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‘He can give the pain, but he can’t take the pain’ - Henry Cejudo talks Sean O’Malley

Sean O’Malley’s loss to Chito Vera hasn’t been so much of a point of conversation as the way in which he handled that loss. The streaking bantamweight prospect appeared to injure his leg early in the first round, to the point that he was eventually only able to put weight on one foot. Vera seized on the opportunity to chase O’Malley to the ground, where he TKO’d ‘Sugar’ with a series of hard elbows.

Afterward, O’Malley seemingly chalked Vera’s victory up to luck, saying that in five years “I’m gonna be f-ing world champ, he’s gonna be a f-ing journeyman.