The Welterweight divisions seems to be a division full of promise with a huge number of emerging fighters coming through the ranks and making a name for themselves. We currently have fighters like Diego Gabriel Chaves, Mike Jones, Yoshihiro Kamegai, Kell Brook, Thomas Dulorme and Wale Omotoso all on the edge of a world title fight though one name that often gets over looked is 25 year old American Ronald Cruz (15-0, 12).
Born in Manati, Puerto Rico though now based in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Cruz is one of the Welterweight division's best kept secrets and yet he's also one of the division's most promising young fighters and one who is going about his work incredibly well with out the hype of some of the other top prospects.
Cruz turned professional to little fan fare back in early 2009 and after having a relatively easy first year he was thrown into real bouts during 2010. In just his 9th fight he faced Juan Ramon Cruz (who entered 16-8-2) who had faced the likes of Urbano Antillon and Anthony Peterson when they had each had over 20 fights. Just months later Ronald would face Jeremy Bryan (14-1 entering the bout) dropping him 3 times enroute to a 6th round KO.
In Cruz's most recent bout he stopped the usually durable Anges Adjaho (now 25-7) in 5 rounds, only the second time Adjaho had been stopped in a career going back over a decade. What made that victory impressive is that Cruz managed to do what the likes of contenders Brad Solomon, Joel Julio and prospect Shawn Porter couldn't manage in 10 rounds a piece.
Cruz will be facing the hard hitting and fun to watch Allen Conyers (12-5, 9) this coming Saturday in yet another tough bout. Whilst Conyers doesn't have an impressive record he has often only been beaten by top opponents such as Delvin Rodriguez, James Kirkland and Carlos Molina and recently upset the then 20-0 James De la Rosa. Cruz is in with a fighter who could really give him a great work out and even a shock if he isn't prepared for a hard fight.
Video below thanks to superboxmma5
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Monday, 23 May 2011
Daniel "Bad Boy" Rosas
Young Mexican fighters seem to be the rising part of the sport. At the moment Mexico have more “World Champions” than any other country and it seems with the likes of Marco Antonio Periban, Gilberto Ramirez Sanchez and Julio Ceja they will be dominating for the foreseeable future. Despite the fact so many young Mexicans are making their mark it's impossible to know which will become the biggest success story, though another name to add to the huge list is Daniel Rosas.
Rosas was born in 1989 and is currently aged 21 though the past few years have been really stop start in regards to his boxing career. He debuted way back in November 2007 though only racked up 4 fights prior to 2010. Whilst he had won all 4 bouts 3 of them in the opening round, it wasn't a great start for a Mexican teenager who are typically kept incredibly active.
Something happened in 2010 that really kick started Rosas' career and in just his 5th professional bout he would win the WBC Caribbean Boxing Federation (CABOFE) super flyweight title by stopping the then 7-0-1 Juan Carlos Sanchez Jr in 2 rounds. This would be the first title for Rosas though almost certainly won't be the last.
Since beating Sanchez Jr back in February of last year Rosas has been on a run of impressive victories beating far more experienced fighters in a run of form that has seen him being mentioned as a real star for the future. It's been his last 3 fights that have really been the most impressive. In November of last year he faced the then 21-5 Mario Macias in a bout that really proved Rosas was a special talent. Rosas would have to pick himself off the canvas before scoring a decision victory and dropping Macias twice in 8 rounds. It was the first time Rosas had had to go beyond 4 rounds and it was also the first time he had been down and yet he managed to past the test.
To end 2010 Rosas would face the 18-0 Felipe Orucuta. Orucuta was older, more experienced and naturally bigger. The two men would meet in a competitive bout though Rosas would manage to take the decision by the narrowest of margins, with scores of 95-94 (twice) and 96-94 all favouring Rosas. This result really made some folks sit up and take note, it was a stand out fight between two prospects and really a result that looks better now than it did at the time. Orucuta has since gone on to stop Julio David Roque Ler, who has famously taken top fighters the schedule including Jorge Arce and Alexander Munoz.
Rosas has only fought once in 2011 though he would score an incredibly impressive stoppage against David Gaspar who had only previously been stopped by world challenger Carlos Rueda. Sadly though Rosas seems to be wasting more time and after having a fabulous 2010 he's running the risk of losing his momentum if he only fights every 5 months. Amazingly there was talk of Rosas facing Fernando Montiel though thankfully that talk doesn't seem to have come fruition as that would still be a step too far for the youngster.
Daniel “Bad Boy” Rosas as he is known now stands at 10-0 (7) as a professional. Currently he is ranked #38 at Super Bantamweight by Boxrec.com, #45 by the IBO at at Bantamweight but most impressively #15 at Bantamweight by the WBC. He's certainly a fighter on the up, though can he continue his rise? Only time will tell.
Rosas was born in 1989 and is currently aged 21 though the past few years have been really stop start in regards to his boxing career. He debuted way back in November 2007 though only racked up 4 fights prior to 2010. Whilst he had won all 4 bouts 3 of them in the opening round, it wasn't a great start for a Mexican teenager who are typically kept incredibly active.
Something happened in 2010 that really kick started Rosas' career and in just his 5th professional bout he would win the WBC Caribbean Boxing Federation (CABOFE) super flyweight title by stopping the then 7-0-1 Juan Carlos Sanchez Jr in 2 rounds. This would be the first title for Rosas though almost certainly won't be the last.
Since beating Sanchez Jr back in February of last year Rosas has been on a run of impressive victories beating far more experienced fighters in a run of form that has seen him being mentioned as a real star for the future. It's been his last 3 fights that have really been the most impressive. In November of last year he faced the then 21-5 Mario Macias in a bout that really proved Rosas was a special talent. Rosas would have to pick himself off the canvas before scoring a decision victory and dropping Macias twice in 8 rounds. It was the first time Rosas had had to go beyond 4 rounds and it was also the first time he had been down and yet he managed to past the test.
