ESPN: José Carlos Ramírez vs. José Encarnación Zepeda & Edgar Raymundo Beltrán vs. Hiroki Okada RBR

Round 3

Ramírez is just running straight at Zepeda, punching artlessly, eschewing the jab, all power...mostly blocked or missing. Zepeda is widening his stance, dragging his front foot toward him, creeping across the ring to lure Ramírez into the path of sharp right jabs. Zepeda doing some beautiful work here, and ducking & dodging well in flight even when Ramírez leaps in and throws combos. Zepeda is starting to also dial in a counter left hand down the middle. Heavy blows rained down by Ramírez, all hitting shoulder or forearm as Zepeda covers up on the ropes, crowd going wild at the bell.

10-9 Zepeda

30-27 Zepeda

 

Yeah, what exactly did they believe was happening there?

 

"La tarjeta de Delvin" has it 29-28 Zepeda, giving Ramírez round 3.

 

Round 4

Ramírez is stalking, opening up with lots of spastic nervous energy, spraying leather, still not jabbing, missing badly, getting turned and neatly countered with jabs and straight lefts. Zepeda catching & releasing as Ramírez gallops into him. Zepeda drives a couple of hard lefts into the sternum. Big right hand by Ramírez, clearly blocked as Zepeda steps away but the crowd reacts as though it had landed. They giving out free tequila shots between matches in this venue? Zepeda keeps baiting Ramírez and punishing him with the right jab.

10-9 Zepeda

40-36 Zepeda