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August 27, 2009
Puro Michoacan
Just caught bantamweight Abner Mares on The Finest Network Working aka the Vs. Network, where he made efficient if not quite short enough work of Carlos Fulgencio. The decisive body blow was a darkly pretty piece of inside poetry. There's a lot to like about Mares. His backstory's inspirational. He boxes out of a compact stance in an always-busy style and he thinks on his feet. All he bigger punches are immediately followed by enough head movement to miss the counters. He prefers the combo to the showpiece. He fights often. He represents Hawaiian Gardens. Importantly, he cuts a completely wicked figure coming into the ring. I wish he was fighting again tomorrow; I'd watch that fight too.
Posted by jd at 11:07 PM
August 23, 2009
Hawaiian Punch
Is Brian Viloria for real? This fight will not tell us. 25-2 vs. 15-5-5, on Viloria's home turf, against a guy who'll be fighting abroad for the first time. This is a tune-up, I guess, if we're looking at a half-full glass. I'd like to see Viloria vs. Giovanni Segura, but that's mainly because I have a soft spot for Bell Gardens. Really, though anybody from between the #2 and the #14 slots on this list will do, followed by a series of unification bouts. Why? Because if there's one thing I think we can all agree on, it's that if Brian "the Hawaiian Punch" Viloria got massively famous by unifying the minimosca division, the world would be a much better place, and the general sporting scene would be vastly improved. Sometimes I think I missed my calling, but I understand that the competition climbing the ladder to the top of the independent boxing promoters ladder is fierce and occasionally dangerous.
Posted by jd at 01:38 AM