MyKquan Williams Shines, Rojas Survives

MyKquan Williams, of Hartford, Connecticut, was nothing short of "Marvelous" Wednesday night in Plant City, Florida. Dominating and stopping Luis Feliciano in five rounds to pull the upset in the evening's main event. Feliciano was once a highly regarded prospect signed with Golden Boy Promotions, and the skills were still noticeable. However, Williams was simply on another level. After a bit of a feeling-out process in the opening round, the Conneticutter got cooking in the second. He scored with a chopping right hand that floored Feliciano early in the round. He was able to make it to his feet but didn't immediately regain his legs. Williams quickly dropped his foe for a second time. Feliciano made it to his feet once again, but the end looked near as Williams tried to chase his man down. Feliciano was able to survive and make it to the end of the round. In the third and fourth rounds, Feliciano fought valiantly to get back in the fight and had moments of success going to the body and boxing Williams. However, that success came to a screeching halt. Williams, scored with a left hook at the end of the fourth, which for reasons unknown, was ruled a slip. Undeterred by not being credited with the knockdown. Williams kept it going in the fifth as Feliciano tried to turn the tide and press the action. Williams kept picking him off and scoring with his right hand. The end came in the sixth. Feliciano stayed on the front foot and tried slipping the underrated artillery of Williams, but he could not avoid the rights. Two rights sent Feliciano to the canvas for the third and final time. Feliciano beat the count but was very unsteady and had the bout waved off. MyKquan Williams improved his record to 20-0-2 (9).

For the second time in four months, Freudis Rojas got a big fight on a big stage in front of a big audience and, for the second time in four months, probably earned the nod in the decision but got scores waaayyyy too wide in his favor. The Southpaw, who now fights out of Houston, Texas, via Las Vegas, Nevada, moved his record to 13-0 (11) by outpointing Cristian Baez by Scores of 99-91, 98-92, and 98-92, which seemed like a much closer affair to everyone watching the fight. The all-southpaw affair proved to be as awkward as expected. Baez, of Venezuela, made things uncomfortable and was able to slip onto the inside against Rojas, scoring with the short left hands but never really being able to score in combinations. Rojas ultimately was able to control the distance and keep the Venezualn on the outside and that was largely the different in the fight. However, Rojas, a highly touted prospect and amateur standout, showed off his skills and athleticism but never dominated the fight and never had his opponent in serious trouble. However, middling the performance, the judges loved his ring generalship and scored the fight for him in lopsided fashion. Boos rained in from the fans when the way too-wide scorecards were read in Rojas's favor.