Anselmo Moreno vs. Javier Nicolas Chacon RBR

Poor *******s thought it was time for a quick verdict reading and then hitting the showers...but nope. Another six minutes of noses on the grindstone. :!:

 

Originally listed as an eight-rounder, changed to 10 right before it started, changed to 8 midway through the match...and yeah, the 9th and 10th were tacked back on after the 8th was completed. :-(

Madness.

I've heard of length changes to accommodate TV before, but one change usually suffices. Someone at the Comision de Boxeo Profesional Panama must be hopped up on some mighty powerful uppers right about now...

 

Pedroza dons a ceremonial headdress and is paraded around the ring on the shoulders of someone in his corner.

Ortega climbs a turnbuckle and thumps his chest, saluting the crowd.

Both feel they did enough.

 

Official cards:

Alex Marin 96-94
Pablo Franz 96-94
Aldimar Soto 96-95

UD for Carlos Ortega

 

That was a rematch, actually - with Pedroza retaining the belt he just lost via split draw just nine weeks ago.

The door is definitely open for another installment. (or more, if Pedroza evens the score and leaves them knotted 1-1-1...)

...and yeah, preferably with a fixed set distance. :yep

 

Leroy Estrada vs. Edwin Diaz, 8 rounds (er, maybe :! @ minimumweight

 

Edwin "La Pantera" Diaz comes out to some distinctly modern pop music (not in a good way)

Leroy "El Sensacional" Estrada is out to some weird stuff that is at least vaguely more interesting than Diaz's autotuned dancefloor pablum.

 

Diaz is technically old enough to be Estrada's father. (Estrada is 19; Diaz 32)

 

Standing at a whopping 5'2", Diaz actually has two inches on fellow southpaw Estrada...and quite a bit of reach.