Colombian boxing is on a real rise with a number of top prospects such as Oscar Rivas and Eleider Alvarez who both fought last weekend and won their fights in Canada. The most exciting Colombian boxing prospect however is 21 year old Middleweight prospect Alex “El Principe” Theran. The southpaw from Barranquilla is currently 5-0 (4) as a professional since debuting back in July 2011 and has got the hardcore boxing fans really excited.
Prior to turning professional Theran had been a top national amateur and had fought in a number of international competitions including the 2010 South American Games (where he won Silver) and the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships. In fact Theran had fought around 180 times as an amateur before turning professional earlier this year and was seen as one to watch almost immediately.
Theran's debut in July saw the power punching Colombian take out Leo Cassiani in just 34 destructive seconds. Theran had settled immediately as a professional and just weeks later he would blow out Gabriel Bracho in an impressive 78 seconds. Theran's first 2 bouts had lasted less than 2 minutes as he moved to 2-0 (2) without even breaking sweat. After impressing in his first 2 bouts it was time for Theran to have a real test and he faced former world title challenger Oney Valdez. Valdez would survive the opening round and actually see out the 6 round schedule before losing by a wide decision to Theran.
Theran's destructive run continued after the victory over Valdez as he swiftly took out Jose Chiquillo in the opening round of a bout in October before before beating Jose Antonio Cervantes, also in 1 round. This victory moved Theran to 5-0 (4) all of the stoppages coming in the opening round. So far Theran has shown blistering handspeed and incredibly impressive power as he's swiftly increased his record and started to make a march up the rankings. At the end of the week we will see Theran in another step up in class as he faces another former title contender in Milton Nunez. A win over Nunez (23-3-1, 21KO's) is expected and would be a fantastic end to the year for the young quickly rising Theran who is almost certainly expected to fight for a title in the next few years.
The victory over Cervantes can be seen in the video below thanks to Yalter777. Interestingly the video has the fighter's name as “Alex Teherán”.
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Monday, 12 December 2011
Thursday, 8 December 2011
Ezequiel Osvaldo Maderna
The Super Middleweight division is one of boxing's hottest divisions and of course boxing fan is looking forward to the up coming Super 6 Final between Andre Ward and Carl Froch. As we all know it's not only Froch and Ward that hold a lot of interest from fans but we also have fighters like the IBF champion Lucian Bute, the 2 time former champion Mikkel Kessler, former title challenger Andre Dirrell, WBO title holder Robert Stieglitz, former Middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik and emerging British stars George Groves and James DeGale. Though we also have a number of lesser well known fighters who are slowly but surely emerging as serious threats, one of which is Ezequiel Osvaldo Maderna.
Maderna is from La Plata, Buenos Aires and really has Argentinian boxing fans drooling at his combination of skill and raw power which has seen him advance to a record of 16-0 (12) since turning professional in 2008. Before he turned professional however Maderna was a world level amateur fighter having won Bronze at the 2006 South American games before going to both the 2007 World Amateur Championships and the 2008 Olympics.
After being beaten in the Beijing games by Shawn Estrada of the US Maderna would turn professional and debuted in December 2008. On his debut he defeated Guillermo Pablo Armani over a 4 round decision this victory was followed up just 3 weeks later when Maderna defeated Victor Hugo Peralta, also by decision. Through 2009 and 2010 Maderna would add a number of wins to his record and actually moved to 12-0 (9) by defeating relatively obscure fighters in his homeland. Though it was in 2011 that he really stepped up a level and showed he was a fighter who needed to be followed.
In Maderna's first fight of 2011 he defeated former world title contender Ruben Eduardo Acosta via a 10 round decision. It was the first time Maderna had been beyond 5 rounds in his career and he passed the test by beating a tough fighter in Acosta in a fight that would see Maderna crowned the Argentinian Super Middleweight champion. Since then Maderna has added the interim WBO Latino Super Middleweight title to his waist by stopping Martin Abel Bruer inside a round and defending both of his titles once.
