Eduardo “Rocky” Hernandez maintained his place at the peak of the lithe rankings of WBC in an anti -acclimatic way that evening, defeating Thomas Mattice by a technical decision in their main Dazn event.
Hernandez (36-2, 32 KO) hit the ground as always, haunting mobile, but to a immense extent passive Mattice (22-3-1, 17 KO) in the ring and wanting to punish the body. He planted his forthright participation in good blows, although nothing requires a more dramatic adjective, and touched the arms of the best meters that Mattice managed to deliver.
Mattice was in the second gear after the start of the heads opened the cut of Hernandez and quickly turned out to be a sharper, faster blow. The second cut soon tipped the scales from competitive to one -sided when Mattice spent six tea on a bloody “rocky”.
Then things became strange.
Judge Mark Calo-You, a enduring stage from Texans and Mexican, waved a fight when the corner of Hernandez fought to connect this second cut. Rule that both cuts came with their heads, Which video evidence suggests that it may not be the right connectionHe called for a technical decision because Mattice, enraged, accused Hernandez or smoking.
David Diamonds made three attempts to correctly read cards and give Hernandez a victory in the results 59-55, 58-55 and 58-56. If it doesn’t sound 58-55, This is because the judge actually shot him 58-56 before the supervisor threw the extra.
This is an extremely complex break for Mattice, who really whispered when he came up with Hernandez. One can hope that Matchroom continues the rematch or if Hernandez goes to the winner of Robson Conceicao vs O’Shaquie Foster 2, give Mattice another opportunity. There is little time left for a clock at the age of 34.
As for Hernandez, he still has defense, which made Foster reversed him and his power did not look like a great concealer. We will see what he can manage on a drawing board.