{"id":92385,"date":"2020-08-29T16:45:09","date_gmt":"2020-08-29T21:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=92385"},"modified":"2020-08-29T16:45:32","modified_gmt":"2020-08-29T21:45:32","slug":"jack-culcay-beats-abass-baraou-in-a-close-fight-breaking-boxing-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=92385","title":{"rendered":"Jack Culcay Beats Abass Baraou in a Close Fight &#8211; Breaking Boxing News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[AdSense-A]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=92385\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=92385\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-92386 size-medium\" style=\"margin-right: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/mail-1-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/mail-1-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/mail-1-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/mail-1-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/mail-1-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Following one of the best fights in recent years in Germany, Abass Baraou (9-1, 6 KOs) lost a controversial split decision to former World Champion Jack Culcay (29-4, 13 KOs) at the Harvel Studios in Berlin.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the lack of fans allowed in the arena, the atmosphere was just as electric as the action between the ropes as Baraou used his speed and skill to land numerous heavy blows to the body and head.<\/p>\n<p>Baraou was fighting under the tutelage of Adam Booth for the first time and the 25-year-old showcased ring generalship that belied his years as he consistently landed the thudding jab and dictated the pace of the fight with a constant supply of pressure.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The experienced \u2018Golden Jack\u2019 displayed his courage and grit as he soaked up Baraou\u2019s attacks, before launching his own flurries in the back half of the fight. The 154lbs bout was billed as \u2018Fight of the Year\u2019 and it lived to it\u2019s pre-fight hype as the two German contenders gave the fans a ferocious 12 rounds to remember.<\/p>\n<p>Following a dramatic final round Baraou and his team celebrated as they were confident they had done enough to claim a career best victory but controversially Culcay was the victor with the judges scoring the bout (116-113, 113-115 and 114-115).<\/p>\n<p>A clearly disappointed Baraou was defiant after the result.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a great fight and I felt like I did enough to get the decision,\u201d said Baraou. \u201cI\u2019m disappointed I didn\u2019t get the victory but I know I will come back stronger.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mUv4y8sFe14\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>Following the contentious decision fans around the world took to social media to voice their disbelief at the result, a sentiment shared by Baraou\u2019s stablemate, featherweight contender and Olympic bronze medalist Michael Conlan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat a fight Abass Baraou, you won that my brother!,\u201d tweeted Conlan. \u201cThese are some messed up scorecards, run that back ASAP!\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Nisse Sauerland, who has promoted Baraou since he turned professional, was in a defiant mood after the fight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbass did himself, Team Sauerland and Germany proud tonight with that performance. He\u2019s put in a phenomenal effort and he should have had his hand raised at the end of the night. I\u2019m more confident than ever that Abass Baraou will become a World Champion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJack is a great competitor and a true gentleman. I know that he knew he lost the fight. We will be back soon &#8211; the rematch is our main objective.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[AdSense-A] Following one of the best fights in recent years in Germany, Abass Baraou (9-1, 6 KOs) lost a controversial split decision to former World Champion Jack Culcay (29-4, 13 KOs) at the Harvel Studios in Berlin. Despite the lack of fans allowed in the arena, the atmosphere was just as electric as the action [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[23215],"class_list":["post-92385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-jack-culcay-beats-abass-baraou-in-a-close-fight-breaking-boxing-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92385","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=92385"}],"version-history":[{"count":-3,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92385\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=92385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=92385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=92385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}