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MEXICO “BOXING UP” PUERTO RICAN FIGHTERS

June 26th, 2011 By Manny Caballero

Orlando Salido: Does He Have Juan Ma's Number?

ISLAND NATION ON A BAD SLIDE Caguas P.R- Friday night in the Dade County Auditorium in Miami, FL, Puerto Rican Jesus Pabon (17-2, 11KOs) lost his 140 lb WBO Latin championship to Mexico’s Javier Castro (25-4, 20 KOs) by second round KO. The defeat was like throwing gasoline on a fire as this Island nation been wanting “get back” from the catastrophic month of April, one in which Puerto Rico not only lost three champions, but two challengers came up short. The Friday setback made it four champions from P.R in a three-month span to lose their belts to their arch rivals from Mexico.
TOP RANK, P.R. BOXING AND SHOWTIME LOOKING TO START ROLL
The first one in line to get his get back is Francisco “The” Wizard” Palacios (20-1, 13 KOs) from Bayamon P.R. Palacios just became the mandatory challenger for Krzysztof Wlodarczyk (45-2-1, 32 KOs) WBA 200 lb. title, the same one he went to Poland to try and take from Krzysztof in April. At the end of the fight many, even some Poles, most felt they gave the UD to the wrong guy in Krzysztof.

JUAN MA & JR. CAN THEY GET BACK ON “GOOD FOOT”
The other two are Juan Manuel Lopez (30-1, 27 KOs) who lost his WBO 126lb title via stoppage to Orlando Salido (35-11-2, 23KOs) and Wilfredo Vazquez Jr (20-1-1, 17 KOs), who got mauled, mugged and beaten for his WBO 122 belt Jorge Arce (57-6-2, 44KOs) MEX. They will be fighting on the same card if P.R Boxing, Top Rank and Showtime can get it ready for November, possibly in San Juan.
BUSINESS BEFORE REMATCHES
Orlando “Siri” Salido first has to finish off mandatory challenger Mike Oliver (24-2, 8KOs) before he’ll face Juan Ma, the man he beat via TKO 8. Also, Jorge Arce can opt to defend his 122 lb. belt before he gives Vasquez Jr. a return go, and it just might be against fellow Puerto Rican Jonathan Oquendo. Now the only other P.R. natives waiting for their “get back” are Ivan Calderon (34-2-1, 6 KOs) who lost his WBO flyweight (112) title to Giovani Segura of Mexico (28-1-1, 24 KOs) and Cesar Seda Jr. (20-1, 15 KOs) who came up short trying to strip Omar Narvaez (35-0-2, 19 KOs) of the WBO super flyweight (115) title.
TEAM JUAN MA & VASQUEZ FULL OF CONFIDENCE! IS THAT WISE?
This weekend, I had a chance to talk to my friend Alexander Caraballo, trainer of Juan Manuel Lopez and he assured me that JML is like a double bladed knife and is going to KO who ever prevails in the Salido vs. Oliver encounter on July 25. Same was said by Team Vazquez of Jr. I was also glad to hear that Juan Ma and Vazquez Jr have quashed their cross country feud that’s been going for a month.
Manny Caballero

COMMENTS

1. I think it’s crazy. I’m puerto rican and if I was running boxing in PR I’d have them not fight mexicans for a year!!!!! Lol I think the mexicans are taking out their American frustrations on the PR fighters!!! Where is Tito when u need him!!!!!!!!
     Roberto Rios on June 27th, 2011 at 8:49 AM
2. well puerto rico has lesser number of boxers compared to mexico yet they produce many great champions…
   pugilism pinoy on June 27th, 2011 at 9:26 AM
3. Puerto Rico is a powerhouse! They’ll be back!
     TT on June 27th, 2011 at 4:31 PM
4. CI really believe Calderon must retire, but if he doesn`t he`s got to go back to fighting guys somewhere in the neighbourhood of his own size … which isnt easy when you stopped growing at 14. But they really need to match im more carefully.
   As for Salido vs. Lopez rematch, I think JunMa`s people need to prevail un him to fight a very, very different fight if they ever meet again, otherwise I`m convinced the same thing will happen unless Salido gets old overnight from all t

“MAD MANNY’S” SHOVEL PUNCH ON BOXING

WBA Champ David Haye

NEW RINGTALK.COM FEATURE DEBUTS TODAY Miami, FL- This is going to be a weekly report where we fight aficionados can have a constructive debate about boxing. I’ll talk about up and coming bouts, what’s happening in the world of boxing, and close with a question.

FIRST UP JULY’S LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE SCRAP
There are two bouts I would like to talk about, one is Brandon” Bam Bam” Rios (27-0-1, 20 KOs) vs. Urbano Antillon (28-2, 20 KOs) facing off in a matc that has the potential to be a great, maybe even a candidate for ‘fight of the year.’ Both have had memorable encounters, one when Antillon faced Humberto Soto in a fight that turned out to be a 12 round war for the WBC lightweight (135 lbs) title. It was a give and take battle, but at the end Soto kept the belt.

