Last noche’s ShoBox drop by to Buffalo Run, Oklahoma promised fireworks - with emphasis on unbeaten jr. welterweight Americo Santos - but then along came Super-Middleweight Allen Green in a sparkling walk in the park show stopper.

Green, undefeated at 15 wins with 11 knockouts, came down from light heavyweight to test the waters of super middleweight against one Rocky Smith of 11-2, 9KO‘s fame - and for all practical purposes Green could have mailed in his ballot.

Opening bell sees a lean, mean wrecking machine in Smith facing a kid looking for that last request before the execution - total mismatch to put it kindly.

Green seemed able to close the show whenever it moved him - the punches are swift and lethal and arrive from different locations. The jab, the hook to body and head, and the big right hand for punctuation.

The shorter Smith had no clue as to how to generate an offense and was being skunked over six stanzas - not to mention a nasty cut over the right eye from an inadvertent meeting of the minds - it came with Green moving in with left hook to the body and unfortunately, the first contact was the Green head to the Smith face.

Smith given green light to continue into stanza seven - for some unexplained reason that made no sense - referee Gerald Ritter then halts the affair with help from ringside medic at 1:47 mark of the round.

With the stoppage caused by the head butt it entered the books as a Green technical unanimous decision 70-62, 70-63, 69-64 win - this unofficial saw it 70-63 in points and 7-0 in rounds for the newest prospect of the Super Middle division.

Post Scripts: Allan Green ~ If the 24 year old is strong as he looked in this one he clearly shows the tools of a serious future special one in the making. The only pause for stamp of approval is in the quality of opposition to date. Jury is out.

                      Rocky Smith ~ Best I can do here is in question form; was the brain(less) trust out to lunch or on a beer binge when this pairing was made? Totally out of his league, and the impression of his non-performance is unsuitable for print.

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Co-feature, or main event, paired highly touted (by the Charles- Farhood act) Americo Santos facing Isaac Mendoza in a battle of unbeaten jr. welters.

Santos of Garland, Texas and 20 wins with 17 halts seemed a sure thing to have his way with Mendoza of Tulsa, Oklahoma with 13 wins but no more than five stoppages.

The gurgling Farhood-Charles duo looked on the money with Santos in a banzai assault from the opening bell - the punches with both hands came in volumes in what I can best describe as a wild-n-wacky first 3-minutes.

Gets better in stanza two - the Santos express scores with winging left hooks and roundhouse right hands to the body - also displayed a silly grin in reaction to any Mendoza punches finding the target.

And then its Mendoza in a three round roll of superior boxing … with Santos, it's clearly sink or swim via non-stop offensive output - and with Santos maybe grabbing number seven it is pretty much all Mendoza over 8- 9-10.

And then the scorecards with Santos claiming the win via split decision of 98-92, 96-94 with one judge scoring for Mendoza 96-94. This unofficial had it Mendoza at 97-93 in points and 7-3 in rounds.

Closing comments: Americo Santos (21-0, 17 KO’s) young at age 21, a tall jr. welter at 5-10, and a kid that enjoys tossing bombs from start to finis. Big problem needing correction is being a target as well. No boxing skills. Tough or not, he’ll be either burned out or blown out once the company becomes stronger. Young enough, and with ideal physical frame, needs to learn the science end of the sport. Villains could be in the tutoring department.

                                Isaac Mendoza (13-1, 5 K0’s) ~ Nice skills but not speedy in enough departments. Tough, good chin and puts punches together. Problem is not having punching power while at 5-6 and surrendering height to opposition

GEL

5-20-2005