Luis Abregu another potential opponent for Joshua Clottey
by SC on Sep 30, 2009 6:17 PM EDT
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Undefeated welterweight and frequent Shobox fighter Luis Abregu of Argentina is another fighter under strong consideration to fight Johsua Clottey on December 5, reports Rick Reeno.
Abregu (28-0, 23 KO) had an excellent four-round brawl in May with Irving Garcia, the fight coming the night before Hatton-Pacquiao and thus losing the buzz it might have had as a tremendous Shobox main event. His record is pretty hollow, and despite showing good power, he'd be a massive underdog against Clottey, who is tremendous defensively, has a great chin, and is a humongous potential step up in class for Abregu.
Reeno also says that Jesus Soto Karass (24-3-3, 16 KO) has also been mentioned, but he's not likely. Karass is currently scheduled to fight Alfonso Gomez on the Cotto-Pacquiao undercard on November 14.
Abregu looks to be one of the frontrunners to land they Clottey fight, along with Kendall Holt, who was reported yesterday as a possible opponent.
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i like the abregu fight simply because its two fighters in the same division…i don’t like it because it would be a huge step up in competition for abregu who should be fighting a good journeyman (cosme rivera, david estrada) not a recent title-holder who should have never been stripped and is proven against world-class competition…never mind i just checked boxrec and abregu already beat estrada…in that case i like the fight, it’s kinda like cintron-angulo
by JohnUtah on Sep 30, 2009 7:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
in fact i’m pretty sure thats estrada on the receiving end of that straight right
by JohnUtah on Sep 30, 2009 7:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
i know i was all over holt but good lord abregu ain’t nothing but a warrior. BRING IT ON
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by battle axe of doom on Sep 30, 2009 8:02 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I'd MUCH rather see him face Abregu
Abregu probably isn’t much more of a threat to actually win, but at least he’d do his best to make an exciting fight. Plus the whole welterweight thing. Holt is a chinny JWW who doesn’t throw enough punches – seems completely tailor made for Clottey.
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