Solo Boxeo Tecate: Matthyse vs. Castaneda & Lujan vs. Julio RBR

Round 3

Albronoz keeps telegraphing the release of his jab with little shoulder twitches and Veron is blocking and dodging him pretty easily. Veron tries to land a counter right hook but barely retracts in time to avoid a 1-2 from Albronoz. Veron is hanging very far back, using his height and length to jab and pick off Albronoz and never letting him close in. A chopping right hand from Veron stops Albronoz momentarily but then he squats right back down and resumes trying to figure out how to get inside. He is unable to solve the puzzle in the third round.

 

Round 4

Albronoz continues to carry a lot of tension in his upper body, twitching his left arm before jabbing and quickly pulling the plug on any follow-up punches that he starts to throw instinctively, wary of the long chopping right hand and short counter hook of Veron. There is an awful lot of posturing this round with neither landing much more than jabs. Albronoz gets Veron to trade with him a bit and lands a nice hook. Albronoz keeps punching and Veron is able to step back and land a hook of his own, although not as powerful.

 

Round 5

Albornoz (the graphic originally said Albronoz but has changed) keeps following with his tentative jab and refusing to give Veron an opportunity to light him up with counters, keeping his forearms tight and allowing him plenty of breathing room. Veron leans forward and starts toying around with Albronoz a bit, brushing him with his jab and leaning back out of range. Albronoz has had ENOUGH, apparently. He steps confidently forward and drops Veron with a clean 1-2 and causing the taller man to do a split. Veron shakes it off and comes right out to meet Albronoz. They both flick their jabs until the end of the round, with Albronoz not trying to finish Veron off.

 

Round 6

Albronoz jabs forward and has a mist of sweat sent flying out of his mohawk with an especially hard chopping right hand from Veron. They both jab from outside and neither lands. Veron is a lot more careful and tight in his stance now. He jabs and pulls the hand right back, leaning away and also shielding his chin with his right glove. Albronoz tries to put his lead foot inside of Veron's and get him squared up to tee off, moving his head while setting up his position. Veron flurries at him when he gets too close for comfort and is able to get an extra couple of steps between them. Albronoz is looking for one big shot but running out of time. He runs straight into Veron and unleashes a triple hook and the bell rings.

 

Albronoz wins by split decision, and neither corner seems surprised by it (though Veron's looked a bit hopeful during the reading).

 

There was a hilarious heavyweight swing bout for dessert. It couldn't have lasted more than thirty seconds.

This diminutive heavyweight, Bulldog Ramos, kept throwing upward shots at the head of this Argentine giant named Matias Bidondo. He actually had him backed into the ropes at one point and was literally jumping off his toes to put leather in his face. Then Bidondo reverses the momentum and literally with his first sequence of punches Ramos is KTFO.

The funny thing is that none of the punches even landed. He just sort of slung his arms out at Ramos and backed him into a corner, and his left bicep whipped Ramos so hard across the chest that he fell to the mat clutching his side in agony. The commentators actually laughed at him for about three minutes afterward. He was basically knocked out by underarm fat.

Bidondo improves to 4-0 (4).