Madueño: Loss just a minor setback

This past Saturday, lightweight contender Miguel “El Explosivo” Madueño (27-1, 25 KOs) suffered his first defeat as a professional, dropping a unanimous decision to former world champion Jezreel Corrales (26-4, 10 KOs) in a WBA lightweight title elimination bout. After the loss, Madueño feels he has a lot of things to work on and vows to be back stronger than ever.

“It wasn’t my night and I’m going to go back to the gym and work on all the things I know I can improve on,” said Madueño. “Corrales was fighting dirty, so I had to retaliate with some dirty tactics of my own. It wasn’t my best performance by far, but I’ll be back with an improved version of myself. This is just a minor setback.”

In what was considered an ugly bout, both fighters were deducted a point in round three for dirty fighting. Corrales was deducted two additional points, one in round one and another in round eight. Madueño did his best to apply pressure and cut off the ring against the slick style that Corrales was displaying but was flustered with the movement. Scorecards read 117-108, 115-109 and 116-108, all in favor of Corrales.

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