“MICKY” MAULS “PANTERA”

In a one sided drubbing Mickey Roman demolished Nery “Pantera” Saguilan in the twelfth and final round at the Jose Neri Santos Gym, on home turf in Cuidad Juarez, to win the FECOMBOX championship.

In doing so, Mickey bounces back from  his January KO slugfest loss to Takashi Mirua.  While Nery who lost to Jesus Vidales by UD in April slips to another defeat.  But it was the nature of this defeat which was so deeply disturbing!  Mickey waded right in blasting away with two hands, while often as not Nery, who hadn`t been able to make the stipulated weight for this fight,  leaned  back against the ropes, soaking  up frightening amounts of punishment, only sporadically fighting back.  Rope a dope it wasn`t!

Nery`s capacity to take severe and sustained punishment was tested up to and then way beyond any  reasonable limit. The fight ceased to be a contest after five rounds and Nery who still managed to occasionally clown around, became target practice and cannon fodder.

Due to the sheer volume of punches he was throwing, Mickey seemed to tire during the sixth, but then got his second wind and continued lambasting Nery. Cut over the right brow in the tenth, Nery`s face was swollen, his mouth was open and he was a sight for sore eyes,  He hadn`t won a single round.

in the twelfth, Nery went down from a hard right to the ribcage, but somehow and very bravely, yet wearily managed to get up.  Mickey caught him with a terrific left hook to the side of the head and this time he couldn`t beat the count.  The dry mouth massacre was stopped at 1.10.