Lightweight Lightning takes another hit: Casamayor out
by SC on Mar 18, 2009 9:06 PM EDT
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From ESPN.com:
Former lightweight champ Joel Casamayor, suffering from a sprained lower back, withdrew Wednesday from his April 4 fight against former titlist Julio Diaz.
"He's not going to be able to fight," manager Luis DeCubas Jr. told ESPN.com. "He has a lumbar spine sprain."
It's the second injury to knock out one of the participants on Golden Boy Promotions' four-bout "Lightweight Lightning" pay-per-view card, which will take place at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas. Former junior lightweight titlist Jorge Barrios dropped out a few days ago because of a broken jaw.
DeCubas said Casamayor's back has been bothering him for more than a week.
"He's laid off sparring for a while. His back is real tight," DeCubas said. "He hasn't sparred for about a week and a half. Joel was right on track, but sometimes your body just says no."
DeCubas said Casamayor tried to rest but his back was still giving him problems and his doctor recommended that he lay off for about a month.
Vicente Escobedo has stepped in to replace Barrios against Carlos Hernandez, but now they need another short-notice guy. Casamayor-Diaz was also arguably the best fight on the show, or at least the fight between the two best fighters on the show. Hernandez-Escobedo is no Barrios-Hernandez (which was no great fight to begin with); Diaz-whomever won't be Casamayor-Diaz.
This show started off with great promise and some of the shine has come off, but I'm hoping they find a good replacement and the show is still worth the money.
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They can reach out to Yuri Romanov and the IBF and see if they can sanction that as the title fight…
Vogt early, Vogt often.
by Brickhaus on Mar 18, 2009 9:12 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
kid diamond? demarco?
they fought each other recently but both would be a good replacement.
i’m still watching because of valero and katsidis. if one of those goes down they the card is cursed for sure.
on a somewhat side note, i wouldn’t trust luis decubas as far as i can throw him.
by sonofapsycho on Mar 18, 2009 9:51 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Gawd not another one! a trashtalker, and then now a marqui fighter! Nooo… lightweight frightening! Throw in Amir Khan in the mix! :)
by cylee1180 on Mar 18, 2009 10:33 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Get Guzman….
"Boxing is dirty," said Casamayor. " The day I’m not ready to be a dirty fighter is the day I don’t fight anymore because it will mean that I have no heart for it anymore."
by Zocalo on Mar 18, 2009 11:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Agreed
Wholeheartedly. If he can’t make 135 catchweight at 137
Gimme 1 round!
by ItBurnzWhenIP on Mar 18, 2009 11:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
He is already on the card vs Jesus Chavez
"Boxing is dirty," said Casamayor. " The day I’m not ready to be a dirty fighter is the day I don’t fight anymore because it will mean that I have no heart for it anymore."
by Zocalo on Mar 19, 2009 12:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
And he's not an amazing boxer
Vogt early, Vogt often.
by Brickhaus on Mar 19, 2009 1:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
To me he is, just an opinion. Pressure well, picks his spots, goes to the body, good ring iq, i have to re-watch the diaz fight, and maybe watch the casamayor fight in whole. but i’m not arguing with anyone, just saying my opinion. I know he’s not a star or nothing.
by cylee1180 on Mar 20, 2009 12:48 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Diaz fight was just befuddling. I love Katsidis’ spirit but that gameplan was all wrong. However — and this is sort of a backhanded compliment, but I mean it — he stuck to the gameplan and followed the instructions he was given. He probably shouldn’t have, but boxers are supposed to believe in their corner and he did that.
"If they cut my bald head open, they will find one big boxing glove. That's all I am. I live it." -- Marvin Hagler
by SC on Mar 20, 2009 2:45 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like his spirit, but he’s not a good boxer. You should re-watch those fights. The only thing he absolutely could not do against Casa was head hunt with wide punches and blatantly chase. He did both of those and the old man KO’d him.
He tried to fight Diaz inside and made Diaz look like both a great boxer and a power puncher. Diaz ain’t no power puncher. JuanDi just turned him and turned him and Kat just kept following into hooks and UCs.
Kat’s got great heart and some pop, But he can’t box.
by lcollins1 on Mar 20, 2009 1:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yuri Romanov or Amir Khan.
Both quality fighters, both need to prove themselves.
Khan is PPV in the UK atm though which would probably rule him out!
by bazzlad on Mar 19, 2009 2:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Plus even though Khan took zero punishment against Barrera rushing him into a fight three weeks later is still foolish probably.
"If they cut my bald head open, they will find one big boxing glove. That's all I am. I live it." -- Marvin Hagler
by SC on Mar 20, 2009 2:46 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nuts
I live in Austin right now and bought a ticket to this card. It sounded pretty exciting at the time — and I’m still jazzed for it, albeit upset now — but two major fighters down is pretty discouraging.
I wonder whether there is any precedent for refunding a portion of people’s money in these cases… then again, that’s probably pretty laughable to expect, eh?
by dsikora on Mar 19, 2009 4:57 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
If you send GBP a friendly letter
Saying how you were disappointed and you bought the card to see Casamayor, they might give you some kind of discount or freebie. That would be the good business practice anyway. Wait to see who they replace him with though. Casa was probably drawing the biggest paycheck of the lot, they might be able to replace him with someone else pretty good.
Vogt early, Vogt often.
by Brickhaus on Mar 19, 2009 6:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
They’ll give you a free 18er of Tecate beer
Gimme 1 round!
by ItBurnzWhenIP on Mar 21, 2009 1:38 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Actually as shady and scuzzy as promoters can be, they’re pretty good in most cases dealing with fans that are disappointed with cards that wind up falling apart. It’s a bigger situation, but the folks in Biloxi last September got a full refund when the Campbell-Guzman fight got canceled. The show still went on but people got money back anyway as far as I recall.
It’s still a damn good live card, though. Valero-Pitalua could be the stuff of slugging legend if the stars align.
"If they cut my bald head open, they will find one big boxing glove. That's all I am. I live it." -- Marvin Hagler
by SC on Mar 20, 2009 2:48 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Randy Gatica, Austin’s own, Texas Welter Champ is now scheduled on that card. He’s fun to watch, like a Texican Prince Naseem, lefty sniper, if he winds up fighting he’ll be fun to watch.
by lcollins1 on Mar 20, 2009 1:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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