After all of the trash speak, Stevie Morgan lastly stepped into the ring, solely to change into Amanda Serrano’s punching bag. Serrano, by no means one to draw back from a struggle, charged in like a bull, whereas Morgan tried her greatest to maintain up. Serrano was relentless, touchdown heavy punches that snapped Morgan’s head again dramatically. By the tip of the spherical, it was clear Morgan was in deep water, grateful for the shorter two-minute rounds. The scorecard learn Serrano 10, Morgan 9—a beneficiant rating for Morgan, given the circumstances.
Spherical 2: No bell might have saved Morgan this time. Serrano got here out swinging, decided to finish issues early. She pummeled Morgan, who barely had time to defend herself, not to mention land any important strikes. The referee, seeing sufficient of the one-sided demolition, stepped in to cease the struggle, granting Serrano a knockout victory. Morgan, nonetheless reeling, would possibly must rethink these pre-fight phrases subsequent time round.
Lucas Bahdi lastly put Ashton Sylve in his place with a knockout that got here not a second too quickly, ending the struggle within the sixth spherical. It was as if Bahdi remembered he had someplace else to be, delivering a knockout punch that despatched Sylve packing and the gang right into a frenzy—most likely extra from shock than pleasure.
In the meantime, Corey Marksman barely edged out Tony Aguilar in what might solely be described as a glorified dance-off with punches. The judges couldn’t appear to agree on what they have been watching, leading to a majority resolution with scores that had everybody scratching their heads—76-76, 77-75, and 78-74. Marksman might need gained, however no one appeared too positive, together with the judges.
Then there was Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., who determined to go the space with Uriah Corridor, securing a unanimous resolution in what might greatest be described as a tactical snooze-fest. Scoring 59-55, 59-55, and 58-56, Chavez Jr. managed to maintain everybody mildly with out risking an excessive amount of, sticking to the script and avoiding any actual drama. Corridor, bless his coronary heart, tried to maintain up however ended up simply one other notch on Chavez’s belt of cautious victories.
