Early Weekend Results: Brian Vera Upsets Sergio Mora, Tomas Rojas Beats Nobuo Nashiro
by Scott Christ on Feb 5, 2011 2:04 PM EST
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Fort Worth, Texas
- Brian Vera SD-10 Sergio Mora: If any fight was going to finally put the nail in the coffin of anyone's idea that Sergio Mora had actual potential to be a name fighter, this should be it. Mora fought tough, actually, but he lost to Vera on scores of 96-94 (twice) and 94-96. Since beating the late Vernon Forrest in July 2008, Mora has gone 1-2-1, with a win over blown up, semi-retired club welterweight Calvin Green and losses to Forrest and Vera, plus that draw with Shane Mosley that might well have been the worst televised fight of 2010. There's always been an X-factor lacking in Mora. It's not skill -- Mora is perfectly skilled. He's never seemed able to max his talent, and his inconsistent schedule, bad fights, and ego problem reputation, combined with this loss, should pretty much end his career as even a fringe contender. He might bounce back, but the patterns of his career don't suggest that will happen. His best bet might be to do his damnedest to play the role of spoiler against someone now.
Osaka, Japan
- Tomas Rojas UD-12 Nobuo Nashiro: I'm sure Sidney Boquiren will have more details on the Japanese card, but we'll give you the results now. Early this morning on American time, Tomas Rojas retained his WBC super flyweight title with a decision victory over Nobuo Nashiro in Osaka, winning on scores of 116-111, 116-113 and 114-113. Rojas (35-12-1, 23 KO) and Nashiro (14-3-1, 9 KO) are both more impressive than their records might indicate, and have both fought high levels of competition. Nashiro is probably best-known for his two fights with current super flyweight on-paper king Hugo Cazares, while Rojas may unfortunately be best known to most as a guy who ran into a nasty Vic Darchinyan shot and was knocked out on Showtime.
- Malcolm Tunacao TKO-6 Daigo Nakahiro: Tunacao (28-2-3, 17 KO) has really come into his own during his reign as OPBF bantamweight champ. About ten years ago (March '01) he lost a fight to Pongsaklek Wonjongkam, but since then he's been on a tear, losing just once by technical decision to Rolly Matsushita. He also drew with Kohei Oba in 2006, but defeated Oba last year. Nakahiro falls to 21-4-1 (8 KO).
- Hirofumi Mukai UD-10 Sonny Boy Jaro: Hopefully Sidney will have more info on Mukai (5-0, 0 KO), because this is a real good win for someone's fifth pro fight. Jaro (31-10-5, 20 KO) is no world-beater and he's past his best days, but he's been a fringe contender at 108 and 112 for years.
Santa Ynez, California
- Lateef Kayode UD-10 Nicholas Iannuzzi: Lotta folks saying that Freddie Roach's puncher prospect cruiser Kayode (16-0, 14 KO) got a gift against Iannuzzi (16-2, 9 KO). Kayode won on scores of 98-91, 97-92 and 95-94. Iannuzzi lost a point for hitting after the bell, but it wouldn't have mattered anyway with those first two scores. Kayode has always been raw and possibly overhyped. There are times he reminds me a lot of Victor Oganov.
- Luis Franco SD-10 Leonilo Miranda: Another one where plenty are wondering if the showcase prospect didn't get lucky. Franco is now 9-0 (5 KO), while Miranda drops to 32-3 (30 KO). Scores were 97-93, 96-94 and 94-96 for Franco.
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Wow
I’m really excited about Mosley Pac now. Should be a great fight.
Although, to be fair, the boxrec undercard, actually doesn’t suck. Soto-Antillon part 2 – electric boogaloo should be good and while Arce – Vasquez probably won’t necessarily be very good (Arce seems to continually get worse yet keep winning somehow) it has a good chance of being fun.
by journeyintosound on Feb 5, 2011 2:37 PM EST reply actions
(Arce seems to continually get worse yet keep winning somehow)
Generally he wins when he fights guys who aren’t good and gets trucked when he doesn’t. Pavlik’s supposedly on the undercard, too.
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I thought he lost pretty convincingly to Parra
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Glad to hear Vera won
I didn’t watch the fight. Vera’s a decent guy and truly loves to box. He’s also way more fun to watch than Mora. Hopefully this will get Vera another good date on FNF and send Mora down the road.
