beIN Sports Español: Antonio Margarito vs. Jorge Páez, Jr. RBR

The main event was great, but Juárez vs. Delgado was just as good, maybe even better (and will be overlooked because neither is a big name like Margarito...and the way timing worked out most didn't see it live because Ortiz vs. Thompson overlapped with most of it, whereas everybody was free to check out Margarito vs. Páez once HBO went off-air)

 

^ Not yet up on YouTube, but keep an eye out.

 

Páez isn't C-class...

 

On the non-televised undercard:

6-0 light welterweight prospect Ramón "Bombardero Café" Hidalgo was upset by 15-2 Francisco Rojo, via KO6. Rojo is reported to have received a standing ovation when he scored the knockout. Emanuel "Vaquero (Cowboy)" Navarette extended his win streak to 8-0 (7) with a fifth round TKO against Oswaldo Castro. His overall record now stands at 13-1 (12), and the lone defeat came in the flyweight division finals of the Cinturón de Oro XVIII tourney, with Navarette crowned the champion despite losing because his opponent not only failed to make weight but skipped the weigh-in altogether.

13thr, you got any highlights of these?

 

Absolutely. I only had Margarito edging him by one point. That isn't a huge insult, though. Maromerito is a serviceable little fighter and I knew heading in that he would be tough for a long-absent Margarito (possibly enough to spring the upset, which he came pretty close to doing if not for having too little gas to capitalize on the knockdown)

 

:happy

 

Hold your horses, I think Páez, Jr. deserves a rematch...