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The hype has overflowed - a packed joint at the boardwalk of beauties and bag
ladies of Atlantic City, NJ, will be awaiting Gatti the brawler and Mayweather
the slickster this Saturday noche PPV.
While awaiting the post fite reviews, I thought I’d jot a few notes from
elsewhere on the fight scene - for starters, how about this Calvin Brock, of
undefeated in 25 outings with 20 by knockout that’s being force fed to us as
something special.
So special, the next outing he faces veteran "opponent" Kenny Craven, of take
me I’m yours resumé 26-15, 22 infamy. Suggestion here is remain cool, calm,
collected once Calvin the banker dispatches Kenny the chosen one.
Either way, the big flood is still more than a few moons down that proverbial
pike before the bubble bursts - is the way it is on the today scene, with the
many internet scribblers needing subjects to drool over.
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Lavka Sim a decent lightweight - so why the need for a Shawn Simmons to pad the
resumé - it went TKO2 with Sim improving to 20-4, 17 and Simmons doing what
comes naturally while dropping to near oblivion at 26-14-1, 16.
Donnell Wiggins (23-5-2, 14) surfaces with TKO3 over a pugilistic semi-cadaver
in Norman Johnson, who does the above Simmons a few better in the ignominious
department, by dropping to a pitiful 4-16-1, 1 KO rap sheet.
Talk about pampered ones, enter undefeated Lamont Peterson at eleven scalps
taken with six by knockout. So who was the latest victim? None other than John
Frazier who’s near Simmons with a punchless job application of 4-11-1, 2 KOs.
Another resurfacing hoax is heavyweight Vinny Maddalone at 23-2, 16 KOs after
halting a hapless Dennis McKinney who now bears the burden of a 24-31-2, 12
albatross. As for Vinny baby, don’t be fooled by the resumé, only direction
he’s headed is the same funny farm as Dennis.
Steve Luevano any body? Undefeated age 24, super-featherweight at 28 with 14 by
knockout, and while feeding off road kill, is handed still another trophy in
age 30 Genaro Trazancos, who is now four losses in five most recent outings.
There’s others out there traveling the easy road to fame and fortune - to date
not facing anything more formidable than entering with a body that passed a
pre-fite physical - but those will remain on the shelf for now.
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In closing, this: The name is Edner Cherry, lightweight, born in Bahamas and
now living in Wauchula, FL. The resumé reads 18-3, 2 with seven by knockout.
The 22 year old kid not being nurtured on pablum or breast feeding, but rather
developing the old fashioned way.
Without the fanfare other lesser legitimate prospects are enjoying, the kid
with the cherry bomb sobriquet quickly and anonymously breezed by the early
gimmes and has since numbered veteran Jaime Rangel to the hit list, and a
holding-hitting infraction cost a critical point in loss to Ricky Quiles that
otherwise would have been a standoff in the scoring.
Cherry still needs discipline … gets reckless at times while shooting for the
cheap seats. Time is his ally - young, with power, and good mechanics. Will be
heard from, and will have done it the old fashioned way, by earning it.
GEL
6-22-2005
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