A fight of the year contender imo. Congrats to both fighters for the great fight,Calderon is a defensive master and Cazares is the quintessential pressure fighter,and BOTH showed tremendous heart.

How the heck Hugo lost 13 pounds in a week and put up a performance like that,it puts guys who use being drained as an excuse to shame. He should move up in weight though,just for health reasons. Here's my scorecard,on second viewing(first time,I didn't keep a card but appeared to me Iron Boy won clearly)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Calderon 10 10 9 10 10 10 9 8 9 10 10 10 115

Cazares 9 9 10 9 9 9 10 10 10 9 9 9 113

So I had Calderon winning 8 rounds BUT I noticed quite a few discrepancies and close rounds. Observe:

Round 4,Calderon wobbled Cazares and it LOOKED like Hugo's glove touched the canvas but I could not see from the camera angle.

Round 6 was close and could have gone either way.

Round 7,a knockdwon could have been called for Hugo because I think it was the ropes which held Ivan up.

In Round 8,there was 2 knockdowns for Hugo but only 1 was called. I thought both were knockdowns.

Round 9,there could have been another knockdown called but again,it was not clear and looked like Hugo pulled Ivan's hed down but Ivan did look stunned.


It was a cacking fight and I'd LOVE to see a rematch BUT I don't think Hugo can make the weight safely. However,rumour has it that Ivan will either unify with a champ at this weight or move up and fight for another title!!! Remember where you heard it