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Johnny Barbosa vs Joseph Curtis II Results
June 26th, 2015

The last time these two fighters met, Joespeh Curtis was the belt holder. Johnny would knock out Curtis in Round 7 and win his first championship belt since starting his career. Johnny would lose that belt the following year in his first title defense(Ali).

This puts Barbosa and Curtis both without a championship, trying to work their way up the ranks for another title shot and having to face each other for the second time along the way.

Here are the results of that fight....

. Judges' Scorecard . Rounds . Judge 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Totals . Barbosa 10 10 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 9 95 . Curtis 9 9 10 10 10 10 9 9 9 10 95 . Judge 2 . Barbosa 10 10 9 9 9 10 10 10 9 9 95 . Curtis 9 9 10 10 10 9 9 9 10 10 95 . Judge 3 . Barbosa 10 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 9 9 94 . Curtis 9 10 10 10 10 9 9 9 10 10 96 . . . Fight Totals . Results: DRAW . Barbosa Landed Thrown % Curtis Landed Thrown % . Total 296 566 52.30% Total 306 619 49.43% . Jab 222 382 58.12% Jab 176 330 53.33% . Straight 26 50 52.00% Straight 95 177 53.67% . L Hook 2 6 33.33% L Hook 3 15 20.00%

. R Hook 42 115 36.52% R Hook 5 14 35.71% . L Upper 1 4 25.00% L Upper 18 50 36.00% . R Upper 3 9 33.33% R Upper 8 15 53.33% . Haymaker 0 0 0.00% Haymaker 1 18 5.56% . Counter 19 20 95.00% Counter 15 22 68.18% . . Head: 34% Head: 40% . Body: 69% Body: 75% . . Knockdowns: 0 Knockdowns: 0

This is the first Draw Johnny has witnessed in his career. What does it say about the two fighters? Has Barbosa slipped in performance? He knocked Curtis out in the 7th round of their first fight, but on this day, Curtis would go all 10 rounds, forcing the Draw. Has Curtis improved enough that he can now contend with Barbosa? Obviously, a third fight will answer these questions.