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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 4647618, member: 289"] I saw the last four fights of tonight's Showtime card: Elijah Garcia, at 19 the #15 middleweight in the world with a 14-0 record with 12 knockouts going in had a hard time with #86 Kevin Salgado (15-1-1 with 10kos) but rallied to win a 10 round decision. I wondered if this Garcia was related to the one in the main event, (there's a resemblance), but could not find anything to confirm it. Two years ago I watched a fighter named "The Bully" dominate his opponent until the bully went down face-first from a counter-punch, (much like Marquez-Pacquiao). I didn't remember who the two fighters were. They were Bektemur Melikuziev, (the 'Bully') #33 super-middle, (11-1, 9-1) and Gabriel Rosado #21, (26-16-1, 15-4), who, despite the mediocre numerical record is a much-respected 'trail horse' in the division, having faced many of the top contenders. Melikuziev, remembering what happened last time, started slowly and carefully but got more aggressive in the third round and dominated the bout with his jab and straight left hand. He never had Rosado in trouble but never got in trouble himself was a decisive decision. He had stated that he wanted to look more impressive than his potential rival in the next bout but he failed at that. David Morrell, who despite the name is a Cuban immigrant, came in as the #8 fighter in the super-middleweight division. with a 8-0 (7ko) record. He faced a Brazilian named, (I kid you not), Yamaguchi Falcao, (#80, 24-1-1 with 10 KOs), but not for very long. Falcao was out on his feet after about two minutes and the bought should have been stopped but the ref allowed Morrell one last shot that put Falcao out for several minutes. Morrell now wants David Benevides or Canelo Alvarez. That's a tall order but he looks dangerous. Then came the main event, one of the few scheduled knock-off fights between the main contenders in the junior lightweight/lightweight/junior welterweight area of the sport. They advertised it as "the fight to save the sport and said that the winner would "become the face of boxing". That's hyperbole but it was an interesting match-up. Gervonte 'Tank' Davis is a Floyd Mayweather protege and me may be the best of the jlh/lw/jww group. Ryan Garcis ia boxing's latest "pretty boy" but a talented fighter, taller and longer than Davis and with a lot of hand speed and power. But Davis noted in an interview that Garcia tends to keep his hands down and his chin up, not a good combination. Not much happened in the first round but plenty happened in the second round. Garcia went after Davis and forced him into the ropes. Davis grabbed onto him and tried to wrestle him away. Garcia got a couple of shots in before the ref separated them. Then, suddenly, Davis hit Garcia with a perfect counter left and put him on his pants. Ryan got back up and boxed his way through the rest of the round. But the rest of the fight he was much more cautious and kept his hands around his head to defend against that shot, which proved fatal. Davis kept his lea foot outside of Garcia's, limiting Ryan's right hand and setting up Davi's shots, with a probing jab. He easily won the next three rounds before Garcia decided he needed to take chances to turn the fight around in the 6th. Ryan got in a couple of good left hands and at least evened the round but failed to change the momentum. Then, suddenly, came the end. Showtime's loudmouth announcer Mauro Ranallo, (he's a pro wrestling guy - Jim Lampley, where are you?), didn't even realize the decisive punch had been thrown. It's still another big-time bout, (there have been so many in recent years), won by a body shot. Davis bent down under a Garcia punch and delivered a punishing blow to his side. Garcia retreated, threw a couple punches that didn't get halfway there, smiled at Davis and decided to go down to one knee to recover and found he couldn't get up and the referee counted 10 over him and waved the bout over. Despite the result I think Davis' future lies in the lightweight division, where he can take on the likes of Haney, Lomachenko, Stevenson, etc. while Garcia, with his height should look to the welterweight division. [HEADING=2][/HEADING] [/QUOTE]

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