Julio César Martínez Aguilar vs. Cristofer Jordan Rosales González (+DJ vs. JCC Jr.) RBR

Knockdown 1: perfect liver shot.
Knockdown 2: short upper-hook on the back of Johnson's ear
Knockdown 3: right hand/left hook combo
Knockdown 4: more of a clubbing shove/punch, in truth probably not a legit KD but Johnson's equilibrium was gone. Decent stoppage.

 

"The Albanian Bear"? Cringe nickname...but not as cringe as Mati then striking a karate chopping pose and letting out a falsetto Bruce Lee style "hyahhhhh" posing for a pic. :shakehead"

 

Maurice Hooker promises a new improved 2.0 version of himself under new trainer BoMac.

 

Bud Crawford is here to support his buddy (and now training partner) Hooker, and gets interviewed about last week's fight. He grades his performance against Kavaliauskas a B-, although he thinks people shouldn't have been surprised it was a tough night, saying "I've followed him (EK) for a while, seen him fight live, and he's a 2x Olympian..so what do you expect? "

 

And he says he's not really interested in a Porter fight...

 

For those just tuning in, here's the full running order:

DOORS OPEN 3:00PM MST, FIRST FIGHT 4:15PM MST

DANIYAR YELEUSSINOV
VS
ALAN SANCHEZ
10X3 MINS WELTERWEIGHT CONTEST

LIVE ON DAZN 5:00PM MST
JOSH KELLY
VS
WINSTON CAMPOS
10X3 MINS WELTERWEIGHT CONTEST

FOLLOWED BY
LIAM SMITH
VS
ROBERTO GARCIA
10X3 MINS MIDDLEWEIGHT CONTEST

FOLLOWED BY
RESHAT MATI
VS
RAKIM JOHNSON
6X3 MINS WELTERWEIGHT CONTEST

LIVE ON DAZN AND SKY SPORTS 7:00PM MST
MAURICE HOOKER
VS
URIEL PEREZ
10X3 MINS WELTERWEIGHT CONTEST

FOLLOWED BY
JULIO CESAR MARTINEZ
VS
CRISTOFER ROSALES
12X3 MINS VACANT WBC WORLD FLYWEIGHT TITLE

FOLLOWED BY
DANIEL JACOBS
VS
JULIO CESAR CHAVEZ JR
12X3 MINS 173LBS CONTEST

FLOAT
RAYMOND FORD
VS
FRANCISCO MURO
6X3 MINS FEATHERWEIGHT CONTEST

FLOAT
GABRIEL ROSADO
VS
HUMBERTO GUTIERREZ OCHOA
10X3 MINS SUPER-MIDDLEWEIGHT CONTEST

 

He admitted that already last week in an interview with Andre Ward.

 

^ per that lineup, the card is about half an hour behind schedule. Current local time in Phoenix is 7:30pm, and per the running order Matchroom published Hooker vs. Pérez was slated to begin at 7pm MST.

I think Kelly and/or Smith were not expected to carry their opponents the full ten rounds.

 

Maurice Dewayne Hooker vs. Uriel Pérez Vallejo, 10 rounds @ welterweight

 

"Bombardero" Pérez of Mexico is a total glass cannon. 17 knockouts from 19 wins, but has been KO1ed twice.

Let's see if JCR destroyed Mighty Mo's chin...or if the change in trainer was ill-advised like Mora says.

 

Hooker's look is much more suited to the 70s.

 

Back when hookers were hookers, and pimps wore fur coats.

 

Make it thrice!

 

Another mismatch, Hooker in with a janitor.

 

If he wanted to Pérez could have been saved by the bell. He started to rise as the ref's count reached nine with just twelve seconds left on the round clock, and the ref asked "do you want to continue?" and the look on Pérez's face was pure dismay. Like, "bro, how you going to ask me that and force me to say 'no I do not' out loud, with all these cameras on me? "