ShoBox: Marcus Johnson vs. Dyah Davis + Nelson-Arroyo, O'Connor-Bracero RBR

Round 3

Nelson flurries and misses badly. Arroyo sticks his chin out and mugs. Arroyo is dodging shots on the outside and clinching on the inside. This is a terrible fight. Nelson just keeps hooking with both hands and missing high. Arroyo stays in close and looks for openings to throw a 1-2 up the middle between Nelson's gloves. Arroyo has a point deducted for holding after a couple of warnings. They come together after the point deduction in a hard clinch but Arroyo landed a punch, and both go down as they get tangled together. Nelson falls to the ground but Arroyo catches his balance and stands over him taunting loudly. The referee applies a count to Nelson as he's getting up.

9-8 Arroyo (10-8, with a point deduction)

29-26 Arroyo

 

Steve knows his ****ing boxing. :deal

 

Yeah I caught it. :good

 

Round 4

Arroyo is rolling around down low, under Nelson's effective punching range. Arroyo is reaching up and hooking him hard on the inside. Nelson can't find him to save his life. It isn't like Arroyo is James Toney or anything...he's using just enough movement to completely negate all of Nelson's loose, wandering flurries. Arroyo not punching much, though. Nelson lands a jab and keeps flurrying. Nelson jabbing and backing up. Quite a few clinches here, as Arroyo tries to stay inside and pressed up close.

Arroyo could have had the round if he'd simply landed a few counters in the last two minutes.

10-9 Nelson

38-36 Arroyo

 

Round 5

Nelson lets his jabs fly while quickly circling out wide. He hooks off the jab and smacks Arroyo in the face with it. Arroyo is warned AGAIN for holding. As soon as they break, he holds again. He is gonna get DQ'ed. Arroyo thrusts a high, hard jab up at Nelson's chin with a powerful thrusting leap up off his rear heel. Nelson is getting hit with some hard body shots. Arroyo is a pit bull in there. Hard hooks thrown up high and crashing into Nelson's shoulders, but a few clipping his jawline. Nelson pushes him into the ropes and smothers him. Arroyo throws a wild right hand missing and leans back against the ropes as Nelson nearly counters him hard in the face. Nelson reaching with right hands as Arroyo just pulls straight back. Nelson holds and hits. Arroyo gets warned again, although that time it wasn't him holding. They clinch up in the corner, both just pushing forward with their arms and trying to out-muscle the other to get space. Nelson leans his forearm into Arroyo's face while pushing him into the ropes.

47-46 Arroyo

 

Round 6

Lots of body shots from Arroyo ripping and tearing his way inside. Nelson is pushing down on his head and wrestling him into the ropes. Lots of tangling up. Someone's mouthpiece comes out and Nelson is hit with a low blow. Arroyo holds his glove out to tap, effectively saying "my fault" in a show of sportsmanship. Mouthpiece in. NELSON DOWN AS THEY HOOK TOGETHER!! CHICKEN DANCE!! ARROYO POUNCES AFTER HE BEATS THE COUNT!! Arroyo throws hard hooks to the body. Nelson covers up and his long body is wilting. Nelson clinches. Nelson runs. Arroyo runs into the corner and Nelson ducks down to grab, throwing his arms around Arroyo's shoulders. Arroyo looks for one more big punch. Nelson comes surging forward with a right hand/left hook combo but Arroyo catches and releases him.

10-8 Arroyo

57-54