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A welterweight six-rounder scheduled between Larry Fryers, 11-6-1, and 8-2 Joshua Rivera was broadcast live on DAZN Thursday night as Broadway Boxing made its debut on the streaming service. Fryers, fighting from Yonkers via Clones, Ireland, pushed the action by closing in and trying to choke down La Mesa, California’s Rivera. It wasn’t the prettiest tactic, but it was one that started to pay off for Fryers almost immediately.
For the first three rounds, Fryers just ground his man, never giving Rivera a chance to fight back. In the fourth, however, the referee deducted a point from Fryers on the scorecards. The fryers continued to fight in a figurative phone booth, continuously working the body at point blank range. By the fifth it was clear that Rivera simply didn’t have an answer for Fryers’ grueling inside play. Suffice to say, Rivera essentially didn’t answer the bell for the sixth and final round.
“You are absolutely amazing,” Fryers yelled to the cheering crowd at Manhattan’s Sony Hall afterward. «Thank you!» The man had plenty to celebrate, as he was finally able to break a winless streak on Thursday night.