PREFIGHT
Both fighers are already in the ring. Escobedo is all smiles. He looks confident and up to the challenge at hand. Ponce De Leon looks serious and ready for war.
ROUND 1
De Leon comes out first firing the jab. Slow, lazy left hook misses for De Leon. Escobedo fires his jab. They trade jabs. Escobedo circling. Straight right lands down the pipe for Escobedo. Hard left hand lands upstairs for Escobedo. 1-2 lands for Escobedo. Right hook lands for Escobedo. Left hook to the body lands for De Leon. Jab downstairs and upstairs lands for Escobedo. Right hand counter lands for Escobedo. De Leon misses with a wild right hand. Left hook to he body lands for De Leon. Straight right down the pipe lands for Escobedo. Nice uppercut lands for Escobedo to end the round. Round to Escobedo.
Escobedo 10 De Leon 9
ROUND 2
De Leon lands a left to the body to start the round. Right hand down the pipe lands for Escobedo. De Leon tries to let his hands go along the ropes. He looks sloppy. Escobedo blocks pretty much all of them. Left hook lands for Escobedo. Uppercut and a left hand to the body lands for Escobedo. De Leon looks really sloppy in there when he misses. Nice left hand lands for De Leon now. Escobedo lands an uppercut and De Leon lands a right. Right hand down the pipe lands for Escobedo. De Leon chopping down with his jab and missing. Left hand to the body lands for De Leon. Left hand lands for De Leon. Escobedo lands a right and dances away. 1-2 to the body lands for De Leon. Round to De Leon.
Escobedo 19 De Leon 19
ROUND 3
Escobedo on the retreat. De Leon presses forward throwing bombs and lands some hard shots to the body. Escobedo lands a jab and a right hand to the body. De Leon presses forward again and lands a right and a left hand to the body. Escobedo just circling away. Left hook lands for De Leon. Escobedo retreats to the ropes. Right hook upstairs lands for Escobedo now. De Leon eats it and backs him up to the ropes. Right hand down the pipe lands for Escobedo. Another right hand lands for Escobedo. De Leon digs a right to the body. Two left hooks upstairs land for De Leon to end the round. Round to Escobedo who did a better job of boxing and making him miss.
Escobedo 29 De Leon 28
ROUND 4
Escobedo continues to circle and stay away. De Leon lands a left down the pipe. Big right hook lands for De Leon. 1-2 upstairs lands for De Leon. De Leon putting a lot of pressure on Escobedo. 1-2 lands for De Leon. Hard left down the middle lands for De Leon. Escobedo lands a right to the body. Right hook upstairs lands for Escobedo. De Leon presses forward and lands a right and a left. Jab lands for Escobedo. 1-2 lands for De Leon. Left hook lands for De Leon. Escobedo rereats. De Leon lands a right. Round to De Leon.
Escobedo 38 De Leon 38
ROUND 5
Escobedo jabs and circles away. De Leon presses forward and digs a left hook to the body. Right hand down the middle lands for Escobedo. De leon lands his right. HARD right hand upstairs lands for Escobedo. Another right hand counter lands for Escobedo. De Leon lands three hard shos to the body. Escobedo fires his jab and dances away. De Leon digs a couple of hard shots to the body. Nice four-punch combo lands for De Leon along the ropes. Escobedo retreats. Left hand lands for De Leon. Hard left hand down the pipe lands again for De Leon. Round to De Leon.
Escobedo 47 De Leon 48
ROUND 6
De Leon jumps on him with a quick three-punch combo to start the round. Escobedo lands a good right and a left. Another big left hand lands for Escobedo. Escobedo slips to the ground. Right hook lands for De Leon. Another right hand lands for De Leon. Escobedo lands a left. De Leon lands a 1-2. Hard left lands to the body for De Leon. Escobedo lands a nice left hook. Left hook to the body from De Leon has Escobedo dropping his hands, turning his back and walking away. De Leon chases him down and lets his hands go. Some sloppy lefts and rights land for De Leon. HARD counter right lands for Escobedo. De Leon just eats it. Round to De Leon.
Escobedo 56 De Leon 58
ROUND 7
Escobedo continues to circle and box behind his jab. De Leon just presses forward and mauls him with some sloppy left and right hooks. Right hand to the body lands for Escobedo. De Leon lands a right. Escobedo lands a right upstairs. Fight slowing down a bit now. Nice 1-2 lands for Escobedo. HARD right hand down the middle lands for Escobedo. Left hook lands for Escobedo. De Leon lands an uppercut. Escobedo lands the jab. Round to Escobedo.
Escobedo 66 De Leon 67
ROUND 8
De Leon comes out fast to start this round. He swings wildly and misses with a lot of punches. Nice counter left lands for Escobedo. De Leon throwing punches all over the places...some miss and some land. Wooooooo...nice counter right lands for Escobedo. Left hand and a right from Escobedo get through De Leon's guard. De Leon lands a left down the pipe. Another left lands for De Leon. De Leon continues to press forward. Now the British fans can be heard singing "Walking in a Hatton Wonderland" as they get restless with the lack of action from this fight. Round to De Leon.
Escobedo 75 De Leon 77
ROUND 9
De Leon lands a 1-2. Escobedo lands a right. De Leon presses forward and lands a left. Escobedo continues to circle and retreat. Hard left hand down the middle lands for De Leon. Escobedo just circling and rereating. De Leon getting frustrated. 1-2 lands for De Leon. Nice counter right lands for Escobedo. De Leon just presses forward. Another nice couner left hand lands for Escobedo. Escobedo showing some good defense, but not enough offense. Round to De Leon.
Escobedo 84 De Leon 87
ROUND 10
Escobedo continuing to circle while De Leon presses forward. 1-2 lands for De Leon. Escobedo lands a counter left. Right hand down the pipe lands for Escobedo. Escobedo retreats all the way across the ring with De Leon chasing after him. Escobedo lands a stiff jab and dances away. De Leon presses foward and misses. Straight right lands for Escobedo. Another right lands for Escobedo. De Leon lands an uppercut. Another nice counter right lands for Escobedo. De Leon swings wildly and misses. Round to Escobedo.
Escobedo 94 De Leon 96
ROUND 11
Escobedo continues to retreat and make De Leon miss wildly. Now De Leon lands some sloppy lefts and rights upstairs. Hard left to the body lands for De Leon. Escobedo lands an uppercut. De Leon lands some more sloppy hooks. They trade left hands. Escobedo lands a right. Uppercut lands for Escobedo. De Leon lands a left hook. Escobedo on his bike as he circles completely around the ring. Boooooooooo. This fight is really ugly. Escobedo circles away and De Leon chases him down. Round to De Leon.
Escobedo 103 De Leon 106
ROUND 12
They trade on the inside before Escobedo can dance away. De Leon lands a sloppy uppercut and a right hand to the back of Escobedo's head. Left hand down the middle lands for De Leon. Left hand lands for De Leon and Escobedo answers with a nice counter right. Escobedo lands a right upstairs. De Leon lands a big left. Another left lands for De Leon. A sloppy left hook to the body lands for De Leon and Escobedo goes on the retreat. Round to De Leon.
Escobedo 112 De Leon 116
The winner by way of unanimous decision....AND STILL WBO JR. FEATHERWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD....DANIEL PONCE DE LEON
COMPUBOX
De Leon total punches: 184/1096
Escobedo total punches: 136/570
De Leon power punches: 176/734
Escobedo power punches: 101/359
POSTFIGHT
Official judges scorecards...
Adalaide Byrd: 115-113
Duan Ford: 117-111
Robert Hoyle: 118-110
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