Just KC
12-18-2006, 02:12 AM
MIAMI - Edison Miranda made Willie Gibbs of Philadelphia feel like a soggy loaf of bread having scalding hot cheesesteak poured into it at the Miccosukee Indian Gaming Casino Saturday night, as a looping right cross penetrated Gibbs’ cautious guard to spin him around and set him stumbling towards the corner like a Broad Street wino late in the first round.
Miranda made the most of his inaugural Boxing After Dark main event appearance by then chasing Gibbs down and unleashing a heavy handed flurry that culminated in the Philadelphian getting dropped by a right hand. Gibbs couldn’t beat referee Tommy Kimmons’ 10 count, but what’s worse is that the fighter couldn’t even bend his knees to sit on his stool despite being assisted by his corner men.
Miranda’s statement performance was aimed at getting Jermain Taylor in the ring with him and will probably have the mother who abandoned him as a child showing up to his doorstep like Adam Sandler’s deadbeat dad at the end of “The Waterboy”. Taylor is nowhere near as chinny as Gibbs is however and it will be interesting to see Miranda in with Arthur Abraham again or a top eight middleweight before the summer.
Jason Litzau got a Shanghai Surprise from a Mexican in the first round of his HBO Boxing After Dark televised undercard bout. After outboxing Jose Hernandez for most of the round with clever ring generalship and one-twos, Litzau ate some heavy rights that made him dance a Bing Crosby jig the week before Christmas.
The gutsy Minnesotan’s cockiness after getting rocked promoted him to continue to keep his hands down in the second round during which he ate some more rights when he wasn’t outboxing Hernandez.
Litzau would continue the pattern of putting on a fine exhibition of boxing before his cheekiness would leave him open for big shots. Nevertheless, Jason’s counterpunching clinic would begin to show its effect on Hernandez whose hapless grimace increased as the early rounds went on.
Hernandez would pick up the pace throughout the mid-rounds by landing bitter right hands that chipped away the smugness from Litzau’s face. Those steady flow of rights would eventually not only wipe the smirk from the Minnesotan’s face, but his chin as well when a big left hook iced Litzau in the 8th round for the upset KO. The fight invoked the spirit of the original B.A.D. cards that allowed prospects to go out, or take someone out, in a blaze of their own glory.
Joel Julio came in at a Christmas friendly junior middleweight limit to bolster the undercard’s appeal in the role as the local fan favorite KO puncher. Francisco Campos of Costa Rica was supposed to be the designated stocking stuffer of the bout, but flashed enough ring savvy early in the fight to make Joel realize that the Costa Rican didn’t come to lay down for him.
An early cut over Julio’s left eye early in the second round awakened whatever urgency might not have been present early in the first round. Julio’s fear of repeated failure resulted in a big lump of coal being deposited into Francisco’s stocking in the form of big right hands that deposited Campos on the canvas twice in the second heat.
The third round would be target practice for Julio, who beat the seemingly egg nog filled soft side of Campas until his hands came down to invite a solid left hook that started Francisco’s Christmas vacation very early.
The 3rd round KO was the kind of confidence builder that the Colombian needs as he builds his mojo back slowly to the headliner of a HBO Boxing After Dark card instead of on its non-televised undercard.
While Noe Bolanos was the more polished junior lightweight in the ring, the shorter Ilido Julio was the left hook thorn in Noe’s side with his constant pressure on Bolanos. Julio ate most of the straight punches that came his way, yet that didn’t stop him from mad dogging the Mexican all over the ring until the very last round. Throughout the second half of the fight, Bolanos sported the look of a camper who couldn’t kill Jason after pumping 7 rounds from a .44 magnum point black into his foe’s temple.
Julio’s aggression was all in vain however as Bolano took the fight with scores of 77-74 twice and 78-73.
Joel Julio’s quick work put the swing bout of Joey Hernandez vs. Eduardo Adorno into the mix for unexpected exposure. With a combined one bout of ring experience between the both of them, the expected newbie jitters and shock at being hit hard in a pro bout set in early for the novice Adorno.
However, Eduardo took his lumps like a man throughout the four round bout to confound a frustrated Hernandez who was trying to shine in front of his hometown crowd. With scores of 38-38, 39-37, and 40-36 granting Hernandez a majority decision, the smiling Adorno confirmed that he could take it in a pro fight while a smug Joey wasn’t quite so sure about his pecking order in the food chain after the bout.