To end 2010 Rosas would face the 18-0 Felipe Orucuta. Orucuta was older, more experienced and naturally bigger. The two men would meet in a competitive bout though Rosas would manage to take the decision by the narrowest of margins, with scores of 95-94 (twice) and 96-94 all favouring Rosas. This result really made some folks sit up and take note, it was a stand out fight between two prospects and really a result that looks better now than it did at the time. Orucuta has since gone on to stop Julio David Roque Ler, who has famously taken top fighters the schedule including Jorge Arce and Alexander Munoz.
Rosas has only fought once in 2011 though he would score an incredibly impressive stoppage against David Gaspar who had only previously been stopped by world challenger Carlos Rueda. Sadly though Rosas seems to be wasting more time and after having a fabulous 2010 he's running the risk of losing his momentum if he only fights every 5 months. Amazingly there was talk of Rosas facing Fernando Montiel though thankfully that talk doesn't seem to have come fruition as that would still be a step too far for the youngster.
Daniel “Bad Boy” Rosas as he is known now stands at 10-0 (7) as a professional. Currently he is ranked #38 at Super Bantamweight by Boxrec.com, #45 by the IBO at at Bantamweight but most impressively #15 at Bantamweight by the WBC. He's certainly a fighter on the up, though can he continue his rise? Only time will tell.
Video below thanks to taverarichard It's of Rosas fight with Gabriel Aguillon, and although the stoppage is poor it's the best quality video of the young Bad Boy.
Monday, 2 May 2011
Kubrat Pulev
We are all calling for former great Evander “The Real Deal” Holyfield to retire from the sport of boxing, though on his up coming card in Denmark where Holyfield faces Brian Nielsen we have one of the hottest rising Heavyweight prospects, Bulgarian Kubrat Pulev. Pulev was a former elite amateur competing on the international scene and being involved in World championships and Olympics before turning professional. Kubrat would continue as an amateur for almost a full year after a very unimpressive 2008 Olympics.
On Pulev's debut he would stop Florian Benke in September 2009 and ended the year 4-0 (2) after adding wins over Serdar Uysal, Gbenga Oloukun and Zack Page. It seemed as if Pulev was going to be active and just need a few years to really establish himself as a premier heavyweight. 2010 started the same way, he stopped former world title challenger Matt Skelton in January and by May 2010 Pulev's record stood at a brilliant 8-0 (5). All of this was achieved in less than 9 months as a professional.
Sadly his career has slowed down substantially since then despite having added good rounds against good heavyweights. In fact his wins have included one time American hopeful Dominick Guinn, Olympic bronze medal winner Paolo Vidoz and also Yaroslav Zavorotnyi (a less impressive victory). He has amassed a solid looking record of 11-0 (5) and has several noteworthy names on his record already, he has shown a good jab and technical skills and although he's not lightning quick or mega powerful the man known “The Cobra” has been winning.
His bout on the Holyfield undercard sees him facing American fighter Derric Rossy who enters with a 25-3 record. Rossy is experienced and has mixed with the likes of Eddie Chambers and Ray Mercer though I can't help but feel that Rossy doesn't bring anything new to the ring that we've not seen already from Pulev's opponents. Rather than staying at this level of opponent what Pulev's management should perhaps do it try and keep pushing him, try and get an opponent like Alexander Dimitrenko who is ranked in the top 15 or so.
Pulev stands around 6'4” and appears to perhaps carry a little bit of extra weight, in fact he'd probably work best in the low 230's instead he's been above and around 247 a weight that really is unnecessary for him. If he can get into shape, and I don't even mean the prime Holyfield ripped to the nines shape, then he'd been a real potential challenger, but instead the soon to be 30 year old seems to have a party boy reputation that could destroy, or at very least, slow his progression to a world title fight.
On Pulev's debut he would stop Florian Benke in September 2009 and ended the year 4-0 (2) after adding wins over Serdar Uysal, Gbenga Oloukun and Zack Page. It seemed as if Pulev was going to be active and just need a few years to really establish himself as a premier heavyweight. 2010 started the same way, he stopped former world title challenger Matt Skelton in January and by May 2010 Pulev's record stood at a brilliant 8-0 (5). All of this was achieved in less than 9 months as a professional.
Sadly his career has slowed down substantially since then despite having added good rounds against good heavyweights. In fact his wins have included one time American hopeful Dominick Guinn, Olympic bronze medal winner Paolo Vidoz and also Yaroslav Zavorotnyi (a less impressive victory). He has amassed a solid looking record of 11-0 (5) and has several noteworthy names on his record already, he has shown a good jab and technical skills and although he's not lightning quick or mega powerful the man known “The Cobra” has been winning.
His bout on the Holyfield undercard sees him facing American fighter Derric Rossy who enters with a 25-3 record. Rossy is experienced and has mixed with the likes of Eddie Chambers and Ray Mercer though I can't help but feel that Rossy doesn't bring anything new to the ring that we've not seen already from Pulev's opponents. Rather than staying at this level of opponent what Pulev's management should perhaps do it try and keep pushing him, try and get an opponent like Alexander Dimitrenko who is ranked in the top 15 or so.
Pulev stands around 6'4” and appears to perhaps carry a little bit of extra weight, in fact he'd probably work best in the low 230's instead he's been above and around 247 a weight that really is unnecessary for him. If he can get into shape, and I don't even mean the prime Holyfield ripped to the nines shape, then he'd been a real potential challenger, but instead the soon to be 30 year old seems to have a party boy reputation that could destroy, or at very least, slow his progression to a world title fight.
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