Andres Cortes delivered a dominant performance to secure a victory over Eridson Garcia at Zuffa Boxing 05 on Sunday night.
Cortes (25-0) was eager to return to meaningful competition and reestablish his dominance in the ring. Even in victory, he remained curious about the scorecards, asking members of the media for their impressions of the fight.
“Absolutely. Me being away from the big fights. This is just where I needed to be,” Cortes told Cageside Press among other reporters at his post-fight scrum.
“But I have a quick question. What’d you guys score the fight? Because I had it one-sided. I had like maybe losing one or two rounds, max.”
Cortes felt that he dominated the bout, but one judge gave Garcia 5 rounds, and another judge gave him 4. Cortes clearly disagreed with the cards, but was grateful to walk away with the win regardless.
“I’m always looking for the knockout, but I knew how important a win was here. Like I said from the jump, I mean, I was facing a good fighter. First time at this division so you know I had to play is smarter,” he said.
Cortes quickly shifted his focus to what comes next, and the opponent he has in mind had already made his statement earlier that night. Mark Magsayo earned a TKO victory in a bout preceding Cortes’ fight, setting the stage for a potential showdown.
“He was the co-main so I was just assuming that it will line up nice,” he said.
“We’re in the same weight class, the big name, so I thought it’d be a good fight. No disrespect to him. I want to fight the best.”
Watch the entire post-fight scrum with Andres Cortes above.
