ESPN: Naoya Inoue vs. Michael Alber Dasmariñas & Mikaela Joslin Mayer vs. Érica Anabella Farías RBR

War in the fourth. Both connecting with looping bombs, yet López the aggressor with the busier, sharper jab.

10-9 López, close

38-38

 

Six more rounds... I have a gut feeling one guy or another is going down before this ends. Whether for the count idk, but somebody is tasting canvas.

 

I hope the full video gets released and it turns out he got murked by a girl.

...a 130lb girl, no less.

 

Dogboe southpaw is an interesting choice. I can't remember if we've seen him switch-hit before? Not something you want to experiment with in a fight this close and hanging in the balance at still a relatively new weight.

He did look smooth enough transitioning, however...right jab was thrown with decent enough form, not sure it was quite as stiff as his left but he wasn't noodling it at least - and probably edged the fifth with López warily giving him space, perhaps a little taken aback by the new look he was being shown.

48-47 Doggybag

 

SOG has only given López round three, and has Dogboe up 49-46.

 

López once again having success bringing the heat and not letting Dogboe be first, keeping him on the defensive, jab constantly stuck in his face, making use of his big advantage in height, looming with the right glove changing levels from his throat down to his waist to keep Dogboe guessing where he's going to launch it from. Like so many KO artists, the Ghanaian's circuits get a bit scrambled when forced to fight moving backwards.

10-9 López

57-57

 

Very tight seventh, but Tessitore pitching the narrative that Dogboe is bossing it...

He did snap López's head back with a nice uppercut, and may have just nicked it, but it was damn close and they're not acknowledging half the work being done.

Ward actually the voice of reason, giving López the last two, now with Dogboe up by a point, 67-66.

 

Paging Dr. Fan Man Jr. ...