Chris Colbert thoroughly dominates Jaime Arboleda over eleven rounds
In the Showtime Boxing main event, rising super featherweight Chris “Prime Time” Colbert (15-0, 6 KO’s) successfully kept his flawless record intact. He did so by beating Jaime “Jaimito” Arboleda (16-2, 13 KO’s) by way of eleventh round TKO. As he has progressed through the ranks, the slick-talking Brooklyn native has demonstrated that he is a diverse boxer. Tonight, he did not fail to show his versatility when facing Arboleda.
Ahead of the match, many forecasted Arboleda to be one of Colbert’s stiffest in-ring tests. This was primarily due to the crunching power that the Panamanian brought to the fight. Once in the squared-circle however, Prime Time was able to show why he is the WBO’s #1 ranked super featherweight in the world. Colbert was already riding high coming off his impressive twelve round win over Jezzrel Corrales. Prior to that match-up, the Brooklyn boxer collected a rare one-round destruction of Miguel Beltran Jr.
WINNING WITH A BANG
At the beginning of the first round, both men opened with a vigorous duel of jabs. Choosing to throw caution in the wind, neither fighter had much of a feel-out round. Each man threw hard shots with cruel intentions. By the end of the period however, Colbert was rather firmly in control. Quizzically, in the second round, Colbert chose to shell-up and allow Jaimito to throw power shots at will. In between his opponent’s assaults, Prime Time caught his foe with several sneaky uppercuts. During the same period, Colbert was also warned for two thudding low blows.
Colbert turned his offense back on in the third, but started fighting with his hands down. Then oddly enough, the Brooklyn-born fighter seemingly took the fourth round off. With his hands mainly on his knees, Colbert displayed beautiful defense in the fifth. While allowing Arboleda to lead, Prime Time was looking for his thumping counter-uppercut. On a number of occasions, he found it.
Prime Time continued to be the ring general for the next couple of rounds. In the eighth period, Colbert was penalized for a two consecutive low blows. As most fighters do, Arboleda only took about a thirty-second rest before resuming the action. The ninth round was a non-stop whirlwind of punches from both men. Each man took battle damage, but it was Arboleda who touched the canvas. He was initially hurt with a right uppercut and put down with a hybrid left uppercut/hook. Unsurprisingly, the Dominican fighter largely took the tenth off.
After dominating virtually every facet of the fight, Colbert put the cherry on top during the eleventh. With a series of crunching punches, Prime Time put Arboleda down hard, twice. Judging by the dramatic way that he fell to the ground, it was impressive that Arboleda beat the count on both occasions. Yet, knowing that his foe was hurt, Colbert did not let up. With his opposition pent against the ropes, the Brooklyn native smothered Arboleda with unanswered shots. Just as Jaimito crumbled to the ground for a third time, referee jumped in to stop the bludgeoning.
By: Bakari Simpson
