Freedom Day (that is, the first of February, if you ain't woke - or, forgetting about woke culture, just remotely educated about US history ). Headlining a card in a small Inn & Casino in a middle of nowhere village adjacent to Lincoln National Forest in New Mexico. 10 rounds @ super welter. This will be Trout's first outing since he drew with Terrell Gausha 9 months earlier. Montoya - whose record stands at 17-9-1 (13 victories and eight defeats by KO, which qualifies him for inclusion on the archetypal glass cannons list) - will have not fought in 1½ years, when he returned in June of 2018 and snapped another 1½ year layoff and won a UD to also snap a seven loss skid dating to March 2012. Needless to say, this is beyond a cherry pick. This is scraping the bottom of the barrel, pulling up a long-dead fish, and then blasting it point blank with a sawed off shotgun. But you know what? Because this is Trout we're talking about, I don't mind one bit. Trout of all people has earned a gimme like this one to regain his confidence. At least the guy's a puncher, which is something you'll never find certain belt holders in this division facing (*cough, Boo-Boo...* seriously look at this pansy's record. Only guy in his prime with a higher KO ratio than 55% that Andrade has ever fought was late notice replacement Kautondokwa. He survived an early scare to ultimately pitch an extra-points shutout, but still. That was the last time we probably ever see him with anybody even that dangerous. And lo and behold, next up for this protected fraud is light hitting Cool Hand Luke Keeler. Trout, even this shot to hell version, would tear Andrade in half. ) Oh, and needless to say if this blows up in Trout's face (and that wouldn't even need to be a loss, or a draw - if he struggles, or goes the distance) - it will tell us (and hopefully & more importantly, him) that he needs to retire immediately.
I'm not sure we can expect to even get a Facebook stream for this one. The promoter is Johnny Tapia's widow Teresa, who doesn't seem to have a very active social media presence.
@CST80 let's hope our boy climbs back up on the horse with a highlight reel KTFO (even though it might be without any cameras even around to add it to a highlight reel) and gets a rematch with Gausha to set the record straight before riding off into the sunset.
Abel Mendoza vs. Juan Carlos Guillen, 8 rounds @ super featherweight - starting now. Alonzo Butler KO1ed Jesús Alberto Martínez Torres a few minutes ago in what I'd assumed was the co-main event (instead Mendoza vs. Guillen appears to be)
Come on, really? Do we really need national anthems for this rinky dink show that no one is watching? They don't even do this on GB's FB and FS1 shows. This is ****ing ridiculous.
Round 1 Trout 10-8 Austin dominating from the opening bell, drops Montoya's halfway through with 2 right hooks, he gets back up, Trout back on him, he wants out, he looks like he wants to quit.
Round 1 Trout 10-8 Round 2 Trout wins by KO Austin out ultra aggressive, leaps on him, pounding his gut with lopping lefts, coming up top landing right hooks, Montoya's reeling and all over the place. He goes down on his knees, the ref waves it.
Did Montoya even try or is he just that bad. That's the biggest "showing up for a check" performance ive seen in months.
