Salido vs Lopez II Saturday fight thread

[captainanddew]

showtime's decision to show undercard fights on showtime extreme is brilliant.

Just got to see arroyo (a pretty good prospect) fight against an old trial horse.

And it isn't as if showtime gives up much in terms of programming. Shitty action movie X would have been on showtime extreme if not for the undercard fights. And all they do is add Barry Tompkins to do blow by blow on the undercard.

gus johnson is here tonight. Damn him. Damn him all to hell.

I really don't want to but I will probably be watching with the volume off before the night is over.

[captainanddew]

Vignette on mikey garcia.

If you get a chance look at boxingscene or fightnews and look at the weigh in pictures.

Garcia turned pro at age 18 and he weighed 131 in his first pro bout.

He is 24 and cutting down to 126.

How does that make any sense? He should be at 130 or 135 even. Ridiculous the way today's fighters are cutting too much weight because of the day before fight weigh ins. Garcia has to be keeping his body from naturally adding muscle because of his body maturing by fighting at 126.

[Mars_ax]

Arroyo 98-92, 99-91 x 2. No surprise there, Maladonado might start thinking about a less violent line of work.

Up next on SHO-Extreme, Jose Gonzalez vs. Hevin Herrera.

[ElTerribleMorales]

any links? mine keeps freezing up on me

[Mars_ax]

showtime's decision to show undercard fights on showtime extreme is brilliant.

Just got to see arroyo (a pretty good prospect) fight against an old trial horse.

And it isn't as if showtime gives up much in terms of programming. Shitty action movie X would have been on showtime extreme if not for the undercard fights. And all they do is add Barry Tompkins to do blow by blow on the undercard.

gus johnson is here tonight. Damn him. Damn him all to hell.

I really don't want to but I will probably be watching with the volume off before the night is over.

I like Thompkins well enough, and Gerbil Farhood works well with him.

Gus will calling the Showtime card, so i'll just keep the sound muted, Showtime needs to get a fucking clue.

[Spicoli]

Didn't realize they were showing undercard on show ex. Thats what is listed as same day tape Good stuff. Good to hear Tompkins. He and Bernstein would make the most pedestrian on fights entertaining in a way.

[Mars_ax]

What took so long for Gonzalez to get pissed off? Hevin Herrera, looks done, and he's taking a ton of punishment.

[TitoFan]

Jose "Chelo" Gonzalez showed me nothing. I'm glad the local guy won, but I don't think he'll go that far. He was slow, deliberate... looked awkward at times... and needs a LOT of polishing before he's ready for top competition.

[Mars_ax]

Good job ref, all Herrera was doing was taking a beating, nice win by Gonzales, he did what he was supposed to do. 20 minutes of fill time before the 2 fights on Showtime... time for a Bass Ale.

[Mars_ax]

First up, on the Showtime card: Miguel Angel "Mikey" Garcia vs. Bernabe Concepcion, 10 rounds.

Sounds like a pretty good size Mexican crowd in San Juan tonight.

[armin]

love watchin mikey garcia fight and hope to some day see him bust up broner

[Spicoli]

I used to really dislike Antonio Tarver...then I noticed shriveled up dried prune Gus Johnson sitting next to him.

Bernstein and Tarver would be an outstanding duo, alone, minus the Jr Jim Lampley to the right. Not a bad co main event at all. I like Garcia by ko.

[Mars_ax]

I'd like to see Abe win this, but Garcia might be too much for him.

[Spicoli]

2- zip Garcia. He's starting to mix shots well and Concepcion looking to set up big counters but just a bit uncertain thus far. Lots of upper body movement and coming forward more in 3rd

[TitoFan]

Just saw a weird Twitter on the screen. "Mikey" Garcia silencing the PR crowd. I could've sworn Concepcion was Filipino (?)