Quote Originally Posted by El Gamo
Quote Originally Posted by TitoFan
Ivan may be the 105-pound champion and Cazares may be the 108-pound champion, but last night in the ring.... Hugo looked at least twice as big. That Calderon pulled it off, to me is nothing short of amazing.
I told you to have faith bro! Although not even I knew Ivan would show such heart. Long reigning champ with good resume moves up to fight the champ who is 6 inches taller and looks 2 times bigger and wins. And he won without resorting to running. He boxed beautifully. Bro,did you see the undercard? I heard there was a war but I cannot remember the 2 fighters names! Was it good?
If you can see it... I recommend it. Would be FOTY candidate if the fighters were better known. It was between "Rocky" Martinez (can't remember his first name) of Puerto Rico, and Daniel "Azuquita" Jimenez from the neighboring Dominican Republic. And it was GOOOOOD!! "Azuquita" showed a lot of heart, but Martinez was relentless... pressing the action and with a powerful right hand. I thought the ref stopped it at the right time.

On the Calderon fight... did you see it, then? It WAS a masterful boxing exhibition. He kept making Cazares miss awkwardly and fall into the ropes, whereas Calderon landed some very clean punches that stopped Cazares momentarily in his tracks. If Ivan had any punching power, Hugo would've gone down. But it's the size difference that really amazed me. No way Ivan could've stood there and traded with Cazares.