Miguel ''Aguacerito'' Acosta Thread.

Wha'gwan brethren,

For most of you, I'm assuming you know of Miguel Acosta through his early FOTY contender(well, at the time. Those thoughts were soon quashed by the likes of Marquez-Concepcion and Gonzalez-Vargas) with Brandon ''Bam Bam'' Rios, in a momentum-shifting fight that saw the defending champion dominate in the early going, before the physical strength of Rios allowed him to come storming back, ending in a brutal 10th round defeat for the likeable Acosta.

Some of you may be fortunate enough to know of him as far back as July 2009, where he absolutely demo'd the then rising star Urbano Antillon with some positively brutal right uppercuts and a variety of hooks high and low. Antillon's style fitted Acosta well. He motored forward, but didn't have enough physical strength to wear down the stamina-lacking Acosta, coupled with his glaringly obvious tendancy to be prone to uppercuts gave Miguel all the advantages he needed. Too quick, too much power, and too smart, Acosta's power shots began to find the mark with increased regularity while Antillon's output dwindled, leading to the Mexican walking face first into a perfectly placed right uppercut that detatched him from his senses.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lg1VVbPPTYQ[/ame]

The Antillon demolition gave Aguacerito the ''Interim'' WBA title at 135, and he was made to wait in frustration for nearly a year before he got his opportunity, coming against the ''Full'' Cahmpion(JMM had been elevated to ''Super'' champion by this stage. I think. I hate the WBA.:verysad), the talented Namibian Paulus ''The Hitman'' Moses, who in his own right had a few decent wins against Andriy Kudryatsev(later beaten by John Murray) and Japanese duo Yusuke Kobori and Takehiro Shimada. Acosta had to show his versatility for this fight, away in Namibia, against a tidy, rangy boxer-type, he was forced into being the aggressor, a task he succeeded in. Showing a surprising degree of balance which hasn't been evident before or since, he timed his attacks to perfection, slowly closing down his nimble adversay with his jab, before unleashing volleys of 5 and 6 punches up and down. His power and handspeed in full dlow again, he gradually wore down the hometown hero in six, depositing him to the canvas with a right hand, to which the Namibian television commentators annointed it as ''UPSET OF THE CENTURY!!!''.

(Unfortunately, there is zero amount of footage of this on YouTube or any on the web as far as I know. Hopefully something will come up at some point:conf)

Another ****ing period of inactivity followed, a year and a half to be precise, before his next fight. With a Venezuelan superfight with fellow countryman Jorge Linares mooted, he took a non-title, marking time fight with journeyman Armando Cordoba, who he ruthlessly dispatched in the opening round. A monstorous overhand right did the job, in a fight where he was supposed to be getting the rounds in. Alas, he didn't, and did this instead:

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KhQ1DD2yE8[/ame]

With Linares in the ring with Acosta after, it was expected that the fight would soon be announced. Instead, to he surprise of many, it was instead Rios that Acosta would make his long-awaited first defence against. I'd imagine most of you know the story, Acosta dominating in the early rounds, even hurting the much bigger Rios in the 3rd and having him on the back foot for the duration of the 4th. Then the size and physical power advantage told, as well as Acosta's stamina deficiencies being highlighted, and Rios came storming back, dropping the venerable Venezuelan three times en route to his victory, leaving me depressed and with a **** avatar.:-(

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yor-1plO7lw[/ame]

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxR33JWbQSs&feature=related[/ame]

At 33, it's doubtful that he'll be able to regain the form that saw him score wins over the likes of Alfaro, Adjaho, Antillon and Moses(taking the undefeated records of the latter three), but hopefully he'll still be able to find his way back to somewhere near the top. A fight with the likes of Michael Katsidis could be very intriguing. As for now, he'll be out on the 6th of August against a to be named opponent. Don't expect too much, it'll more than likely be a fight to just simply rebuild confidence, but preferably he'll be back out soon after against the types of opponents he's flourished against in the recent past.

Jpab out.

 

Acosta's career has been a fairly interesting one too. I found this interview I read just before the Rios fight while sifting through all of my Acosta-related stuff.

 

So?:blood

The point is that a quality fighter that looked like he might be retiring is returning. Not my problem that you aren't grateful for my free education given out on this and my Poonsawat thread.:bart

 

There is news blud, he's back yo. We just don't know who'll be in the opposite corner.:bbb

I'm happy to admit I'm probably Acosta's number 1 ball-hanger, any excuse and I'll write a mini-essay on him.

 

And probably still would, under the assumption that he hasn't been ruined by the Rios bout. Which he probably has actually.

 

Bump because the Moses fight has surfaced on YouTube:

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rgiZu-f068[/ame]