Boxer gabriel rosado vs charlo
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Charlo beats Rosado, stays unbeaten
Dan RafaelJan 25, , PM
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WASHINGTON -- Junior middleweight Jermell Charlo passed the biggest test of his career and looked good doing it as he easily outboxed a badly cut Gabriel Rosado to win a lopsided round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the DC Armory.
Fighting on the undercard of junior welterweight titlist Lamont Peterson's defense against Dierry Jean, Charlo was content to lay back and use his jab and body shots when there were openings and he found a lot of them, winning , and also had it for Charlo,
By the third round, Rosado's left eye was marked and swelling. In the fifth round, Charlo opened a cut over Rosado's left eye in virtually the same place where he was cut in middleweight world title fights last year -- bouts that he lost by knockout because of the cuts.
Referee Malik Waleed ruled that the cut was caused by punch although replays seemed to indicate it was caused by an accidental head butt.
"Gabe Rosado was a tough fighter and he did exactly what we trained for," Charlo said. "He was strong, my strongest fighter to date. I want to give him his props. It was about
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