Calderon and Mayol Battle To a Technical Draw

By Mark Vester

At Madison Square Garden in New York City, WBO junior flyweight champion Ivan Calderon (32-0-1, 6 KOs) and Rodel Mayol (25-3-1, 19 KOs) battled to six round techincal draw on the Cotto-Clottey undercard. The scores were 58-56 Calderon, 58-56 Mayol and 57-57 for the draw.

The action was tight and Mayol brought his A-game to the ring. Calderon had been inactive since last August's techincal decision win over Hugo Cazares. That fight was also stopped due a serious cut opening on the forehead of Calderon. It took months to heal and Calderon's rust was present during his fight with Mayol.

The cut on Calderon was opened up during a clash of heads in the fourth round. Several more head clashes in the next two rounds would make the cut worse, and the ringside doctor called the action to a stop in the sixth and the fight would go to the cards.

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