Billy’s Boxing Blog

By William Trillo

As I stepped off the apron after taking final posing shots of the victorious Guillermo Rigondeaux I was asked by someone from Team Ramos what happened to their now former WBA Super Bantamweight Champ Rico Ramos. For once I engaged my brain before speaking and I asked, “Do you really want to know my opinion?” The Ramos team member said, “Of course I do!”

So I did.

I told him, “I thought Rico tasted that punch that sent him to the canvas early and made a decision he did not want any more of that.”

With a somewhat sullen look he replied, “Yeah, I think you are right.”

That’s pretty much all I have to say about that bout other than Rigendeaux is the real deal and as pathetic as that fight turned out to be he is one to watch in the coming years.

The undercard was anything but pathetic and I think the fans were treated to some real hard fought and exciting battles.

Undefeated young Super Feathers Joel Diaz Jr. and Guy Robb fought their hearts out. It was a real test for both men. Yes, maybe it was stopped a tad too early but Robb had taken a lot of punishment and I can’t say I am up in arms about the stoppage.

Super Flyweight Matt Villanueva kept his win to KO ratio at 100% as he stopped a very game Mike Ruiz Jr. Villanueva was impressive but he got cracked by Ruiz numerous times and his somewhat accessible chin will need to be worked on. Tighten up that defense Matt!

The off TV bouts proved to be a great warm-up for the crowd at Palms Casino and leading the way was Welterweight Javier Molina vs. rugged Albert Herrera. This was the perfect fight for Molina to build his confidence as he had to wok hard to earn a 6 round unanimous decision. This bout was anything but a “gimme” for Molina.

In a four round heavyweight bout big Romanian Razvan Cojanu racked up his second victory with a unanimous decision over Rodney Hernandez. I’d like to see Cojanu throw his hands more and work behind his long left jab in the future. With his size he has the potential to do some damage on his way up the ladder.

In a four round Junior Middle opener Yosami Abreu did enough to take a unanimous decision over Marcus Robinson.

All in all it was a fine night of boxing on Showtimes ShoBox card that was promoted by Goossen Tutor. With the exception of the Main event of course…but really, that was not anyone’s fault but the former Champion Ramos who seemed to be looking for a way out after he got dropped early with a punch to the top of his cranium.

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