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No surprise there lol
Miranda made the most of his inaugural Boxing After Dark main event appearance by then chasing Gibbs down and unleashing a heavy handed flurry that culminated in the Philadelphian getting dropped by a right hand. Gibbs couldn’t beat referee Tommy Kimmons’ 10 count, but what’s worse is that the fighter couldn’t even bend his knees to sit on his stool despite being assisted by his corner men.
Miranda’s statement performance was aimed at getting Jermain Taylor in the ring with him and will probably have the mother who abandoned him as a child showing up to his doorstep like Adam Sandler’s deadbeat dad at the end of “The Waterboy”. Taylor is nowhere near as chinny as Gibbs is however and it will be interesting to see Miranda in with Arthur Abraham again or a top eight middleweight before the summer.
Jason Litzau got a Shanghai Surprise from a Mexican in the first round of his HBO Boxing After Dark televised undercard bout. After outboxing Jose Hernandez for most of the round with clever ring generalship and one-twos, Litzau ate some heavy rights that made him dance a Bing Crosby jig the week before Christmas.
The gutsy Minnesotan’s cockiness after getting rocked promoted him to continue to keep his hands down in the second round during which he ate some more rights when he wasn’t outboxing Hernandez.
Litzau would continue the pattern of putting on a fine exhibition of boxing before his cheekiness would leave him open for big shots. Nevertheless, Jason’s counterpunching clinic would begin to show its effect on Hernandez whose hapless grimace increased as the early rounds went on.
Hernandez would pick up the pace throughout the mid-rounds by landing bitter right hands that chipped away the smugness from Litzau’s face. Those steady flow of rights would eventually not only wipe the smirk from the Minnesotan’s face, but his chin as well when a big left hook iced Litzau in the 8th round for the upset KO. The fight invoked the spirit of the original B.A.D. cards that allowed prospects to go out, or take someone out, in a blaze of their own glory.
Joel Julio came in at a Christmas friendly junior middleweight limit to bolster the undercard’s appeal in the role as the local fan favorite KO puncher. Francisco Campos of Costa Rica was supposed to be the designated stocking stuffer of the bout, but flashed enough ring savvy early in the fight to make Joel realize that the Costa Rican didn’t come to lay down for him.
An early cut over Julio’s left eye early in the second round awakened whatever urgency might not have been present early in the first round. Julio’s fear of repeated failure resulted in a big lump of coal being deposited into Francisco’s stocking in the form of big right hands that deposited Campos on the canvas twice in the second heat.
The third round would be target practice for Julio, who beat the seemingly egg nog filled soft side of Campas until his hands came down to invite a solid left hook that started Francisco’s Christmas vacation very early.
The 3rd round KO was the kind of confidence builder that the Colombian needs as he builds his mojo back slowly to the headliner of a HBO Boxing After Dark card instead of on its non-televised undercard.
While Noe Bolanos was the more polished junior lightweight in the ring, the shorter Ilido Julio was the left hook thorn in Noe’s side with his constant pressure on Bolanos. Julio ate most of the straight punches that came his way, yet that didn’t stop him from mad dogging the Mexican all over the ring until the very last round. Throughout the second half of the fight, Bolanos sported the look of a camper who couldn’t kill Jason after pumping 7 rounds from a .44 magnum point black into his foe’s temple.
Julio’s aggression was all in vain however as Bolano took the fight with scores of 77-74 twice and 78-73.
Joel Julio’s quick work put the swing bout of Joey Hernandez vs. Eduardo Adorno into the mix for unexpected exposure. With a combined one bout of ring experience between the both of them, the expected newbie jitters and shock at being hit hard in a pro bout set in early for the novice Adorno.
However, Eduardo took his lumps like a man throughout the four round bout to confound a frustrated Hernandez who was trying to shine in front of his hometown crowd. With scores of 38-38, 39-37, and 40-36 granting Hernandez a majority decision, the smiling Adorno confirmed that he could take it in a pro fight while a smug Joey wasn’t quite so sure about his pecking order in the food chain after the bout.
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No surprise there lol