Green wins, but was it enough?
By Robert Przybylo
BPrzybylo@opubco.com
I know there was a late opponent change, but it’s stuff like Friday night why nobody starts tooting the horn of Tulsa super middleweight boxer Allan Green.
Because sometimes, he just looks like he doesn’t want to be there. Green was originally supposed to fight Victor Oganov, but it was switched to Travis Simms.
The result was an underwhelming decision for “Sweetness” (or is it Ghost Dog). He was coming in with huge momentum following the second-round destruction of Carlos De Leon Jr., but this, ugh, not what people wanted to see.
Green is arguably the best fighter not involved in Showtime’s Super Six Super Middleweight Round Robin tournament. But he didn’t make a case for inclusion with his outing Friday in Newkirk.
Lawton’s George Tahdooahnippah picked up another win, this time by decision. Good experience for Tahdooahnippah, interesting to see where he goes from here.
Biggest winner of the night was Antwone Smith in an undercard bout against Harry Crawford. Walked him down and put ‘em out. Fine performance.
This weekend sees the return of Israel Vazquez, who rose up the Boneman’s rankings faster than anyone I can remember with his three bouts with Rafael Marquez.
Hope he’s the same Izzy as before, but who knows what those fights have done to him?
Also be keeping an eye on The Ultimate Fighter this week to see if Kimbo Slice comes back. His bout with Roy Nelson did record ratings for Spike (kinda figured that). The teaser sure was setting it up for Kimbo to be an injury replacement. We’ll see.
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