Miriam Gutierrez, queen of the world
Win the lightweight interim world champion belt in the WBA version
The first thing Miriam Gutierrez did when she heard the judges' scores was to go to hug Jero García. Jero is much more than his coach, he is his brother and his sports half. And Miriam is the interim world lightweight champion in version of the World Boxing Association.
She herself declared at the end that on the night of her world victory she had risen a "strange boxing", in clear reference to a rival who was more concerned in muddling the fight than in demonstrating her waist, punch and dance, which is what that was required. But Miriam, except for specific moments, knew how to impose technique, dodging, which makes a fighter something more than a puncher. He calmly took the pulse of his adversary and took control of the fight from the first bars of the first round.
Except for a punctual impact, which he received in the last round, and which made many tremble, he had everything under control. He began punishing the Venezuelan from the inside, causing his curved strokes to end up describing a useless parable in the air. Then he returned to one-two, to open his guard and to punish his opponent's jaw with quick hands. Meanwhile, the aspirant only opposed resistance and a series of hugs that made a match dirty that should have been more lucid and beautiful.
Miriam was adding points assault by assault. And, at the same time, losing patience with Keren Batiz, his rival, who left angry when he heard the verdict of the judges. "You are the queen of the world," they shouted at Miriam, wrapped by her own in the Mandalay room of the Gran Madrid Casino. A queen with the WBA interim world champion belt.
