Verdejo tops Rojas by decision

By Scott Shaffer

19/01/2020

Verdejo tops Rojas by decision

Felix Verdejo W10 Manuel Rey Rojas... At Verona, New York's Turning Stone Casino, Puerto Rican lightweight Felix Verdejo turned in an unspectacular but clearly winning performance against Manuel-Rey Rojas of Texas. Verdejo, a former Olympian once touted as a can't-miss future champion, improved to 26-1 but still has work to do before it can be belt season for him. He won easily, getting the wide unanimous decision by scores of 99-91, 97-93 and 98-92. By way of comparison, Rojas (18-4) was stopped by junior lightweight Andy Vences in 2015. Rojas had one significant win since then, vs. Wang Zhimin. Punchstats clearly favored, Verdejo 164 punches to 100. Verdejo gave himself a C grade afterwards. source: espn