Before we begin, a disclaimer: It is the opinion of your friendly neighborhood commentator that you?d get a better value for your boxing dollar if you simply saved your money and spent this coming Saturday on YouTube watching Angulo-Kirkland again and stirring in the Ali-Frazier trilogy in honor of the late Smokin? Joe rather than watching the cavalcade of junk that will prove to be the biggest waste of money since Pacquiao?s last pay-per-view against Shane Mosley. But for those of you with enough disposable income that the 99% are planning to occupy your house, here?s everything you need to know about the fights Saturday night.
The undercard features a past-his-prime fighter against a guy who seems averse to truly taking on the very best boxers in his loaded weight class, along with a guy who has one signature win and a whole lot of unanswered questions and an intriguing scrap that would make a great main event on ShoBox. The main event features a guy who is a natural featherweight moving up to a catchweight of 144 to face a guy who rivals Denis Lebedev in his insistence on beating up guys way past their prime. Without further ado, let?s get to the breakdown:
Luis Cruz (19-0, 15 KOs) vs. Juan Carlos Burgos (27-1, 19 KOs), jr. lightweights
The opening bout of the evening promises to be the best potential all-action fight of the night. Throw a Puerto Rican (Cruz) in against a Mexican (Burgos) and you know you?re not getting a chess match. You?re getting a Brooklyn street fight that is unlikely to see the bell ring to end the tenth round. As Max Kellerman said last week about Angulo-Kirkland, ?this will be a fun fight as long as it lasts.? Make sure the beer and chips and salsa are all out before the bell rings for round one and hang on tight.
Cruz, for his part, has been brought up against generally mediocre opposition, with his biggest wins coming in his last two fights against Martin Honorio and Antonio Davis. Both of those opponents have fought for world titles and made excellent scalps for the up-and-coming Cruz.
