Dubai: Emirati welterweight Eisa Al Dah beat Mexico's Miguel Angel Munguia Garcia in an unanimous points decision at Thursday night's 10-card Dubai International Boxing Championship inside Dubai Tennis Stadium.
Winning 58-54, 59-54, 59-53, 33-year-old Al Dah has now taken his fight record to eight wins and two losses in 10 appearances, while 29-year-old Munguia now has 22 wins 23 losses and one draw to his name in 46 fights.
Al Dah looked to struggle early, brought to his knees in the second, but the ‘Arabian Warrior' returned to form in the third and fourth of this six round contest to twice floor ‘Flaco'.
Weak and tired
Munguia re-composed himself to go the distance while a tiring Al Dah held out for the decision and didn't risk an offensive. "I think people were expecting me to throw a lot of punches and look for the knockout but this was not the strategy to win this particular fight," Al Dah said.
"When he hit me in the liver, it shut down my entire body and made me weak and affected all my power, speed and energy.
Recovery
"I recovered but tried to conserve my energy after that shot and didn't throw so many punches. I kept my distance, covered my face and tried to avoid his strong left hook right. I knew heading into this fight I would have to combat his power punches with my speed.
"When you fight a Mexican, you have to protect yourself at all times and when he hit me, I went dizzy. He confused me with his switching between southpaw and orthodox and he comes from a high altitude so has good conditioning.
"I felt his experience, threw a few good shots but he didn't give me a chance. I looked for the knockout, it didn't happen but nevertheless I am happy with the win. This has been my toughest contest yet and as fights progress they will get tougher."
Munguia said: "I was prepared for the fight and in the end lost only by one or two points. It was a really great fight I'm not too disappointed to have lost really. He's a great fighter with good experience and a good right hook."
Results
Outcome of other fights
4x3 Boxing — Mohammad Akram (SYR) beat Mehrdad Danesh (IRA) by points decision 40-36, 40-38, 38-38; 3x5 MMA — Gudrat Gargash (AZB) beat Houshyar Mandahaki (IRA) third round TKO; 5x2 MuayThai — Kerry Bennett (ENG) beat Marija Malenica (FRA) third round TKO; 5x3 MuayThai — Sardobek Qudiro (UZB) beat Mohsen Dastvard (IRA) second round KO; 5x3 MuayThai — Hakim Ittouchene (FRA) beat Atan Canlubo (PHI) by points decision 49-47, 49-46, 48-46; 6x2 Boxing — Mikaela Lauren (SWE) beat Chantal Ughi (ITA) first round KO; 4x3 Boxing — Akilles Adnan (SWE) drew with Mehdi Ramazani (IRA) 38-37, 37-39, 38-38; MMA 3x5 — Abbas Mollamahdi (IRA) beat Mahmadou Siby (FRA) third round TKO; 6x3 Boxing — Eisa Al Dah (UAE) beat Miguel Angel Munguia (MEX) by points decision 58-54, 59-54, 59-53; 3x3 MMA - Bobb Sapp (USA) beat Tofan Pirani (SWE) second round TKO. (Ashley Hammond)
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