El Perro Bites Back: Angulo Blitzes Rosado In Two Rounds

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By Jake Donovan - So much for struggling to get past that first loss.

Just three months after the worst performance of his young career against Kermit Cintron, 2004 Mexican Olympic participant Alfredo Angulo showed no ill-effects of a mentally weakened fighter, scoring a convincing second round stoppage of Gabriel Rosado.

The bout served as the main event of ESPN2’s Friday Night Fights telecast, aired live from Buffalo Bill’s Star Arena in Primm, Nevada.

There were plenty of whispers that the book was out on how to handle Angulo, who has unfairly earned a reputation as a one-dimensional brawler. Angulo instead put those talks to rest, hardly missing a beat in steamrolling Rosado, becoming the first to stop the junior middleweight spoiler, and doing so in dominant fashion.

Rosado’s early game plan was to touch and move, pumping one-twos then immediately moving out of harm’s way. He enjoyed mild success in the opening round, as Angulo was economical with his attack. More attention was instead paid to finding ways to cut off the ring and limit his opponent’s movement. [details]

[Rubber Duck]

I like what i saw tonight. I hope he stays busy wanna see more

[lcheezy]

anybody can walk down a nobody tomato can. la perra angula did'nt show me nothing. everytime he gets in with a real fighter then his slow ass will get exposed.

[ChiRock773]

anybody can walk down a nobody tomato can. la perra angula did'nt show me nothing. everytime he gets in with a real fighter then his slow ass will get exposed.

ANYBODY??? Why were'nt you in the ring tonight knocking out that tomato can..??? LOL...

when life gives you hate you make hateraid...he, he...

[Don Johnson]

I thought it was a bad stoppage but, I'm pretty sure he woulda ****ed that dude up tho.

[2501]

Anglulo did look a lot different from the Cintron fight specifically his cutting off of the ring and agression. He seemed more prepared on his feet offensively. But we still need to see more of him in with boxers to see how much he has really improved.

[jcarr71]

I feel bad for Rosado most of all through all of this. People are going to think of him as a tomato can now like the poster above. He got distracted tonight with the ref telling him to let go of Angulo and got caught. It was no one but Rosado's fault, but it was still sort of bad luck. He's a decent fighter too. If a promoter treated him as a prospect from the start he could have been turned into a contender, but he's been matched as an opponent his whole career and even the greats would end up like him if they were matched like him from the start. He beat Ouma, Moore, almost beat Guerrero, and has shown good natural ability. He's never going to amount to anything though now.

[aristotlemoses]

I was kinda hoping to see Rosado pull off a good upset. He is a decent fighter, he has been matched really tough, and won two of those fights.

Ref should have let him kept going in my opinion. So quick with the stoppages sometimes. How is that good for the sport. I mean don't get me wrong it woulda ended soon after maybe, but he should have let him try to make it through the round.

[Spray_resistant]

Rosado is a good fighter and not a tomato can, it is a good win for Angulo. I have no problem with the stoppage or how the 1st kd occurred because its a fight and it wasn't like the ref was in between them breaking them up at the time of the kd punch.

[TheMelvern]

Rosado is a good fighter and not a tomato can, it is a good win for Angulo. I have no problem with the stoppage or how the 1st kd occurred because its a fight and it wasn't like the ref was in between them breaking them up at the time of the kd punch.

True, Rosado is no tomato can that kid is solid. I liked what I saw from angulo tonight, he is fun to watch and hope he thrives in the world of boxing so we can see him in more top caliber fights.