Boeing Heart at Tech Port in San Antonio, Texas – Mirco Cuello, a 2020 Argentine Olympian with a enjoyable, aggressive model, pounded out a tricky, 10-round unanimous choice win in opposition to the prepared Rudy Garcia of their featherweight bout, handing Garcia his first loss. Cuello received by three scores of 99-90, 99-90 and 99-90 to enhance to 13-0 with 11 KOs as Garcia dropped to 13-1-1 with 2 KOs.
At present ranked No. 4 by the WBA’s featherweight rankings, Cuello bested his sixth undefeated fighter, although he didn’t cease his sixth straight opponent.
It wasn’t for an absence of making an attempt.
Cuello sliced open cuts over Garcia’s left eye and over his nostril with stinging jabs and muscular left hooks and loaded up on heavy pictures that repeatedly discovered their mark. Cuello landed 35% of his jabs and 35% of his energy punches and doubled up Garcia in physique punches landed 53-24.
“That was the hardest opponent I’ve ever confronted,” Cuello stated. “This was the primary time I’ve been 10 rounds and I discovered quite a bit. I really like combating in the US and hope to battle once more on Showtime quickly.”
The bout wasn’t with out a little controversy. Garcia appeared to drop Cuello with a brief, cuffing left hook with 30 seconds remaining within the third, however referee Jon Schorle allowed the motion to proceed with out calling it a knockdown as Cuello popped up and stored combating.
Garcia went down with 52 seconds left within the fifth after absorbing a proper to the shoulder. This time, referee Schorle dominated it a knockdown, although a clear shot didn’t appear to land. Cuello adopted that up with a punishing left to the physique with Garcia of South Central, Los Angeles languishing in opposition to the ropes to finish the spherical.