Winner: Miguel Buendia vs. Fernando Rodriguez (Battle of DFW, May 2011)
Few fighters guarantee an evening of excitement quite like Fort Worth’s Miguel Buendia and Dallas’ Fernando Rodriguez. Neither fighter has met a fight they didn’t like and their penchant for encaging in roaring slugfests have given them a following here in North Texas. Now, when you put the both of them in the ring together, well, explosions are imminent.
This was exactly the case last Spring as both fighters squared off in the ring much to the delight of the crowd. As our ace boxing editor Hector Sanchez wrote:
The action started to heat up in the third round with combinations from both fighters. The cut on the left eye of Buendia was noticeable as he continued to move forward against Rodriguez as they slugged it out in the middle of the ring. Rodriguez then landed a hard left, Buendia landed a good right and then Rodriguez got in a nice uppercut. They then went toe to toe at the end of the round and Buendia stared at his opponent as he went toward his corner. The hard punches continued in the fourth round with both fighters exchanging punches. Buendia then landed two hard rights to the body of Rodriguez as he laid on the ropes and covered up. Rodriguez then became the aggressor and landed two hard lefts and a right to the head of Buendia and rocked him. After a quick exchange of punches from both fighters, at the end of the round, Rodriguez’ mouthpiece fell out. Rodriguez started out the fifth with a quick left to Buendia, but Buendia continued to put the pressure on Rodriguez and stalked him around the ring. Buendia then landed some very hard punches on Rodriguez and he again shook his head as if to say “no”, and landed his own hard left to the body of Buendia. Rodriguez now had a small cut on the right side of his eye, and Buendia got him on the ropes and finished the round with a good left to the body of Rodriguez.
The entire fight was a classic back and forth slugfest of the highest order. And while Buendia would go on to get the decision, the true winners were the lucky fight fans in attendance.
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