Solo Boxeo: Jessie Vargas vs. Ray Narh & Jesse Magdaleno vs. Raul Hidalgo RBR

Well, Alvarado didn't knock him out. Ray quit.

...but yeah, he is pretty skilled. Outpointing him shouldn't be easy, with fair judges.

 

Round 8

Vargas is walking through jabs and landing his left hook, sending Narh's head spinning around. Light uppercuts to the body by Narh as he gets carried across the ring. Vargas digs in with hard uppercuts to the midsection as he holds onto Narh with his left arm. Vargas keeps scoring the right uppercut on the bottom of the chin, snapping Narh's head back.

10-9 Vargas

77-75 Narh

 

Round 9

Vargas is fencing with Narh, both missing jabs. Wild hook by Vargas, just missing. They lean together. Vargas shoves Narh back a few steps. Nady spatulas them apart. Body shots traded as they clinch again, both pounding kidneys with the flat underside of their gloves as they remain in embrace. Narh flurries at Vargas' head. Vargas keeps holding. Nady yells at him. Now Vargas' right arm is pinned under Narh's left. Body shots by Narh. Uppercut by Vargas. Narh responds with his own. They hold and hit some more, all body shots. Uppercut and 1-2 by Narh. Vargas fights his way off the ropes. Long flurry by Narh! Vargas stretches out a jab and misses. Shoeshine to the body by Narh. Uppercut and short right hand by Vargas. 1-2 by Narh. Overhand right by Vargas.

10-9 Vargas

86-85 Narh

 

FUN round, the ninth...

Difficult to score, too.

 

Round 10

Vargas is getting jabbed in the face and whipped across the body with Narh's long body shots. Narh is picking up speed, walking forward and hurting Vargas! Counter left hook by Vargas standing his ground a moment. Narh keeps wading in, jabbing up and down, getting tied up. Double and triple jabs to the face by Narh in between clinches. Vargas tries to parry with his jab. Vargas circles right in short dragging steps. Narh puts out a long jab, tickling Vargas' guard. Double jab trotting in sideways by Narh. Vargas bows and grabs him low. Narh walks into a BIG left hook. Clinch. Nady splits them. Wild overhand right by Vargas, hitting Narh on the shoulder as they clinch up again. Narh lands jabs on the outside and dodges Vargas' jabs. Double jab feint by Vargas rushing in. Narh backs straight up from it. BIG LEFT HOOK BY VARGAS. Narh is down on his butt with only five seconds left, already off-balance when he got caught. Saved by the bell.

10-8 Vargas

95-94 Vargas

 

I actually thought Narh had a strong case for the 10th until that KD!

Major swing there, changing it from 96-94 Narh to 95-94 Vargas on my card...

 

Official cards:

Roth 97-92
Moretti 98-91
Byrd 98-91

UD for Jessie Vargas

 

Absurd scores. 98-91 x 2?

Narh still kept his arms raised even after they read the judges' totals, stubbornly clinging to his belief that he might get the nod. He seemed genuinely surprised when he didn't get it.

 

Narh deserves a rematch IMO.

 

Poor old Robert Alcazar. Vargas spent most of the night ignoring his valuable advice. Very good trainer cursed by some very bad luck with his charges (disloyal Oscar, and now dopy crap listener Jessie...)