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

Round 1

Beltrán is jogging in, then flinching away from Okada's jab. Okada presses the issue, feeding a few jabs between the guard of Beltrán. No punches yet from Beltrán half a minute in. Some body jab feints, that's all. Okada circling, taps Beltrán atop the head with the palm of his right and then sticks a jab in his chest. Leaping lead left hook by Beltrán, missing as Okada falls against the ropes and then bounces past him. Flurry into the guard by Beltrán as Okada circles in close. Jab stuffed into the neck by Okada as Beltrán is ducking and leaning to his left to set up a body hook that ends up aborted. Okada snapping Beltrán's head back with jabs at mid-range. Beltrán rushes in and places both hands against Okada's waist and shoves him toward the ropes but Okada swivels clear of them before he can be trapped. Nice triple jab on the face by Okada. Beltrán dips forward, eating a jab on the mouth but rolling his head under the follow-up chopping right from Okada. Clinch. Beltrán uses some jab feints up top, just posing in front of Okada, neither doing anything. Nervous body-shivers by Beltrán, finally darting in with his hands at chest level only to eat a couple of sharp jolting jabs. Left hook by Beltrán, partly blocked.

10-9 Okada

 

Super easy to score opener, not even a "feeling-out" round; if you scored that for Sugar Ray, take your blindly nationalistic pro-Mexican bias and log the fuck off.

 

Great minds, @Serge...

 

Round 2

Beltrán is taking plenty of lumps on the head as Okada places the jab and right hand. Beltrán falls in whacking hooks against the chest, throat, and clavicle of Okada as they fall into clinches. Beltrán finally times a hook up top and sends Okada flying onto his ass. Okada is up and flitting around, jabbing Beltrán in the face on the backfoot. Beltrán is pressing in, hammering with double jabs, but gets overeager and is ROCKED by an Okada 1-2, knees buckling - almost going down himself!! Beltrán is flopping against the ropes and Okada is pouring on the power shots! 1-2s!!! Left hooks on the body! Uppercuts on the face!!! Big flurry on the face by Okada to end the round.

10-8 Beltrán

19-18 Beltrán