Fabrice Aurieng vs. Raphael Zumbano Love RBR

Official cards:

Toni Tiberi 118-111
Sergio Sotelo 119-112
Brahim Ait Aadi 120-110

UD for Fabrice Aurieng

 

Well, Love is always pretty useless when he isn't crushing South American cans... but I found Aurieng decent enough to watch last month on Bigger's Better XXIV*. He wasn't able to do much with Love today but that was mostly Love's fault. Of course, if Aurieng were nearer to world class or even possessed of some true HW thunder he wouldn't have carried Love the distance landing with that much ease in between the clinching. (which honestly gave Klitschko vs. Povetkin a run for its money...ukke)




*For those who aren't familiar with the BB tournament, it's sort of like a low-rent mainland European version of the UK's Prizefighter series - an eight-man heavyweight knockout tourney featuring 3-rounders. The main difference is that BB utilizes lots of athletes from other combat sports like Muay Thai, conventional kickboxing and MMA...so many are in fact making their pro boxing debut. However, they no longer count BB matches as being sanctioned pro bouts (they used to), unlike PF.

So if you're looking at Fabrice Aurieng's record on Boxrec, it's a fairly ugly 7-6 (2). Not that it makes all that much of an improvement aesthetically, but if the BB stuff counted it would be 10-6 (4) and he would've been heading in against Love coming off three victories (all on the same day) instead of consecutive losses.

 

Right now I'd pick Aurieng to out-hustle McDermott, based on his form these last couple of months.

 

The whole match in a nutshell:

http://nsa34.casimages.com/img/2013/10/17/131017110945695892.gif

(and really that makes it look more exciting than it was)


Hey, it was better than Caparello vs. Green from this morning. :!:

 

Actually, I take it back...

Aurieng has competed in three Bigger's Better tourneys and won his second crown last month. In the one he lost, it was to Mairis Briedis, a legitimate cruiser prospect from Latvia whose pro record (obviously excluding BB matches) is 10-0 with eight knockouts.

So if you were to adjust his record to include BB participation, Aurieng is more like 15-7. (4) Not exactly wowing for a 'world titlist' - and yes, he captured the vacant and oh-so-prestigious WBF belt once held by the pushing-50 version of Evander Holyfield today - but it's prettier than 7-6 (2) and more accurate. He deserves to be credited for all his work in the squared circle. It's ridiculous they aren't counted as pro bouts. BB should be, if PF is.

...and WSB shouldn't. Really I don't even get how there is controversy over any of this. It all seems pretty cut and dry to me. :conf