Bobby Chacon vs. David Sotello ~ "The Riot at The Forum"

[Bill Paxtom]

Scorecards after 9-Rounds

* Referee - Chuck Hassett ...... 8-3 {Bobby Chacon}
* Judge - Lou Filippo ............. 6-3 {Bobby Chacon}
* Judge - Richard Steele ........ 6-2 {Bobby Chacon}

Coming out for Round 10 > all that Bobby Chacon had to do was survive, to win.

In the corner, Joe Ponce {Manager for Bobby Chacon} told his fighter to move, and
keep circling to the left and away from David Sotello's left-hook.

And that if Sotello gets in close, grab him and hold on until the Referee has to 'rip'
your arms off him.

Round 10

At the Bell >

Bobby came out of his Corner, and 'foolishly' moved to Center-Ring to trade.

The Mexican - David Sotello came out 'winging', and immediately went to attack-mode.

In the corner, Manager - Joe Ponce was 'screaming' at Bobby >
"Move Bobby, move. 'Fucking' move. Get away from him."

But Bobby 'instinctively' went to fighting, and started to trade with the 'still aggressive'
Mexican.

Both traded punches for the first {20-Seconds}, and then >

Sotello landed a good 'looping right-hand' to the head, and Bobby wobbled backwards
to the back-left Corner at the {0:25 Mark}.

Sotello moved in fast with a 'barrage-of-punches' to the head and body, as Bobby sagged into
the Ring-Post.

Then Sotello shot in a left-hook to the face, and Bobby's knee's buckled. Chacon was in 'serious'
trouble at the {0:40 Mark}.

The David Sotello supporters were now in a 'frency' screaming .... 'May-Hee-Co'.

Referee - Chuck Hassett took a good look at Chacon at the {0:50 Mark}, but made no move.

The 'clumsy-punching' Sotello continued to 'whack away', and at the {1:10 Mark} he caught
Bobby with a 'slashing right-hook' to the left-eye, opening up the cut more as blood flowed
down Bobby's left-cheek.

Bobby was 'rocked', but he was able to get off the Ropes, and moved out sideways to
Center-Ring at the {1:20 Mark}.

Sotello then came 'barreling-in' head-first, and drove his head into Bobby's chest, sending
Chacon flying backwards across the Ring and into the right-side Ropes.

Bobby immediately covered up, as Sotello came in with winging-hooks to the head. Bobby
was able to 'roll-with-the-punches', and looked to be able to withstand the onslaught while
pinned on the Ropes.

But Sotello slammed in a 'thunderous' right-hook to the head at the {1:40 Mark}, and Bobby
was visibly shaken.

The Forum crowd was now 'going crazy'.

At the {1:50 Mark}, 'a shaken' Chacon slide to his right, and moved over to the back-center
Ring area as Sotello continued to wing wildly.

There, Bobby 'instinctively' tried to fight back. Then both fighters 'slugged' it out with a deafening
noise from the The Forum crowd as the noise reverberated over the Ring.

The Controversial Ending

While both were slugging away for 15-Seconds, David Sotrello caught Bobby with a solid right-hand
to the left-eye area at the {2:08 Mark}. The punch sent blood spattering, and Bobby was 'stunned'.

Sotello then 'rained' a series of blows into Chacon who's legs buckled as he reeled backwards
to the left-side Ring area.

Referee - Chuck Hassett moved in, and it looked like he was going to 'stop-the-action', when
David Sotello unloaded with an over-hand right to the head, and then caught Bobby with a
'picture-perfect' left-hook to the chin.

Bobby was literally 'pole-axed' to the canvas, as his legs kicked out behind him, and he fell
face-first into the canvas at the {2:17 Mark}.

The Forum crowd exploded with roars, and the Sotello supporters rushed from their seats to
Ringside screaming ..... 'May-Hee-Co' - May-Hee-Co'.

As Bobby Chacon lay on the canvas, Referee - Chuck Hassett took an extremely long time
directing David Sotello over to a 'Neural-Corner'.

By the time the Referee got back to Chacon {who was still laying face-first in the canvas}, nearly
6-Seconds had past, as the noise inside the Ring area was deafening.

Then Referee - Chuck Hassett 'slow-counted' from {1}. While Hassett was counting > David Sotello was in
the Neutral-Corner with his hands raised up in the air, while bouncing up and down thinking that
he won by a Knockout.

At this moment, several of the Mexican-supporters of David Sotello rushed into the Ring and swarmed
their Hero while cheering wildly.

It was a frenzy inside the Ring, as the Officials could not stop the charge.

In the meantime, Referee - Chuck Hassett was still counting {very slowly} as Bobby Chacon somehow
managed to get up at the {Referee's} '9-Count', at the {2:35 Mark}.

There was still 25-Seconds left on the Time Clock, but there was so many people inside the Ring, nobody
knew what happened, as nobody could hear.