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This evening promise to have more than just a little bit of interesting action.
For us the pick of the action is in Mexico. This show is headlined by a very hard to defend WBC Super Flyweight world title bout which will see Carlos Cuadras (32-0-1, 25) defending his belt against 21 year old Nicaraguan Dixon Flores (11-2-2, 3). The match up is horrible but it will probably be Cuadras's final defense before a rematch with Srisaket Sor Rungvisai. The more exiting fight on this show is at Light Flyweight as Ramon Garia Hirales (20-6-1, 12) takes on Juan Hernandez (27-3, 19) in a bout for a WBC International title. Hirales will be fighting for the first time since he was stopped by Jonathan Taconing back in April and enters following back-to-back losses. Hernandez on the other hand will be looking for revenge against his fellow Mexican who stopped a couple of years ago in a world title eliminator. This really could be the hidden gem of the weekend. In Canada fans will see local favourite Lucian Bute (31-2, 24) battle against little known Italian fighter Adrea Di Luisa (17-2, 13). This is a must win for Bute, who's career really is at the stage where he must win to remain relevant following 2 losses in his last 3. For De Luisa this is a big opportunity to become a “known” fighter but with 2 stoppage losses on his record it's likely he's been selected to make Bute look good. Also in Canada is an intriguing bout between unbeaten fighters each looking to make a statement. This fight sees unbeaten Canadian based Colombian Eleider Alvarez (17-0, 10) take on unbeaten Argentinian puncher Isidro Ranoni Prieto (24-0-3, 20). On paper this looks like the fight of the night and really could an explosive one if the styles gel we expect them to. A third bout of note in Canada is at Heavyweight as the touted Bogdan Dinu (12-0, 8) takes on Ed Perry (20-5-2, 11). The 6'5 Dinu is a Canadian based Roman who some have tipped very highly though anything but a stoppage against Perry would be considered a disappointment. Perry has only been stopped once from his 5 losses but he hasn't really faced many punchers, other that Lateef Kayode who did stop him.
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 Courtesy of boxrec.com This past Saturday was one of the most interesting days so far this year in terms of scheduled fights. Unfortunately however the day proved to be better on paper than it was in reality with very few fights living up to their promise and very few fighters really shining like they could have done.
The biggest disappointment of the night came in Quebec, Canada in easily the most anticipated fight of the year so far. In one corner there was Jean Pascal (29-2-1, 17), a Haitian born Canadian based fighter who had been the WBC Light Heavyweight champion, whilst in the other corner was Lucian Bute (31-2, 24) a Romanian based in Canada who had previously held the IBF Super Middleweight title. The fight, viewed as potentially the biggest Canadian fight in history, was disappointing from the off with both men looking nervous and struggling to get in to any sort of a groove. Unfortunately the nerves took a long time to wear off and this meant there was very little clean action from either man for long swathes of the fight. The fight was meant to set up an opponent for a bout with for Adonis Stevenson though Pascal, who took the victory, looked unwilling to commit to that bout and instead seemed to hint at a rematch. Unfortunately after this stinker we can't imagine fans wanting to see a re-do. Interesting we also can't see either man wanting to be the next victim of Russian puncher Sergey Kovalev who, on this showing, would dismantle either man. The same card also saw a disappointing Heavyweight performance from Mike Perez (20-0-1, 12) who gave a lackluster performance in a draw with Carlos Takam (29-1-1, 23). The bout was supposed to be a chance for Perez to build on his victory over Magomed Abdusalamov, unfortunately however it appears that that bout took it all out of Perez who looked mentally done as a fighter. The Perez/Abdusalamov fight, late last year, left the Russian in a coma and it seems that Perez has been seriously effected by that which is a shame considering how great he had looked in that fight. Staying with the Quebec card for just a moment a moment longer. There was another televised Light Heavyweight contest. This one saw Canadian based Colombian Eleider Alvarez (14-0, 8) take a hard fought decision over the tough Andrew Gardiner (10-1, 6). This bout was meant to be a show case for Alvarez though unfortunately for the Colombian he failed to really impress and actually managed to turn fans against him by the end of the contest. Considering his potential and skills this was highly disappointing from Alvarez. Outside of Canada we had 2 fights, not involving Asian's, that were of interest in Mexico. One of these saw the highly ranked Felipe Orucuta (29-2, 24) defeating Gabriel Pena (5-5-1, 2), who retired at the start of round 10, whilst the other saw female starlet Yazmin Rivas (29-8-0-4, 9) dominate Calixta Silgado (11-3-2, 8). For Orucuta the fight was likely about staying active and little else, though he certainly didn't impress as some, including ourselves had expected. Rivas however wasn't just out to stay busy but was fighting to force a rematch with Jessica Gonzalez who claim an absolutely robbery against her last year. On her performance Rivas is a fighter that isn't to be messed with in her current mood. Staying with female action there was a major upset in Argentina as Ana Laura Esteche (10-3-1, 2) ripped the WBA female Light Welterweight title from the previously unbeaten Monica Silvina Acosta (19-1-2, 5). This was probably the shock of the night and one of the biggest shocks of the year so far. One result that wasn't a shock however was in Chile was the wonderfully talented Carolina Rodriguez (11-0, 1) dominated Simone Da Silva Duarte (14-5, 6) to defend her WIBA Bantamweight title. Whilst we weren't impressed by the fighters in Canada we need to admit that Yazmin Rivas, Carolina Rodriguez and Ana Laura Esteche all deserve a good mention for their performances. |
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