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DONELSON'S THOUGHTS
MY THOUGHTS ON
FRIDAY'S SHOBOX FIGHTS Jonathan Arellano faced Roman Morales in the first bout on Shobox in a battle of two prospects who has yet been beaten. Arellano began the opening rounds by jabbing as he appeared to a just slightly more quicker and Morales did not jab his way to put pressure on the slick boxing Arellano.
In the third round, an Arellano left hook sent
Morales down for an eight count. In a round that Morales was throwing
more punches and possibly winning, the Arellano left hook won him the
round. Morales came back in the fourth round with solid combinations
including body shot and solid right hands. Through the halfway mark the
fight, Morales had connected on more than double the punches but the
third round knockdown changed the complexion of the fight.
Throughout the fifth and sixth round, Morales
continued to attack and halfway through the sixth round, a Morales left
hook to the body sent Arellano down. Over the last minute of the round,
Morales continued his assault and the knockdown gave Morales a 10-8
round, which neutralized the 10-8 Arellano third round. For the rest of
the fight, Morales took the fight to Arellano as Morales raked his
opponent with combinations including upper cuts, left hooks and right
hands.
The undefeated Jonathan Romero faced Efrain
Esquivias in the second bout. The first round was exciting round as both
men exchanged heavy blows. Esquivias moved inside against the taller
Romero, who seemed content to give up his height. In the third round,
Romero started to use lateral movement and his reach to nail Esquivias
with solid right hands followed by left hands.
In the fifth round, Romero smacked Esquivias with
body shots before he went upstairs with solid headshots and continue
this into the sixth round. At the halfway point of the fight, Romero
connected on three times as many punches and easily winning the fight in
the ring.
Throughout the seventh round, Romero continued
dominating the fight as he continued to outwork Esquivias as he punched
his opponent with body shots and head shots, Esquivias best punch of the
fight was a low blow after the bell and cost him a point.
Going into the final three rounds, Esquivias’ face
showed the result of Romero punches as it started to swell and Romero
pounding continued over the last three rounds. Romero maneuvered around
the ring and punched his opponent at will. Romero connected on nearly
half of punches and he connected on 3.5 punches for every punch
Esquivias connected. Compubox numbers told the story as there was no
doubt who was the winner and who was the dominant fighter.
Romero made strides in one of the most competitive
division in boxing and Morales showed skill as he dominated over the
final five rounds. This was a night for prospects to make their next
move.
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