The Friday nite Solo-Boxeo chefs cooked up a half-baked menu
of past welter champion Carlos Baldomir vs. Luciano Perez in
the main event, and Bobby Pacquiao facing Fernando Trejo in
the appetizer
Curtain opens with the S/featherweights -
Pacquiao the younger at 27 and Trejo 33 - and on paper it
hinted of a competitive affair - Bobby the southpaw claims
stanza one as Trejo looks tentative - then it’s Fernando “the
thief” Trejo with a slight edge in rounds two and three.
Then stanza four - and what we see is two
light punches in a brief exchange at the midway mark -
Pacquiao scores with straight left hand to the head - and lo
and behold there’s Trejo dropping to the canvas in apparent
agony.
He’s not favoring the jaw, it’s the right
shoulder causing the grief - gets up and quickly scoots to his
corner while explaining it all to his team of helpers.
Goes in books TKO 1:14 seconds mark - some
half dozen tape replays give no clue other than hapless Trejo
clearly unable to continue - nor could ring announcer Lupe
have the answer - simply stated fight ends on Pacquiao by TKO
when Trejo is unable to continue.
The first-aid wrappings was to the right
shoulder - guess here is a dislocation.
Post Scripts: Bobby Pacquiao (28-13-3, 13
KO) ~ other than southpaw, was cheated at birth of any legit
punching power. Toss in an inability to fire off flurries and
the future was yesterday - and that wasn’t overly impressive.
Bro’ Manny the far more gifted in them departments. Surgeon
general warning - stay in the shallow end of the pool or for
sure you’ll drown.
Fernando Trejo (30-13, 18 KO) ~
Mysterious ending likely valid since he was in the hunt after
three - my card had him up two rounds to one. Wear and tear at
age 33, at 30-13, 13 KO’s speaks for itself. Wrong side of the
hill.
Referee: Tony Crebs
~ measured against the usual California cast of suspects
stands tall among the rest. Cool, calm without any sign of
choreographed lunacy.
Closing thoughts: Without any of the
players other than victim Trejo with a hint of how and why the
bum shoulder surfaced, only answer is the venue - as in la la
land of left coast make believe - had brief flashbacks to
black & white TV era with comedian singing “Strange things are
happening.”.
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Feature attraction was worth the peek - not
in the positive sense, but perfecto for “future reference”
when the names Carlos Baldomir and Luciano Perez comes to
mind.
Facts: Baldomir the name in this s/welter pairing - past
welter champ with Zab Judah and Arturo Gatti numbered among
scalps taken - unfortunately, what followed told rest of the
story - losses to Vernon Forrest and Floyd Mayweather.
Perez selected to keep the Baldomir name
alive, if not totally healed - and it goes the full ten
candles with the age 36 Argentine earning a majority decision
- but no longer a threat to the elite level.
Post Scripts: Carlos Baldomir (44-11-6, 13
KOs) ~ once action fighter coupled with toughness - game yes -
but that’s where it ends - a must he chooses carefully - the
rap sheet speaks for itself at this point.
Luciano Perez (15-7-1, 13 KOs) ~ unhappy
over the scoring - but the slow start cost dearly - 7-3, 6-4
debits outweigh 5-5 all the time. Strictly club fighter in
style and technique.
Referee: David Denkins - good job.
