IT ended the way virtually everyone thought it would, with referee Luis Pabon standing between
Juan Francisco Estrada and
Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez, while MC Michael Buffer was getting ready to announce a decision that was so close it had us filled with anxiety as to the fate that awaited the combatants. What we could be certain of was that no matter who had their hand raised the outcome would cause debate.
It was a sombre night at the American Airlines Center with the news having spread earlier in the evening of the death of Marvin Hagler. As tributes poured in for the former world middleweight champion, the biggest one of all may have been delivered by Estrada and Gonzalez, who engaged in the type of head-to-head combat that the Marvelous one was well known for.
Jessica McCaskill does it again, beats Cecilia Braekhus in rematch to stay undisputed champion
Jessica McCaskill, left, defeated Cecilia Braekhus in their rematch to retain the undisputed welterweight championship.
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Jessica McCaskill proved that her victory against Cecilia Braekhus in 2019 was no fluke. McCaskill won the rematch against the Norwegian fighter with a surprisingly lopsided unanimous decision and retained her status as the undisputed welterweight champion, by scores of 100-89, 99-90, 98-91. The fight took place on the Juan Francisco Estrada-Roman Chocolatito Gonzalez undercard at American Airlines Center in Dallas on Saturday.
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Kyoguchi (15-0, 10 KO) was making Matchroom debut and also fighting for the first time in the United States, and he was the clear favorite in this fight. But the 20-year-old, 4’10” Vega (14-4-1, 8 KO) gave him some real trouble, bringing aggression and having some success in close quarters, with the Japanese champion seeming to struggle a bit to figure out how to fight someone that much shorter. Had he pulled off the upset, Vega would have been boxing’s shortest champion ever, or at least that’s the report from the DAZN broadcast.
Sadly, it wasn’t to be. Vega seemed to have been favoring his right hand a bit a couple of rounds before the fight was stopped, and then in the fifth round he cracked Kyoguchi toward the top of the head and just busted his hand. The ring doctor could see immediately it was broken, and it was obvious that Vega was in severe pain and unable to continue. We’ve seen fighters fight with broken hands, but all injuries have degrees of severity, and it
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