Two days of live sports... MLB tomorrow and Golden Boy Boxing on Thursday

[Spicoli]

Cruz hurt very bad, ref ignored clear KD.

[TitoFan]

Wow, that was a marathon and a half. Two days straight of getting home at close to 2 am..... but well worth it.

The fight card was great. The best fights were José "Wonder Boy" Lopez defeating Mexican Miguel Angel Gonzalez via UD, and Carlos "Purin" Caraballo defeating Mexican Antonio Rodriguez via 4th round TKO. Both Lopez and Caraballo looked excellent in their fights. The Roach-Cruz fight was close but yeah..... the ref did a poor job in not acknowledging the clear knockdown. Don't know how he didn't. Still, it was close enough to where a draw wasn't all that bad a decision. Disappointing crowd size to be sure. I don't know whether the baseball games the previous two nights had anything to do with it or what. But it was a good card. Magdiel Cotto won his fight also, to improve to 9-0 with 7 KO's, but honestly he doesn't impress me. Lopez and Caraballo impress me more.

[TitoFan]

On another note, the Tecate ring girl was a bit more curvy than the ones I'm used to seeing on Golden Boy telecasts. Gotta love the local talent.

[Master]

On another note, the Tecate ring girl was a bit more curvy than the ones I'm used to seeing on Golden Boy telecasts. Gotta love the local talent.

Now I am interested.

[Batman]

This goes back to my post about why do the English sell more tickets than the US.

How big was the venue, what was the crowd like, was it on TV, these are the cards that we don't get to here about over here.

Any prospects that we should keep our eyes open for?

[TitoFan]

Lots of questions... I'll try to oblige.

The venue was the Coliseo de Puerto Rico, which has a capacity of 18,500 spectators, about 2 thousand short of Madison Square Garden's capacity, as a way of comparison.
The crowd size was very disappointing, to say the least, which is not the norm down here. I don't know what to attribute it to, probably a combination of factors.
My understanding is the main event and maybe one or two undercard fights were televised on ESPN2, under Golden Boy Boxing.

The fights themselves were good in their vast majority. As far as prospects, I'd say Carlos Caraballo is one to look for. Only 7 fights and being brought along slowly... but he acquitted himself quite well last night. Jose Lopez was just as impressive, and against much tougher competition. That was probably one of the best fights of the night.

Seems like boxing is enjoying a peak right now in the UK, both in popularity and in success (which begets popularity... LOL).
The US is in a lull right now, but the support is always constant both in Puerto Rico, as in Mexico, where boxing is always huge.

[Alpha]

Roach won that fight.

[Alpha]

As far as prospects, I'd say Carlos Caraballo is one to look for. Only 7 fights and being brought along slowly... but he acquitted himself quite well last night. Jose Lopez was just as impressive, and against much tougher competition. That was probably one of the best fights of the night.

Hey @TitoFan what do you think of Subriel Matías? He's got a decent test against Adrian Estrella next month. He seems to have been matched well so far.