Chordale Booker despatched a message to the middleweight division.
Booker dropped Brian Chaves thrice, forcing Chaves to stay on his stool previous to the beginning of spherical 4 Saturday evening on the Mohegan Solar Area in Uncasville, Connecticut. Booker improved to 23-1, 11 knockouts.
Saturday marked Booker’s first battle at middleweight, after campaigning for a number of months at junior middleweight. Booker additionally had a regional title belt at 154 kilos.
Paul Guarino, who manages Booker, was please with the outing and believes Booker is greater than able to face the world titleholders and high contenders at 160 kilos.
“It’s time for Chordale to get a giant battle – he’s earned it,” Guarino advised The Ring on Sunday afternoon. “As he strikes as much as middleweight, I consider that chance will come now. He’s able to face any of the world champions. We’d additionally wish to discover potential matches with Steven Butler, Lorenzo Simpson, Troy Isley, and others.”
The southpaw Booker, who resides in close by Stamford, damage Chaves with a three-punch mixture to the top in spherical two. Moments later, a left to the physique dropped Chaves. The Argentine fighter beat the depend, however was dropped a second time from a straight left to the top. Chaves bought up and made it out of the spherical.
Chaves tried to say himself early in spherical three, connecting a left hook to the top. Unfazed, Booker subsequently utilized lateral motion that made Chaves miss. Moments later, Booker linked with a collection of punches to the physique. An uppercut to the top, adopted by a left cross to the top dropped Chaves to the canvas. Chaves beat the depend, and was lucky the bell sounded to finish the spherical, saving him from receiving additional punishment.
After the spherical ended, referee Ricky Gonzalez assessed Chaves, making the judgement he was in no situation to proceed, and waved the battle off.
The 30-year-old Booker beforehand fought on February 3, defeating Greg Vendetti by unanimous determination. Booker missed weight, coming in a pound above the junior middleweight restrict, and was stripped of his WBC regional title. It was then that Booker and his group believed the proper transfer was to go up in weight and compete at 160 kilos.
Booker has received his final six fights since struggling his solely defeat by the hands of then-unbeaten middleweight prospect Austin Williams in April 2022. Williams stopped Booker within the opening spherical.
Booker, a standout newbie who was a runner up on the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials, turned to a well-known individual in IBF world welterweight titleholder Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis to coach alongside in preparation for this battle. Booker traveled to Ennis’ hometown of Philadelphia to coach with him.
Chavez, who resides in San Miguel, Argentina, falls to 14-5, 5 KOs. The 32-year-old has now misplaced his final 4 fights, all by knockout.
Earlier, junior welterweight Michael Kimbrel defeated Ian Garcia (3-1-2, 2 KOs) of Springfield, Massachusetts by unanimous determination. All three judges scored the bout 59-55 for Kimbrel, who improved to 6-0, 4 KOs.
Kimbrel, who resides in Waterbury, Connecticut, is educated by three-time world titleholder Chad Dawson.
Within the co-feature, flyweight Angel Gonzalez of Longwood, Florida improved to 14-0, 7 KOs, defeating Houston’s Josue Morales (28-14-4, 10 KOs) by unanimous determination. Scores had been 97-93, 97-93, and 98-92 for Gonzalez.
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Francisco A. Salazar has written for The Ring since October 2013 and has coated boxing in Southern California and overseas since 2000. Francisco additionally covers boxing for the Ventura County (California) Star newspaper. He may be reached at [email protected]
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