TV: Showtime
By Peter Lim
When one fighter has a small edge over the other in every
facet of the game – power, speed, experience and expertise – it amounts to a
huge advantage and, in the case of Charlo versus Centeno, a mismatch.
Charlo wins the battle of the jabs from the outset of this
fight between these two tall, lanky middleweights. His stiff left jab will get
there first, stopping Centeno in his tracks each time it connects.
But Charlo will not be content on breaking Centeno down
with just the jab. By the third round, Charlo follows through with straight
rights that forces Centeno to back off and reset with no counter strategy.
Centeno valiantly attempts to improvise by alternating between boxing and slugging, but Charlo adapts and adjusts to anything
Centeno has to offer.
Centeno gradually descends into kill-or-be-killed mode,
desperately hoping to duplicate his one-punch knockout of Immanuel Aleem by way of
picture-perfect left hook. But while trying to set Charlo up, Centeno walks
smack into a straight right-left hook combo that drops him for the full count
in the seventh round.
