While the fight was exciting, the decision was controversial, and while I scored the fight for Teraji 114-113, as did one judge, I don't have an issue with someone thinking Sandoval won a tight verdict.
My issue is with the two scores for Sandoval at 115-112 (pretty bad) and 117-110 (Amazingly bad).
Teraji scored the fight's only knockdown in the third round, and that someone thought Sandoval won ten rounds (117-110 is 10-2 minus the knockdown) is amazing to me.
Ricardo Sandoval fought very well on the road and deserves kudos for his win, but Kenshiro Teraji certainly deserves a rematch.
The co-feature saw Antonio Vargas retain his WBA bantamweight title with a draw against Daigo Higa, which saw all three judges score the match 113-113.
I scored Higa 114-112, but the draw is very fair.
Higa dropped Vargas in the fourth, but a knockdown in the final round by Vargas would salvage the draw and save his title.
Higa fell short for the third straight time for a bantamweight title ( a split decision and two draws) and announced his retirement after the fight.
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