GBP: Yves Ulysse, Jr. vs. Ismael José Barroso Bernay & D'Mitrius Ballard vs. Yamaguchi Falcão RBR

I'll be damned; they gave it to grandpa!

 

Ooh, look at that stung pride. Based on his demeanor in the fight, Ulysse probably thinks he pitched a shutout.

 

Barroso looks like the old farmer that gets killed by bandits protecting his horses from gettin' rustled in the first act of a Western.

 

He's used to stylin' and profilin' when he's the "boxer" in a match-up. He can't get it through his skull that Barroso =/= Seldin & Claggett.

 

I kind of feel bad for Ismael. He's good enough to have probably worn a title belt at some point, had circumstances panned out a little differently (at the very least he's better than many guys with short paper title reigns on their ledgers) but he will likely retire having never officially reached that heights, with aught to show for his efforts an interim title win (upsetting Kevin Mitchell via KO as the B-side visitor) and now the "Gold" title win (upsetting Yves Ulysse Jr. as the B-side visitor once again).

 

Final stats:

Total
Ulysse 98 of 405, 24%
Barroso 154 of 964, 16%

Power
Ulysse 72 of 260, 27%
Barroso 118 of 530, 22%

Jabs
Ulysse 26 of 145, 18%
Barroso 36 of 434, 8%

 

He is listed third at 140lbs all time among Venezuelans on Boxrec, with only Carlos "Morocho" Hernández (lineal champion in the 1960's) and the also still active Jorge Linares ahead of him.

54th all time pound for pound.

 

Ulysse ranged from -225 to -1200 at the bookmakers..