Hey! Boxing on ESPN starting now. :-)

[TitoFan]

Well..... had three local boys on the card tonight.

Xander Zayas continued his promising career as one of P.R.'s brightest prospects at the moment. Hoping for a future champ there.

Edgardo Berlanga (thankfully) had his 1st round KO streak broken... and the opponent even went the distance. This is actually a good thing. Berlanga should also be a future champ.

Christopher Diaz has too huge a task ahead of him. Navarrete was not only taller with a 5-inch reach advantage. He's powerful and unconventional. Still..... Diaz showed a warrior's heart making it almost to the final bell.

All in all a great night of boxing.

[TIC]

so much heart shown by christopher. emanuel looks really good at this weight

[TitoFan]

Truly amazing what Diaz did, even in a losing effort, given his vast reach disadvantage. I had said it was 5 inches.... when actually their listed reaches have an 8-inch difference. That's huge.

The average reach for a featherweight is listed as just under 67 inches.

Which means Christopher's reach is shorter than average, at 64 inches......... while Emanuel's reach is humongous at 72 inches.

If Navarrete stays at that weight he'll be a nightmare for anybody.