Verdejo's coming out party

[IamInuit]

I thought he stole the show. Fights way beyond his years. It may be a little cliche but he reminded me very much of the earlier 147 Tito. The fact that he had an injured hand prior to the fight, aggravated it and still caught Najera to drop him twice with it shows a ton of heart. I thought his D was pretty sound also although Najera did find a home for the right hand a few times. Thats boxing. Everybody gets hit. The way he came back from a nice shot to deliver the same or worse was very Titoesque also. Great punch selection also and accurate like Gonzalez.

[bzkfn]

Verdejo looks better and better every time I see him. I think he could win titles at a few weightclasses. Definitely the future of Puerto Rico.

Pedraza looked like he could do more. Opponent is tough and durable, but he was done and Pedraza had opportunities and didn't take them. @TitoFan I accept the skill is there, but when a fighter can do more I'm not gunna be appreciative of coasting when his opponent is done.

Side note @ElTerribleMorales, you can't name a thread that after Orlando Cruz

[ElTerribleMorales]

Verdejo looks better and better every time I see him. I think he could win titles at a few weightclasses. Definitely the future of Puerto Rico.

Pedraza looked like he could do more. Opponent is tough and durable, but he was done and Pedraza had opportunities and didn't take them. @TitoFan I accept the skill is there, but when a fighter can do more I'm not gunna be appreciative of coasting when his opponent is done.

Side note @ElTerribleMorales, you can't name a thread that after Orlando Cruz

point taken lol

but in Pedraza's defense IMO he looked more impressive against Klimov than Crawford even was, and I was at that fight, it was on the undercard of Cotto/Rodriguez

[bzkfn]

Verdejo looks better and better every time I see him. I think he could win titles at a few weightclasses. Definitely the future of Puerto Rico.

Pedraza looked like he could do more. Opponent is tough and durable, but he was done and Pedraza had opportunities and didn't take them. @TitoFan I accept the skill is there, but when a fighter can do more I'm not gunna be appreciative of coasting when his opponent is done.

Side note @ElTerribleMorales, you can't name a thread that after Orlando Cruz

point taken lol

but in Pedraza's defense IMO he looked more impressive against Klimov than Crawford even was, and I was at that fight, it was on the undercard of Cotto/Rodriguez

Klimov looked weight drained at 130. He looked very weak. I'm reserving judgement before getting excited about him.