Veteran war horse Yory-Boy Campas of a
now 101 kept appointments opened the Solo-Boxeo show in a
scheduled ten round s/welter affair with novice Fernando
Vela of 6-9-2, 3 KO’s infamy - no big surprise it never made
it to the halfway mark.
Was all Campas from the opening bell - a
methodic exhibition of assorted combinations going to body
and head - the younger Vela tried answering but never had
the proverbial prayer.
Stanza two the Campas beat continues -
then, visiting hack in charge Rafael Ramos in need of
attention gets into the act - a superfluous point deduction
to Vela for low blow - the Ramos comedy upgrades to lunacy
when in round three he repeats with another deduction.
Por que I thought … even a blind viewer
could see former welter champion Campas needed no assistance
- and Vela had about a chance of a snowball in hell in
making it to deep water.
The Campas accuracy continues in round
four - Ramos takes stanza off - Vela gives it a final futile
offensive effort that sees most offerings missing the target
and few that landed had no impact.
Round five it’s Campas picking up the
pace and the Vela small arms fire out of ammo - with nothing
being returned, Ramos finally gets something right when
calling it no-mas at 1:26 mark.
Post Scripts: Yory Boy Campas (91-10, 73
KO) ~ age 36 - good news is at a now 101 kept appointments
is still employable at the small venues - Bad news is while
still capable of punching in combos there’s no sign of
quickness in the deliveries. For now, it’s all about picking
and choosing dance partners.
Fernando Vela (6-10-2, 3 KO) ~ age 26
- rap sheet speaks for itself - how Texas commission
approved this pairing defies logic. Unhappy mother-in-law on
the Lone Star State board?
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Main event a scheduled welter battle for the IBA minor
league strap - on paper this one showed promise. Freddy
Hernandez 23-1, 18 KO’s facing Roberto Garcia 24-2, 17 KO’s
- toss in respective ages of 28-27 it reads a Mexican
standoff.
Opens with neither displaying much in
skills department - Hernandez the quicker movement and
Garcia the plodder - then late in stanza two it’s Garcia
changing to southpaw stance - fires a looping left hand to
the jaw and Hernandez is down. Beats the count as round
ends.
Round three a strange one with Garcia
performing with confidence and Hernandez searching for fire
exit - then inadvertent meeting of the minds results in
Freddy cut to right eyelid. Instantly turns away from Garcia
in protest while seeking help.
Now we get a Brownsville, Texas boxing
version of Tinkers-Evers-Chance - this one goes Hernandez to
Laurence Cole to house quack medicine man - the decision
maker a Hernandez claim of lost vision.
Enters the books as “No Contest” since it
hadn’t gone past four rounds - sounds here the Hernandez
corner saw its charge coming up a loser had it continued.
Closing comments: Garcia (24-2-1NC, 17
KO) ~ age 27 - to his credit he comes to fight - tough
customer but will be in deep dung if stepping up in
competition. Much too slow and the power reflected in
win-loss department a half-truth at best.
Hernandez (23-1-1NC, 18
KO) ~ age 28 - not sure, but maybe that cherry lollipop in
his mouth during ring entrance and intros, is the problem.
Wearing shorts and sucking candy on a stick sort of hints of
“rest of the story.”
The knockdown was legit when surprised by the Garcia left
hand from the port side - the complaining to Cole about
alleged infractions a subtle clue to what followed the
clashing of heads. Suspect the lost vision affected a less
than strong ticker as well.
Referees report: Laurence Cole (yes, that
Laurence Cole) actually, the better of the two on this night
- still, it’s terminal. Had no big impact on outcome since
medic had no choice but stopping this one when fighter says
he cannot see out of eye.
Rafael Ramos (could be wrong, but
believe he once worked the NYC scene) - have seen him before
but never as bad as last night’s Campas-Vela mismatch.
Attitude doesn’t come close - hinted of “homer” in only
having eyes on Vela.
