Sometimes you just gotta believe - as in last Friday’s
ESPN main event mismatch that saw young power punching
lightweight Anthony Peterson in with outgunned Jose
Soto, who fell wounded in opening stanza before being
totaled at 2:51 of candle two.
So what’s to believe you ask? Try Peterson manager
Shelley Finkel’s promise that neither of the unbeaten
Peterson boys would be tested until having a minimum
of 24 outings - and last noche was numero 19 without a
defeat for young Anthony.
Soto at age 31 has decent mechanics but displays zero
pop - willing until no longer able - opening stanza
knockdown it’s a power right hand to the body - then
the finale in round two courtesy of a left hook to the
head.
Closing comments: Anthony Peterson ( 19-0, 14) ~ age
21 and growing, good size at 5-8. Can punch from both
sides and appears physically strong. Likely, in no
more than a year he’s a jr. welter. There’s little to
gain to continue with the caliber he’s been in with to
date - first test before the first snow could be one
of the 7 through ten numbered contenders; 10) Aldo
Rios, 9) Isaac Hatshwayo, 8) Jose Santa Cruz, 7) Jesus
Chavez - and you can make the call.
Jose Vidal Soto
(18-3-2, 10) ~ age 31 with inactive career and no
future. Shortage of clout and a body unsuitable to
handle incoming mail.
Underneath card a total disaster - collection of
mismatches:
Marteze Logan age 22 - (22-25-2, 5 KO’s) vs. Shamone
Alvarez 15-0, 10 KO’s pretty much sums it up. Entering
a scary finishing round seven maybe Logan had won a
single round - and then it’s seven, they both toss
left hands with Alvarez getting there first.
Combination of the power left hand, and the forward
head movement of Logan made for total impact. Logan
face down and motionless before the medics returned
him to the living. Logan brainless trust should be
stripped of credentials.
Fill in scheduled four rounder went the distance - and
the rest of the story:
Ira Terry (7-0, 5KO’s) - age 19 - vs. Natalio Ponce -
age 31 with resumé 0f 13-25, 8 KO’s - toss in he
arrives on a 9 bout losing streak. Now goes to 10
straight losses. Somehow punchless Ponce managed to
last the scheduled four rounds.
Referees of the evening, the brothers Gary and Gerald
Ritter (who just may own Memphis, TN - or simply the
only two ring officials in town). Identical in
appearance - equally malodorous in performance.
GEL
8-4-2006
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