Lee McGregor (12-0-1, 9 KOs) took on Erik Robles (13-1, 9 KOs) on the Meadowbank Sports activities Centre in Edinburgh, Scotland, in an excellent bantamweight matchup. The combat was aired dwell on Channel 5 within the UK and Eire whereas DAZN broadcasted the occasion worldwide. Wasserman Boxing promoted the occasion. Robles received the barnburner by way of a shock unanimous resolution.
McGregor, an Edinburgh native, fought there for the primary time since making his skilled debut in November 2017. Though he has fought in Scotland since making his skilled debut, all of these bouts had been in Glasgow. For Robles, it was his first time venturing exterior of Mexico.
Lee McGregor vs. Erik Robles combat recap
Each males wasted no time in letting their punches fly. McGregor and Robles had been touchdown clear combos inside the opening stanza. Spherical two continued at an analogous tempo. Early on, McGregor had a lot success with the uppercut, touchdown it cleanly a number of occasions. Regardless of this, Robles returned hearth, touchdown punches in bunches to the top and physique.
The tempo didn’t decelerate within the center rounds. McGregor continued to have success with the uppercut whereas Robles continued to land bruising hooks. For probably the most half, McGregor pushed ahead as Robles was content material with staying on the backfoot. Regardless of throwing a excessive quantity of punches, neither seemed to be affected by it.
Because the combat entered the ultimate rounds, each males dug deep in a bid to come back out on high. Arguably the perfect spherical of the combat was the tenth. Within the second half of spherical ten, Robles landed quite a lot of punches that despatched McGregor to the ropes. McGregor got here again robust nevertheless, as he appeared to stun Robles within the last 30 seconds of the tenth. Robles recovered and made it to the top of the spherical.
Issues did decelerate within the last two rounds. Each males didn’t throw as a lot as they had been within the early levels of the bout. There was additionally a good bit of clinching in spherical 12. Because the combat neared to a detailed, McGregor held his fingers aloft, clearing believing that he had finished sufficient to earn the choice. Nonetheless, that was to not be as Robles received the bout with scores of 116-113 and 115-113 (x2).
