The Sho-Box 2009 finale on Friday noche from Hinckley,
Minnesota featured undefeated middleweight Fernando
Guerrero in with Jessie Nicklow in the main event.
Guerrero, a Dominican transplant now calling Maryland home,
displayed too much of everything while working from the
port side for Nicklow to handle - took no more than one
stanza to see the playing field was uneven in Guerreros
favor.
Nicklow did his best over the opening three rounds - even
switching from orthodox to southpaw as the action went
back and forth, but to no avail.
Then numero cuatro and a Guerrero counter right hook finds
the target and Nicklow is down - still, the Baltimore
native battles back to engage in furious exchange before
catching another power hook and is once again in trouble -
referee Mark Nelson quickly pulls the plug.
Time of TKO 2:09 of stanza four.
Post Scripts: Guerrero (17-0, 14 KOs) ~ age 23 - couldnt
have looked better if it had been choreographed - sharp
shooter from the southpaw side utilizing combinations -
toss in excellent defense and this kid is close to
complete package. The counter right hook that dropped
tough cookie Nicklow showed quality power. Still has room
to grow but worth keeping an eye on.
Nicklow (19-2-2, 7 KOs) ~ 22 -
middleweight division too filled with sharks to see a
future. Career club fighter that will entertain if
opponents are carefully selected. Took tons of incoming
and showed legitimate toughness from start to aborted
finish.
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Welterweight prelim scheduled for eight candles got no
further than 1:38 mark of round two - Lanard Lane enters
at 9-0, 6 Kos while his opponent Said El Harrack also
arrived unbeaten at 8-0, 3 Kos.
Harrack failed to use a big height-reach advantage at 6 -
vs. 58 and would pay for the willingness to go into the
trenches - down twice in opening stanza courtesy of Lane
eye-catching right hands that found the mark.
Then stanza two referee Mark Nelson calls it no-mas at
1:38 mark with Lane barrage stealing the legs from a
wobbly Harrack.
Post Scripts: Lanard Lane(10-0, 7 KOs) ~ age 27 - the
Houston, Texas gun slinger showed quickness and decent
power against made to order opponent. Jury still out.
Said El Harrack (8-1, 3 KOs) ~ age 27
- Nevada via London - the Lane quickness nullified the
size edge on paper. Couldnt match Lane in power punch
department. No serious future unless improving outside
game that was near non-existent last noche.
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Jr. Middleweight Shawn Porter of Akron, Ohio made short
work of Jamar Patterson of Utica, New York in a scheduled
8-rounder of unbeatens.
Porter opens the quicker and busier - continues in stanza
two with the dictating - and over three rounds it is
Porter tossing a shutout.
Then numero cuatro and a big Porter left hook drops
Patterson - beats the count, but Porter quickly finds the
mark with double-hooks and referee Celestine Ruiz calls a
halt at 1:54 mark.
Post Scripts: Shawn Porter (12-0, 10 KOs) ~ age 22 - young
enough to graduate to better quality - too early to label
the kid as prospect.
Jamar Patterson ( 8-1, 4 KOs) ~ age
27 - simply put, could never get off to be competitive.
Only the devil knows if he took fight on short notice or
cheated in preparation.
