Alexis Rocha vs Santiago Dominguez Preview July 19th, 2024
Welterweight prospect Alexis Rocha of Santa Ana, California returns to the ring this Friday, July 19th when he faces unbeaten Santiago Dominguez of Mexico. The 10-rounder from Indio, California can be seen live in most nations on DAZN. Rocha lost his NBO NABO Welterweight Title in October when he was stopped in the sixth round of a slugfest by Giovani Santillan and then bounced back in his last fight in March by stopping Fredrick Lawson after seven rounds. Dominguez last saw action in March when he edged Jose Luis Sanchez via a 10-round split decision.
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Rocha vs Dominguez Betting Odds
Here are the betting odds from online sportsbook BetOnline.ag (full review here).
- Santiago Dominguez +325
- Alexis Rocha -450
My Pick
The 27-year-old Rocha is a southpaw who enters the ring with a record of 24-2 with 16 Ko’s and has 147 rounds of pro experience under his belt since making his debut in 2016. As an amateur, Rocha became the youngest boxer to win a gold medal at the 2012 Junior Olympics when he was just 14 years old and was a six-time amateur national champion.
Rocha stands 5-feet-10-inches tall with a 70-inch reach and carries pretty good power in his fists as 66.7 per cent of his wins have come by stoppage and has halted six of his past nine opponents. Rocha’s first pro defeat came at the hands of Rashidi Ellis by way of 12-round unanimous decision in October, 2020 in a shot at the vacant WBC International Welterweight Title.
He captured captured the vacant WBC Continental Americas Welterweight Crown in March, 2018 with a first-round stoppage of Miguel Perez and successfully defended it against Shoki Sakai, Berlin Abreu, Roberto Valenzuela Jr and Brad Soloman while stopping Abreu in the eighth round and Valenzuela after five. He then won the vacant WBO NABO Welterweight Belt in July, 2022 with a 10-round unanimous decision over Luis Alberto Veron and defended it against Jesus Campos, George Ashie and Anthony Young and also had a ninth-round stoppage win over Blair Cobbs earlier in his career.
As for Dominguez, the 32-year-old carries around a perfect mark of 27-0 with 20 Ko’s and has boxed 118 rounds since making his pro debut in 2014. Dominguez, who fights out of Phoenix, Arizona, measures 5-feet-8-inches tall with a 70-inch reach, so gives up two inches in height to Rocha. As far as power is concerned, Dominguez is no slouch as 74.1 per cent of his victories have come by stoppage, but he’s gone the distance in three of his past seven outings.
As a pro, Dominguez won the vacant WBC USA Silver Welterweight Title in 2019 and the vacant WBC Fecarbox Belt in 2020. He then added the vacant WBC Latino Welterweight Crown in 2021. Just seven of his 27 opponents have entered the ring with a losing record but Dominguez hasn’t really faced any contenders as of yet so will be taking a step up in class this weekend. His biggest wins have been against Daniel Armando Valenzuela, Carlos Urias Guerena, Fabian Lyimo, Jose Rosales, Jesus Antonio Rubio and Ricardo Lara.
Prediction…
Big things have been expected of Rocha and at 27 years old he should now be entering his prime and needs to step up the level of opponent if he hopes to climb the rankings and earn a world title shot. He took a bit of a beating from Giovani Santillan as he was dropped three times but showed a hell of a lot of heart in that fight though and bounced back well with his win over Fredrick Lawson. He definitely needs to be wary of Dominguez’s power, but as long as he lets his hands go I’m expecting Rocha to add another win to his record.
Rocha has fought tougher opposition as a pro.
Play: Rocha -450 @ BetOnline.ag
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