Stylistically Maderna seems to be a very intelligent fighter who appears to be huge for a Super Middleweight (he was dwarfing over Jorge Rodriguez when the two men met earlier this year). It's not just that Maderna is a massive fighter but he also uses his height well, especially using his jab to establish distance. Rather than being an out and out power puncher Maderna seems to be able to break opponents down well before stepping in with the heavy artillery. As you can see in the video below Maderna does have a lot going for him and when he lands that straight right hand he may well have one of the best punches in the Super Middleweight division.
Whilst Maderna has been on a tear through the C level Super Middleweights in 2011 he has been racing up the rankings. He is currently #21 in the IBO's computerised rankings, and #24 on Boxrec.com though most impressive is his #9 ranking with the WBO. These rankings have helped push him into being one of the top Argentinian boxing prospects.
Video thanks to boxeola1
Maderna is from La Plata, Buenos Aires and really has Argentinian boxing fans drooling at his combination of skill and raw power which has seen him advance to a record of 16-0 (12) since turning professional in 2008. Before he turned professional however Maderna was a world level amateur fighter having won Bronze at the 2006 South American games before going to both the 2007 World Amateur Championships and the 2008 Olympics.
After being beaten in the Beijing games by Shawn Estrada of the US Maderna would turn professional and debuted in December 2008. On his debut he defeated Guillermo Pablo Armani over a 4 round decision this victory was followed up just 3 weeks later when Maderna defeated Victor Hugo Peralta, also by decision. Through 2009 and 2010 Maderna would add a number of wins to his record and actually moved to 12-0 (9) by defeating relatively obscure fighters in his homeland. Though it was in 2011 that he really stepped up a level and showed he was a fighter who needed to be followed.
In Maderna's first fight of 2011 he defeated former world title contender Ruben Eduardo Acosta via a 10 round decision. It was the first time Maderna had been beyond 5 rounds in his career and he passed the test by beating a tough fighter in Acosta in a fight that would see Maderna crowned the Argentinian Super Middleweight champion. Since then Maderna has added the interim WBO Latino Super Middleweight title to his waist by stopping Martin Abel Bruer inside a round and defending both of his titles once.
Stylistically Maderna seems to be a very intelligent fighter who appears to be huge for a Super Middleweight (he was dwarfing over Jorge Rodriguez when the two men met earlier this year). It's not just that Maderna is a massive fighter but he also uses his height well, especially using his jab to establish distance. Rather than being an out and out power puncher Maderna seems to be able to break opponents down well before stepping in with the heavy artillery. As you can see in the video below Maderna does have a lot going for him and when he lands that straight right hand he may well have one of the best punches in the Super Middleweight division.
Whilst Maderna has been on a tear through the C level Super Middleweights in 2011 he has been racing up the rankings. He is currently #21 in the IBO's computerised rankings, and #24 on Boxrec.com though most impressive is his #9 ranking with the WBO. These rankings have helped push him into being one of the top Argentinian boxing prospects.
Video thanks to boxeola1
Monday, 18 April 2011
John Jackson, the son of the Hawk
Although most fighters with famous fathers appear poor and average there is one fighter who has a famous father and seems to be going places is 22 year old hard punching John Jackson (9-0, 8), the son of the legendary banger Julian Jackson. John, and older brother Julius (10-0, 6) are both pencilled in to fight on Tuesday in an obscure card in Uruguay though both have been somewhat forgotten fighters in the ranks of “jr's”.
John is a light middleweight fighting in the same division where his father made a name for himself. Julian won the WBA title in the division in 1987 by beating In Chul Baek for the title and John will have that the achievement of his father to aspire too (who would also become the WBC Middleweight champion on 2 separate occasions). Though comparisons to his dad are currently somewhat unfair, so lets look at John for who John is.
Born in January 1989, just 17 months after brother Julian, John made his first major mark on the boxing word by defeating Pan-Am champion Pedro Lima (from Brazil) in an Olympic qualifier prior to the 2008 games in Beijing. Although Jackson was defeated in the 2nd round at the Olympic games the 19 year old had caught the eye of some promoters. A 10-0 loss to eventual bronze medal winner Kim Jung-Joo of South Korea was nothing to be ashamed of.
Rather than remain an amateur John would turn professional and alongside his older brother make his debut on 30th January 2009, just 2 weeks after turning 20. John would beat fellow debutant Alphonso Alexander in the 2nd round to start his career as a professional on a high note. (video of the fight can be found at the bottom of this blog). Despite an obvious blow after the bell to end the opening round the youngster looked rather good, he showed good power in his right hand and hurt Alexander numerous times with shots to the head.
