Jonathan Victor Barros vs. Celestino Caballero II & Hugo Garay vs. Cesar Crenz RBR

Round 10

Barros is coming forward pumping away with his overhand right and working the left as a set-up prop with both jabs and short hooks as he drives inexorably forward. Caballero, who the commentators are saying is imitating Mayweather (pretty obvious to puzzle out even for a non-Spanish speaker, as they keep saying PBF's name and Cab is kind of aping him a bit) keeps his left arm held in a low invisible sling and defends from the outside, jabbing and landing the odd lead right and always tilting his head back when Barros comes smashing in. During the clinches, both are working but neither can get a fist cleanly on the other. A lot of Barros' shots while leaned together are sliding off Caballero's back.

10-9 Caballero

96-93 Caballero

 

Round 11

Barros lunges with a jab to the body. Caballero jumps backward. Now Caballero pushes out his long jab and just waves it tauntingly in front of Barros. They clinch and separate themselves without instruction. Both swing with uppercuts as Barros closes in on Caballero, and they clinch again - this time needing to be broken. Barros is doing a lot of grabbing behind the neck and Caballero is doing a lot of shoving. Barros is in the corner and eats an uppercut. Time out. They towel off Barros' face - were they examining a cut? Time in. Barros jabs his way in but can only manage to interlock arms with Caballero, not getting any shots off. Wide pick-axe hooks by Caballero, crashing into Barros' guard. Time out again. WTH is going on? Time in. Caballero is throwing left jabs and uppercuts with both hands. Caballero loads up on a badly telegraphed overhand right but isn't punished, as Barros is just covering up and leaning back against the ropes. High reaching 1-2 by Barros just grazes as Caballero pulls back.

106-102 Caballero

 

TYC Sports has 108-101 Caballero. :think

 

Round 12

Lots of feinting from outside by both, with Cab circling and Barros doing his false-start in-and-out darting. Pressure from Barros. No punching from either man. Caballero throws an overhand right that lands behind Barros' neck as they press together in a clinch. Body jabs by Barros, ducking down and lunging out. Pressure intensifying. Caballero looks unruffled, still relaxed as he hops around to his right and throws long jabs and uppercuts. 1-2 by Caballero falling in from the outside and nearly tripping himself up. Barros chops forward with jabs and rights falling short. They clinch and get broken apart. Chopping triple jab by Barros, just tickling Caballero. clinch. Blocked jab by Caballero circling to his left. Barros does a short leap off his toes to land a glancing left hook. Now a left hook to the body. Caballero backs up, not engaging. Caballero reaches out and spins Barros and keeps backing up the other way.

10-9 Barros

115-112 Caballero

 

Is that what those delays were? :-(

 

This time, if Caballero doesn't win (and especially if he loses by a wide margin) I'm willing to entertain the idea of home cooking.

TYC Sports had it 117-111 for him, which is wide but he is the guy who should win.