FIGHT OF THE WEEK 12: Bobby Chacon vs Cornelius Boza Edwards II

10-9 Chacon
10-8 Chacon
10-8 Boza
10-9 Boza (Boza controls most of the round, but gets rattled in the closing seconds)
10-9 Boza
10-9 Chacon
10-9 Boza
10-9 Chacon
10-9 Chacon
10-9 Chacon (Boza does close strong, so this could go the other way)
10-9 Chacon
10-8 Chacon

115-110 Chacon

Not sure if the first round KD was called against Boza. He dominated the round otherwise, so the round would be 10-9 in his favor. 6th was awfully close, and rounds 4 and 10 could have gone either way, too. But, it's still a fight that I feel Chacon managed to eke out by virtue of the knockdowns and an incredible late round surge. Pretty incredible given that he was also dropped and bled all over the place for an extended portion of the contest.

 

This one was done a few years ago.

I did a detailed round by round post then

I had Boza winning by a few points.

Back when this fight happened most scribes had Boza winning

 

The first round knockdown was called.

115-110 for Chacon is the most generous card for Chacon I have ever seen other than the one WBC judge who somehow scored it 117-111

 

He wasnt nearing death but he was bleeding to the point that the doctor threatened to stop the fight multiple times. Flip Homansjy said "one more round." Then Boza won the round and Chacon was still bleeding profusely. Homansjy somehow changed his mind. This is the same Homansjy who allowed JC Chavez to quit from a forehead cut immediately without trying to fight with it even one round. I think Pacheco saw the doctor was not following through on his threats to stop the fight despite the cuts not improving. Plus he probably understood the long term ramifications for Chacon.

 

Could easily have a closer card on another viewing. There were, as mentioned, at least three close rounds that could have been scored for either fighter.

But, I did feel that Chacon's cleaner punching over the second half warranted him winning the majority of the rounds in that portion of the fight and with the KD's I suspect my card will always skew toward a close but clear Chacon victory.

 

Round 1: Even (10-10), tough to score
Round 2: Chacon (10-8), Could also be 10-9 due to Boza's domination, but Chacon still landed some good punches after the knockdown at the end of the round.
Round 3: Boza (10-8)
Round 4: Boza (10-9)
Round 5: Even (10-10)
Round 6: Chacon (10-9)
Round 7: Boza (10-9), close
Round 8: Boza (10-9)
Round 9: Even (10-10)
Round 10: Chacon (10-9)
Round 11: Chacon (10-9), close
Round 12: Chacon (10-8)

I scored it: 115-113 Chacon

What a great fight and great fighters. Amazing how Bobby Chacon was able to turn the fight, despite his cuts.