Jeison Rosario: record, next fight and profile →
Bob Santos, trainer of middleweight Jeison “Banana” Rosario, believes his man deserved victory after having to settle for a split draw against Jarrett “Swift” Hurd at the ProBox TV Events Center on Wednesday night. In particular, Santos was aggrieved that Rosario was not credited with a knockdown when Hurd went through the ropes in the fifth round.
Chris Algieri says he has no problem with the result of Wednesday night's ProBox TV main event, which saw former junior middleweight beltholders Jarrett Hurd and Jeison Rosario battle to a split draw. But, adds the former 140 pound titlist, who was calling the fight alongside Paulie Malignaggi, the contest also showed that neither man is the force he once was.
It was all respect after the hard-fought draw between Jarrett Hurd and Jeison Rosario last night.
In the main event at the ProBox TV Events Center in Plant City, Florida, former world titelholders Jarrett Hurd and Jeison Rosario fought to a split draw over 10 hard-fought rounds on Wednesday night.
At the end of 10 tough rounds, Jarrett Hurd and Jeison Rosario, having wrung what they could out of their veteran bodies, battled to a split draw Wednesday at the ProBox TV Events Center in Plant City, Florida.
The appeal of Wednesday night’s Jarrett Hurd-Jeison Rosario middleweight showdown on ProBox TV isn’t just the final-stand nature of this battle between two former unified 154-pound champions.
Amid the layoffs and losses endured by Jarrett Hurd and Jeison Rosario were likely moments when they resisted, wrestled with, and realised the truth that boxing, for now, is what they were put on this earth to do. At some point on Wednesday night, during what promises to be a fascinating must-win brawl scheduled for 10 middleweight rounds, at least one will be forced to question their purpose and future all over again.
A crossroads middleweight bout between former titleholders Jarrett Hurd and Jeison Rosario will headline Wednesday Night Fights on the ProBox TV app and on YouTube, taking place at the ProBox TV Events Center in Plant City, Florida. Both fighters made weight for the main event.
The middleweight veteran Jeison Rosario is training with Bob Santos for the critical juncture in his career that leads him to Jarrett Hurd on Wednesday at the ProBox TV Events Center in Plant City, Florida.