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<p>Created page with &quot;== REPORT == Homer strikes back!&lt;br&gt; By Rey Sifuentes Jr.; KIngsville Record 2010-11-17 [http://www.kingsvillerecord.com/news/2010-11-17/Sports/Homer_strikes_back.html?print=1...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>== REPORT ==<br /> Homer strikes back!&lt;br&gt;<br /> By Rey Sifuentes Jr.; KIngsville Record 2010-11-17 [http://www.kingsvillerecord.com/news/2010-11-17/Sports/Homer_strikes_back.html?print=1]<br /> Kingsville Boxer Homer ‘El Oso’ Fonseca got some retribution against International Boxing Council World Champion ‘Hurricane’ <br /> Hector Ferreyro by winning a ten-round majority decision over the world champion at a rematch held at Veteran’s Field in <br /> Laredo on November 6. Previously, Ferreyro was the benefactor of a majority decision over Fonseca when the two first met in <br /> the ring in Laredo back in September; a decision which had plenty of Kingsville and Laredo fans booing afterwards.<br /> At the rematch Fonseca wasted no time hitting Ferreyro with numerous body shots, in the first round, and then tagging him <br /> with some head shots. Ferreyro fired back at Fonseca but landed very little while Homer continued connecting. Fonseca <br /> continued controlling both the geography of the fight as well as his own punching pace in the third round repeatedly tagging <br /> Ferreyro.<br /> Wanting to save some gas for the later rounds, Fonseca held back in the fourth, fifth and sixth rounds. Ferreyro began <br /> swinging more but Fonseca did not suffer much from Hector’s shots. Having gotten his second wind, Fonseca returned to <br /> hurling plenty of body and head shots, for the rest of the fight, which pushed back Ferreyro.<br /> “I told Homer that these were the championship rounds and that he had to finish strong,” Trainer Jaime Cantu said. “Homer <br /> then went out there and did what he had early on, out-boxing Ferreyro, landing the bigger shots and walking him down. It was <br /> a very dominant performance by Homer to start and end the fight.”<br /> Cantu mentioned how Fonseca’s approach in the rematch differed from the first fight.<br /> “In the first fight, Homer was more trying to attack Ferreyro and take the fight to him which I think Homer won more soundly,” <br /> Cantu said. “In the second fight, Homer said he was going to out-box Ferreyro and we also decided to break Ferreyro’s body <br /> down early so he would get more tired in the last rounds and not run as much. Homer was definitely able to hit Ferreyro in <br /> the body and also out-jab him - even though Ferreyro has a longer reach - so Homer used more boxing skills in this match <br /> compared to the first fight.”<br /> El Oso echoed his trainer’s comments.<br /> “Our strategy was to come out strong in the early rounds, throw a lot of hard punches to the body to try and slow him down,” <br /> Fonseca said. “We also planned on taking a little breather in the third and fourth rounds and then come back strong for the <br /> second half of the fight. As soon as I got my wind back, we just out-boxed Ferreyro and he really could not hit me with <br /> everything he wanted to and missed a lot.”<br /> Fonseca said his victory - which hopefully will spur a third match with the title on the line - demonstrated his overall <br /> boxing proficiency.<br /> “This proves that I am not just a brawler but that I am also a boxer,” Fonseca said. “I can adapt to any type of fighter just <br /> like any great champion. We came out strong and brawling and then we shifted and started boxing Ferreyro after realizing he <br /> was not that technical and that he did not know too much about the game.”</div>

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