Miguel Ángel Esparza Cruz vs. Tshifhiwa Munyai & Diana Laura Fernández Ortiz vs. Alondra Nava RBR

Sánchez had a much better fifth...found success with the formula of "two-piece, slamming clinch. Body shot, slamming clinch". Very physical round.

JulanusJulius 10-9 Sánchez, 48-47 Cuevas
IntentionalButt 10-9 Sánchez, 49-46 Cuevas

 

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Sánchez with two in a row, using a mixture of roughhousing and boxing outside jabbing off the hip.

JulanusJulius 10-9 Sánchez, 57-all, draw
IntentionalButt 10-9 Sánchez, 58-56 Cuevas

 

Ref gives Sánchez a stern warning for going low, almost thought he was docking a point there. Next time for sure.

 

I take it back, the ref DID actually deduct a point from Sánchez.

Disaster for the undefeated kid from Hermosillo, after building up all that momentum.

JulanusJulius 10-8 Cuevas, 67-65 Cuevas
IntentionalButt 10-8 Cuevas, close, 68-64 Cuevas

 

Curious why Sánchez didn't stick with southpaw (experimented with it a couple of rounds ago, during his successful period)

 

Lots of colliding clinches and wild flurrying in R8. They're both exhausted but giving their all.

 

Final scorecards:

JulanusJulius 10-9 Sánchez, 76-75 Cuevas
IntentionalButt 10-9 Sánchez, close, 77-74 Cuevas

 

If every televised card had an opener like that, boxing would be king again.

 

Official cards:

Bro was talking way demasiado rapido for how rapido I've been putting down the red wine...

Heard a couple of chinkos in there, however (in other words, 75 points for one guy or the other, indicating pretty close scorecards)

SD for...

CUEVAS!!!

 

Brian Marino Mendoza vs. Jesús Antonio Rojas Ramírez, 8 rounds @ middleweight

 

Jesús Antonio "Chumy / Kid Kick" Rojas Ramírez is a last-minute substitute for Esteban Eduardo "Tremendo" Villalba Cazares (the opponent still listed for Mendoza on BoxRec)

Villalba is 13-31-1 and Ramírez is 12-10-1. So...arguably upgrade? Winning record at least.

 

10-9 Mendoza.

Ramírez is light work (and in poor shape), really ought to get rid of him inside schedule.

 

Hadn't even clocked the ring girls...yeesh, honestly I might pick Nava over that one next to La Bonita.

 

La Bala cruising...but again, winning by decision would be a letdown here if you factor in all considerations (Ramírez's record, the late notice, how fat he is...)