Do you think it will go to the judges? Personally I think that Ngoudjo will get careless and Urango will land that one big shot .
Ngoudjo has world class speed and good accuracy, but his footwork is lacking and I haven't seen evidence of the stellar defense that people have been talking about in this thread. Augustus was catching him pretty frequently. Worst of all Ngoudjo, though he uses a higher then normal guard, squares up COMPLETLEY in his stance. Being he's never employed a slick boxing strategy I don't see him starting now.. Urango KO between 6 - 9.
This will be a great fight and deserves some serious attention. Urango seems limited the few times I've seen him so I suspect Ngoudjo will take a decision. One punch can obviously change things, thats why I am really looking forward to this matchup. Let's enjoy!!
Marlon Wright is refereeing the fight with Urango and Ngoudjo. He was the ref for the controversial fight between Andrade and Bute. Supposedly, he is the only ref available in Canada for the IBF. He is also the reason Ngoudjo's trainer, Howard Grant is sitting in the stands for tonite's main event. Howard Grant was suspended in the Bute-Andrade fight. He was Andrade's trainer at the time, now serving a 3 month suspension. Also 2 of the judges who judged the controversial cruiserweight fight between Dale Brown and O'Neil Bell for the IBF belt in 2005 are judging the Urango-Ngoudjo fight. They are Richard Green and Robert Hoyle. Let's hope it doesn't get interesting.
The problem with Urango is his tendency, even in his best performances, to be ultra-economical with his punches, and can be outhustled, and out-worked as a result. Yes, Ngoudjo can be caught, but the kd against Augustus was due to exhaustion, and while Bailey put him down, let it be noted that he's still one of the hardest punchers in the division and that Herman got himself back into the fight whenever he was hurt against him. Urango has power, but unless he dramatically ups his workrate, I think Herman wins this by UD.
Augustus was only his 12th fight. I think Herman improved a lot since then. I found his footwork better against Malignaggi. He was a little more fluid too.
against Bailey only his glove touch the floor its not wath we call a real KO Ngoudjo did the same thing to bailey in the first round!
It looks like it is a 7:30 pm start here on the West Coast of Canada, it is being shown on the French Channel if you have cable. It might be repeated later on . I think Herman will have his hands full and Urango will probably get a stoppage win. Herman isn't taking the easy route with his career and this is only his 18th fight . I thought Randall Bailey beat him and if Bailey can knock Herman down then Urango will stop him.