You can't rule out a last chapter run in this division. His career definer to this point is a 2013 loss to Andre Ward. ER wanted a stoppage to cap the night but Mitch's chin was stubborn as hell. Williams had saved some energy for this last gasp. To round ten…two beat dudes looked to stay on their feet and try to keep working enough. This was rest round for ER early, then he got some work in, trying to whack out the stubborn Williams. To the ninth…ER got warned for throwing a behind the back punch. His heavy muscles felt like leaded armor by now. In the eight, Williams went down, it was a slip. He didn't even get off his stool til a second or so after the round started. Williams huffed and puffed his way to his corner and tried to force air in throw his nose. Then Williams got a sweet left in, sending note that he wasn't going to lay down. He was selective with his output, and same in round seven. In the sixth, we saw ER marshaling energy again. But if there had been anything to criticize, it was that Rodriguez (24-0, 16 KOs), a native of the Dominican Republic who resides in Worcester, Mass., has failed to entertain during his biggest. Back to righty, he got busy and threw bombs late in the round. There has never been any question that unbeaten super middleweight contender Edwin Rodriguez has the skill set to be a top fighter in the division. His volume was down big time from the previous round. To round five…ER went lefty some, and stayed left-handed. On replay, we saw the low blow was just to the gut. As Williams sagged and awaited a ref pause ER started strafing. To the third–ER and Williams lagged some in energy, then Rodriguez got to work after going maybe a bit low on Williams. resident were fluid, but Williams worked hard, did some decent work inside. In round two, a left to near the back of the head buzzed Williams. He was 180 vs Thompson, 198 for Williams, who is 36. He mixed head and body work, and for those wondering, yeah, his frame looked a bit fleshy in his cruiser clash. In the first, we saw the 33 year old ER pop the jab against the lefty, whose muscularity stood out. 2018.Įdwin now works with Ronnie Shields, for the record. Rodriguez is one of those guys, not so rare these days, who was fighting infrequently he fought in 2016, getting stopped by Thomas Williams, once in 2018 vs Melvin Russell (10-1-2) and then scored a UD10 over Lionell Thompso in Feb. 1, 2018.Īfter ten rounds, we assumed E-Rod would grab a pretty wide win he'd buzzed Williams a few times, but the Michigan boxer showed a solid chin and heart. The Massachusetts native, living in Texas, entered the ring at Barclays Center Saturday with a 30-2 mark.Į-Rod took on 16-6-3 Mitch Williams, a Michigan resident who lost to Ryad Merhy and Arsen Goulamirian before bouncing back against 1-5 Michael Sunkett on Dec. Edwin Rodriguez, who campaigned at 168 to decent heights and then 175, has graduated to cruiserweight.
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