John's first few opponents were incredibly raw novices, his first 4 opponents had a combined 1 fight (a 4 round draw) to their name and Jackson needed just 6 rounds to get rid of all 4 of them. His first opponent with any true experience was Rafael de la Cruz (2-34, 1) an opponent who was there to try and get a few rounds of experience out of the young Jackson. De la Cruz managed to survive into the 3rd round though didn't have enough to stave off the Jackson attack and was stopped like the previous 4 men.
2009 had been an easy year for Jackson, a year for him to get used to the pressures of the professional sport. 2010 was however a whole different ball game, this time Jackson was going to tested. His first bout of the year was against Mexican Alvaro Clinton Ayala who entered with a respectable 19-8 (10) record. Ayala's record although respectable for a 5 fight novice to face did include a 6 fight losing streak going in including 3 by knockout. Jackson would need just 3 rounds to extend his own record to 5-0 (5). This was swiftly followed by a 43 second blow out of the then 6-10 Valerio Marte. To end 2010 Jackson faced the 24 year old 9-0 (5) Manuel Martinez and was taken into the 4th round for the first time in his career. Jackson would keep his KO streak alive by stopping Martinez in the 4th as he extend his KO streak to 8 and his record still stood at a perfect 8-0 (8).
In his only fight of 2011 so far Jackson would be extended the distance for the first time as Carlos Argentinian Andres Araya (7-4 entering) took Jackson to the end of the scheduled 6 round contest. Jackson may not have managed to stop Araya though he had managed to win every round of the fight and proved he could fight for 6 rounds. On Tuesday Jackson faces his stiffest test to date when he meets Brazilian puncher Welson Alves de Oliveira (14-4, 12). Oliveira sports an impressive record “on paper” though his record is somewhat padded and his most notable fight to date was a 3rd round loss to Britain's Denton Vassell in December 2010. A victory for Jackson is expected and the result should be compared directly to that of Vassell who is the current Commonwealth Welterweight champion.
Whether John will ever get close to the achievements of his 3-time, 2 weight world champion father isn't really something that we should concern ourselves with quite yet, the 22 year old still has a lot of developing to do, though we should be more than a little excited about him.
Video courtesy of rockcity45
John is a light middleweight fighting in the same division where his father made a name for himself. Julian won the WBA title in the division in 1987 by beating In Chul Baek for the title and John will have that the achievement of his father to aspire too (who would also become the WBC Middleweight champion on 2 separate occasions). Though comparisons to his dad are currently somewhat unfair, so lets look at John for who John is.
Born in January 1989, just 17 months after brother Julian, John made his first major mark on the boxing word by defeating Pan-Am champion Pedro Lima (from Brazil) in an Olympic qualifier prior to the 2008 games in Beijing. Although Jackson was defeated in the 2nd round at the Olympic games the 19 year old had caught the eye of some promoters. A 10-0 loss to eventual bronze medal winner Kim Jung-Joo of South Korea was nothing to be ashamed of.
Rather than remain an amateur John would turn professional and alongside his older brother make his debut on 30th January 2009, just 2 weeks after turning 20. John would beat fellow debutant Alphonso Alexander in the 2nd round to start his career as a professional on a high note. (video of the fight can be found at the bottom of this blog). Despite an obvious blow after the bell to end the opening round the youngster looked rather good, he showed good power in his right hand and hurt Alexander numerous times with shots to the head.
John's first few opponents were incredibly raw novices, his first 4 opponents had a combined 1 fight (a 4 round draw) to their name and Jackson needed just 6 rounds to get rid of all 4 of them. His first opponent with any true experience was Rafael de la Cruz (2-34, 1) an opponent who was there to try and get a few rounds of experience out of the young Jackson. De la Cruz managed to survive into the 3rd round though didn't have enough to stave off the Jackson attack and was stopped like the previous 4 men.
