Roman Karmazin knocks out Dionisio Miranda in ten
by Scott Christ on Jan 9, 2010 12:01 AM EST
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Former junior middleweight titlist Roman Karmazin overcame a knockdown in the ninth round to knock out Colombian puncher Dionisio Miranda in the tenth round, a sensational knockout finish to kick off the new season of ESPN2's Friday Night Fights.
Karmazin (40-3-1, 26 KO) was ahead on my scorecard by an 86-84 score after nine, but the fight may well have been scored in Miranda's favor at that point. Karmazin was hurt in the third round and survived, and was knocked down on a rocket right hand in the ninth, but again got his legs back and came back into the fight.
Joe Tessitore said after the fight that Miranda led 87-84 on one card, and two were tied at 85-85.
In the tenth, Miranda (20-5-2, 18 KO) seemed to get his feet tangled up on the first knockdown, but the second and final knockdown left no mystery. A hard right hand put Miranda on the mat, and the referee waved it off.
This now puts Karmazin in line for a shot at IBF middleweight titleholder Sebastian Sylvester, who faces Pablo Navascues on January 30 in Germany. Sylvester-Karmazin would probably be an easy enough fight to make.
Karmazin didn't look great out there by any means, but he certainly overcame a spirited effort from a guy who has a very big right hand. Miranda's rawness wound up losing him the fight, but it was one of those fights where you're never quite sure how it's going to turn out until it ends. A knockout finish seemed certain the whole way through, but Miranda was hurting Karmazin. Karmazin hadn't hurt Miranda at all until the tenth round, despite looking like the better boxer.
It was a fine, fine start to the new season of Friday Night Fights, and it was damn good to get boxing back on U.S. television. A new year for the sport starts fine.
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You have to think that even at this degraded state Karmazin is at least a live underdog versus Sylvester.
It’d be a competitive fight on paper at least.
Bad Left Hook
"If bulls**t was poetry, Ray 'Boom Boom' Mancini's name would be Shakespeare." -- Dennis Rappaport
Yeah. It’s hard to count him completely out against anyone within a division, even at his age. There are some glaring problems, but the fact that he can still solve half of them with that right cross is important. Lotsa lefties floating around his waters these days.
Weird guy. A pure puncher will destroy him., and a pure boxer will embarrass him. But even a good boxer-puncher is going to have a veryhard night of work. Even now he seems genuinely hard to time if you are actually trying to knock him out, like Miranda tried to.
"This fight'll be the nastiest thing you'll ever see. I been sober for six weeks, and that makes me vicious."
-- Randall 'Tex' Cobb
Sylvester will make him look very slow
But Sylvester is there to be hit. If Karmazin is persistent, he could pull it off.
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He'd get killed
Pavlik would knock him out within three.
Bad Left Hook - The SB Nation boxing blog
"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
You have to be rooting for Roman….he’s a real “Cinerella Man” in 2010. He’s got one more good fight in him; let’s see what he does.
Yeah
He may not win it, but he obviously has the stuff left to make a very solid showing either way. The body is still warm. It would be a great way to end his career.
"This fight'll be the nastiest thing you'll ever see. I been sober for six weeks, and that makes me vicious."
-- Randall 'Tex' Cobb
By the way
I’m not RBRing the Stieglitz fight, but I’m watching it, and there’s actually a cracking women’s fight going on right now before it.
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"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
Menzer vs Kuehne
That was a fricking WAR. I’ve never seen a woman’s fight so brutal and vicious before. Fight was stopped on a cut after six, but both fighters looked completely busted up afterwards. Pretty solid boxing actually as well.
Bad Left Hook - The SB Nation boxing blog
"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
Looks like it got cancelled
which would be a good reason it wasn’t aired.
Bad Left Hook - The SB Nation boxing blog
"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
good main event
I thoroughly enjoyed it- the main event was back and forth and ended with the fighter who had to have the knockout getting one. Nice come from behind.
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