DeMarcus "Chop Chop" Corley

Corley soldiers on...

The 37 year old is riding a streak of five straight losses into the hometown of none other than Ruslan Provodnikov to do battle in the dead of winter on Monday, December 5th. :scaredas:

Balls of steel, this guy.

Even if he pulls the upset, it will be to little fanfare as this is on a Monday with no broadcast coverage in the western world.

Provodnikov did show some fallibility in his first defeat at the hands of Mauricio Herrera, who Corley was once better than at his best...but Corley's last really solid bell to bell efforts came in 2010 in competitive losses to Marcos Maidana and another eastern European on enemy territory (Fedchenko in the Ukraine).

He got savaged by Lucas Matthysse in January...I didn't see his low-key in-between effort against Iraqi-Canadian prospect Andre Gorges in March, but only gave him the first round against Puerto Rican hitter Thomas Dulorme back in June...and it was all downhill from there. Let there be no uncertainty - Corley is past his best.

It will be a moral victory if he can survive the full 12 rounds against Provodnikov at this point...which almost certainly amounts to a Provodnikov points win in Ekaterinburg. Can Chop Chop find the strength to kayo the sturdy Russian slugger? :think It would seem his only real chance at this career-saving win.

 

The losing streak is OVER!!


Corley got back on the scoreboard last night. :happy He didn't do it against a bum, either. He popped the cherry of unbeaten North American 140lb champ Gabriel Bracero. The BK based boricua had frequently appeared on ShoBox in televised matches, including an upset win over fellow unbeaten Danny O'Connor. Chop Chop went to Tito's hometown and gutted out a unanimous decision!

I'm not exactly surprised that this flew a bit under the radar...nor that Lou DiBella was unable to secure TV coverage for this card, as it would have butted up against the highly anticipated and heavily advertised debut of boxing on the rebranded NBC Sports Network (formerly Versus). It is surprising that Corley managed to ebb the tide of six losses by conquering a very solid 18-0 fringe contender in hostile territory - and there hasn't yet been a single post about it on ESB, as of the next afternoon. atsch

WAR CHOP! Whether he quits while ahead and rides off into the sunset, or battles on - he's got my full support as always. :bbb Obviously based on this result and his very game effort against Provodnikov, the 37 year old has plenty to offer. :deal

 

:blood Did you just happen to coincidentally dig up the thread to post about this, and not see it was already bumped with the same news like ten minutes apart?

 

Great minds.. :yep :good

That's what lazy Sundays are for, man - a big pot of coffee and sniffing around the net for boxing news that may have slipped through the cracks.

Funny that we both thought to bump the Chop super-thread rather than make a new one about him beating Bracero.

 

BTW, how awesome is Matthysse looking about now? :hey

Only guy in the past two years to stop Chop, and only guy in that same time span that Chop hasn't been highly competitive with - and Chop's been keeping a busy schedule against world class operators and non-stiffs. :bowdown