Heavyweight prospect George Arias beat Tyrell Wright by unanimous decision in a highly competitive, eight-round fight Saturday in Brooklyn.
The Bronx’s Arias (11-0, 6 KOs) won by scores of 78-74, 77-75 and 77-75 in a non-televised battle at Barclays Center. The Arias-Wright fight was the opener of a 10-bout card that’ll feature a 12-round, 144-pound main event between Adrien Broner and Jessie Vargas (Showtime).
The 26-year-old Arias often fought with his hands down and threw one shot at a time, while moving away from the taller Wright. But Arias landed his left hook regularly early in the fight, later had some success with his overhand right and was able to withstand Wright’s consistent body attack.
Arias caught Wright with an overhand right that briefly made Wright hold him with a little over a minute to go in the fifth round. Wright started the sixth round strong, though, as Arias tired and couldn’t throw as many punches as he had during previous rounds.
A rejuvenated Arias rallied in the seventh and eighth rounds. The Dominican Republic native was busier than Wright in those rounds, and consistently connected with right hands to the head and body shots to secure his victory.
The 31-year-old Wright (9-2-2, 6 KOs), of Jersey City, New Jersey, lost a second straight fight. He suffered his first defeat October 19, when unbeaten Jermaine Franklin (16-0, 13 KOs) beat him by unanimous decision in an eight-rounder in Washington, D.C.
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