{"id":45079,"date":"2012-06-25T15:01:12","date_gmt":"2012-06-25T20:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=19485"},"modified":"2012-06-25T15:01:12","modified_gmt":"2012-06-25T20:01:12","slug":"vicious-victor-ortiz-gets-broken-jaw-saul-alvarez-left-in-the-cold-josesito-lopez-wins-boxing-war-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=45079","title":{"rendered":"\u201cVicious\u201d Victor Ortiz Gets Broken Jaw \u2013 Saul Alvarez Left in the Cold: Josesito Lopez Wins BOXING WAR"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>By Gina L. Caliboso (At Ringside)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

It was a good night of boxing, RSR Fans. On Saturday night, Showtime showcased two fights at the Staples Center. The first, between Lucas Matthyse, 31-2, 29 KO\u2019s vs. Humberto Soto, 58-8, 34 KO\u2019s for the vacant WBC Continental Americas Light welterweight title. Then the main event, \u201cVicious\u201d Victor Ortiz, 29-4, 22 KO\u2019s vs. Josesito Lopez, 30-4, 18 KO\u2019s for the WBC Silver welterweight title. I hadn\u2019t covered a fight in a while, but these two bouts were wonderful to watch. I was only 5 rows away from the ring and I heard the boxing leather hit hard and connect every time. But here\u2019s my take on the action. <\/p>\n

Lucas Matthyse vs. Humberto Soto<\/strong><\/p>\n

1st round \u2013 Both Matthyse and Soto began to feel each other\u2019s sense of timing, rhythm and power. It was a pro-Mexican crowd, so Matthyse, from Argentina faced boos. In this round, Soto was hard punching and Matthyse came back at his own combos. Soto had tripped twice, but showed a bit more than Matthyse.<\/p>\n

2nd round \u2013 The action got heavier between the two fighters. Both fighters showed how evenly matched they were when they both decided to trade. The round ended with Matthyse rocking Soto \u2013 one more second and it would have been considered a knockdown.<\/p>\n

3rd round \u2013 The action grew more intense as Matthyse put the fight to Soto. He put in some good body shots that left Soto hurt, but Soto still got in four punch combos and Matthyse emerged with a cut. At this point in the fight, Matthyse reminded me of a wild puncher who swings a bit wider, but when he connects, it\u2019s powerful. Matthyse reminded me of Sergio Martinez. But once Matthyse settled inside, he beat Soto.<\/p>\n

4th round \u2013 Matthyse came out swinging and solidly connected to Soto\u2019s body. However, Soto showed more multiple punch combos. Matthyse continued his attack on Soto\u2019s body.<\/p>\n

5th round \u2013 Matthyse could feel the fight rhythm shift in his favor. He again came out swinging and got Soto against the ropes. Finally, Matthyse connected a left hook followed by a cross. KO win for Matthyse.<\/p>\n

Something new happened for this bout. Perhaps due to the recent scoring issues in boxing. The media got immediate copies of the judges\u2019 score cards. The three judges scored this bout as the following:<\/p>\n

1) Alejandro Rochin, 49-45 for Matthyse; 2) Dr. James Jen Kin, 47-47; 3) Barry Druxman, 48-46 for Matthyse. Shostats (punchstats) showed the following:
\nMatthyse threw 345 punches (102 connected). For Soto, he threw 287 punches (80 connected). Matthyse threw 252 power punches (85 landing). Soto threw 201 power punches (69 connecting). Both fighters were landing 34% of power punches thrown.<\/p>\n

Victor Ortiz vs. Josesito Lopez \u2013 Main Event<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

1st round \u2013 I was expecting Lopez to maybe be a bit tentative, perhaps shake off some nervousness. But Lopez showed some good depth in this opening round and didn\u2019t look nervous at all. Lopez traded with Ortiz and ended the round with a solid connect against Ortiz.<\/p>\n

2nd round \u2013 Surprisingly, the pro-Ortiz crowd at the Staples Center started to get a little \u2018hissy\u2019 when they saw Ortiz use his head once on the inside. When Ortiz goes inside, you can get the feeling that he\u2019s feeling a bit frustrated, or maybe that could all be incidental. Lopez kept going forward and connected with solid crosses. But then Ortiz dug in a bit and Lopez looked a little wobbly.<\/p>\n

