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New York - Coming into his fight against the IBF Welterweight Champion Kermit Cintron (29-1, 27KO's), Friday night at the Staples' Center, Joe DeGuardia's Star Boxing promoted, Jesse “El Rayo” Feliciano (15-6-3, 9KO's) understood that many saw him not only as a huge underdog to take Cintron's title, but that he would be lucky to even last six minutes in the ring with the powerful Cintron. “I was a 20-1 underdog,” said Feliciano. “No one expected me to even go the first two rounds with Cintron, but I proved everybody wrong.” [details]
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This bum should be grateful for even getting a title shot. His had his 5 minutes of fame, he can now go back to fighting at small cards. -
El Rayo is the man!!Comment
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feliciano is a true warrior. we need more fighters like him in boxing.Comment
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for feliciano theres nothing to be ashamed of. as for Cintron......Comment
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I hope that wasn't his last fight. He took some shots to the head that would knock a lot of people out coldComment
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i didnt watch the fight but where the punches that cintron threw were they like the ones that landed on Matthyse?Comment
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What's up with Feliciano's punches? His hands look broken or warped....Comment
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Whoa buddy, you didnt see the fight, then how do you know if anyone should be ashamed of anything? cintron hurt his right hand during the opening round and pretty much threw left hooks after that. despite not having his most effective weapon, he still won. sure he played felicianos game, but that became the gameplan after he hurt his hand...
Montoya then stated: "I noticed he came back to the corner and said something to you. And after that he stopped throwing the right hand as much."
Steward responded with: "Yeah. After the first round, Kermit came back and told me his hand was hurt. I thought, 'oh ****.' At that point I had a tough decision to make and I made a quick one to change our strategy, slow down and stay inside and let this kid tire himself out. In the later rounds we'd go to our legs and turn him and confuse him and go for the stoppage. I knew we might get behind on the cards and that the crowd might turn against us. But with a crazy kid like that coming forward all wired up and ready to take our best shots, I thought it was the best thing to do. Kermit might have burned himself out trying to move all night." - From the House with dogs that boxComment
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yes, and many many more!
ref stopped it too early. i felt it was a good stoppage when i first saw it but this is a once in a lifetime opportunity, and feliciano was VERY very close too winning. good luck to him, i'm sure he's made a fan out of every single person
who watched his fight.Comment
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