Jamal James vs Abel Ramos

Yeah, this one could be fun - and I'm very keen on the upset. James has long smelled a fraud to me, even when he was unbeaten (getting dropped by Abreu, Omotoso and Kayonga isn't much to be ashamed of if you take each individually at face value, but in sum they paint a picture of a guy with leaky defense and not the best resistance to go along with that...) and I don't trust anybody that lets a rusty Ugas outbox them.

Abel Gutiérrez Ramos is a VERY live underdog, and has the pop to ruin James' night and deal him that long overdue first KO defeat. His only losses are to blossoming elite Rougarou, and then a slobberknocker with Baranchyk (who I think is going to have short-fused prime and get exposed soon, but is still unbeaten and racking up some good names).

Edner Cherry vs. Dennis Galarza in the co-main event is another tasty morsel, and BONUS - my (online) buddy Veshawn Owens makes his nationally televised debut on the undercard.

 

I'm pretty sure even V doesn't think he should be thrown into that gladiatorial arena/lion's pit just yet. Only my other e-friend, Gary, is that much of a chest-thumping lunatic.

Besides, unless I'm mistaken the holy grail for V is to drag Antonio Johnson into the ring. (they have a long and very entertaining feud built up on social media, would be an even more volatile grudge match than Ortiz vs. Ríos at this point with all the smack they have talked; basically long story short Johnson claimed the vacant Minnesota title at 154lbs in January of 2016, declared himself "the man" and went around crowing about having cleaned out the division statewide even with Owens going blue in the face calling him out, and Johnson has just been sitting on the belt ever since, inactive for 2½ years, just going around to gyms doing a tough guy act, hard-sparring less experienced dudes and pulling intimidation tactics on those gullible enough to buy his schtick, and then running like the wind as soon as VeShawn gets within a mile of him. Of course I'm getting just the one side of all this, but...)

That victory to earn the Minnesota title was a MD over Mohammed Kayonga, who previously lost to, among others, Fredrick Lawson and Jamal James (whom he dropped). In his previous steps up in class Johnson lost a UD to Chia Santana and drew with Willie Nelson, both in 6-rounders.

 

I've never actually seen a full pro fight of his (just a few scraps of footage of him floating around online, all from the amateurs, plus he typically posts a couple of minutes of shaky hand-cam ringside HL on his social media feed after his small-hall fights) but VSO is a good kid and hard worker, so I'm rooting for him. IDK a thing about his opponent except that he's a southpaw and perhaps the most insanely proportioned junior middleweight of all time. (kid is SIX foot SIX! - that means he towers 4½" over even Nobuhiro Ishida!!!!!)

 

That card wasn't televised nationally AFAIK; no TV outlet was listed on BR and doing a quick search turns up no RBR for it on here so that one slipped by not just me but CST and Drew, everybody... it was another of those RJJ promoted cards headlined by John Vera before he finally got flown across the Atlantic to be cashed in against/exposed by Michel Soro. There was a Facebook live stream but I don't think anybody on here except that one guy @philly even made a peep about it.

There are videos of the card as recorded by a chintzy local channel with extremely low production values, on this archive: http://www.dailymotion.com/superboxingvideos2/videos (pretty valuable resource if you don't already have it bookmarked)

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I'm checking it out now, but yeah, the Renegade (not to be confused with Manny Robles Jr., an unbeaten Golden Boy featherweight prospect and the son of Angeleno trainer Manny Robles, whose stable includes Óscar Valdez and Jessie Magdaleno) is a tricky southpaw and takes quite a bit of work to stop. Nice result on paper, will give a more thorough impression soon..

 

Yeah, was about to say after seeing the opening few rounds that it seemed pretty competitive and not a dominant rout or anything, but man, once he settled into the job and got that line-drive RH lead dialed in, Abel went full-on Cain, huh?

 

I've seen Fundora listed as even taller, per the majority sources he's actually 6'7" and I've seen a couple as high as six-eight. BoxRec is the only place that puts him as low as six-six.

He once somehow fought at welter. Kingsley Ikeke eat your heart out...

Well, as they say, the bigger they are... VeShawn is a perfect 9-0 (9), so here's to hoping that he's able to chop that redwood down. (in spite of giving up an entire larger-than-average erect ***** in height... )

 

Sorry for hijacking your thread, @Russell - a part of me has wanted to make a dedicated thread on VeShawn for a while but the dearth of footage has stayed my hand until now, when you've provided a host organism... but hey, at least I'm promoting the same card...

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edit: seems VeShawn's privacy settings make it so that none of this stuff can embed. Gr, extra step...alright, screenshots it shall be:

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Here's some footage of Fundora:

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Plus a wee rare bit of VSO in the pros:
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That's a lot of target for a body puncher.