Saturday, June 29, 2013
GENNADY GOLOVKIN SENDS MESSAGE TO WORLD
Golovkin Finishing Macklin
Mashantucket, CT- MGM Grand/Foxwoods Resort (HBO) Champion Gennady Golovkin (27-0, 24 KOs) KO 3 Matthew Macklin (29-5, 19 KOs) (WBA 160 lb. title) One cannot bypass this dominant performance. The cool-calm approach to his work is amazing. Left hand to body ends matters. Felt Macklin may have “over sold” blow, but solid and well placed it was. Time was 1:22 round three. Props to trainer Abel Sanchez and his return to the mountaintop as he had World champ Terry Norris and others in years gone by. Would pick “GGG” over Sergio Martinez, recognized World middleweight champion, who is closer to 40 than 35 and of late looks older than his age.
GREAT WHITE HOPE IS DEAD! READ ON..
One of the bloggers here suggested that the day of the “White Hope” in professional boxing is now a dead cliche! What he meant was white guys are now much more often than in prior generations to be at the top of weight classes sans the “protection” afforded some Caucasian fighters in days gone by. The heavyweight division is owned by Russians, Wladimir & Vitali Klitschko and now Golovkin takes over at middleweight. While they are white, they are not Americans. Thus, the Great White Hope is dead. As for the Great White American Hope, the search continues!
EX-NATIONAL CHAMP BRANDON GONZALES IN DRAW
Brandon Gonzales (17-0-1, 10 KOs) Split Decision Draw Thomas Oosthuizen (21-0-2, 13 KOs) (160 lb.) Gonzales came out of the gate throwing blows and appeared to have been up at the end of ten. But Brandon, now with trainer Virgil Hunter and manager James Prince, stopped throwing punches in the lat few rounds and gave it away! Not a pretty fight! Scores: 98-92 Gonzalez, 96-94 Oosthuizen and 95-95!
Friday, June 28, 2013
CONTENDER TV CHAMP MORA WINS ON “THE DEUCE”
Jacksonville, FL– Veteran’s Coliseum (ESPN2) Sergio Mora (24-3-2, 7 KOs) UD 10 Grzegorz Proksa (29-3, 21KOs) (160 lb.) Mora shows he has a little Mora-left as he wins by good margin on points on my card. The initial Contender TV champ and one-time WBC 154 lb. guy, Mora defeated and then lost the title back to the late Vernon Forrest. 96-94, 96-94, 98-92
GUZMAN SKIRTS WEIGHT AGAIN & LATE SUB LOSES!
Vicente Mosquera (33-2-1, 17 KOs) TKO 7 Cosme Rivera (35-17-3, 24 KOs) (140 lb.) Joan Guzman eight lbs. over limit of 140. Should be arrested for impersonating professional fighter as he’s missed weight countless times. Now you know why I wouldn’t bet Guzman unless it was my ex-wife’s money!
Pedro Fernandez