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If his jaw breaking performance against IBF Champion Arthur Abraham didn’t convince everyone that Edison Miranda is clearly among the world’s best middleweights, then surely his one round vaporization of solid veteran Willie Gibbs last night has sealed the deal.
Headlining his first HBO televised card at the Miccosukee Resort in Miami, FL, Miranda wasted no time in niceties as the native of Colombia began to bomb in huge right hands that had Gibbs struggling to survive. Near the end of the first round Miranda struck gold and caught Gibbs flush with a full bodied right hander to the head that had the 31 year old on shaky legs.
Smelling blood, Miranda, 27-1 (24), put the pedal to the metal and shelled Gibbs, 20-2 (16), until the Philadelphian was hammered to the canvas. Unable to regain his footing in time, Gibbs was counted out by referee Tommy Kimmons at 2:59 of the first round.
In other action, the undefeated record of heavily hyped prospect Jason Litzau went down in flames as Jose Andres Hernandez, 22-3 (14), leveled the 5 foot 11 featherweight with a bracing right hand to give Litzau, 20-1 (18), his first loss. Litzau was dropped in the first but came back to control the action right up until the end came at 2:52 of the eighth round.
Welterweight Joel Julio, 29-1 (27), won his third fight since losing his unbeaten record to Carlos Quintana in June by knocking out journeyman Francisco Campas, 20-9-1 (11), in the third round.
