Solo Boxeo Tonight...Kevin Kelley is still fighting???

Middleweight David Lopez looks like he's being groomed as an "opponent" for a GBP fight with one of their up-and-comers in the future. He has good pop but his defense is suspect. He fights big puncher Colombian Samuel Miller with a regional belt on the line. (What is up with all the Colombians? They are all punchers!)

In the undercard, way-past-it Kevin Kelley, who was KO'd not long ago by Bobby Pacquiao, fights former Manny Pacquiao sparmate David Rodela, this time at 135 pounds. Kelley would be a great addition to the FNF team, as he did in a guest spot years ago, or even as a third man on Showtime to complement Bernstein's commentary. Maybe there isn't enough room in the budget with the struggling economy and the guy has to feed his family. Still, after seeing all the wars he's been in, you would think that he would be in danger every time he steps in the ring.

 

I liked how Kelley grilled O'Neil Bell after he won a robbery decision over Dale Brown. Caught him totally off-guard. But we need more real guys like that.

 

HBO tagged it the featherweight Hagler-Hearns.

I also think it was the first fight where a feather made more than a million, but I could be wrong.

People hate on Naz, but today's modern feather champs like Pac, JMM, EM, and MAB have to acknowledge that he paved the way for big paydays for the little guys. (Carbajal-Gonzalez was another such trailblazing fight)