KEA’s Jose Rodriguez Takes Home the Title

Posted on | September 1, 2010 | 1 Comment

By Rick Scharmberg at ringside

Jose Angel “Silver Boy” Rodriguez, of New York, NY won the vacant IBF North American middleweight belt with a hard-fought twelve round unanimous decision over Russell “Spiderman” Jordan, of Rochester, NY last night at the sold-out Dover Downs Hotel & Casino in Dover, Delaware. In the co-feature, Amir “Hardcore” Mansour, of Penns Grove, NJ brutally stopped Samuel “Showtime” Brown, of Fort Campbell, KY in the second round of a scheduled six round heavyweight contest.

Rodriguez, 156, invested in body work from the start in this battle of lefties, and it paid off down the stretch. Jordan, 160, was out-punched in most of the rounds, but he was in the fight right until the final bell with his edge in power.

Rodriguez (16-2-1, 2 KOs) had Jordan wilting by the fourth round from his body attack. Jordan bounced back to hurt Rodriguez with a big right early in round five. Jordan (15-8, 10 KOs) jumped on Rodriguez, but “Silver Boy” weathered the storm and closed the round out with more body work.

Rodriguez displayed his flashy jab to take round six, but was cut over his left eye in round seven from a Jordan right hook.

The body attack from Rodriguez paid its dividends, as he was able to clearly win the next four rounds. He landed a big right in the eighth, out-jabbed the taller Jordan in the ninth, and pummeled Jordan’s lanky body in round ten. He nearly had a tiring Jordan out in the eleventh.

Both fighters did themselves proud in the final round. Rodriguez could have used his ample boxing skills to stay away from Jordan’s bombs, and Jordan could have packed it in. Instead, both warriors slugged it out for the entire three minutes.

The final scores were 118-110, 117-111, and 115-113, all in favor of Rodriguez.

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