Danbury’s Bordoy remains undefeated with 6th-round KO
HARTFORD — Danbury boxer Omar Bordoy stepped into the ring at the Xfinity Theatre Saturday night intent on doing two things: putting on a memorable show and scoring a resounding victory at “Fight Night at the Capital.” Done, and done. With only one second remaining in his six-round, junior-welterweight bout with Alexander Picot — and with many in the crowd of roughly a thousand chanting “O-mar! O-mar!” — Bordoy connected with a right hand that was as quick as it was devastating. Picot crumpled to the canvas in defeat, and Bordoy remained undefeated with his sixth consecutive victory.
“It feels great,” Bordoy said during a break in the celebration in his dressing room afterward. “I knew I was going to be 6-0, I just didn’t know how it was going to happen. It was a very tough fight. He was a warrior. He was in there to win. To date, this was my toughest fight.”
Bordoy was winning on all three judges’ scorecards when he landed the decisive blow, so had he been a second later with the punch, he would have been in line for a win by unanimous decision. The knockout, however — the second of Bordoy’s pro career — made it all the more sweet.
“It was open all day, I just had to find the right timing,” Bordoy said. “(My trainer) kept telling me to pivot to my left, he’s going to throw that hook wide,
and just come over with the overhand.”
Bordoy suffered a pretty nasty cut over his right eye in the second round, the result of an accidental head-butt. Bordoy’s corner crew made sure it wasn’t an issue the rest of the fight.
“My cut man took very good care of it and stopped the bleeding right after the second round,” said Bordoy, who headed to the hospital for some stitches at the end of the night.
With each win, Bordoy has gained a little more exposure and a lot more fans. He was clearly the fan favorite, even though his opponent was fighting in his hometown. Saturday’s fight was the co-feature bout of the night, the first such acclaim of Bordoy’s pro career.
Bordoy was coming off a win by unanimous decision over Carlos Galindo in Derry, N.H., on April 7. Bordoy turned pro in February 2017, and won his professional debut two months later over Jonathon Rojas at the Mohegan Sun Arena. This was Bordoy’s first fight back home in Connecticut since his debut.
In the final bout of the night, undefeated cruiserweight Richard Rivera of Hartford added the ABF Continental Americas championship belt to his UBF All-Americas belt with his win by knockout in the eighth and final round over Jaime Solorio of San Quinton, Mexico.
In the first bout of the night, Nathan Martinez of New Britain won his professional debut by unanimous decision over Henry Garcia of New Bedford, Mass., in a four-round, featherweight fight.
The second bout of the night didn’t make it out of the first round, as lightweight Anuel Rosa of New Haven won his pro debut by technical knockout only 49 seconds in over Roger Blankenship of Cleveland.
The next bout lasted a little longer, but not much, as junior-middleweight Sharad Collier of Hartford won his pro debut by TKO only 2:20 in over Antonio Castillo Jr. of Canton, Ohio.