Quote Originally Posted by CutMeMick
Ivan Calderon moved up to the 108lb division to dethrone mini-flyweight champion Hugo Cazares via twelve round split decision on Saturday night at the Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. For the first seven rounds hometown favorite Calderon put on a boxing clinic, landing clean shots while avoiding Cazares' punches. Cazares finally got to Calderon and dropped him in round eight. Calderon spent round nine holding and running, but frustrated the attacks of Cazares over the last few rounds to win by scores of 115-112, 115-112 on two cards. Cazares was ahead 116-111 on the third card.

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Hometown decision?
Rematch?
No way home town decision!!! I watched this fight and I'm sorry for those who missed it. Calderon started the fight with clean shots and you could see the frustration Cazares had. And, it was not Calderon just running, he was moving around Cazares and connecting clean shots. Until... he tried to stop in front of a 130 pounds fighter and was badly hurt, being dropped to the canvas in the 8 and surviving the 9. In the 10th Calderon looked totally recovered and in the 12 the only thing Cazares didn't do was to take a baseball bat to KO Calderon. What a great heart Calderon showed...

Again, I'm sorry for the boxing fans that missed this one. Rounds 1 to 6, clear for Calderon, 7 to 9 for Cazares, with a knock down in 8, 10 and 11 Calderon, the 12 could be for Calderon, but I'm still giving it to Cazares, and the is sum 115 - 112 for Calderon.