Can the 'Pogo Stick' dance around and outpoint Napoles? Or will Jose catch up to him? Opinions please. 15 rounds at welterweight.
O MAN why do you have to go and make an awesome matchup like this? Ok heres my view and I will get scorched by manassa for saying this but I pick Luis Rodriguez on cuts. Luis rodriguez like alit, was a fast sharp "cutting" time puncher. Jose Napoles has a history of suffering horrible cuts that caused him to lose the fight to ordinary fighters. Against a sharp fast puncher like rodriguez, I think the cuts advantage will take its toll. Up until the cuts stoppage, I see it being a very clever boxing match, with neither taking any risks, and neither going on the assault. I think rodriguez controls the pace and dictates the fight with his fast array of combinations while napoles wins the counterpunching battle, calmly and smoothly waiting rogriguez out looking for the mistakes and capitalizing on them. Rodriguez W cuts 13
Weren't both from Cuba....and Angelo Dundee trained both at various times I think? Rodriquez was within a punch or two of Emile Griffith's equal, so he is pretty strong. Rodriquez would win one of three fights with Napoles, with the others very close also.
