Comanche Boy delivers the goods…
By Robert Przybylo
BPrzybylo@Oklahoman.com
The Boneman loves MMA, but nothing gets me going like some boxing. The Tuesday night fights at Remington Park once again proved that.
Fight #1: Jose Gonzales KO 1 Michael Young. Not too much to say about this one. Young hasn’t won a fight in his career and took a beating this time around. Gonzales landed several clean, crisp shots. Young stayed in the ring well after the fight was over but left under his own power, which is great news.
Fight #2: Manuel Esparza majority decision Jose Castaneda, 38-38, 39-37, 40-36. I scored the bout 39-37, so I guess I was right in line. Esparza was never going to seriously hurt Castaneda considering Castaneda was 220 pounds as a cruiserweight!?! Anyway, Esparza showed some real solid boxing ability and carried the day.
Fight #3: Jonathan Nelson unanimous decision Kyle Sherman, 40-36, 39-37, 40-37. Ay, what can I say? I had pegged this as an easy win for Sherman. Nelson weighed five more pounds than Sherman, which is huge at only welterweight (150 compared to 145 for Kyle). But Nelson packs a punch with 15 of his 16 previous wins by knockout. Sherman got tagged often and took some hard shots to the ribcage. It became evident early it would be Nelson’s night. Standing next to Kyle’s parents sure didn’t make this fight any easier. My official tally was 39-38 for Nelson, but Nelson clearly won rounds 2 and 3. Round 1 I gave to Sherman while round 4 was too close to call.
Fight #4 Carson Jones KO 2 John Huskey. Jones is a player. Now how big, well, don’t know that yet. But Jones has some serious skills. I don’t want to say he toyed with Huskey in the first, but it verged on that. Took care of business in the second round. Jones is such a young pup at 21 that hopefully he still has time to put it all together.
Fight #5 Noah Zuhdi KO 1 Chance Brown. Zuhdi’s inexperience showed in this fight, which is fine. He’ll be the first to tell you so. Noah comes out like a raging bull, but his last two opponents have not been the type where that style will work. Chance looked like he didn’t want to be there and a hard uppercut midway through the first reinforced that notion.
Fight #6 George Tahdooahnippah KO 2 Terrance Wilson. I think the story speaks for itself.
Who was more dominant, Anderson Silva or Fedor Emelianenko in their MMA wins? Silva destroyed James Irvin with one perfect right hand shot as Irvin was going for a leg kick. That was a thrill to watch live on Spike. Fedor made mincemeat of Tim Sylvia in just 36 seconds. Fun stuff.
Blatant plug alert that I will be blogging live Saturday for EliteXC on CBS. Because of such matters, I will not get to see possibly boxing’s fight of the year between Antonio Margarito and Miguel Cotto. I’m going with Margarito on a hunch.
Next: Q&A with EliteXC CEO Doug DeLuca
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I like boxing but its not as exiting as UFC fights.