Junior middleweights Pawel Wolak and Delvin Rodriguez constantly swapped punches throughout their 10-round majority draw. The fight pitted Rodriguez's slightly more accurate power punching (40 percent to 36 percent) against Wolak's sheer volume (108.5 punches per round). A fitting stat: 91 percent of the fight's total connects were power punches.
Roseland Ballroom in New York City - Junior middleweights Pawel “Raging Bull” Wolak (29-1-1, 19 KOs) and Delvin Rodriguez (25-5-3, 14 KOs) fought to a ten round majority draw. Wolak's right eye was nearly swollen shut for at least half of the fight. The scores were 97-93 for Rodriguez and two scores of 95-95 for the draw.
By Mitch Abramson - Pawel Wolak fought the second-half of his bout with Delvin Rodriguez nearly blind, with a grotesque hematoma over his right eye. The injury was so obscene- the right side of his head was misshapen- that it evoked memories of Hasim Rahman’s monstrous injury from a head butt against Evander Holyfield. Wolak and Rodriguez battled to a 10-round majority draw at the Roseland Ballroom in Manhattan on ESPN’s Friday Night Fights. It was a bout worthy of some end-of-the year honors with both men punishing each other for the full duration of the junior middleweight bout. Wolak’s withering pressure was non-stop. Even after the eighth and ninth rounds when the ringside doctors seemed to be pleading with Wolak to surrender, he kept on going, doling out punishment. And Rodriguez, the victim of a number of dubious decisions in big fights, showed that he was remarkably durable and able to move up in weight. He responded to Wolak’s pressure tactics with clinical precision, landing whipping left hooks and uppercuts that carved up Wolak’s face to hideous proportions. Tom Schreck scored it 97-93 for Rodriguez, while Steve Weisfeld and Julie Lederman both scored it 95-95, 95-95. “We all know my history with decisions,” Rodriguez said back in his dressing room, sporting some minor lacerations over his face. “I definitely thought I won the fight. It took me a little time to warm up but after the fourth round, I thought I was in control. I kept hitting him with the same left hook. I could see the referee wanted to stop the fight. I could see it in his eyes. He was looking at the doctor, like, ‘C’mon. Stop it already.’”
All participants for Joe DeGuardia's Star Boxing, ESPN "Friday Night Fights" show tomorrow night at Roseland Ballroom in NYC weighed-in today at the NYS commission's office. The card is headlined by the much anticipated jr. middleweight showdown between former welterweight world title challenger, Delvin Rodriguez (25-5-2, 14KO's) and top-rated Pawel "Raging Bull" Wolak (29-1, 19KO's). Rodriguez and Wolak both made weight and looked to be in great shape. Rodriguez tipped the scales at 153 lbs. while Wolak weighed in at 153.5 lbs. Below is the complete bout sheet for tomorrow night's show.
BoxingScene.com caught up to New Jersey junior middleweight contender, Pawel Wolak, who will pursue his ninth consecutive victory, his sixth knockout during that run and his third straight stoppage against Delvin Rodriguez on ESPN's Friday Night Fights from Roseland Ballroom in New York.
Friday night July 15th at the Roseland Ballroom in front of a nationally televised audience on ESPN2’s Friday night Fight’s, Pawel “The Raging Bull” Wolak (29-1, 19Ko’s) is primed and ready to take one step closer to his elusive world title hopes when he faces Delvin Rodriquez (24-5-2, 14KO’s) in the ten round main event of the evening.
Junior middleweight contender Pawel Wolak's training camp for his important, upcoming nationally televised fight against Devlin Rodriguez.