World Champ Danny Garcia
BOXING ON HBO, SHOWTIME & ONE PPV BILL
San Francisco, CA- The call for rain in California has gotten to the point where 1990′s era heavyweight contender“Indian Joe” Hipp might be the “go to” guy for precipitation. (He really didn’t write that did he?) Oh well, it is storming outside, the first real punch of moisture we’ve had in 2014. That being said, isn’t it time for the first “Boxing Storm” of the year?
MARCH HAS QUANTITY & QUALITY
It will start with a fight best described as possible showers if the favored Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. wins. Should Brian Vera just outwork Chavez as he did last time and get the call, it’ll be a Tsunami of sorts for those blinded by the name and think he is a great fighter when Jr. is good at best.
SUPERSTAR ALERT ON HBO SATURDAY
On the same bill, two time Olympic champ Vasyl Lomenchenko, just 1-0, 1 KO, challenges seasoned Orlando Salido for the WBO 126 lb. belt. While Salido is boldly predicting a KO, I see it a fight of skills and Vasyl is just too good after going 396-1 as an amateur. Also on the bill, unbeaten San Franciscan Karim Mayfield (140) vs. Francisco Contreras
CANELO BACK AFTER MAYWEATHER HUMILIATION
A week later on March 8th, attention TV Pirates there’s a Mexican fiesta going down in Las Vegas as Saul “Canelo” Alvarez-Alfredo “Perro” Angulo go at 154 lbs. on Pay Per View. In this battle of middle of the road guys they might cause a fistic storm of sorts. But can you throw $70 bucks Hi Def at this in a gamble that it might be the Ali-Frazier of this time? With “Perro” in Spanish meaning dog, I think Canelo dogs Angulo.
ANYTHING OF NOTE UNDERNEATH?
Let’s look at the undercard and see if there’s any Thunder and Lightning. Looks like Leo Santa Cruz-Cristian Mijares (WBC 122), Omar Figueroa vs. Ricardo Alvarez (WBC 135)
Carlos Molina vs. Jermall Charlo (IBF 154). Are you feeling $70 clams here folks? Or just clammy? Pass!
FIGHTER OF THE YEAR MAKES 2014 DEBUT
On March 15, co-2013 Fighter of The Yearwith Gennady Golovkin, World 140 lb. king Danny Garcia, a Puerto Rican based in Philly engages Mauricio Herrera makes his island debut in what on paper looks like a rout for Danny who is coming off that drubbing of Lucas Matthysse. Underneath unbeaten heavyweight Deontay Wilder meets a guy with a pulse, albeit faint, Malik Scott.
GLASS JAW UNTIL PROVEN OTHERWISE?
My guys say Wilder is too much for him. But to coin a quote of Boxing Historian Ron Marshall, “Everyone has a glass jaw until proven otherwise.” There’s got to be some reason why the 2008 Olympic Bronze medal winner (30-0, 30 whacks) has “been moved so slow,” that from the aforementioned Larry Merchant.
JUAN MA IS LIKE “DONE” MA!
Having seen Juan Manuel Lopez resemble fellow Puerto Rican legend and ex-World 122 lb. king Wilfredo Gomez, who is now taller laying down than he is standing up, “Done Ma” Lopez will rematch Daniel Ponce De Leon whom he caught cold and starched in in one round back in 2008. “Done Ma” has went 3-3 in his last six, 3 ko wins, but oh those 3 KO losses with two perpetrated by Orlando Salido and then Mikey Garcia last June.
MARCHING RIGHT ALONG
On Saturday, March 29, HBO airs from Atlantic City, NJ with WBO 175 lb. killer Sergey Kovalev will devour Cedric Agnew. I think Kovalev is the “real deal” and that Adonis Stevenson will get licked like a stamp when they meet down the road.
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