Within the co-feature bout of the Claressa Shields vs. Vanessa LePage-Joanisse card, which aired dwell on DAZN, Dominican boxer Michel Rivera (26-1, 14 KOs) defeated Hugo Roldan (22-3-1, 7 KOs) by break up choice.
Michel Rivera was beneath hearth early on within the match as he confronted an opponent in Hugo Roldan who was decided with regard to combating off the entrance foot and getting inside. Nonetheless, because the struggle went on, Rivera was in a position to settle in, make his opponent miss, after which make him pay.
Again in December 2022, it was a battle of unbeaten light-weight prospects as Michel Rivera confronted Frank Martin. Sadly for Rivera, Martin dominated the competition and received by means of unanimous choice.
Shortly after the bout, Rivera suffered extra misfortune as he was issued a six-month suspension by the Nevada State Athletic Fee for testing constructive for 2 banned diuretics.
Rivera would make his return to the squared circle in November 2023 as he made his debut at super-lightweight. The Dominican boxer was in a position to cruise to a unanimous choice victory over Sergey Lipinets.
In his second struggle in his new weight class, Michel Rivera was set to face Hugo Roldan. The tremendous -lightweight division is a expertise wealthy division, and if Rivera needs to determine himself at 140, he wanted to provide a formidable efficiency in opposition to a troublesome competitor.
Hugo Roldan was very aggressive within the opening spherical as he pressed ahead and landed a giant left hand that momentarily surprised Rivera. Within the second spherical, Roldan continued to assault, however on the midpoint of the second, Rivera set his toes and landed a pointy mixture.
In rounds 3 and 4, Rivera started to to take over as he dictated the tempo of the struggle by utilizing his jab and attacking the physique. Rivera featured the appropriate hand within the fifth, as his proper hand photographs have been very correct.
Rivera appeared relaxed and in management as he landed a lead uppercut adopted by a proper hand within the last minute of the seventh spherical. Roldan remained decided as he continued to awkwardly press ahead and was in a position to land a stable proper hand within the eighth.
Within the tenth and last spherical, Rivera took a step again, and landed a pointy proper hand shot that despatched Roldan right down to the canvas. The Argentine boxer Roldan was in a position to rise up and end the spherical. On the conclusion of the 10-round contest, Michel Rivera received through break up choice.
For some odd motive, one choose scored the bout 95-94 in favor of Roldan, however that card was overruled by the opposite two judges who scored the competition in Rivera’s favor by the scores of 99-90 and 98-91.
