Guillermo Avila vs Wilfredo Vasquez Jr Discussion

Yeah.

5D will have it up until 10 fyi.

 

Heeeey - better late than never.

I've kept meaning to respond in here - and to various PMs accrued over the week...but...yeah... :!:

Anyway, I can't speak for anyone else picking Avila in the leagues or dropping vCash on him - maybe they're simply tailgating me down Speculation Avenue or maybe they've done their own research - but for me it's a matter of having my faith in WV2 deteriorated to where I just can't see him thriving anymore in wars of attrition. The heart is too willing and the body too physically worn.

It's rocky surf, navigating through an explanation of how I view Papito these days. I don't want to use the phrase mentally weak, because it connotes a lack of heart which is by no means an issue with him - but his main problem is mental weakness, in the sense that he can't stay the course and box when baited to fight. Avila will so bait him. Avila hits like a mule, is willing to get hit, and can take it well - at least at the level he is yet accustomed to. It's just a bad match-up for Vazquez Jr. at this point given where he is at this stage - even though conventional logic would tell us that his much greater quantity and quality of experience and proven abilities should make him a clear favorite over a kid who until now is essentially nobody. (which I think is another factor here - Avila can make a name on Vazquez Jr. and won't be intimidated by his pedigree but rather incensed by it to claim his scalp...meanwhile, Wilfredo is looking over a dark precipice should he drop two in a row to unheralded opposition, and this isn't a guy I have a lot of faith in to begin with, let alone in a nervy can't-falter situation...)

I've seen a tiny bit of Avila, none of which tells me he belongs in the same ring as Vazquez on his "A game" - but enough to know that Vazquez with his C+ game (which I suspect may be the rut he's stuck in, torn internally between wanting to get back in the W column and yet wanting to entertain and prove he's macho...) is a sitting duck...

 

A pinch from column A, big scoopful from column B.

 

For the record, I would love to be wrong. I'm a big fan of WV2.

 

I don't know, man. There was supposed to be a pretty sizable gap between him and Ishimoto...who is a very light hitter, and dropped him legitimately, mere glove touchdown or not...

It's the way he engaged in that one, more than anything. It seems he nowadays thinks he can just tank in and swap ordinance, like he's Ruslan Provodnikov or something - except he ain't built durable like Ruslan. That kind of approach isn't what got him up to his career heights, but it seems to be what he's fallen back on since descending from them.

 

They're supposed to go live at 11:35pm EST, but the good news is Boxeo Telemundo always begins with the main event and then shows the undercard. Their back-ass-wards format works to our advantage if you're looking to catch some Z's in the not too distant future...like by midnight would be nice.

That is, unless you're keen to see Wilfredo's little brother, Israel (who really needs to change his name :-() in a showcase with tough Mexican journeyman Felipe Rivas.

 

:yep

I know...it feels a bit hypocritical, especially having stood in opposition to all the unfair needle most folk give that poor Sal Sanchez III kid - but, FFS, he's at least a blood relative of his legendary namesake.

This whippersnapper Izzy Vazquez ain't even the same nationality as El Magnifico. It's almost sacrilegious to have a boricua potentially sullying the name of a proud son of Mexico.

 

arty

The Ishimoto lesson sank in. The future ain't so bleak!

He didn't spaz out when hurt, and (more or less) stayed collected and boxed smart over 36 minutes with a big-hitting and iron-chinned if green and limited slugger. I don't want to get carried away, since he only really did what he needed to do to keep his career alive with a guy he would've been a hands-down no questions asked favorite over a few years ago - but the resiliency, commitment to movement and his jab, and level of activity balanced with energy conservation all indicate a return to meaningful action on a bigger stage being just around the corner.