Cable Onda Sports: José Raúl Núñez Espinosa vs. Jaime Muñoz Zambrano RBR

39-37 Núñez, but he could honestly be down in this if the judges prefer Muñoz's pressure to his baiting & counter-jabbing. Both have been moderately effective.

 

Ah man, quite a bit more landed for Muñoz in that final salvo in the fourth (per slo-mo) than I had initially thought watching it live in real time.

Actually yeah, I now have it 38-38. Round was close enough to being up for grabs at that point.

 

Both guys making a strong case for themselves in every round.

48-47 Muñoz

 

10-9 Núñez, did a good job slamming in underhanded combos on the body and tying up to keep himself from taking a receipt.

57-57

 

10-9 Muñoz, rocked Núñez starting around two minutes in after Núñez had displayed nice matador skills at mid-range, but left himself fatally open while getting overconfident and swapping wide hooks. Muñoz always just able to catch him with a line drive right hand leaning in when he's caught up in those spastic transitions between defense & offense.

67-66 Muñoz

 

10-9 Muñoz, just bulldogging him and clapping that overhand right down hard against his left cheekbone. Núñez unable to summon up any more of that duck-and-roll slickness, and his quick right handed counters (jab & hook) are doing nothing to slow Muñoz down. Heavy pressure from Muñoz, and mauling or ragdolling on the inside when Núñez attempts to stall him out. Muñoz working body shots with the free hands. Muñoz pumping those right hands over the increasingly lazy right jab of Núñez. Quite a bit of clinching. Both arm punching, missing big swooping uppercuts.

77-75 Muñoz

 

Jaime and his camp believe they've done the job, parading him on their shoulders as he pumps his arms for the crowd.

His own team belatedly hoists up Josesito and the combatants awkwardly try fist-bumping each other while both levitating in the air.

 

I'll watch a rematch. And make it 10 rounds (the distance over which the Panamanian featherweight title has been contested a majority of times in the last dozen or so years, since it was clipped from 12)

 

Official cards:

77-75 Muñoz
77-75 Núñez
76-76

...draw!