MAMA MIA! DONAIRE IS CHAMPION ONCE AGAIN!
This was the weekend of two opposite main events. One of natural power, and one of natural skill.
May 29, Las Vegas - DAZN
Amari Jones TKO1 Jonathan Ryan Burrs
https://youtube.com/watch?v=RimbVA1eMHYKhalil Coe TKO2 Nathaniel Todd - The debut of Khalil Coe. Good looking prospect and worth keeping an eye on. Not often a debut ends in a bodyshot KO.
Ramla Ali UD6
Mikayla Nebel
Reshat Mati UD6
Ryan Pino
Chantelle Cameron TKO5
Melissa Hernandez
Jason Quigley MD
Shane Mosley Jr. If the name
Shane Mosley sounds familiar, it's his son. Not quite as good as dad, but few are.
Azinga Fuzile TKO8
Martin J. Ward
https://youtube.com/watch?v=qgx9wyKpHrYDevin Haney UD12
Jorge Linares
Haney is the WBC Titleist, and defended his belt against a faded Jorge Linares. Just a few things about Linares - 5 losses (before this fight), all by KO in 52 matches. He is no spring chicken, and due to all of the scar tissue he has accumulated in 19 years of fighting, he is known to be a bleeder. Haney never once came close to putting this man away, not once. He was not bleeding at the end of this fight, and IMO Linares realized too late that he could walk through this crap and GET him.
Exhibit A -
haneylinaresrd10.webm
(Courtesy of /sp/)
The luckiest man in that ring is wearing white trunks. He would have been KO'd if there had been any time left in the round. Afterwards, it was jab, grab, run. I was listening to the broadcast at work, and his hometown audience was booing him at the end of the fight, and cheering for Linares. The little dance Linares did in the above clip really got them going, and swung the fickle winds of audience favor in his direction. So, as that turd Max Kellerman might say, Linares won the STORY of the fight. Also, he gets to go home to this -
So, if you watched your highlight video like a good Kiwi, you will see a LOT of shots landed on Linares. Surely, he was a mangled mess after the fight, right? He took some PUNISHMENT!
And he is right. At the top level, Haney can not get anyone out of the ring early. He is what they call in the industry a 'pillowfist' and it is truly a damn shame. Haney could be the next Sugar Ray Leonard with the boxing skill and hand speed he has, but he has NO POWER! He is going to need to find some before he sells that belt to any other top level opposition in his weight class. I truly hope that he can figure something out, since his talent is unreal.
Now, on to the other half -
May 29, Carson CA -
Rey Diaz UD4
Sergio A. Gonzalez
Atif Oberlton KO3
Larry Pryor
Alejandro S. Barrios KO2
Juan G. Medina
Kevin Johnson KO8
Luis David Salazar <------- WOOF WOOF! There's dog 1 of the day. Johnson brought the hurt early to Salazar, scoring knockdowns in the third (x2), seventh, and ended things in the eighth. Looking at Johnsons record, he has fought an unusually tough first ten fights, and his level of competition showed against Salazar.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=cnXl0WVP2rUGary A. Russell RTD6
Jovanie Santiago
https://youtube.com/watch?v=OAr0UZ6eEAgSubriel Matias RTD8
Batyrzhan Jukembayev
https://youtube.com/watch?v=3-EvHTprw4ANonito Donaire KO4
Nordine Oubaali
Compare the above with the Haney fight. Donaire is 38 years old, and made history last night as the oldest man to get a bantamweight belt. He sent that French/Arab bastard straight to the
S H A D O W R E A L M with counterpunching and slick movement that has been perfected over two decades. There is POWER in both of those hands, career ending, harmful power. Just so you know the difference.
Donaire says he wants an Inoue rematch, and I would be lying if I didn't say I wanted the same. Both men now know a few of the others tricks, so new strategies would be needed, more intensive training camps, and so on. What an incredible fight that would be. Also, I would love to see Donaire fight Casimero, or even rematch Rigondeaux. What an amazing KO for Donaire! Also, told you so. He didn't wait around until the late rounds, but the result is still the same.
UPCOMING FIGHTS - One big card for next weekend.
Jarret Hurd faces tough, but middling competition in
Luis Arias. Look for this one to go the distance in favor of Hurd.
BETTING -
I had 100 on Donaire by KO, so that's +$450
Also had Matias v Jukembayev - NOT go the distance at -175, so +$100
+$550 on the weekend! Whenever Donaire is the dog, throw him some bones.