Stylistically this would have been a damn good scrap had they fought. Does Lockridge give Corrales all he could handle, especially on the inside, much like Castillo did?
I like Chico by stoppage. Though he was tall he didnt fight tall. His wheelhouse was at midrange and even on the inside his hooks were potent. There would be some exciting rounds and Rocky would find Corrales too. Probably a FOTY canidate. Corrales TKO 9th.
For me Lockridge was superior to Corrales, more versatile and complete, with a superior Ring I.Q. In my opinion Rocky deserved the victory in the 1st match against Pedroza and also against Gomez. Lockridge would have been able to gain time and distance from Corrales and would have clearly won on points (like Casamayor did in the 3rd match with Chico).
That first fight vs Pedroza was just a straight up robbery. And Pedroza should have been Disqualified vs Laporte. Love it when certain favorites do dirty tactics and it gets tagged "cagey"
Lockridge stops him. So much more of a complete fighter than D.C. Rocky was a complete fighter with an amazing amateur pedigree.
I thought Pedroza wiped Lockridge's butt for the first fight but lost a close one in the second. He was quite lucky to not get disqualified in the Laporte fight I agree,but welp,if the ref ain't doing nothing, Pedroza is gonna pull off his dark arts sooner or later,and the camera angle made the low blows and dirty tactics look quite legal. I don't like unsportmanship,I want to beat em fair and square,but in a professional game of hurting others, it'll be surprising if there's no rule bending/cheating at all,heheh.
