PEDRO PULLS A “JIM LAMPLEY” DURING MARTINEZ-MACKLIN BOUT!

Jim “Lamps” Lampley

FELL ASLEEP BETWEEN ROUNDS!

San Francisco, CA– While HBO’s Jim Lampley falls asleep during rounds, only to wake up and see knockdowns that don’t exist, etc., I passed out between rounds and woke up with a scorecard and pen lying next to me! But with the old DVR, I was able to go back and watch the Sergio Martinez-Matthew Macklin fight’s two-knockdown prompted conclusion. Before I go any further, I know the HBO hierarchy might have an axe to grind with Martinez promoter Lou DiBella, a former HBO VP. That being said, do you think the an-air team of Lampley and crew were a little rough on Martinez last night?

I THOUGHT SERGIO WAS WELL AHEAD AT THE END!

You can credit Macklin if you want, but I thought Martinez was up after 11 rounds at 105-101, as did judges Carlos Ortiz Jr. and Don Trella 105-101. The third official scorer Julie Lederman had it even at 103-103. If you fault Martinez here, I think that you’re being a little too critical, because when Mackin “went for it,” he paid dearly. In all, I was impressed
by Martinez and the power he has in his (southpaw) left cross! Now 49-2-2, 28 KOs, will Martinez finally get Jr. Julio Cesar Chavez in the ring? Or will the son of the Mexican icon vacate his WBC title? Because I think the WBC and President Jose Sulaiman has backed himself into a corner over Martinez-Chavez. Macklin falls to 28-4, 19 KOs.

RODRIGUEZ CAN FIGHT ANDRE WARD & GET LIT UP LIKE THE WHITE HOUSE CHRISTMAS TREE!

Unbeaten Edwin Rodriguez (21-0, 14 KOs) took a step closer to a title fight with either World 168 lb. champ Andre Ward, or Canada’s IBF champ Lucien Bute. With Bute he has a small chance of winning, against Ward he has none! Face is he doesn’t hit all that hard, is a little sloppy in his delivery and his opponent Don George (22-2, 19 KOs) brought little to the dance, except for that fine ass girlfriend of his!

Pedro Fernandez