By: Sean Crose
The interim WBA flyweight title was on the road Saturday night time in Orlando, Florida. Angelino Cordova was decided to go residence with the secondary title. First, nevertheless he must defeat Yankiel Rivera. The battle which was scheduled for 12 rounds and was the principle occasion on a DAZN MVP card. Cordova threw wildly within the first. By the mid a part of the spherical it was clear it was merely the person’s type. Certainly, Cordova ended up being thrown to the ground by Rivera within the opening chapter.
Rivera was in a position to land nicely on the finish of the second whereas Cordova primarily threw wild punches and grabbed and held. Rivera who’s clearly the extra polished {and professional} of the 2 had a superb third spherical for himself. The fourth spherical was so insane that there gave the impression to be no order to it. Cordova threw and threw wildly, not planting his ft, not even actually specializing in a specific goal. When that didn’t work he would headbutt. He ended up taking place at one level and that was dominated a knockdown however actually who knew?
Cordova to his credit score regarded a lot sharper within the fifth than many possible anticipated. With that being stated, Cordova received a degree taken away from him within the following spherical for hitting behind the pinnacle. There was unsurprisingly one other headbutt within the seventh. Rivera nevertheless seem like in command of the spherical. The chaos continued all through the eighth which noticed Cordova being despatched to the mat once more.
Cordova was in a position to get just a few good pictures within the ninth. What made Cordova so unusual is that he threw countless punches however by no means appeared to take purpose beforehand. He simply swung away. It allowed him to have some moments within the tenth, however what number of? Imagine it or not- and it was very exhausting to believe- Cordova virtually knocked Rivera down within the eleventh. He really had the person harm however Rivera was in a position to survive the spherical.
The final spherical frankly noticed Rivera not doing a lot. Cordova’s chaotic type allowed him to land just a few punches, however he by no means actually gave himself the prospect to look good. He was so sloppy and unconventional that it was exhausting to see whether or not or not he was being efficient. The choice of the judges ended up being a draw.
