Panam's Update

[Dawg]

Brazil got a gold medal today in boxing. Pedro Lima beat the current world champion Demetrius Andrade, from the USA.

 

[bostonmma]

Brazil got a gold medal today in boxing. Pedro Lima beat the current world champion Demetrius Andrade, from the USA.

Damn you Lima, Andrade is my boy. Any word on how the fight went? How old is Lima, Andrade is only 19.

 

[Dawg]

I guess Lima is just a bit older. The fight was very, very close and the brazilian won 7x6, and had to come from behind in points.

 

[bostonmma]

Lima won 7-6, hopefully someone will catch this on ESPN Deportes and have a better report.

 

[Dawg]

Haha...the fight was back and forth all along, and Lima entered the last round behind in points, but got the best of Andrade in almost a free exchange. I'm not really an expert, especially in amateur boxing...so that's about the best report I can give y'all...

 

[SolidPunch]

Damn you Lima, Andrade is my boy. Any word on how the fight went? How old is Lima, Andrade is only 19.

Pedro lima got 2-0 in the first round and decided to maintain that score by clinching with Demetrius during the whole freaking fight. He wanted no part of boxing, Andrade was trying his best but went into the final round losing 5-2 or 5-3. He got 5-5 in the fourth round, and eventually Andrade landed another shot, leaving him with a 6-5 advantage. Pedro Lima landed two shots in the last 20 seconds and won 7-6.


Poor display by Lima though, he tried to clinch from the beginning of the second round until the last 20 seconds of the fight.

 

[bostonmma]

Pedro lima got 2-0 in the first round and decided to maintain that score by clinching with Demetrius during the whole freaking fight. He wanted no part of boxing, Andrade was trying his best but went into the final round losing 5-2 or 5-3. He got 5-5 in the fourth round, and eventually Andrade landed another shot, leaving him with a 6-5 advantage. Pedro Lima landed two shots in the last 20 seconds and won 7-6.


Poor display by Lima though, he tried to clinch from the beginning of the second round until the last 20 seconds of the fight.

Thanks, I have heard so many different reports, others say that Andrade tired at the end and allowed Lima to comeback from behind. In the end the winner doesn't really matter, it is pretty clear that Andrade has the better pro future and he has already been a Pan Am Champ, if he can get the Gold Metalist this coming Olympics he should get a million dollar bonus turning pro.

 

[SolidPunch]

Actually, Lima got his two shots during the final 20 and 10 seconds.

There were 10 seconds left and he was winning 7-6, and hugged Demetrius for the last 10 seconds. He fought the first round plus 10 seconds, the rest of the fight he tried to clinch. He won, but it was an extremely ugly fight.