Edison Miranda loves to talk trash, but his problem is backing it up. Before the fight Miranda said after he KOd Arthur Abraham he was going to leap out the ring and fight Kelly Pavlik. Well that did not happen for two reasons, one Pavlik did not come to the fight and two Miranda needed help to his own feet first. Miranda who seems to fight more out of emotion than discipline threw lots and lots of punches at Arthur Abraham. The funny thing about it is Abraham held his hand very high and blocked most of those punches with his arm. I kept thinking, wow Miranda is wasting a lot of energy punching someone who is not even open to get hit. Finally in the third round, Abraham started throwing some punches here and there and stunned Miranda twice in the third round. In the fourth round, Miranda kept throwing punches but Abraham was ready to engage a little more. Abraham connected with a straight right hand right on the chin and then a left hook on top of Miranda's head for a knockdown. Miranda looked stunned and uneasy. Abraham came right at Miranda throwing a right and a left hook that missed but then connected with a hard left hook that floored Miranda for the second time. When Miranda got up, Abraham went right back at him and floored him for the third time with another left hook. The referee stopped the fight on the third knockdown. Arthur Abraham remained undefeated and gave a great fight in his first fight in America. A fight between Pavlik and Abraham would be great. It would be the two best Middleweights in the world as well as the two fighters who shut Edison Miranda up on his ass. Miranda made no excuses after the fights just stating he does not know what went wrong. He felt 100%. He also stated that Abraham was a great champion. Edison Miranda is turning out to be the new Ricardo Mayorga. He talks a lot of trash then gets beat down against the top competition. Where he goes from here is unknown.
Raul Marquez at 36 showed he still has the warriors heart as he defeated previously unbeaten Giovanni Lorenzo. Lorenzo started strong but was outworked by the veteran Marquez. Lorenzo got frustrated with Marquez and began using dirty tactics. Many times in clinches, Lorenzo would rub his head against Marquez but it was not seen by the ref. However in round 10, after Marquez had a cut opened up, the ref caught Lorenzo purposely headbutting Marquez and took a point away. The blood affected Marquez somewhat, but he never stopped coming forward. Lorenzo tried to box from the outside, but Marquez did very well on the inside. He landed some nice body shots as well as some decent head blows. With the win, Marquez now becomes the IBF Middleweight mandatory for Arthur Abraham. Marquez proved that with his experience he is still a force in the sport. Lorenzo, will have to go back to the drawing board. He is a little dirty fighter when things don't go his way and we all saw it.
Raul Marquez at 36 showed he still has the warriors heart as he defeated previously unbeaten Giovanni Lorenzo. Lorenzo started strong but was outworked by the veteran Marquez. Lorenzo got frustrated with Marquez and began using dirty tactics. Many times in clinches, Lorenzo would rub his head against Marquez but it was not seen by the ref. However in round 10, after Marquez had a cut opened up, the ref caught Lorenzo purposely headbutting Marquez and took a point away. The blood affected Marquez somewhat, but he never stopped coming forward. Lorenzo tried to box from the outside, but Marquez did very well on the inside. He landed some nice body shots as well as some decent head blows. With the win, Marquez now becomes the IBF Middleweight mandatory for Arthur Abraham. Marquez proved that with his experience he is still a force in the sport. Lorenzo, will have to go back to the drawing board. He is a little dirty fighter when things don't go his way and we all saw it.
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