want to follow me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith everyone watching on CBS this was an incredible opportunity for me and my career. I want to thank all the fans that watched for helping me grow my fan base.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s awesome to fight on Father\u2019s Day. My dad has been my backbone from the very beginning. I started boxing because I was getting bullied. We\u2019ve had some struggles in this game, and everything I\u2019ve been through with my two tours of Iraq. He\u2019s always been my backbone and I\u2019m just so blessed to have him in my corner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know what\u2019s next yet. I don\u2019t have a specific opponent in mind and I don\u2019t want to call anyone out. Beating Wale was great, but we\u2019ll go back to the drawing board and consider who\u2019s out there for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>WALE OMOTOSO<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought it was a closer fight, but that\u2019s the judges\u2019 job. It was a good fight for sure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was hurting him with the left jab and some hard rights. That\u2019s why he was bleeding.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe caught me with a good right, but I wasn\u2019t really hurt. He\u2019s sharp with his left though and kept me a little off balance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was a great opportunity for me. It was great exposure and people will know me now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll fight anybody they want to put in front of me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to wish a Happy Father\u2019s Day to all the fathers out there and a Happy Father\u2019s Day to my son. I love him so much.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The card was promoted by Mayweather Promotions in association with TGB Promotions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rances \u201cKid Blast\u201d Barthelemy (23-0, 13 KOs) dominated and dropped Antonio DeMarco (31-5-1, 23 KOs) on his way to a wide unanimous 10-round decision on Premier Boxing Champions on CBS Sunday afternoon at the MGM Grand Garden Arena as promoter of the event and President of Mayweather Promotions Floyd \u201cMoney\u201d Mayweather watched from the first [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[13092],"class_list":["post-53494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-rances-barthelemy-beats-antonio-demarco"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=53494"}],"version-history":[{"count":-4,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53494\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=53494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=53494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}