Juarez vs Rivera HIGHLIGHTS: June 27, 2021 PBC on FOX
, AllRivera (225, 18 KOs) defeated, OmarJuárez (111, 5 KOs) by majority decision in 10round attraction, giving Juárez the first loss of his professional career. Rivera scored a knockdown in the ninth frame, which proved to be the difference in the contest as judge Scott Erickson scored the fight a 9595 draw, but judge Octavio Rodriguez scored the bout 9594 for Rivera and judge Kyle Shiely scored the fight 9593 for Rivera. I was confident that I was going to get the decision, said Rivera. I was blocking a lot of the shots that Juárez was throwing. I was landing the more powerful punches. Juárez was doing good work in there, but we were landing the more effective shots. I feel like when I hurt him I maybe could have done a little more to get him out of there early and avoid the decision. But hes a stronger fighter and I respect his talent. Juárez said, I honestly thought that I did enough to get the win. I did get knocked down. There was one round where I stayed in there and took a couple hits, b
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