The delight of Tijuana, Jaime Munguia (38-0, 30 KOs), had an exciting victory over the fierce warrior “King” Gabriel Rosado (26-14-1, 15 KOs) retaining his undefeated standing and the WBO Inter-Continental Middleweight World title at Anaheim’s Honda Middle. The scheduled 12-round middleweight ‘Battle of the Yr’ contender added one other epic battle to the boxing rivalry of Mexico vs. Puerto Rico. The occasion which began off sluggish because the fighters adjusted to one another modified tempo within the fourth spherical as Rosado launched an assault that stunned Munguia. Nonetheless, Munguia didn’t retreat, as a substitute he returned, as each fighters took turns touchdown energy photographs to the physique.
The motion continued into the sixth spherical with Munguia catching Rosado with straight rights to the top, however that didn’t cease Rosado, he pushed ahead catching Munguia with proper hooks of his personal. At one level within the seventh spherical Rosado egged on Munguia to hit him after they each acquired tangled and went down on the canvas. The championship rounds had the group cheering on their ft as Munguia launched an assault on Rosado, catching him usually together with his straight rights visibly shaking Rosado, however the Puerto Rican warrior stored pushing ahead. Because the struggle went to the scorecards, the judges dominated in favor of Munguia through unanimous resolution with scores of 118-110, 119-109, and 117-111.
“I didn’t suppose that Rosado would final that lengthy within the ring,” stated Jaime Munguia. “He was very resilient, however I feel I confirmed within the ninth spherical and on that I used to be dominating the struggle. I’m pleased we have been capable of take the victory as we speak. Now, I need to return to the gymnasium, work on a number of issues and struggle for a world title eliminator or a world championship at 160.”
“I feel I did all I may to win, the rating playing cards are bullshit. I received the struggle,” stated Gabriel Rosado
“I feel Munguia confirmed lots of energy and lots of coronary heart as we speak. Rosado present lots of a guts, they actually left all of it within the ring. I need to thank them each for giving us the ‘Battle of the Yr,” stated Oscar de La Hoya.
“Each fighters gave us a present as we speak,” stated Erik Morales. “Rosado was very robust, resilient. He stunned us all. It was an excellent exhibiting from Munguia. I’m very pleased with him, he confirmed, bravery and energy within the ring tonight.”
“I feel each fighters have been very courageous, very robust,” stated Freddie Roach. “I feel that the scores ought to have been nearer than they have been, however you recognize, that’s boxing. However total, a really thrilling struggle, I feel possibly ‘Battle of the Yr.’”
Santa Ana’s Alexis “Lex” Rocha (18-1, 12KOs) shined in a 10-round welterweight struggle towards Jeovanis Barraza (22-2, 15KOs) of Barranquilla, Colombia. The Orange County native, dominated the primary rounds, visibly hurting Barraza. Shaky on his ft, Barraza adjusted his fashion and commenced to place distance between himself and Rocha. Rocha closely pursued him because the Orange County crowed cheered him on. The eighth spherical introduced the group to its ft and each Rocha and Barraza closely exchanged blows, every not letting up on one another. By the ninth spherical, Barraza was visibly drained, one thing that didn’t go unnoticed by Rocha. Rocha took his alternative and overwhelmed Barraza towards the ropes till the referee determined that Barraza had had sufficient.
“I ready for this struggle and tonight confirmed that I’m prepared for a giant identify in 2022,” stated Alexis Rocha. “Barraza was sport, he got here to struggle, however I knew that I had management and needed to arrange the victory. I didn’t discover him tough, however I knew that I needed to be affected person and never rush, and fortunately we now have the victory. I need to keep busy in 2022 and maybe get Hooker, he was talked about to me, and I feel that will be an excellent struggle.”
D’Mitrus Ballard (21-0-1, 11KOs) of Temple Hill, Maryland, made his grand return to the ring in a 10-round middleweight struggle towards Mexico’s Paul Valenzuela, Jr. (26-10, 17KOs). The struggle went the space and Ballard and Venezuela, Jr. exchanged blows, each fiercely pursuing the opposite. Finally, Ballard took the victory through unanimous resolution with scores of 98-92 from all three judges.
“Coming again after two years with out struggle, was robust, however I’m glad I’ve this win beneath my belt,” stated D’Mitrus Ballard. “I felt that Valenzuela, Jr. was an ungainly fighter, I needed to modify to his fashion, however we acquired the job performed and we’ve got to return to the gymnasium, maintain working, and get higher.”
Mexico’s undefeated, light-weight rising star, William Zepeda (24-0, 22KOs), defended his WBA Continental America’s Light-weight title towards Miami’s John Moralde (24-5, 13KOs) in a 10-round. Zepeda was very assured within the ring, dominating the motion early within the struggle. By the fourth spherical, Zepeda cornered Moralde early, and realizing that he was weakening, overwhelmed him with punches till the referee stepped in and stopped the struggle, giving Zepeda a knockout victory.
“I felt very robust and prepared for this struggle,” stated William Zepeda. “I had an excellent coaching camp and needed to showcase all my exhausting work as we speak. After this we’ll return to the gymnasium, keep match and prepared for the following alternative.”
Headlining the Golden Boy Battle Evening portion of the night time, dwell on Fb Watch, Arely Mucino (30-3-2, 10 KOs) of Monterey, Mexico confronted off towards Jacky Calvo (14-7-2, 1KO) of Mexico Metropolis in a 10-round feminine flyweight battle. The thrilling struggle set to the tone for the night time as each fighters went the space in a detailed battle which proclaimed Arely because the victor through unanimous resolution.
Within the third spherical of the night time, poplar prospect, Alejandro Reyes (5-0, 4KOs) of Los Angeles participated in a 4-round tremendous light-weight struggle towards Osmel Mayorga (2-3, 1KO) of Miami, Fl. Reyes, confirmed his punching energy by knocking out Mayorga within the second spherical, including one other tally to his knockout document.
San Diego’s rising prospect, Jorge Chavez (1-0, 1 KO), made his pro-debut in a technical knockout victory over Mexico Metropolis’s Gilberto Aguilar (0-4). The scheduled 4-round tremendous featherweight bout was stopped by the referee within the third spherical as Aguilar was struggling to remain on his ft up towards the ropes.
Opening the night time’s festivities, Asa Stevens (2-0) of Waianae, HI defeated Felix Vazquez (0-1) who was making his skilled debut, through first spherical knockout. The referee stopped the struggle on the 1:02 mark of the scheduled 4 spherical tremendous bantamweight struggle.
Munguia vs. Rosado was a 12-round struggle for the WBO Intercontinental Middleweight Title offered by Golden Boy in affiliation with Zanfer Promotions. The occasion was sponsored by Tecate “The Official Beer of Boxing,” Hennessy “By no means Cease. By no means Settle,” and “BetOnline – Your On-line Sportsbook Specialists.” The struggle passed off on Saturday, November 13, and was live exclusively on DAZN worldwide, excluding Mexico, beginning at 6:00 p.m. PT / 9:00 p.m. ET.
