Bad Left Hook Live Boxing Results and Commentary: Jorge Arce v. Angky Angkota

The Vasquez / Marquez trilogy is replaying right now on ESPN classic in case anyone is interested.

Ugh, the Michigan-Michigan State hockey game is tied at 3 with about 11 minutes left. There’s no way I’m lucky enough for this to end in time.

I feel like I recognize him, like he’s a recent fighter who’s gained a ton of weight.

I remember that against Ponce de Leon, Escobedo clearly didn’t want to fight. He kept ducking really low and not doing a hell of a lot.

Hernandez-Escobedo about to start.

First fight is Joksan Hernandez (17-1, 10 KO) v. Eduardo Escobedo (26-3, 19 KO) which is probably the best fight of the night

Joksan is out swinging quickly. He’s just flinging his arms around putting pressure on Escobedo. Joksan digging to the body. Escobedo clips him upstairs with a left, then shoots a right to the body. Escobedo is getting backed down fairly easily just on pressure, but Joksan isn’t landing much of anything clean at all. Joksan walks into another little potshot left while coming in. Escobedo landing a couple shots here and there. There’s another short left that does get in, and Joksan throws his arms around but really lands nothing. Body shot by Escobedo, and now both start getting wild.

TV clearly scored it for Hernandez. I do not.

Escobedo 10-9

They’re starting to mix it up and scrap, and Escobedo wins an exchange near the two-minute mark. Nice left by Hernandez, and now they get scrappy in close again. Escobedo misses an uppercut from about 10 yards out. Right hand by Esco. Another one clips Hernandez. Joksan looks quite slow when he gets off in combination. Escobedo landing clean, but there’s a good, hard body shot by Joksan. And they cut out before the round actually ends. I fucking hate that.

Escobedo 10-9
Escobedo 20-18

I got it 20-18 Escobedo. He’s generally landing the cleaner punches. Anyone who scored Froch-Dirrell for Froch should be scoring this for Hernandez though. Hernandez is clearly the “positive” fighter, while Escobedo’s defensive style isn’t pretty.

Escobedo dominates the round except for one exchange, so during the replay, they show that exchange (and then slow motion shows that nothing landed cleanly anyway). Just makes the TV crew look biased, like what they always do on the German telecasts.

This is getting into a pretty noticeable pattern. Escobedo is landing most of the clean shots, working his way around the ring, and only getting hit once in a while, but Joksan is throwing a lot of punches. The scores on this if it goes the distance could be all over the place if this keeps up.

Joksan keeps shooting a right to the body that seems to be there for him, but then he doesn’t follow it with anything. Closest round of the fight, and I give this one to Joksan.

Hernandez 10-9
Escobedo 29-28

He started keeping his hands up more, so he was picking off a lot of the shots that were landing clean in the first couple rounds.

Next week: Brandon Rios vs. Jorge Teron. Not as exciting.

shit the fights are starting already? my guide lists it like at 10 or so

Hernandez gets “knocked down” on what looked like a push. And now this is getting really fiery. That could be a big thing on the cards. Esco is pretty much dominant this round with Hernandez still not seeming in great shape.

And then it cuts with like 10 seconds left. I’ll assume nothing happened!!!!!!!

Escobedo 10-8
Escobedo 39-36

Escobedo with another good rush on Joksan, who seems unable to deal with pressure when Esco actually does bring some. Joksan’s power also seems to be totally ineffective thus far. He hasn’t really budged Esco with a punch, but it also helps that he’s missing a lot. This is getting pretty one-sided, IMO, but God knows.

Escobedo 10-9
Escobedo 49-45

Nobody would have known what the heck happened when they came back from commercial break.

Hernandez is pretty much doing an awful job at controlling the pace of this fight in any way. This has gone where Escobedo has wanted it to, when he’s wanted it to. Joksan has done decent work here and there, but it’s usually trumped very quickly, or at least shut down without a lot of trouble.

Escobedo 10-9
Escobedo 59-54

Escobedo with two nice, clean left hands just under halfway into the round, and then a right lands. Joksan is really struggling at this point, not getting off first often, getting hit clean, getting wild, straying low. He’s starting to fight frustrated.

Escobedo 10-9
Escobedo 69-63

But I think Hernandez punches himself out

Yup — Joksan comes out swinging for the fences. Then it slows down. And then he’s coming back hard again in the middle of the round after it looked like he’d maybe gassed himself. Both guys are looking a little tired with this pace. God, Joksan just missed two punches that were so slow the nosebleeds saw them coming. Escobedo digs at the body again. This round has turned into a mini-war, and Joksan has gotten the better of it. Might’ve been near a last stand if he gassed, though.

Hernandez 10-9
Escobedo 78-73

Hernandez is starting to impose his will. I don’t know if Escobedo is just not up for really letting it loose (I’d wager he’s not), but the momentum is shifting a little bit. 1-2 by Hernandez. Escobedo getting back in it a bit in the last half of the round, but Hernandez is still pushing the action, and actually landing some shots now. There’s not much steam on them, but they’re getting through. Good trade at mid-ring to end the round.

Hernandez 10-9
Escobedo 87-83

Joksan comes out swinging for the final round, and HERE THEY GO! ESCOBEDO STINGS HIM! JOKSAN FIRING AWAY! The scores could be anywhere right now, and both guys are fighting like they need the round. Joksan just swinging wildly with Escobedo leaning on the ropes. Nothing really lands. Esco with a right, eats a left from Joksan. About a minute to go.

Escobedo now on his bike a little bit, and Hernandez keeps stalking and swinging when he gets within range. They’re letting it fly again with about half a minute left. When those exchanges end, they end because Escobedo decides they end. Joksan chasing and swinging to end the fight. Tough final round to score.

