Last noche’s ESPN offering from Miami, Florida coughed up a NABO Jr/middleweight
affair that saw short notice, pinch-hitting Carlos Molina clearly trouncing
favorite Danny Perez to the unanimous tune of 118-110, 119-109, 119-109 - my
unofficial agreed Molina 118-110 and 10-12 under round by round scoring.
Molina took control from the start, displaying the better
skills while scoring with assorted combinations round after round - Perez
absorbed the incoming but had problems getting untracked.
Ringside commentators Atlas, and Kenny filling in for
Tessitore on “assignment,” repeatedly reminded listeners the Molina six day
short notice arrival could result in fatigue setting in come the backside of
the scheduled 12-round battle for the minor league strap.
Never happened - after a pit stop for refueling at stanzas
nine and ten, the kid from Chicago via Mexico would finish in style during the
run to the wire.
Post Scripts: Carlos Molina (17-4-1, 5 KO) ~ age 26 -
likable kid puts punches together while operating in relaxed style - grabs
NABO minor league strap and that’s nice for the ego. Not very nice is the
shortage of punching power in a division where it’s needed. Handled the few
Perez power punches with instant counters. But not enough to get a read on
just how strong the chin is.
Danny Perez (34-6, 17 KO) ~ age 32 is part of the story -
rest of the story not exactly told by our ESPN experts - while Molina arrived
on short notice, the equalizer may have been in Danny arriving on 3-bout win
streak following a three year hiatus. So what we had was a short notice in one
corner and a rusty age 32 in the other.
Think Danny boy would have been in bigger trouble yet, had
the original opponent Carlos Quintana hadn’t pulled out in search of bigger
paycheck.
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Prelim 8-round lightweight contest between Ira Terry (22-2-1, 12 KO) and Leon
Bobo (18-3-1, 2 KO) closed on a majority decision standoff that went to Terry
77-75, 77-75, 76-76 - my unofficial had it all square at 76-76 in points and
4-4 in rounds.
Neither fighter a threat to the elite among 135 lb field -
Terry at age 22 has DOB in his favor but little else. Bobo at a now age 30,
other than working from the port side, has zero clout to assist in the
southpaw “advantage.”
Studio guest: Bert Sugar polluted the room with uncalled
for remarks targeted at WBA welter champ Andre Berto in his one-sided win over
IBF Jr./ welter titleholder Juan Urango. The not very sweet Sugar wanted more
from Berto - didn’t care for the clinches mixed in with the stick-pop-move
tactics of the defending champion. Fill in host Robert Flores let it
fly.
Suggestion: Next Sugar invitation, hopefully we'll find him sitting in corner
gagged and tied - ideal mea culpa his playing mannequin to hostage
taker Brian Kenny.
