A Puño Limpio: Wilfredo Méndez vs. Áxel Alejandro Aragón Vega II RBR

Yeah. Scorecards for a technical decision it actually is. Despite no clear ruling of the cut being from an incidental foul by the ref, near as I can tell. Okay, whatever. Here we go.

Official cards:

58-55 Bimbito
57-56 Aragón )
57-56

...MD for Bimbito, whew...

 

Seriously though, guys, watch Correa vs. Velázquez when you can.

 

John Correa vs. Edgardo Velázquez Mosqueda, 6 rounds @ light middleweight

 

(the fight starts at ~2:37:30 into the video...timestamped for the lazies...)

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Round 1

Velázquez is stalking behind the right jab, at one point imploring Correa to make a stand, but Correa is determined to get in a feel-out round and circle away, pausing just long enough to shell up and see what Velázquez has for him offensively. Velázquez obliges with some hooking combos beneath Correa's elbows and left hand leads flicked out almost like orthodox jabs, except delivered all the way across his body from the far side. Correa strictly playing defense, getting a bead on Velázquez's abilities, and giving the opening session away in service of those intentions.

10-9 Velázquez

 

Round 2

Velázquez is now finding Correa a more unwilling and less stationary target. Correa both incorporating more ducking and weaving (as well as grabbing & releasing Velázquez's arms to disrupt his rhythm during exchanges) and flurrying with his fast hands to counter Velázquez's advances. Velázquez is pushed into a corner, looking a bit surprised and overwhelmed by a sustained onslaught from Correa. Three unanswered right hands by Correa landing between Velázquez's left ear & temple, and he looks to be in trouble. Correa pressing in, looking confident, and is whacked by a reality check right hook before holding. Velázquez stalling, pushing out a southpaw jab and keeping the left hand cocked up high as his deterrent measure, but Correa is willing to call his bluff and risk nuclear Armageddon, stepping inside to snipe at Velázquez's face with overhand rights and then swaying backward to dodge the right hooks of Velázquez. The left turns out to have been an empty threat, as he isn't quick enough on trigger with it to make it a factor.

10-9 Correa

19-19

 

Round 3

Velázquez is backed into a corner yet again, with Correa using his right arm to probe and find a handhold around the left wrist of Velázquez, pushing that arm down when he finds it to create an open lane for chopping left hooks of his own across the upper jawline of Velázquez. The beleaguered Mexican fights his way out to center ring, using a push-pole right jab to shove Correa back (not snapping it like a genuine punch) and then swinging desperately with left uppercuts, his momentum carrying him forward on precariously imbalanced feet. Correa never stops flashing his arms out, whether moving forward or backward.

10-9 Correa

29-28 Correa

 

Round 4

Velázquez turns orthodox and has Correa beating a confused and hasty retreat under the deluge of heavy left jabs. Correa wilting under the power hand of Velázquez as it need only travel a short distance now to crash against his chin. Leaning backward and himself turning southpaw and flurrying to give Velázquez a taste of his own switch-hitting medicine, Correa is nonetheless blasted repeatedly with straight two-fisted lancing combos. They brawl messily on the inside and both ultimately revert to each adopting his natural stance. Velázquez puts together right hooker-cuts and big left crosses, telegraphed but powerful and grazing Correa when he freezes up and puts up a turtle shell by the ropes.

10-9 Velázquez]

38-38

 

Round 5

Velázquez is snatched & carried into a corner, with Correa using one arm to shove him along until hitting a solid obstacle, and the other plugging away with hard uppercuts from the belt line to kidneys. Velázquez is struggling to get a shot in edgewise, smothered as he is. Finally he starts to hammer down on the hairline of Correa with a chopping left and buys himself a bit of room. Correa instantly ducks and shoulder-tackles into him once more, trapping him on the ropes and slinging hard marching band style bass drum mallets into his sides. Velázquez's face now getting knocked side to side as he drops his arms to cover his body. Feeble counters from Velázquez, running on fumes.

10-9 Correa

48-47 Correa

 

Round 6

Velázquez is gored into the ropes and eating left jabs up top, with right hands skewering his solar plexus. He starts clawing for purchase with right jabs and left uppercuts, but the moment he breaks his guard Correa lays in with flush 1-2s raining into both eye sockets, making Velázquez blink and continue to relent, swept across the ring by Correa's gale force volume power-smashing. Velázquez with a minute left starts to surge once more, timing a right jab through Correa's gloves and following up with a heavy looping left nearly spinning himself around before thudding home. They trade back and forth down the stretch, Correa getting just slightly the better of it the quality and whitewashing in terms of quantity.

10-9 Correa

58-56 Correa

 

Not quite as good (or competitive) as I thought from only half-watching it live, but still pretty damn good.

 

https://fightnews.com/bimbito-mendez-barely-retains-wbo-105lb-title/59298

"WBO minimumweight champion Wilfredo “Bimbito” Méndez (15-1, 5 KOs) won by technical split decision when the fight was stopped at the start of the seventh round due to a cut on the forehead of Axel Aragon (13-3-1, 8 KOs) on Saturday night at the Rubén Zayas Montañez Coliseum in Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico. The cards were 68-65, 67-66 for Mendez and 67-66 for Aragon.

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Mendez dominated with his boxing and movement but in round four during an exchange Aragon sent him to the canvas. Mendez hurt Aragon in round five with good body punches, but in round six a head clash caused the wound that let to the fight being stopped.

Unbeaten super welterweight) Patrick Cora (9-0, 6 KOs) won by eight round unanimous decision over Luis Midyael Sanchez (8-1, 6 KOs). Judges scored it 78-74, 77-75 and 77-75.

Super bantamweight Yenifel Vicente (36-4-2, 28 KOs) beat Rodolfo Hernández (30-8-1, 28 KOs) by KO at 2:50 of the fourth round after sending him to the canvas for the count.

In the fight of the night, super welterweight John Correa (7-0, 5 KOs) won by majority decision over Edgardo Velázquez (12-1, 12 KOs). The all action bout was scored 58-56 and 58-56 for Correa, and 57-57.

Lightweight Ángel Aponte (6-0, 3 KOs) beat Facundo Eduardo Ased (9-2, 5 KOs) by KO at 2:10 of round one when he knocked him down with a hard left hand.

In a good fight, super bantamweight Frency Fortunato (8-0, 6 KOs) won by unanimous decision over Marcos Muñiz (14-1, 11 KOs). Judges scored it 79-73, 78-74 and 77-75.

Super middleweight) Alantez Fox (26-1-1, 12 KOs) won by eight round unanimous decision over Bruno Leonardo Román (21-8, 18 KOs). Scores were 80-71, 79-72 and 79-72.

WBO champions Emanuel Navarrete (122 lbs.) and Jaime Munguia (154 lbs) were honored by the WBO during the event."


...not sure about Bimbito having "barely" retained his title, as those scores were BS... (Aragón didn't legitimately deserve to win a round besides the one in which he dropped Bimbito, and he lost the bulk of that one as well before striking oil...and, to be fair, they do clarify in the next paragraph that Bimbito "dominated with his boxing and movement", so, meh, guess I can forgive the weasel-worded article title...gotta bait those clicks somehow...)

They clearly KSAB, hailing Correa UD6 Velázquez as the FOTN.

...and yeah, @Somachenko, it would seem that Félix Díaz's fight got canceled, for whatever reason.