ESPN2 Thursday Night Fights: Roberto Garcia vs. Victor Manuel Cayo RBR

Round 8

Medina is jumping in with a 1-2, missing as Gonzalez cricks his neck and reaches out to catch and grab him. Medina is caught by a few left hooks after leaning in and flurrying on the sides of Gonzalez. Medina is staying busy, doubling jabs and popping in light right hand leads on the nose of Gonzalez and putting together some body hooking combos at mid-range tilting his frame in and out, but getting caught regularly by the slow and steady left hook up top from Gonzalez, who is landing much harder though at the much lower volume & percentage.

10-9 Gonzalez, close

78-74 Medina

 

Round 9

Medina is scoring with drop-in lead rights, causing Gonzalez to avert his face downward and not see Medina's follow-up body-dusting combos. Right hand, jab, right hand by Medina stepping in and out. Uppercuts in close by Medina, leaving his jab caught in Gonzalez's armpit to control that hand and keep Gonzalez immobilized. Medina is continuously throwing weak jabs on purpose, getting trapped and then using Gonzalez's own flypaper strategy against him by digging rights into his ribs. Gonzalez is just leaning forward, miming hooks, snatching Medina's jab and tucking it away in a football hold, and doing nothing else.

10-9 Medina

88-83 Medina

 

Stats through nine:

Gonzalez 166 of 381, 44%

Medina 226 of 606, 37%

 

Round 10

Medina is doubling jabs and dipping in with a right cross as Gonzalez hurls a sloppy and slow overhand right across Medina's left shoulder. Jab, jab, right, up top and hook on the body from Medina on the outside. Gonzalez lunges with a right hand from the waist and tags him just on the point of the chin, grazing. Medina flurries downstairs and orbits Gonzalez in a slow bobbing rhythm, still fast enough that Gonzalez is unable to whirl in time and keep up. Gonzalez shoots up from a crouch with a left hook and nails Medina pulling his upper body straight back, mitigating the damage. Flurries on the body by Medina. Gonzalez puts his head down and plugs into Medina's chest, hitting lots of arm.

10-9 Medina

98-92 Medina