Rolando Romero simply beat Manuel Jaimes by 10-round resolution in his comeback after his Pitbull Cruz knockout loss (Picture courtesy of PBC)
It was one thing. When you could have a mouthy repute and get humbled by going 1-2 over your final three fights, you’re taking any crumb you possibly can snatch.
That’s what was going through Rolando Romero, who many thought his profession was on life help after being crushed for the second time in his profession, when he was stopped in eight rounds by Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz again in March.
So, the primary in lots of little steps again got here Saturday night time for “Rolly,” when he took on Manuel Jaimes in a 10-round junior welterweight bout opening the Canelo Alvarez-Edgar Berlanga PBC on Prime pay-per-view card earlier than a sellout crowd of 20,312 on the T-Cell Enviornment in Las Vegas on Saturday night time.
Romero got here out with a reasonably dominant 10-round, unanimous junior welterweight resolution over Jaimes, successful by agreed scores of 99-91 throughout the board from judges Tim Cheatham, Patricia Morse Jarman and Steve Weisfeld.
“I wanted a tricky 10-round battle towards somebody hungry and that’s what I bought tonight,” Romero mentioned. “I used to be doing a variety of stuff tonight that I ought to have finished in my earlier fights.
“Jaimes was coming ahead lots, however I used to be controlling the tempo. The battle was going how I wished it to. Within the later rounds I began coming ahead extra and touchdown extra physique pictures.
“Hopefully I’m preventing for a title subsequent. I’ve my eye on any of the champions.”
Neither fighter appeared prepared to commit early. Actually, Romero landed a mere three punches within the first spherical, and Jaimes landed two. Of the ten rounds, Jaimes landed double determine punches in simply two, the eighth and ninth rounds. Romero didn’t do a lot better, though he opened up because the course of the battle unfolded, touchdown double figures within the final six rounds.
In the course of the course of the battle build-up, Romero (16-2, 13 knockouts) was uncharacteristically reserved. He was very restrained throughout the battle, too, staying inside a boxing framework of jabbing and staying in a defensive shell, permitting Jaimes to return ahead.
It was a relatively uneventful manufacturing.
Romero would land a two-, three-punch mixture and maintain it secure, not prepared to take any possibilities.
Jaimes (16-2-1, 11 KOs) tried to lure Romero into his sort of battle, although to no avail.
CompuBox stats revealed Romero landed 112 (40 physique)/403 (27.8%), whereas Jaimes 89 (14)/361 (24.7%) bought factors for making an attempt, regardless that it the expertise disparity was fairly evident.
Jaimes, predictably, thought he did higher than what the judges noticed.
“The judges noticed what they noticed,” he mentioned. “I’d have to look at the tape to have the ability to rating it myself. I might have been extra lively, that might have helped me land extra. It was massive to be on this place, it’s the sort of battle I at all times wished to be in. I’m going to get again to work and work out what’s subsequent.”
Joseph Santoliquito is an award-winning sportswriter who has been working for Ring Journal/RingTV.com since October 1997 and is the president of the Boxing Writers Affiliation of America.
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