Unfinished Business: Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Marquez III & undercard RBR

Sammy Santana es boricua.

Apparently there aren't many people repping the PR at the MGM, since he barely gets any applause at all.

 

Jay Nady is the third man in the ring. (supposedly a "man" anyway...I strongly suspect he is in fact the world's tallest hermaphrodite...)

 

Round 1

Santana circles left. HUGE SIZE DIFFERENCE. Benavidez towers over the kid and has a much broader back. This is crazy. Severe mismatch based on size. They look four divisions apart. Left hooks and right hands by Benavidez as Santana quickly buzzes around him and pulls some Calderon-like moves. It's clear who his Puerto Rican boxing idol is - and it isn't Cotto or Trinidad. :yep Long bent-over 1-2 to the body by Santana, keeping outside. Benavidez just keeps still, waiting with the jab snapping out in time with Santana's movements. Long left hook by Benavidez and Santana stumbles off balance and into a heap. Nady gives him a count. DOWN AGAIN from another hook, just a glancing one. Saved by the bell.

10-7 Benavidez Jr.

 

Between the disparity in size, and then in physical strength, and their nationalities (OK, Benavidez is Mexican-American, but close enough) - this is like a macrocosm of Segura vs. Calderon.