Chavez vs. Ventry

In his New York debut, Omar Chavez scored an early knockdown against James Ventry (7-9-1) but was unable to keep the advantage. The fight went the six-round distance with two judges scoring 58-55 and the other scoring 59-54 in Omar’s favor.

The bout was on the undercard of Juan Manuel Lopez’s successful WBO Super Bantamweight title defense over Rogers Mtagwa with a majority decision. Also on the card, Yuriorkis Gamboa defended his WBA Featherweight title with a fourth-round KO over Whyber Garcia and John Duddy won an eight-round unanimous decision over Michi Munoz.

This was Chavez’s first time back in the ring since his July 18 rematch against Marco Nazareth, which ended tragically with Nazareth dying just days afterwards from a subdural hematoma suffered during the bout.

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