Emmanuel Rodríguez Vázquez vs. Melvin Josias López Estrada & Travon Marshall vs. Gabriel Maestre RBR

Commentators were sure that Janjanin wouldn't survive the round and then felt stupid when he did.

 

Benavidez's body shots are spiteful.

 

90 minutes until the Showtime main card, btw. 9pm EST.

 

Slađan is furious with his corner after throwing in a towel on his behalf.

RTD5!

 

There's going to be a lot of dead air between now and the Showtime broadcast, just FYI. The main card is a triple-haeder (Rodríguez vs. López, Marshall vs. Maestre, and Russell vs. Cruz) and every undercard bout is finished save one:

• Michael Angeletti vs. Jonathan Andrés López Marcano, 8 rounds @ bantamweight

(Damien Faustino-Chango Vázquez vs. Jeronil Tonasan Borres and José Luis Benavidez, Jr. vs. Slađan Janjanin aren't yet updated on BoxRec, but they're over)

Eight rounds to pad us out for the next hour and a half. Woof.

 

They're doing lots of studio footage analysis of Crawford and Canelo to kill time. Yawn. I might check out ESPN's card, or go take a shower and tidy my sock drawer until the main card goes live on Showtime.

 

Michael Angeletti vs. Jonathan Andrés López Marcano, 8 rounds @ bantamweight

 

They're compromising on this, basically they've decided to show it onscreen but they're not really doing commentary on it, just continuing their prior discussions of the Canelo vs. Charlo fight.

 

Somebody's 0 has got to go (but López has two draws)

Good opener, both throwing bombs.

 

The commentators actually got sucked in and opted to curb their convo and call the fight.

 

Angeletti has started to really outbox the Puerto Rican and pull away in this after slowing the pace down.

 

Angeletti controlling López with the up-and-down jab. He starts putting together combos and the play by play man yells "HE'S STARTING TO COOK, HE'S STARTING TO COOK!"

 

This is the Showtime card.

Navarrete vs. Valdez is different:

https://www.boxingforum24.com/threa...indolfo-delgado-vs-jair-valtierra-rbr.708182/

(that one's at 10pm EST)

 

Ain't no way.. López's nickname is "BUM-BUM"??!

Saw it on his trunks, did a double-take, checked his BoxRec, and yes. That is his official nickname.

 

Bum-Bum needed a KO but didn't get it. Angelleti actually almost stopped him on vicious body combos that made López's knees buckle repeatedly.