Oscar Duarte and Kenneth Sims jr. Both both successfully weighed for their 12-round mild welterweight fight this Saturday, August 2 in the Credit Union 1 Arena in Chicago, Illinois. The event is displayed directly on Dazn from 20:00 Et/17:00 pm pt.
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No titles are at stake, but the winner is moved up to the rankings in the 140 pound division. Duarte (29-3-1, 23 food) comes in the fight after winning his last three fights since being knocked out by Ryan Garcia in 2023. Sims, 31, won his last nine fighting after losing against Samuel Teah in 2018.
Weigh-in-results
- Oscar Duarte 139.8 against Kenneth Sims jr. 139.8
- Regis Prograis 142 against Joseph ‘Jo Jo’ Diaz jr. 142.2
Duarte’s print box style
“If the battle is fought on the inside, Duarte is going to sail to victory. Sims has to use his footwork, his skills must use. He must use his boxing ability. He has the ability,” Tim Bradley says on his channel. “He can switch from Southpaw to Orthodox.”
The fight will be fed on the inside, whether Sims wants it there or not. He will stay to hold the competition on the outside, but he can do nothing to prevent duarts from forcing him to brawl with others than to keep. It won’t work because Duarte won’t allow him.
“I noticed that Sims has changed his style to a boxer puncher, even though he’s not a big puncher,” Bradley says. “Many times you have to be able to mix things. To stop pressure sometimes, you need to be able to fight pressure with pressure. ‘
The opposition that Kenneth fought during his career was nothing special. When you look at his resume, he mostly fought second-level opponents. Over the past few years he has advanced to additional levels, but has stayed away from the top 10 fighters.
Sims gets older, and the first thing that goes is the legs. He now has to mix it more with his opponents, because his energy level and bones are not what they once were.
Kenneth Sims jr. Fighting strategy
“Once you get a man like Duarte downhill and become confident, it’s really hard to slow him down,” Bradley says. ‘Duarte starts to beat you, and for some reason you stop working. The push is so heavy that you have to sit and plant and plant for the impact of the shots. Sims will have to make up box duarts. ‘
It will be brutally difficult for Sims, 31, to box out a young fighter like Duarte, who will emerge all night and attack him with powerful shots. Sims can’t treat the fight as if it’s an amateur match, because he’s young enough to run more than 12 rounds around the ring.
He is an 11-year-old professional and is unable to run for a whole battle. In addition, the body shots with which Duarte Sims will hit will be too difficult to take as he moves. To propagate properly for the type of fighters, you need to stop moving.
Last updated on 08/01/2025
