What a fight card!!!!! Sorry I'm reporting late, friends, but had to make up the late night to the wife with some heavy duty yard work. Got home at 2:30 pm after being at the fights, 'cause I live about an hour or so away from Bayamon.

First, the main event was a downer with that sudden ending, especially after all the fights that preceded it. The crowd was electric throughout (boxing is alive and well in P.R., folks!!), and all the fights were great. I think the crowd favorite was the "Rocky" Martinez fight. The way he got off the canvas and defiantly pounded his fists together as if to say...."Now we're fighting!! C'mon, let's rumble!!" And the way he finished it.... Benavides was reeling and backing away from all the head and murderous body shots "Rocky" was hitting him with. I was already hoarse after that fight.

Morel did great, too. He's starting to look a little long in the tooth, but I thought he fought a great tactical fight.

The Calderon-Cazares fight started out just like the first one, with Ivan expertly ducking and avoiding Cazares' wild shots, while landing some counters of his own. He was also jabbing fast and accurate. Too bad the end came so sudden. And yeah, as Puerto Rican Punch correctly stated in an earlier post, Cazares acted very much like the sore loser. The crowd (myself included) booed the sh*t out of him for that.

All in all, a tremendous experience. And a big win for Puerto Rico in the ongoing saga of Puerto Rican vs. Mexican champions.

Salud, my friends.



P.S. - (Oh, by the way, the singer who sang the Mexican national anthem was fine as all hell, as were the ring girls. Just thought I'd throw that in there).