Ruben Villa IV vs. Jose Enrique Durantes Vivas & Michael Dutchover vs. Thomas Mattice RBR.

(he manages Vivas, btw, that's why he is sitting ringside and being interviewed during the match)

 

I like Villa, second time I watched him fight. Excellent skills

 

Mikey needs to yank his boy outta there, no point him getting his skull creamed throughout a second half of this..

 

Hot damn, RV4 has landed 30 of 54 power shots (56%) halfway through..

 

Farhood says it was Faure vs. Jake in Shreveport last time he saw the ropes break on a ShoBox telecast.

...which happened this past January.

Yeah... twice in 9 months is a lot. Spring for a sturdier rope brand, Showtime, you cheapskates.

 

I checked out a few minutes of Lee vs. Linger @ the Cannery and...blech. I think I'll continue to watch RV4 pace angrily like a lion in the zoo.

 

...and before some wisenheimer pipes in with "but IB, wouldn't the promoter be the one to coordinate all that stuff, not the network?" - yes, generally, but something tells me neither Devin Haney Promotions nor Mayweather's outfit are concerning themselves with such minutiae. I can totally see Leonard Ellerbe walking into a Showtime exec's office with a bundle of cash and being like "take care of all that jibba-jabba, would you? Thanks baby.."

 

Farhood gave Vivas the 1st and has it 49-45 Villa.

 

I'd be a little disappointed in the lack of any further knockdowns since the second round with Villa landing all those flush southpaw one-twos, but then I remember that he always has been somewhat of a feather-fist. Sharp textbook puncher, and he can get an opponent's respect & keep them honest...but he's no KO artist. Evinced by his 16-0 (5) record heading in..