Boxeo Telemundo: Orlando Cruz vs. Aalan Martinez RBR

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Round 1

Martinez shuffles laterally to his right and paws the right jab down at the much shorter southpaw. Cruz darts in to jab under Martinez's elbow. 1-2 to the chest by Cruz lunging in and yanking back quickly before Martinez can react but for a flinch and downward wave of a parrying arm. Nice 1-2 by Cruz after menacing Martinez toward a corner. Clinch. Lead left to the chest from outside by Cruz. The champ is walking the taller man down, showing his jab and popping it upward every other time with feints in between. Quick straight flurries by Cruz, traveling from neck to waistband and back. FLUSH RIGHT HOOK TO THE JAW AFTER A LIGHT DIVERSION HOOK DOWNSTAIRS! Martinez staggers back and his gloves brush the canvas as he regains his balance just in time before spilling through the ropes. Count applied. Saved by the bell.

10-8 Cruz

 

Round 2

Martinez is staking and hoisting his long thin legs from the canvas in rigid, jittery motions as he keeps circling and pawing a cautious right jab. Martinez is keeping the left cocked but not looking to open up and let Cruz get any clean looks at counters. Cruz flutters the probing right jab up at him. Martinez circles in, taking the lead and gaining confidence, and swirls a left hand over the top. Cruz moves aside to make him miss but their heads slam together as Martinez bears down on him. Light lead lefts and single lunging right jabs to the belly by Cruz, annoying Martinez. A lazy stride inside gets Martinez caught with a more venomous right hook to the temple, which Cruz actually sits down on to rock Martinez back. Quick combo by Cruz.

10-9 Cruz

20-17 Cruz

 

The Boxeo Telemundo Just For Men yep) unofficial scorecard has Cruz up 20-17.

 

Round 3

Martinez is rowing the oars with his right jab as he circles at a measured pace & distance. Cruz throws a blur of activity at him, much of it a smokescreen: right double & triple jabs up into the air and then piercing lead lefts speared insistently to the body. Martinez circles in tight and gets his right arm snaked around Cruz's back for a clinch, but their momentum causes their heads to bang. Cruz pumps several right hooks into Martinez's flanks as they come together in another clinch.

10-9 Cruz

30-26 Cruz

 

Round 4

Martinez is backing away and ducking frequently, dropping his head back out of the way or over to the side to avoid bumping it into Cruz's. It becomes inevitable as Cruz darts in from various angles with his straight pecking body shots tossed in multiples. Martinez is looking fragile and unwilling, backing from one corner to the next and flopping out of range of Cruz's shots with barely any right jabs coming back. Cruz smacks him with a left cross to knock him back into the ropes and then begins to dig in with hard right hooks to the midsection. Martinez is walked along the ropes to the next corner under fire. Cruz opens up! BIG combination, up and down. Peppering Martinez's port ribs with right hooks and starboard with short looping lefts!! MARTINEZ DOWN TO HIS KNEES! Again saved by the bell.

10-8 Cruz

40-34 Cruz

 

Round 5

Martinez is jabbing out insistently, snapping it from well outside to keep Cruz at its end. Body combo attempted by Martinez, but caught on the elbows. Martinez is inadvertently maneuvered to the ropes as Cruz harries him with high jabs and 1-2-1 combos leaning in while keeping his right foot between Martinez's legs and spinning him. Cruz slips some jabs while landing the straight left to the face. Martinez winds up with his back to the ropes, nowhere to go as his right jab is countered by a high straight left, distracting him from the MASSIVE RIGHT UPPER-HOOK TO THE COLON!! DOWN HARD!! Up at the count of nine!! Cruz was already climbing the turnbuckle to celebrate a knockout! Delay with calling time in; Martinez's corner replaces his gum shield. Martinez is mad. He runs at Cruz headlong with low whipping combos to the body. They turn and trade. Cruz throws another right upper-hook - this one BANG ON THE COJONES!! Martinez recovers in a corner. Time in. Cruz EXPLODES WITH SPEEDY COMBOS! Martinez ducks and covers up, and survives.

10-8 Cruz

50-42 Cruz

 

Cruz is making Martinez his *****.

 

Round 6

Martinez is pumping right jabs out of a very careful tight guard, hunkering down with his back arched with only the bare minimum necessary sliding footwork to keep circling without sacrificing his balance. Lead left by Martinez, blocked. Cruz jumps inside and flashes a right hook into his chin while Martinez is trying to grab him and Martinez goes down. For some reason it's ruled a slip. No count from the ref. He just waves them to continue. Weird. Martinez ties Cruz up. Cruz humps him off before the ref can order a break. Yes, HUMPS him off. Cruz feints a jab from outside and then ducks to block, weave, and bob. Martinez skips away. Lunging right jab by Cruz, missing narrowly. Martinez dives in to clinch, but runs into a left cross that cascades down his temple and jawline! Cruz steps outside to deny him a surface to grab. Martinez is DOWN AND OUT!

TKO6!!

 

Orlando drapes himself with the PR flag as some member of his entourage lifts him from behind, fists clasped over his junk and face wedged in his butt to parade him all around.

He gives an excited interview, and it's of course in Spanish and therefore Greek to me - but it's pretty clear from listening to him if you didn't already know he's a bit light in the loafers - even if he can hit like he was all man. :yep

He is kind of like a gay Latino stereotype, like if you crossed John Leguizamo with Perez Hilton.