I know what you?re gonna say; don?t talk Shane Mosley vs. Sergio Mora. Now hold on; I don?t have a lot to say about the main event- more like a ?strain? event- other than maybe one?OK, two little things?But more important things first. Like the rest of Saturday night?s undercard.
Ponce De Leon goes ?elegant?? on Escalante?
There was a time when Daniel Ponce De Leon was seen as a major player in the junior featherweight division but this was contingent mainly on a Neanderthal style of getting a punch from point A to point B. Since losing his junior featherweight alphabet strap to Juan Manuel Lopez, who blitzed him in one, Ponce De Leon has actually grown into something different in his six subsequent wins: a boxer. Many fighters who are locked in a certain style and don?t have the innate talent to cultivate, i.e. Ricardo Mayorga, don?t get past their lucky windfalls with evolution. Ponce De Leon has. I?m not saying he?s a Mexican Pernell Whitaker but Ponce De Leon?s personal trifecta of Orlando Cruz, Cornelius Lock and Antonio Escalante- whom he stopped in three after a modestly effective effort to mix in some technique- stands as testament to a fighter who really wants to be here. His new number one rating in one of the sanctioning bodies reflects this as well. Whether you agree with the rating or not, the upper echelon of the 126-pound division has a new threat. Maybe not the most elegant of threats but I?ll take it.
?Ta-ta? for ?Tata? on cinnamon wheels…
Because Saul Alvarez beat former World Welterweight Champion Carlos Baldomir- possibly into retirement- doesn?t quite mea
