Hernan Marquez vs. McJoe Arroyo RBR

...and will be facing the winner of Kinoshita/Tete I presume...

 

Lacierva retired at the beginning of the 8th round because he had an obviously fractured left clavicle, the two portions of the bone were displaced from each other, one of the pieces of bone was darn near poking through the skin, and there was a hematoma forming at the point of fracture. Lacierva was pawing at his shoulder for at least a few rounds, not sure if he had such an obvious fracture all that time, but if so, it is beyond belief he would fight with that injury.

I only caught the very end of the Marquez fight, when Arroyo flattened him with that devastating right uppercut to end the fight. I didn't even know before today that Marquez had moved up from flyweight to junior bantamweight; having checked his record, I have no idea how he landed this IBF junior bantamweight eliminator, since I believe his only fight above flyweight was his most recent fight 2 months ago vs Apolinario, when he weighed in at 116.5 pounds, ie, officially a bantamweight. Regardless, Marquez was an elite fighter in a stacked flyweight division, and I figured he would carry up his power to junior bantamweight, especially against an opponent with such a limited resume as Arroyo's. The fact that Arroyo knocked Marquez down FOUR times, including that final devastating uppercut, makes me think Marquez must be at/near the end of his career, certainly at an elite level.

 

:blood:twisted: What hell is going on here? I didn't even realise this was happening.

 

Now it looks like Jhonny vs. Arce for the WBC featherweight title? Both have said that is what they want if Arce won tonight. Personally, I'd much rather see Jhonny fight better and ranked guys because he is at the top among the featherweights right now, but I guess if Arce is the biggest moneymaker and very low risk, why not...

 

Looks like Hernan Marquez is officially a stepping stone @ the young age of 25:-(

 

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What channel ib

 

This took place last Saturday, jas. Just letting people know the fight's on YT for those who haven't seen it. :good

 

Ah ok. Thanks drew

 

Watching Gary Russell win by ko at the moment on youtube....I think loma wins but gonna steer clear of prediction threads lol after what happened last weekend

 

He does have a crazy impressive list of opposition faced at that age...

Nonito Donaire
Giovani Segura
Brian Viloria
Luis Concepcion X2
Carlos Tamara
Edrin Dapudong
Richie Mepranum X2
McJoe Arroyo

...and only 25 years old. Almost all of his fights are entertaining and action packed.

 

Great performance by Arroyo. These twin brothers are no joke.