Saturday night’s super-middleweight bout in Guanajuato, Mexico, did not end as Matt O’Brien had hoped.
O’Brien, 18-2, with seven knockouts, faced Librado Andrade (30-3, 23 KO) of Jesus Del Monte, Guanajuato, for the vacant WBC Continental Americas title.
The bout, in the Centro De Espectaculos De La Feria, was stopped in the third round.
“It was a great fight,” O’Brien said.
“I’m happy with my performance”
O’Brien landed several solid shots in the first two rounds, but Andrade proved to be too big and strong.
“There was a big difference in our body sizes and weight class,” he said.
“I’ve learned when you fight at that level of boxing, weight makes a huge difference.”
O’Brien, trained three weeks prior to the bout in New York with cutman Bob Miller of Golden Boy Promotions owned by Oscar De la Hoya.
“I want to thank Cariboo Pulp and Paper as well as the many people in Quesnel who have supported my boxing, it’s meant a lot,” O’Brien said.
