Quote Originally Posted by p4pking
I hate this crap.. These contender cards that are supposed to showcase these guys. F*** it, let's see them fight someone on an undercard at a real event.. IMO Manfredo might be good, depending where he chooses to fight.. Mora definetly isn't going to be S*** at middleweight, even if he did prove to be real theres a half dozen guys who would still toy with him. I never liked the show much because the way they edit the fights.. and now to see them all fighting on the same card against handpicked bums isn't exactly captivating either.
I completely disagree. Considering the state of their respective careers these are both big matchups.

TerMeliksetian's last two fights have been big step ups in class against highly rated Sechew Powell and unbeaten Giovanni Lorenzo both top 20 fighters very much on the up.
He lasted the full 10 rounds with Powell so is obviously pretty durable and seeing as Mora had only had 11 fights coming into the Contender he is being moved along quickly.

Alfonso is also fighting a real live opponent in Jess Feliciano. This guy just beat Vince Phillips at one weeks notice in an explosive fight where both threw over 1000 punches and has a few people talking about him. Currently Gomez and Feliciano are 1-1 in previous fights so you would have to conclude that this is going to be a real test of Alfonso to see how far he has come.

Personally I'm looking forward to both fights.

Don't let the fact they were on the Contender blind you to the fact that these are two very talented young fighters who could make an impact in their divisions in the near future.