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Well, yesterday on August 2nd there was a small boxing event being held at a coliseum in the southern Puerto Rico by Don King titled: “Noche de Campeones” (Night of Champions). I had seen this event being advertised in a newspaper and since I had never gone seen boxing matches before (up close), I decided to attend it, along with my dad, my brother and a friend of mine. It was the first time that I had seen a boxing ring, so naturally--and I’m not sure if most people think this when they first see one after watching boxing on TV—I thought that it looked too small. But I figured that maybe they didn’t bring a “real” one, the reason being that it was a small event. When I looked at the monitors up next to the high seats, it was surprising to see a still camera shot of the ring and all of a sudden, it seemed normal. Every time I looked at the ring though, it looked small. The size is very deceiving, and with the camera shots that they use, the rings seem much bigger than it really is. It was exciting being there. We were there sitting for about half of an hour before the first bout started. The music all of a suddenly started blaring, and out came the first heavyweight fighter Earl Ladson (14-18-1, 7 KO’s), against Kertson Manswell (15-0-0, 1 KO’s). Being this the first fight I had ever witnessed, I would “Ooh” and “Aah” at every punch that connected, every looping punch that missed, every body punch that was received, even if it didn’t connect cleanly. Other highlights from my first attendance to a boxing event:
Christopher Rivera (First pro fight) vs Miguel Rivera (0-1) [126 lbs bout]
Miguel Rivera came in with an executioner mask and crossed his arms like B-Hop acting like tough and everything. When Chris got into the ring, there was a stare-down before the stare-down, and it was actually entertaining. Miguel, while he was very tall, his punches were much too wide and Christopher caught him clean on the inside, knocking him down 3 times before the ref waved it off. Even in defeat, Miguel would climb up on his corner and do a gesture of slitting his throat with his thumb towards the public. His record now stands at 0 wins and 2 losses.
Fernando Torres (7-0-1, 4 KO’s) vs Efraín Pérez (2-1-0, 2 KO’s) [135 lbs bout]
Best knockout of the night: Efraín was the more inexperienced fighter going up against Fernando Torres of Coamo, Puerto Rico. Efraín would come in brawling, swinging away to the body and connecting. Torres kept his guard up and blocked the headshots and didn’t seem too intimidated by the more active, more over eager Pérez. In one the clinches, I could see the men in Pérez’s corner telling and gesturing him to slow down, to take it easy. When the referee broke them up, Torres caught him with a CLEAN uppercut on the jaw and then I believe it was followed by a left hook and he instantly collapsed, arms out to the side. The ref was going to count him out, but before he could even get to 6, one of the trainers came in and stopped the fight to spare his fighter from further injury. When his trainer lifted Pérez up, his legs were completely rubbery, it didn’t matter if the ref had allowed it to continue, the knockdown was devastating, and it came so suddenly. Brilliant.
César “Junito” Seda (13-0-0, 9KO’s) vs José García (27-12-1, 17 KO’s???) [108 lbs bout]
The puertorrican Seda was heavily supported in this fight as he went up against José García of Nicaragua. It was an entertaining fight and I think Seda was rocked by a hard straight in the second, but he kept his cool, kept his composure and was able to wear García with his jab, eventually knocking him down twice with body shots. One of the body shots came from a straight, and both times García spit out his mouthpiece. He survived for a couple rounds I think, before the ref stopped it while he was still on his feet. Dunno whether it was García’s face or his body language, but the fight was promptly stopped after Seda landed a straight left to his head, snapped his head back, knocked him into the ropes, but he slided away as Seda was not able to follow it up and corner him. It didn’t matter, that punch caused the ref to stop it.
Overall, it was great experience for being my first attendance. I hope to be able to go to a major one in the following months, but time will tell. I’m going to try to upload some photos in a while…
BTW, I don’t usually upload photos (because I don’t know much), but I hope they turn out clear enough.
Christopher Rivera (First pro fight) vs Miguel Rivera (0-1) [126 lbs bout]
Miguel Rivera came in with an executioner mask and crossed his arms like B-Hop acting like tough and everything. When Chris got into the ring, there was a stare-down before the stare-down, and it was actually entertaining. Miguel, while he was very tall, his punches were much too wide and Christopher caught him clean on the inside, knocking him down 3 times before the ref waved it off. Even in defeat, Miguel would climb up on his corner and do a gesture of slitting his throat with his thumb towards the public. His record now stands at 0 wins and 2 losses.
Fernando Torres (7-0-1, 4 KO’s) vs Efraín Pérez (2-1-0, 2 KO’s) [135 lbs bout]
Best knockout of the night: Efraín was the more inexperienced fighter going up against Fernando Torres of Coamo, Puerto Rico. Efraín would come in brawling, swinging away to the body and connecting. Torres kept his guard up and blocked the headshots and didn’t seem too intimidated by the more active, more over eager Pérez. In one the clinches, I could see the men in Pérez’s corner telling and gesturing him to slow down, to take it easy. When the referee broke them up, Torres caught him with a CLEAN uppercut on the jaw and then I believe it was followed by a left hook and he instantly collapsed, arms out to the side. The ref was going to count him out, but before he could even get to 6, one of the trainers came in and stopped the fight to spare his fighter from further injury. When his trainer lifted Pérez up, his legs were completely rubbery, it didn’t matter if the ref had allowed it to continue, the knockdown was devastating, and it came so suddenly. Brilliant.
César “Junito” Seda (13-0-0, 9KO’s) vs José García (27-12-1, 17 KO’s???) [108 lbs bout]
The puertorrican Seda was heavily supported in this fight as he went up against José García of Nicaragua. It was an entertaining fight and I think Seda was rocked by a hard straight in the second, but he kept his cool, kept his composure and was able to wear García with his jab, eventually knocking him down twice with body shots. One of the body shots came from a straight, and both times García spit out his mouthpiece. He survived for a couple rounds I think, before the ref stopped it while he was still on his feet. Dunno whether it was García’s face or his body language, but the fight was promptly stopped after Seda landed a straight left to his head, snapped his head back, knocked him into the ropes, but he slided away as Seda was not able to follow it up and corner him. It didn’t matter, that punch caused the ref to stop it.
Overall, it was great experience for being my first attendance. I hope to be able to go to a major one in the following months, but time will tell. I’m going to try to upload some photos in a while…
BTW, I don’t usually upload photos (because I don’t know much), but I hope they turn out clear enough.
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