Romero vs Marinez FULL FIGHT: August 15, 2020, PBC on Showtime

In the comain event, rising lightweight Rolando Rolly Romero (120, 10 KOs) scored a controversial unanimous decision over previously fellow unbeaten Jackson Maríñez (191, 7 KOs) to capture the interim WBA Lightweight Title. The scores were 115113, 116112 and 118110, all in favor of Romero. The story of the fight was Maríñezs reliable jabs as the Dominican fighter won the battle in that department (14 percent compared to Romeros 10 percent). It was Romero, however, who held the advantage on power punches connecting on 24 percent (31 of 228) compared to 18 percent for Maríñez (72 of 401). I dont think I had a bad performance, said Romero, who confidently predicted a brutal knockout would end the bout in his prefight comments. I thought I won the fight. Regardless of everything, Im the world champ now. Im happy. Romero suffered a slight cut above his left eye in the ninth round on a head butt, but it didnt seem to affect his performance in the championship rounds. He came out a little bit