2009 had been an easy year for Jackson, a year for him to get used to the pressures of the professional sport. 2010 was however a whole different ball game, this time Jackson was going to tested. His first bout of the year was against Mexican Alvaro Clinton Ayala who entered with a respectable 19-8 (10) record. Ayala's record although respectable for a 5 fight novice to face did include a 6 fight losing streak going in including 3 by knockout. Jackson would need just 3 rounds to extend his own record to 5-0 (5). This was swiftly followed by a 43 second blow out of the then 6-10 Valerio Marte. To end 2010 Jackson faced the 24 year old 9-0 (5) Manuel Martinez and was taken into the 4th round for the first time in his career. Jackson would keep his KO streak alive by stopping Martinez in the 4th as he extend his KO streak to 8 and his record still stood at a perfect 8-0 (8).
In his only fight of 2011 so far Jackson would be extended the distance for the first time as Carlos Argentinian Andres Araya (7-4 entering) took Jackson to the end of the scheduled 6 round contest. Jackson may not have managed to stop Araya though he had managed to win every round of the fight and proved he could fight for 6 rounds. On Tuesday Jackson faces his stiffest test to date when he meets Brazilian puncher Welson Alves de Oliveira (14-4, 12). Oliveira sports an impressive record “on paper” though his record is somewhat padded and his most notable fight to date was a 3rd round loss to Britain's Denton Vassell in December 2010. A victory for Jackson is expected and the result should be compared directly to that of Vassell who is the current Commonwealth Welterweight champion.
Whether John will ever get close to the achievements of his 3-time, 2 weight world champion father isn't really something that we should concern ourselves with quite yet, the 22 year old still has a lot of developing to do, though we should be more than a little excited about him.
Video courtesy of rockcity45
Sunday, 10 April 2011
Carlos Negron
Last weekend we saw 2 power punching prospects beaten for the first time. Firstly we the very likeable and humble David Lemieux (25-1, 14KO's) lose to the experienced veteran Marco Antonio Rubio (50-5-1, 43KO's) by 7th round TKO. The fight saw Lemieux's trainer Russ Abner throwing in the towel to protect his charge as the experienced Rubio took charge of the fight and dropped Lemieux. The following night was had James Kirkland (27-1, 24KO's) beaten in a single round by Japanese fighter Nabuhiro Ishida (23-6-2, 8KO's). For boxing prospects these two results should act as a big wake up call.
One man who although still unbeaten has already had a giant wake up call of his own is Carlos Negron (11-0, 7KO's). Negron is one of this weeks Puerto Rican prospects that we are featuring here this week and despite only being 23 has had a wake up call and managed to come through the rough patches of his career so far.
Stood at 6'6” and with a huge 83” wingspan Negron turned professional in 2009 weighing around 180lbs. He was an incredibly tall Cruiserweight and despite being young he looked skinny and physically immature, he really looked like he needed filling out. After 3 opening round KO's to start his career Negron would be dropped by Gevonte Davis, this was the wake up call that Negron perhaps needed. Although he continued to make the 180's it was only a year later that he weighed in around 194 and looked a much better fighter, he had filled out and no longer looked like a somewhat scrawny fighter.
In late 2010 it was announced that Negron was going to be fighting as a heavyweight in future and for his first fight of 2011 he weighed in at 211lbs. Negron would win his heavyweight debut over Willie Herring by decision as he went 8 rounds for the first time. Almost a year previously Negron had weighed just 181lbs (when he defeated Garrett Wilson). Negron fights for the 2nd time as a heavyweight this coming weekend when he faces Native American heavyweight Emerson Chasing Bear (4-1-2, 3KO's), a loss for Negron is unthinkable though he has already learned the lessons he's needed. No longer will Negron start fights by thinking his power is all he needs, in fact his power as a heavyweight likely won't really appear for several years instead Negron will start to work with his physical advantages, his imposing figure is something that he has to use. His reach should be his key, it's actually longer than that of Wladimir Klitschko and only 2 inches shorter than Nikolay Valuev's.
Negron though isn't all about his short professional career, a career that has only featured 30 rounds. Carlos was also a brilliant amateur. He had won a silver medal in the 2005 Pan-American games and a bronze at the Central American and Caribbean Games the following year. Although he was unimpressive in the 2008 Olympics he was already having a growing reputation and would sign a professional deal very young. His size, skills and youth are all great aspects to one of Puerto Rico's top prospects and a fighter that all fight fans need to be taking note of.
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