Yeah,I think there is a bit of confusion here. Bautista ASKED for a title shot v Ponce. NO-ONE held a gun to his head and said,hey take the title shot or else. He knows he's young and he would have gotten a shot sooner or later.It was HIS choice and he paid the ultimate price.


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All right Boomboom, shut your mouth up and let uncle Penalosa take care of him. Penalosa has been calling de Leon out but where is he? The latest I've heard was that he has priced himself out by asking unreasonable amount, nearly a million. Hmmm, after what seeing what Gerry did to a bigger and stronger Jhonny boy, that ain't a bad idea at all. It's not a risk worth taking for de Leon. Now Gerry has no choice but to defend his title against a mandatory challenger, that is, if he want to keep the useless strap.

Just saw Boomboom's last fight. He's gotta long way to go. His tough opponent just ate everything he gave - and believe me, those were lots of pretty hard shots - and was still standing straight till the end. Boom2 needs to learn more to box, and Freddie the kamikaze coach isn't going to be the one who can teach him that. Maybe Donaire's dad can - just maybe.
Gerry has to defend v his mandatory first then he can fight who he wants. He wanted to fight Ponce in Phillipines,he needs to cough up the cash. Ponce is not stupid,going to someone's backyard for pettence! He's not JMM! And Ponce is dam sure tougher than Gonzalez.