By Tom Donelson / Author, Member Boxing Writers Association of America & has contributed to dmboxing.com with expertise since 2008

Errol Spence Jr. dominated this bout and the only real close round was the second round. Spence won all rounds on all cards and quite frankly, Mikey Garcia was great lightweight, but he is not a true welterweight.  He simply got out boxed and the second round was the only round which you could make an argument that he won but the judges didn’t even give him that.

Mikey Garcia is a great lightweight but he could not make the jump to welterweight and now he is considering going back to lightweight or junior welterweight. 

Spence had the size advantage and he used it effectively as he controlled the distance between both fighters.   The compubox numbers told the whole story as Spence landed 345 of 1082 punches and nailed 51% of his power shots.  Spence connected on triple the power shots than Garcia got credit for connecting all of his punches!  Garcia was merely a punching bag.

By Tom Donelson / Author, Member Boxing Writers Association of America … contributor to dmboxing.com since 2008

Leo Santa Cruz fought Rafael Rivera, who took the fight on a three week notice in his first shot at a title.

Rivera had a competitive first round as he launched combinations and body shots and looked sharp but it seemed to have little effect upon Santa Cruz.  Rivera is a good fighter up against a great fighter and after the second round, the great fighter took over.   Rivera had lost two of three his previous fights and was replacing Miguel Flores but this was supposed to be a tune up for Santa Cruz and it proved mostly that even though Rivera had his moment.