Argentinean Cesar Rene Cuenca is scheduled to fight Russian Eduard ?The Eagle? Troyanovsky on November 4, 2015 in Kazan, Russia with the IBF and IBO World super lightweight titles at stake. The ?Eagle? has a KO percentage of 86% while Cuenca?s is a mindboggling 4%, yes, 4% but ?El Distinto,? as he is called, is an excellent defensive fighter and technician who knows how to do one thing very well; namely, win. The southpaw is ring- savvy, stylish and knows his way around the ring, as he uses effective foot movement, an accurate jab, and sharp combos to frustrate his opponents.
Highly touted and cocky Chinese prospect (and Freddie Roach-trained) Ik ?Wild Man? Yang (19-0) was surprisingly outclassed and tamed by the 34-year-old ?El Distinto? in his (Yang?s) unsuccessful challenge for the vacant IBF light welterweight title. in Macau. Cuenca even decked him in the first round. Cuenca himself, however, hit the deck in the 5th but won the decision by a wide margin.
Amazingly, Cuenca is on the verge of matching Floyd Mayweather?s record of 49-0 but because he has done this while under the radar, he is virtually unknown and will never be included in the killer group of recent Argentinean fighters like Martinez, Matthysse, and Maidana. However, but he could well exceed Mayweather as the one who reaches 50-0 first?yet be destined to wither on the vine of relative obscurity.
