By: Sean Crose
Popular 26-16-1 veteran Gabriel Rosado laced up the gloves once more Saturday night time on the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas as a way to face the 11-1 Bektemir Melikuziev for the second time. The first time the 2 males met, Rosado took his man out. Now, shut to 2 years later, on the pay per view undercard of the Gervonta Davis-Ryan Garcia superfight, the 37 12 months outdated Rosado was seeking to impress as soon as once more. The match was scheduled for 10 at tremendous middleweight.
The opening spherical was a sluggish affair, with every man primarily feeling the opposite one out. The second spherical was additionally sluggish, as Rosado appeared unable to efficiently discover his vary. Round three ended up primarily being extra of the identical. Each fighter was so involved with not screwing up that nothing was occurring. By the fourth, Melikuziev’s left was beginning to discover a dwelling. Still, the combat remained largely uneventful. The fifth provided extra of the identical, save for a Melikuziev’ left that briefly wobbled Rosado. The sixth, too, didn’t provide a lot in the best way of pleasure.
Melikuziev threw his left successfully within the seventh. The eighth made Rosado look outdated. At practically forty years of age, the person merely might not have been in a position to pull the figurative set off anymore. Whatever the rationale, Rosado definitely wasn’t throwing a lot in any respect. Melikuziev was effectively in management within the ninth – however the combat definitely was boring. Melikuziev banged away just about at will within the tenth and remaining spherical. The judges ended up ruling in his favor, awarding Melikuziev with a unanimous resolution victory.