3rd round \u2013 In this round, Ortiz started to really show his better jab. These two stood toe to toe with one another and finally Ortiz settled down and started to connect more. But again, I noticed that Lopez continued to bring the fight to Ortiz. He didn\u2019t back down one bit.<\/p>\n

4th round \u2013 Ortiz came on stronger once the round started. Ortiz threw better combos in this round, but then Lopez adjusted and figured he had to stay away from Ortiz\u2019s power left. Ortiz had been setting up his cross beautifully with a jab and he connected. However, when it came to inside exchanges, Lopez fought better.<\/p>\n

5th round \u2013 Lopez adjusted to fighting away from the ropes. The two liked to trade in the middle of the ring with Ortiz winning most of these exchanges. But then, it got a bit ugly. In the middle of an exchange, Ortiz hit Lopez behind the head \u2013 rather purposeful as in, \u201ctake that!\u201d Lopez got a time out from the referee. There were boos and hisses. But then, Lopez shook it off, continued, and fought BETTER. It was another lesson on what you can do when you know where the referee is in the ring.<\/p>\n

6th round \u2013 Lopez started to get the crowd on his side after getting hit behind the head. He came out and did not allow himself to be bulled. Ortiz nailed Lopez with an upper cut, but Lopez didn\u2019t waiver in his attack one bit. I\u2019d say that I saw a bit of frustration on Ortiz\u2019s part.<\/p>\n

7th round \u2013 There was a definite shift in Lopez\u2019s demeanor. He wasn\u2019t intimidated or backing down one bit from Ortiz. He traded with Ortiz and even egged Ortiz on as if to say, \u201cCome on (insert Spanish expletive here), I\u2019m not going anywhere!\u201d At this point, I thought Ortiz needed to get in more power shots because he was starting to affect Lopez, but Lopez\u2019s confidence was increasing and showing more.<\/p>\n

8th round \u2013 Lopez continued to move the fight in his favor, especially inside \u2013 he showed a better hook with more power and also showed a rear upper cut that rocked Ortiz. Lopez figured out how to work his jab more and connect solidly.<\/p>\n

9th round \u2013 Lopez continued fighting better and again worked his way inside. Ortiz tried to redirect his offense to the body, but Lopez took whatever Ortiz gave out. I saw that look in Lopez\u2019s eyes. He was going to take the fight away from Ortiz.<\/p>\n

Then, it happened RSR fans, Ortiz suffered a broken jaw \u2013 TKO for Lopez. To quote a line from one of the Rocky film \u2013 \u201cIt was sheer pandemonium.\u201d Everyone converged into the ring and suddenly I see Lopez raising his hands up, Ortiz shaking his head like he wanted to keep going.<\/p>\n

So, I had Lopez picking up momentum. Here\u2019s how the judges called it:
\n1) Kermit Bayless, 86-85, for Ortiz; 2) Pat Russell, 88 to 83, for Ortiz; 3) Marty Denkin, 87-84, Lopez. Shostats showed the following: Ortiz threw 411 punches (147 connected). Lopez threw 408 (122 connected); Ortiz threw 221 punches (99 connected). Lopez threw 302 (landed 110). Ortiz showed a better power punch connect percentage at 45% and Lopez at 36%.<\/p>\n

There was a tremendous amount of cat calls and if even if I knew how to spell some of the Spanish words being used, I wouldn\u2019t feel right about directing them at Ortiz. At the end of the fight, Ortiz was shuffled quickly out the ring. But there was some lingering going on as to what happened. Later, a quote was exchanged that Ortiz had felt his jaw hurt in the 5th round. More importantly, however, without all the badmouthing of Ortiz\u2019s competitive spirit, he chose to lose to fight another day. But bear this in mind, had he won the bout, his next opponent was to be Saul \u201cCanelo\u201d Alvarez. Now, obviously, that\u2019s changed.<\/p>\n

Finally, as I sat ringside (I love the sound of that!), there\u2019s no doubt that the love for boxing is still out there. Despite the recent bad decision in the Pacquiao \u2013 Bradley bout, there\u2019s still those fight fans that will tune in to see the sport of boxing\u2019s very best battle it out for a title. You also get a sense that by giving out the scorecards at the end of the bout, it takes away that sense of what was being seen and scored during the bout. Let\u2019s see if boxing can re-emerge for the better in the next few months. And well, I know I want to be ringside to see my beloved sport of boxing get better!<\/p>\n

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