Miguel ''Aguacerito'' Acosta Thread.

Sadly there's a lot of fighters that have been/are being brought up like that in recent years (or rather mass media makes those guys even more glaringly obvious than they would've been before) and you have to wait a long time to really see what a fighter is all about.

Sees they're looking to find out now with this kid. Good stuff, Cermeno could well prove to be a wise gamble.

 

He just seemed negative and low output the one fight I've seen him in. Looked nuttin special (was against Breidis Prescott FFS) though that may mean Acosta chases him all night and doesn't walk him onto many peaches, but then he had to essentially walk down Moses so shouldn't be a problem here.

A bit of a softy this one IMO. I'd prefer 135 :fire

 

For some reason I remember Abril as a White Cuban, I might be remembering someone completely different Have deffo watched him against Prescott, and remember being unimpressed.

 

Yeah, needs to pace himself a bit more, doubt a further weight cut would've helped him further though.

He is a joy to watch, old school technique.

 

My condolences to Acosta fans here in the Brit forum.

I'm guessing most of you across the water didn't see Abril vs. Acosta live (it was about 6am UK time when it was on) and will be shocked to wake up to the result. It may or may not be on Youtube soon, given that the Panamanian broadcast was relatively obscure by global standards.

In case you aren't able to see it for yourselves in the near future - trust me. There was no fluke here. No judges' error. No stamina as an excuse. Aguacerito got his ass kicked. Abril - who's only a B level fighter at best - completely dominated and schooled him from the very beginning (and nearly stopped him multiple times). Acosta was reduced to wild punches, running, grabbing, falling intentionally to the mat (a'la Haye against Klitschko), complaining about phantom fouls...all manner of despicable deed as he wore his panic on his sleeve and tried cravenly to simply make it to the finish line.

That sweet boxer that some of us knew beforehand but many fell in love-at-first-sight with against Rios - he was nowhere to be found.

This version of Acosta stunk.

It may be that this version of Acosta is here to stay. People are already saying Rios "ruined" him. I usually don't go in for such simplistic explanations, that someone can literally be transformed overnight from an elite to a bum by one hard battle - but it really seems to be the case here.

The version of Acosta that got beaten pillar to post by Abril doesn't have a prayer of getting near a world title again. :verysad

 

It was as I feared.

Abril didn't impress me against Prescott, and no accounts have said he's made any kind of progression. But Acosta sounded horrible by all accounts, and whilst he wasn't the most durable fighter, I guess Rios beat the last strains of toughness out of him.

He's getting on anyway, if he's done, he's done.

 

When I first saw the result I thought Rios might have a bit to do with his performance. Acosta is in his 30's now and a tough fight like that is not good for anyone.

 

Jpab's deffo topped himself.

 

Two of his boys disgraced in one morning :!:

 

Cant believe the result last night. Sounds like Acosta has nothing left, I'll watch the tape of the fight even though it will be hard as an Acosta fan.

^^^^ RIP Jpab.

 

:rofl



RIP Pab :tomb

 

:yep

He won't cope well with the Acosta loss.