The ESPN Tuesday Nite offering played to beautiful St. Petersburg, Florida with jr. lightweights Nate Campbell (26-3-1, 22) facing Francisco Lorenzo (21-3, 12) in the feature attraction.

When ten rounds of Lorenzo in a non-stop "energizer bunny" mode offense that totally confused the slicker technician Campbell, it would enter the books as Lorenzo 97-91, 96-93 - (Campbell 95-94) - for the split decision win.

This unofficial had it Lorenzo 96-93 in points and 6-3-1 in rounds … and that is with the obstacle of man in charge of the action Jorge Alonso, who did his best to interrupt the flow with a non-stop verbal presence that tilted in favor of Campbell.

Stanza three it was a point deduction against Lorenzo for low blow, and then chapter four is running cautions for rabbit punches - fact is, the harmless whacks behind the head resulted from Campbell turning to avoid being hit.

Campbell drops to 26-4-1, 22, and Lorenzo improves to 22-3, 12.

Post Scripts: Campbell ~ Far the better prospect of the two in skills and punching power. Mystery is somewhere between the ears - or, hopefully, was a matter of cheating in the pre-fite work department. Too much wasted time in trying to solve a problem that was there to be had. Thus, the inactivity cost him in the scoring.
                      Lorenzo ~ Hopefully, the win doesn’t  result in brain trust moving him into quality level opponents. Is clearly tough and fearless but has zero punching power and less skills. Translates to oversized fuel tank with nothing to get the job done.
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Less said about middleweight prelim bout the better … David Estrada went to 7-3 with five stoppages over a punchless southpaw Brian Chiary who converted to a target after two candles and was stopped at 2:58 of stanza five.

Both kids took the fight on a single day notice - shame on promotion and commission. Regardless, best advice here is both drop the pro-fite dream and give non-contact sports a try.

Closing comments: Referee report cards on Tommy Kimmons and Jorge Alonso shout both should use the respective political clout for a swap from referee to scoring judges.

GEL   

6-16- 05