Alexis Rocha vs. Blair Romero Cobbs & Michael McKinson vs. Alex Martin RBR.

Well, in future, Blair could use a little less corn on his Cobbs and a lot more work in the gym. That he hung in there through a beating those last two or three sessions is the best I can say for that largely clueless performance.

 

roacha vs ortiz next hopefully

 

Cobb doesnt have the talent or skills to get into the top 10

 

Id like to see Rocha get a shot at Boots, or any of the top prospects at 47 next. He showed great ring composure and turned it up when he needed to. Credit to Cobbs, but he just isnt a horseman! Woooooo

 

At 32, is Blair Cobb finished as a prospect?

 

Errol Spence is online right now RAGGGING Cobbs.

 

Connor Benns want no piece of Rocha after watching this

 

Blair the flare got humbled but he got heart.
Woooooo!

 

We all hope that when we pay for a service to watch fights that the fights will be good and competitive this was a good fight but Cobb was not a headliner....I am curious if your Rocha is a hack comment is for personal reasons or based off the loss or his opponents to that point? He fought a solid fight proved he had the discipline, skills, chin and power to stop Cobb. So seriously what's the issue with Rocha? I have not followed him closely

 

Such a shame about the booing, it just shows they let anyone into the arena, Short notice fight replacement and I am sure McKinson could of picked an easier fight than the ultra defensive Martin also a Southpaw. And full credit goes to Michael and his proud father/trainer.
Ortiz Blood condition.... what the F#*k is that about.. Also the ring announcer said making his long awaited American Debut..What the hell is that about
Mora is a Bell end as is the female co-pundit with him

 

I've followed Cobbs for some years since I saw a youtube video of him sparring, where he looked flashy, and I was glad when I saw he got his chance to develop his talent and was well matched on various undercards. I never liked his wrestling image though.

However, I think many of his flaws had already been exposed previously against fighters far from the top; first of all that he lacked some power, and secondly his chin. He's shown us before that he can be both caught and hurt, and that's what we saw today. So I've just been waiting for him to take a loss, and now his fairy tale story has come to an end. At 32, I guess we have seen how far his talent could take him, and his level. Not sure if we'll see him again, other than as a gate keeper for a prospect on someone's undercard. He looked in tremendous shape though, so he'll probably try and come again.

As for Rocha, at 24, there might be a future for him once a whole generation of top 20 welters now in their 30s retire. Never seen him before, but he looked like a guy who could develop into a top class fighter over the next few years. A bit too early to test him against a top level gate keeper (I believe he would lose to e.g. Avanesyan, Kavaliauskas, Brook...), and talents like Ortiz and Ennis are already at a different level, just behind the elite. But he might be just as good as or better than Benn, who is hyped to the roof.

McKinson? Decent boxer, and could probably win a British and a European title, but that's it. Without any power, the physically tougher will hunt him down. The McKinson we saw today might have been stopped by Rocha, who looked both better and more entertaining. I guess we'll see McKinson again soon against Ortiz, but that won't end well. Someone at the WBO need to take a second look at their welter ratings. Personally, I hope Ortiz ditches McKinson, and rather goes for the WBC eliminator with Avanesyan in his next fight.

 

Damn good fight

 

Rocha vs Cobbs

Prediction: Cobbs is going down, this is his first real opponent that's not a journeyman or way past it. He's too open and much like Agaryko (I think that's his name) from last week, he's athletic but not a super athletic freak that can get away with Roy Jones stuff.

Round 1
Rocha had a nice flurry mid round, but Cobbs though reckless did the better work, moving around a lot hitting shots here and there.
10-9 Cobbs

Round 2
Cobbs wastes a lot of energy with his movement. Rocha is getting to work and being a little more aggressive. Rocha landing a lot of shots, Cobb's moving around doing not a lot
10-9 Rocha
19-19

Note: this ref will not let any infighting he is a little too quick to call break

Round 3
Rochas got a cut, but doing well. Martinez says this is a good Cobbs round, I don't see it. The cut is in a bad spot, hopefully they can stop it.
10-9 Rocha
29-28 Rocha

Round 4
Rocha landing shots, cobbs moving and smirking not landing much
10-9 Rocha
39-37 Rocha

Round 5
Big round for Rocha, Cobb's gets nailed with a series of straights and he's stumbling all over the place, almost a 10-8 round, Cobb's did nothing offensively and just ate shots all round
10-9 Rocha
49-46 Rocha

Round 6
Almost target practice right now, Rocha landing almost at will, Cobb just moving moving moving flicking out the occasional jab
10-9 Rocha
59-55 Rocha

Round 7
Slow round Rocha doing most of the punching and landing except one part of the round where he invites Cobb to hit him dumbly and takes a big shot. Same shot nails Rocha at the end of the round, a lead straight
10-9 Rocha (close)
69-64 Rocha

Round 8
Cobb's goes down hard, gets up and does nothing but smiles. End of the round and Rocha just teeing off Cobbs, ref almost stopped it, Doctor checks on Cobb's between rounds
10-8 Rocha
79-72 Rocha

Round 9
Rocha lands a great combo, Cobbs in trouble ref stops it

Rocha wins by KO in 9

And this clown Cobbs was calling out Errol Spence