LONG WEEKEND FIGHT RESULTS
February 28th, 2010 By Edwin Ayala
Saturday, February 27, 2010
PUG FROM MANNY’S HOME TOWN FALTERS
Bayamon, Puerto Rico- Wilfredo Vazquez, Jr., 122, Bayamon, Puerto Rico KO 4 Marvin Sonsona, 121.4, General Santos City, Philippines. (Vacant WBO 122 lb. title) Vazquez, Jr. (18-0-1, 15 KOs) wins his first world title by dominating former world champion Sonsona (14-1-1, 12 KOs) from the second round on. A tremendous left hook to the body by Vazquez put Sonsona down for the count at 2:01.
FILIPINO FIGHTER WINS IN MEXICO
Guadalajara, MX- Rodel Mayol, 107.8, Los Angeles, CA Technical Draw 3 Omar Nino, 108, Guadalajara, MX (WBC 108 lb. title). Mayol (26-4-2, 20 KOs) was hit by a low blow by Nino (28-3-2, 12 KOs) and after letting his guard down gets knocked cold by a left hook from Nino. A technical draw was called after much confusion in the ring after the low blow and punch by Nino.
LAS VEGAS EAST WAS ROCKIN’
Atlantic City, NJ- Mike Jones, 146.8, Philadelphia, PA UD 10 Henry Bruseles, 147, Gurabo, Puerto Rico. Jones (20-0, 16 KOs) outworked Bruseles (28-4-1, 15 KOs) over ten uneventful rounds by scores 97-92 and 98-92 twice.
HOLT REACHES CAREER LOW
Kaizer Mabuza, Gauteng, 140, South Africa TKO 6 Kendall Holt, 139.6, Paterson, NJ. Holt (25-4, 13 KOs) quits on his stool after six rounds having had enough of the more aggressive Mabuza (23-6-3, 14 KOs)
Friday, February 26, 2010
ESPN 2 AIRED FROM THE BORDER
El Paso, TX – Antonio Escalante, 126, El Paso, TX UD 10 Miguel Roman, 126, Chihuahua, MX. Escalante (23-2, 14 KOs) and old foe Roman (28-7, 20 KOs) waged a turf war over ten action filled rounds. Neither fight was willing to give ground until the eighth when Roman was dropped. In the end Escalante’s hand was raised with scores of 97-92 and 96-93 twice.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
FOX SPORTS NET WENT THURSDAY
Los Angeles, CA – Victor Ortiz, 143.75, Oxnard, CA TKO 10 Hector Alatorre, 143, Tulare, CA. Ortiz (26-2-1, 21 KOs) started slow but picked it up to beat down Alatorre (16-9, 5 KOs) at 51 seconds into round ten.
Luis Ramos, 135, Santa Ana, CA UD 4 Walter Estrada, 135.25, Monteria, Colombia. Ramos (14-0, 7 KOs) easily outworks Estrada (35-11, 24 KOs) and earns a decisive 40-36 on all cards.
Charles Huerta, 125.75, Paramount, CA MD 6 Guadalupe De Leon, 126.25, Mission, TX. Huerta (13-1, 7 KOs) pulls out a win over “opponent” De Leon (8-9, 4 KOs) by scores of 57-57, 58-56, 59-55.
Edwin Ayala
Vazquez becomes another boxing champion from Puerto Rico. It is incredible how a small island with 4 million people produces such a high number of champions. No other country in the world has so many boxing champions per square mile. This is a country still devoted to boxing, and the result shows off.
The way I saw Mike Jones fight against an older smaller fighter leads me to believe he has a lot of work to do. He should have been able to knock out Brussels. He hit him often enough. I think Mike Jones is like Andre Berto. Strong but with no K.O. punch and is being brought along slowly against inferior opponents.
What Romero did was dirty! He should have stopped, when Mayol was moving away holding his crutches. Good thing for Romero it was ruled a no contest I think, the verdict should be a DQ. Drakulich knew that a low blow was thrown, and somehow stated “STOP” or “HALT”, Romero should have stopped right away, but I guess having a history of using banned substances maybe cluttered his senses but I think he did that on purpose because all the signs are there for him to stop: the movement of Mayol holding his cojones, and the verbal call of the ref.
As for Mayol, he’s style will not get him anywhere. He throws the 1-2 and thrusts his body forward and when he misses, he always puts himself in a predicament of being countered, or suffer cuts to him and his opponent. He relies to much on his power, he can do that against B-Level opponents before, but if you’re up against world champions and elite fighters, you can do that, but don’t expect to get away from it just like that. Manny Pacquiao knew this after Pac-EM I and Pac-JMM I. Mayol should have known this after the Kyowa fight. He doesn’t posses a granite chin to begin with, the trainers should put emphasis on his defense. The power will always be there for him. But I guess old habits die hard indeed.
Mayol has always got headbutt issues because of his style. Didn’t like it when it happened twice with Calderon. The guy should change, because it’s dangerous for his opponents.
Vasquez Jr looks like the real deal. Would like to see more of his fights. Sonsona is an undisciplined fighter who was shown to be way over his head.
Kendall Holt – what went wrong, man?
The Escalante / Roman fight was a real war. I didn’t think EScaleante had the stamina for the pace that he set, but he went the distance. Great fight.
What’s up with “Rated R” Holt?