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| Author: | Reared on the Score [ Sat Feb 27, 2016 3:41 pm ] |
| Post subject: | 2/27 - lots of fights today (including one at 4:30) |
If you have a DVR and some premium cable subscriptions, you can fashion yourself a pretty nice card today. First at 4:30pm on Showtime, the best fight of the day is happening in England between the British Scott Quigg and Carl Frampton from Northern Ireland. Should be a cool atmosphere, plus they're both legitimately at the top of their class (Jr. Featherweight, 122lbs). If not for Guillermo Rigondeaux it'd be for the outright championship. Then later on Showtime is one weight class up, with Leo Santa Cruz headlining. It's not a greatly competitive challenger but usually Santa Cruz puts on good fights. Supposedly the undercard should be full of action. On HBO is the biggest fighter of the night, Terrence Crawford. He's not in super tough, unfortunately. The division (Jr. Welterweight) isn't very strong right now as a lot of guys moved up, but still: taking on Hank Lundy is a bit of a disappointment. Lundy is the kind of guy you'd see on ESPN twice a year usually getting a close loss on the cards. He's ok, and should at least try to win, but Crawford needs to have better opponents if Top Rank really wants him to reach stardom. He was rumored to be the Pacquiao opponent but I can't say I'm that disappointed it didn't happen. A matchup later with Viktor Postol would be better. The undercard of the HBO card has the newest Puerto Rican prospect they're pushing, Felix Verdejo (lightweight). |
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