ESPN2: Óscar Negrete vs. Joshua Franco & Danielito Zorrilla vs. Dakota Linger RBR

This stream being a choppy touch & go POS for anybody else?

 

That was the ref I think. He was annoyed because Caraballo's team kept whining about low blows. He was saying "those were sliding off his arm down and then away, they weren't f'kn low blows..."

 

Round 1

Caraballo is dominating with the southpaw jab, cue-balling Rivas' left glove into his face and squashing it there fixed in place while Caraballo drops in lefts on the body. Caraballo is taking his time, picking his spots and throwing one & done as very little comes in return from Rivas, just whirling in place and maintaining a high shell.

10-9 Caraballo

 

Round 2

Caraballo is throwing away jabs up top, skimming the hairline or missing high, but then plugging lefts below the elbows of Rivas. A few right hand leads tossed up by Rivas now, but he can't reach the lankier & faster-moving/reflexively sharper Caraballo. Their ankles get interlocked on the inside as Caraballo is digging a right jab to his stomach and Rivas goes down. Ruled a knockdown. They scrap in close for the remainder, with Rivas leaning his forearms against Caraballo and grinding in on him.

10-8 Caraballo

20-17 Caraballo

 

Puerto Rican prospect not exactly setting the world afire here, with a ready-made walking punch bag from Mexico.

Going to be a stoppage or dominant extra-points shutout I'm sure, but he coasts a little too much, admires his own work, and gets hit with some nonsense during his lazy periods.

 

Round 3

Caraballo is jabbing apart the guard of Rivas and now starts to step through and clap down upon him with short overhand lefts, bringing the furthest edge of his own frame in to bear for extra oomph. Rivas is showing bravado, dropping his arms now and then after getting clocked, occasionally managing to duck and swoop under a combination and grinning as if he just reinvented the slickness wheel before immediately tying up - but he's just here to get beat up & collect a check, that much is clear.

10-9 Caraballo

30-26 Caraballo

 

Round 4

Caraballo is pushing his jab straight out from the socket into Rivas' nose, following up with some left crosses down the pipe but mostly with underhanded nicks & scratches on the belly. Rivas is doing a little showboating wiggle, arms out, abs gyrating mockingly. Rivas peeling a defensive jab out & up toward Caraballo's face while backing into the ropes. Bloody nose, swelling on the right cheek and cut on the mouth of Rivas, all from punches as per the ref. Caraballo working left uppercuts from mid-range until Rivas wends his way into a clinch. Rivas finishes the round under fire against the ropes adopting something resembling a very awkward interpretation of a Philly shell.

10-9 Caraballo

40-35 Caraballo

 

Because, idk, that's a WAY less important job than all the rest of those?

I mean, a necessary job and I guess consistency is admirable...but I mean... Nobody has a "favorite timekeeper".

 

Round 5

Caraballo is jabbing Rivas into the corners and then letting piston combos fly at long range. Most of them are whizzing over the spine as Rivas executes timely bows forward or to one side. Caraballo being forced to land a lot more rabbit punches than regular head blows. Either way, nothing of any significance from the Mexican clown prince of this match-up. All his energy is being spent on making Caraballo look amateurish where he can, and clinching.

10-9 Caraballo

50-44 Caraballo