Pretty good fight, tough to score. Who knows?

Hernandez 10-9
Escobedo 96-93

97-92
97-93
96-93

EDUARDO ESCOBEDO via unanimous decision

Hey, what do you know? Three scores that seem totally right.

I don’t think I could have lived with another robbery on a FSN card.

Because Angky is an odd choice with the last name Angkota

“Time Bomb.”

Commentators are not great with names. I think they called Lupe Contreras “Loopy Carnera” earlier.

Angkota goes southpaw early, then back to orthodox. There is no fear in Angkota. His southpaw attack looks like he’s more or less trying to mimic Vic Darchinyan. The stink after that from Arum was Arce didn’t know how to fight a southpaw, so they hooked him up with Nacho. Angkota trying to be slippery but aggressive, and Arce is starting a little slow. He’s also getting hit a fair amount when he just doesn’t see it coming.

Like Arce did against the smaller Rafael Concepcion in his last great fight, Arce is quickly trying to lean on Angkota and wear him down. Angkota hasn’t shown any sustained gameplan, but he’s clearly interested in fighting southpaw and making Arce get to him. Arce hit with an uppercut, and then a left. Arce fires back! Angkota caught in the corner.

Arce clips him with a left, then lands one to the body. Angkota pressing again. Arce is a lot easier to back down briefly than he used to be. Good first round.

Angkota 10-9

Though I can’t claim to have been paying great attention

Arce walks right into a chopping left hand. Angkota caught in the same corner he stayed in much of the first round, and Arce is SWINGING FOR THE FENCES! He’s leaning and letting his punches go with authority. Arce wants to pin Angkota, and he’s doing it well so far. I don’t think he believes Angkota is big or strong enough to hurt him if he keeps him in close quarters, and he might be right.

Arce goes really low with a left hand but the referee, standing right there, doesn’t call it. Angkota didn’t complain and it was more on the thigh than anything, so there are worse things. Angkota hasn’t done anything this round — well, there’s an uppercut that pops Arce’s head up.

Arce swinging with Angky in the corner again, and Angkota does catch him a couple times. Clear Jorge round.

Arce 10-9
19-19

But mostly because Angkota seemed to have no idea how to get out of the corner.

19-19

Angkota seems really content to stay pinned in that corner. This fight really could be put into a 4×4 ring for as much as it’s moving. Arce is leaning on him and wearing him down, and with the way this is going, we’re going to eventually get an Arce stoppage win when Angkota is simply too exhausted to continue on. Angkota for now is still trying, but it’s getting noticeably less by the round, and his punches aren’t having a lot of effect on Arce it doesn’t seem. I mean remember that a year ago, Arce lost bad to Darchinyan, but the corner had to stop it. Arce wouldn’t quit trying. If Darchinyan can’t hurt him fighting on his game, Angkota isn’t going to do it standing still in the corner.

Arce 10-9
Arce 29-28

Arce was clearly the aggressor, but I think that Angkota leaning back on the ropes and countering landed the cleaner, more telling shots. I could see that round going to Arce though. He probably threw and landed more punches.

And right back to the corner. Good left hook to the body by Arce. Angkota is starting to get hammered on now. This round is showing him starting to wilt, I think — his face is starting to show the effects of what he’s trying to do, whatever the hell that is. Angkota gets away, and now he’s just walks himself into another corner. Angkota starts swinging and actually leaves the corner near the end of the round, but it’s not enough.

Arce 10-9
Arce 39-37

Went with Arce this time. Even though it seemed like Angkota still landed the harder shots, there was just too much disparity in the volume this time.

I can’t imagine this is Angkota’s winning strategy.

Bring a nickel, tap your feet

Angkota has NO INTEREST in staying in the center of the ring. He looked at the outset like the clearly faster and craftier fighter, but he’s laying on the ropes with a bigger man leaning on him and punching away. I don’t know if he’s trying to gas Arce, but he’s probably not going to, or at least not enough to make up for how much Arce is taking out of him, too.

Angkota is staying southpaw and trying to land a left hand uppercut and a sneaky right hook, and he’s getting shots in now and again, but Arce is just constantly pressuring.

Arce 10-9
Arce 49-46

Especially since 90% of Indonesia is Islamic?

Angkota finally moving around some this round, and staying in the center of the ring. Arce tags him with a left, then a right, and Angky goes to the corner again. Now he’s dropped his hands to take shots from Arce. Arce dominates the remainder of the round.

Arce 10-9
Arce 59-55

The commentators get chubbies over electronic round signs for the ring card girls.

Angkota doing a crazy shimmy

No matter how he wins this fight assuming this keeps up and he wins, nothing about this performance is telling me anything I don’t know about Jorge Arce and where he’s at at this stage of his career.

Pretty bad cut opens up outside the left eyebrow of Angkota, and they’re going to look at it.

The referee confers with Arce for whatever reason, and now goes back to talk to Angkota and the ring doctor. They’re waiting around and it’s being waved off. Whatever, fine.

Jorge Arce TKO-7

Angkota isn’t complaining.

Did Angkota quit? And why are they saying Arce is the winner? Wasn’t the cut by a headbutt? It pretty clearly looked like it was from a butt to me.

58-56
60-54
60-54

JORGE ARCE via technical decision
Ridiculously, New WBO Junior Bantamweight Titleholder

Arce could get some dental work done

but they’re not playing the women’s title fight. Not sure which is better.

Finito’s son

More so than any of other legend’s son, he picks up the style of his father. Doesn’t seem to have the same kind of pop, but the defensive similarities are just uncanny.