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Vera should be made into a FNFolk Hero, IMO. He’s always fun, always gives his best, and can have a watchable fight with just about anyone. You can have him as the crowd favorite A-side or the plucky B-side. He’s perfect for Friday nights.
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by Scott Christ on Feb 5, 2011 2:59 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Agree
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by The Kittitas Kid on Feb 5, 2011 6:04 PM EST up reply actions
All of his best wins have come on FNF as well
Lee, Demers, Mora all on FNF. Maybe he should try to only fight on FNF so he can get a fair shake.
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me too
was pretty happy when I found out the result earlier, even though I don’t hate Mora as much as most.
I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘’Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'’ (Bernard Hopkins)
I make up for that by hating him more than most.
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"To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day..."
balances out just fine then ;)
I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘’Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'’ (Bernard Hopkins)
Heretofore referred to as......
Brian ‘I have no hate in my heart’ Brock
"Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer"
---- Muhammed Ali
Lol
I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘’Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'’ (Bernard Hopkins)
The 98-91 card for the Kayode fight was implausible, but I did have him winning a close fight. Kayode was by no means underwhelming; rather, Iannuzzi outperformed (at least my) expectations. I thought the Franco fight could have gone either way, but I didn’t think it was a gift either, per se. Vera/Mora was a lot more entertaining that my very low expectations would have indicated.
A lot of us are taking some hits in the pick-em game this week.
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yeah
its been all upsets so far, and Arthur’s won the first two rounds against Booth….
I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘’Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'’ (Bernard Hopkins)
Agreed with Kayode. He wasn’t good, but he wasn’t soundly outboxed or anything. If he does step, he loses, but meh. It was still a close fight.
"But women DON'T understand the offside rule!" said in defence of Andy Gray.
by Oli Goldstein on Feb 5, 2011 4:13 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Really
Suprised to see Mora lose to Vera. Good thing I didnt bet on it lol.
If his window of being a superstar boxer is indeed closed, Mora will bounce back as a guy who has a lot of talent, and maybe his next opponents will underestimate him because of his recent loss. I dont think weve seen the last of Mora
It could very well happen that way. But he’s 30, he’s not exciting, he doesn’t keep his schedule regular, and he has already lost to Brian Vera and had a draw with Elvin Ayala where you could argue he lost. Really, what’s his upside? I don’t think talent is his issue, but I also don’t think he’s really all that good. He could do his best and would lose to tons of guys from 154-168.
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"To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day..."
by Scott Christ on Feb 6, 2011 10:11 AM EST up reply actions
A problem Mora could have as a "spoiler"
is that matchmakers may shy away from letting their prospects fight him. He certainly brings name recognition, but his style is such that he is extremely difficult to look good against. I would be concerned that the best case scenario for a prospect would be “boring win.”
"We've come a long way, and I'm not talking about Virginia Slims, either." - Art Howe
The upside is that he beat Vernon Forrest and drew with Shane Mosley and won the season of The Contender that 5 million or so people actually watched. I doubt you’ll see prospect fights, but someone will put him in there as a name opponent. Hell, the fact he lost this one probably earned him a title fight against JCC Jr in about 6 months.
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by Brickhaus on Feb 6, 2011 2:48 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Hes still a 22-2-2 fighter, but he needs to have a big bounce back W in his next fight if he wants to redeem himself.
Doubt it
He’ll fight chumps for a while and then get another big fight because he’s in a weight class with a lot of rising stars but not a lot of recognizable names.
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It's a slow week
Maybe we could have a caption contest for the photo of Sergio Mora above.
My entry:
" My s#%t used to be … eh…. about this Big. Until last night!"
"Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer"
---- Muhammed Ali
See this face? This is my 'amused' face.
In 2008 Lewis commented on a possible match up with Riddick Bowe. "He waits until I am in retirement to call out my name," said Lewis. "I will come out of retirement to beat up that guy. I'll beat him up for free."
Luis Franco might have been a top amateur, but I'm dubious at to whether he's going to make much of a splash in the pro ranks.
He’s clearly got skills, but that defence is somewhat leaky, and he doesn’t really have the pop to put his opponents on the back foot. I don’t know if its just me, but I also think he looks tiny at the weight.
"But women DON'T understand the offside rule!" said in defence of Andy Gray.
by Oli Goldstein on Feb 6, 2011 12:34 PM EST via mobile reply actions
I thought he looked pretty little too
possibly going down a weight class would help him with pop, since there wouldn’t be as much to pop at.
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