David Rodriguez fights Saturday...tidbit about him for you guys...

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  1. IceJohnScully

    IceJohnScully Active Member Full Member

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    Some of you like this kind of stuff... I knew David (his legal name is Delvin but EVERYONE from our area knows him as David) when he was around 14, he trained here in Hartford several days a week (he lives about 1 hour away) and I used to travel with him and his coach's team to regional tourney's etc and Delvin often would come away with Outstanding Boxer Awards at shows and tournaments...he was 139 and 147 back then...always reminded me of Oscar in the way he was built but also in the way he had such precise punches for a young amateur, he could really put punches together...anyway, when he was open class there was a young Junior Olympian, age 16, who was also 147 who was about to go from the junior division (15 and 16) to the open class (age 17 and older) and his coach wanted to put him in with Delvin...everybody said he was crazy, that Delvin was to sharp and experienced for such a young kid...(Delvin was almost two full years older than the kid)...his coach was confident, though, and put him in the fight... and the kid not only won a decision in his very first open class fight against Delvin but he looked VERY composed and sharp doing it (I was there, it was in Willimantic, Conn.)...that was a big deal around here at the time, definitely an upset...and even with Delvin having advanced so high in the professional game and with him being a favorite to win the IBF title this Saturday I would still pick that kid to beat Delvin even now, right now, today. All these years later.
     
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  2. Robot16

    Robot16 Keep it Kr0nkn Full Member

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    Thanks Iceman,
    So who is this kid?
     
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  3. Goose

    Goose Russian oligarch Full Member

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    you from Hartford, John?

    I live in southern CT ... in Norwalk

    Rodriguez is pretty popular in Danbury here, think that where he is from.
     
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  4. IceJohnScully

    IceJohnScully Active Member Full Member

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    ha, I was wondering when someone would ask who the kid was....I am in Windsor (next to Hartford)...I fought as an amateur once at the Elks Club in Danbury...Delvin is from Danbury but often used to train here in Hartford when he was an amateur...so what kid from the 90's would you guess could still beat Delvin today?? Come on guys, think about it :)
     
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  5. Bazooka

    Bazooka Pimp C Wants 2 Be Me Full Member

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    I wouldnt pick that kid to beat delvin he might be walking around fat as **** unless you are that other kid???
     
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  6. Antwuan Maxx

    Antwuan Maxx Boxing Junkie Full Member

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  7. IceJohnScully

    IceJohnScully Active Member Full Member

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    LOLOL, You got it, my man!!!!
     
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  8. Soloman

    Soloman Well-Known Member Full Member

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    we talkin about David Rodriguez heayweight nopeful:bart ?
     
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  9. IceJohnScully

    IceJohnScully Active Member Full Member

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    No, The (David) Delvin Rodriguez who fights TONIGHT for the IBF 147 title...
     
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  10. DemolitionDan

    DemolitionDan ATG and HoF Full Member

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    What time does that fight come on?
     
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  11. IceJohnScully

    IceJohnScully Active Member Full Member

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    I will assume 9 pm EST
     
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  12. Brickhaus

    Brickhaus Packs the house Full Member

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    The internet PPV card (at gofightlive.tv) starts at 8, and has a few undercard bouts (including Boo Boo Andrade and Tarvis Simms), so I imagine the main event will be on around 9:30 or 10.

    I'm rooting for Rodriguez in this one. I couldn't track down a copy of Rodriguez-Hlathswayo I, but almost everything I read said that Rodriguez got robbed. He's not at the top level of welterweights, but it wouldn't be a joke if he wins a belt. P4P, he's better than a lot of other current beltholders.
     
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  13. Brickhaus

    Brickhaus Packs the house Full Member

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    No, Delvin Rodriguez, the welterweight contender (if you actually read the initial post, he said that in real life he goes by David).
     
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  14. Robot16

    Robot16 Keep it Kr0nkn Full Member

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    Thanks alot John Scully.

    I picked Delvin in the first fight and against Shamone.
    But the only thing that worries me is his durability.
     
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  15. IceJohnScully

    IceJohnScully Active Member Full Member

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    was the decision fair? I missed the fight
     
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