The ESPN Wednesday summer season beat continued, with veteran Emanuel Augustus stealing the nite in a near blanking of game, but out of his league, Marteze Logan over 8- rounds of a one-sided affair.

It says here, that the late comedy man Rodney Dangerfield, had Augustus in mind with the "getting no respect" shouts - Emanuel assigned an underneath eight rounder at a club fight level ESPN card is more than insulting - it’s blasphemous.

The win has Augustus at a now shabby on paper 33-27-6, 17 KO’s, but in performance, he once again displayed  the copyrighted in and out of the book of sweet science skills, that make him unique among the rest - as simple as A-B-C, the reliable veteran can quickly change gears to adjust to the situation at hand.

Didn’t take many stanzas to see his adversary, a likable kid of 22, was in for a serious tutoring - it’s Augustus playing it straight while claiming the opening two candles that were competitive - then stanza three with Augustus going full throttle.

Wasn’t until round four that the Emanuel slapstick version surfaced, and not only confused the more textbook in style Logan, but also young referee Richard Gonzales who issued a warning that went "Don’t do that stuff" - not sure what that was about, but as a long fan of Emanuel I have heard that song before.

The Augustus style, a trick bag loaded with orthodox combinations that go body to head, and coupled at times with animated gyrations from outside punching range that quickly convert  to offensive opportunities.

And his opponent Marteze Logan - entered batting under .500 at 22-23-2, 5 KO’s - before making judgment, realize the age 22 baby has already logged a now 48 kept appointments - on that note, where’s "Big Brother" when you need him?

Has good size and physically strong at 140 - but in need of tutoring - the kid never used the reach advantage behind a jab - baffled, confused for the most part, he waits until Augustus is busy on the inside before playing counter puncher.

Says here, on all counts, this kid has been more than poorly managed as to pairings,  but also been fed to the proverbial lions in opposition selections.

Scoring went Augustus 79-73, 79-73, 77-75 - this unofficial had it Augustus 79-73 in points and 7-1 under round by round method.

Closing thoughts: Feelings are Emanuel Augustus will not see that final shot at a title he wants so badly. A victim of past hometown scoring and flat out abominable white collar larceny - not to mention ignorance of hack referees and ringside scorers lacking a clue. Says here, at age 31, and cheated in power punch department at the title contending level, the card of a man should now convert from professional boxer to one of tutor exceptional.
                              The Marteze Logan story as well needs serious upgrading - the body is still fresh at age 22 and while the won-loss is a mega roadblock it could improve with style changes. Kid is tough and durable but needs help in technique - who better than an Emanuel Augustus in his life.

Main event honors went to junior bantamweights Jose Navarro (24-2, 11) facing Vernie Torres (27-6, 15) - a one-sided decision win for Navarro over a hand picked opponent who showed nothing but survival abilities.

Navarro at age 24, and a southpaw with size showed pretty good skills but not on par with a number of competing small-bantams on the horizon. Torres tossed some wild-n-wacky arm punches when trapped along the ring strands - some landed, some didn’t and it mattered not.

Scoring went Navarro 99-89, 99-90, 98-91. Try 9-1 in rounds on my unofficial.

GEL -

5-18-06