IS RIOS THE “SHOOTING STAR” OF BOXING?
Brandon’s last fight was against Miguel Acosta, then WBA champion, “Bam Bam” imposed his will on Acosta something no one had done for nearly seven years. We got to see what Rios is made of as Acosta was peppering him early but Brandon didn’t stop trying until he finally found his range and was a TKO 10 victor, thus making Rios the new champion. Rios and Antillon is a must see event for the real fight fan. I’m picking Rios here via late round stoppage.

“MOUTH” MEETS ” MEETS “GIANT” WITH SOFT CHIN
Our other featured match has Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KOs) meeting David Haye (25-1, 23 KOs). All I can say it’s about time we get a heavyweight fight worth watching. I wrote an article a couple of months ago on how the fight game needed an American heavyweight and I still think the same. That being said, I’m hoping Haye might finally break the hold the Klitschko bros. have on the belts. If not, we are going to have to wait until they get older an cannot rely alone on their physical advantages but their hearts, and we all know Wlad don’t have one.

EMANUEL CREATED “SAFETY FIRST” WLAD
Emanuel Steward has shown Wlad to fight tall and use that jab, as he did with Lennox Lewis so I find it hard for Haye getting in and doing damage. For Haye to win he is going to have to make it an ugly fight, he needs to attack at varios angles, as he cannot stand in front of Wlad and hope to break Wlad’s glass jaw. If it goes like Wlad wants, popping his jab and hugging, he should win. I’m hoping, but not betting on a Haye win.

AND THEN THERE IS FLOYD MAYWEATHER
There’s a boxing article going around saying that the fight between Floyd Mayweather (41-0, 25 KOs) and Manny Pacquiao (53-3-2, 38 KOs) is not going to happen, because the gods have put a kibosh on it. That was what a writer for Examiner.com said was told by a gypsy named Madame Sophia, and that she also said to him Mayweather is going to KO’d by Victor Ortiz.

ZAIRE SCENARIO 37 YEARS LATER?
This remind me when George Foreman (76-5, 68 KOs) went to Africa to defend his title heavyweight Muhammad Ali (56-5, 37 KOs), they also were saying that a Voodoo woman cast a spell on Foreman. We all know what happened in that fight, it wasn’t a spell but Ali using his experience on young George.

PACMAN PULLS “PUNK ASS” MOVE WITH SUIT
The other news going around is Manny Pacquiao taking everybody to court because his feelings got hurt, because Floyd Mayweather, Oscar De La Hoya said he was on something. I heard Golden Boy, or Rahab-Oscar already settled with him. But the point here is that’s a punk move, that’s like picking a street fight and then calling the cops. Floyd is risking his life going in the ring so he has all the right to ask for his opponent be 100% clean. Not to long ago they caught a man putting plaster in his wraps there are other boxer that have been caught using steroids, thus why is it so hard to believe the accusations.

GOING BACK 21 YEARS
Medrick Taylor was urinating pure blood after his initial bout with Julio Cesar Chavez because of the Mexican’s body attack.

WHO THREW THE BEST LIVER SHOT….EVER?
This week question who do you think had the best liver shot past or present? It also know as Mexican liver shot, a punch that in my opinion helpED Mickey Ward (38-13, 27 KOs) win fights. I think one of the best hookers to the liver was Julio Cesar Chavez. Give us your opinion?

Manny Cabellero

COMMENTS

1. I hope Dave beats Vlad…This is the most boring period of Heavyweight boxing EVER
   Kit Towlson on June 22nd, 2011 at 4:52 AM
2. Nowadays, the guy with the best body-shot in Boxing is Lucien Bute, the real #1 guy at Super-Middleweight.
     the bradguy on June 22nd, 2011 at 7:59 AM
3. I thought Oscar tweeting an apology from rehab was a punk move!
     rio001 on June 22nd, 2011 at 8:57 AM
4. One of the best hookers has to be Holyfield…Boxing has been pimping him out for years
   alberto on June 22nd, 2011 at 9:28 AM
5. To ask for an opponent to be 100 percent clean is different from accusing someone on steroids. Accusing someone on steroids is a punk move.
     Yani on June 22nd, 2011 at 10:10 AM
6. How is Lucian Bute the best guy at 168. I give more weight to guys like Ward or Froch. At least they’ve been fighting the best guys in the division. Bute is impressive, but intil he gets in there with the toop guys it’s hard for him to stake that claim based on potential. Remember his first fight with Andrade?A gift from the referee to help him finish those final seconds. It appears his chin is suspect to me, as Kessler handled Andrade easily when they fought if you want a barometer of where Bute stacks up in the division.
     KP on June 22nd, 2011 at 10:11 AM
7. Smokin’ Joe Frazier
     SCR on June 22nd, 2011 at 11:26 AM