The ESPN FNF (Feb. 4) semi final offering, delivered to ranking cruiserweight
from "Oh, Canada," Dale Brown a gimme of all gimmes in tough-man, celebrated bar
brawler Shelby Gross as a keeping busy, sharpening tools pay check for future
services thing.
And all went as expected … Brown warmed up to the task over the opening two
candles by sampling a bit of the Gross offerings … and then gets serious late
in stanza three with a late candle knockdown over his hapless opponent.
Then round four and Gross dropped again … twice … first courtesy of right hand
and second trip from left hook … and for some unexplained reason referee Jorge
Alonso lets the laugher continue into round five.
Following couple knockdowns in stanza five, Alonso halts the
one sided affair. Fact is this one never should have been sanctioned … "tough-man",
kick-boxers and other assorted frauds do not belong paired with professional
fighters. Not even with Calgary "Cowboys" such as mediocre ranking
cruiserweights the level of a Dale Brown.
Show-Box semi offered a very competitive junior welter fast-paced pairing
between Al "Speedy" Gonzalez and Oscar Diaz that went to the finish line.
Strong points of both warriors is similar in they are both busy as a bee … edge
went to Diaz on better skills … and the clearer and more defined punches caught
the eye over a non-stop winger in Gonzalez.
Scoring went Oscar Diaz by unanimous decision 96-94, 96-94, 97-93 … the
unofficial here went Diaz 96-94 and 6-4 in rounds.
The Future: Oscar Diaz ~ Nice resumé at 19-1, 11 KO … but is where he’s at …
is no serious new face among the piranha at today’s junior welter clientele.
Al Gonzalez ~ Have to admire the true grit of this kid …
can only add, were he not cursed with a shortage of punching power he would be
stamped with title credibility. Unfortunately, his is sink or swim, with a
batten down the hatches approach to boxing. Surely a popular draw at ESPN-ShoBox
level.
