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By Thomas Gerbasi - The first time Vicente Escobedo fought in Mexico in 2004, they threw bottles. A little over six years to the day, he returned to fight in the country where his parents came from, and for a while, it was almost déjà vu.
“I had a feeling there were gonna be some boos,” said Escobedo, who was taking on 66-fight veteran Carlos Urias in Mexico City on March 26th. “So they announced me as a 2004 Olympian who represented the United States and they started booing me. My opponent is from Sinaloa, Mexico and they started cheering for him, which made sense, and I expected that.”
While the fight progressed, Escobedo, with new trainer Joel Diaz in his corner, began speaking English to each other so ringsiders wouldn’t hear what they were talking about. In response, Team Escobedo was on the receiving end of some language you wouldn’t exactly hear at church on Sunday. But then a funny thing happened after Escobedo halted Urias in the third round.
“As soon as I knocked the guy out, they started cheering for me,” he said. “People started coming up to me, wanting to take pictures and get autographs, and overall I got a good response and I was happy with everything.” [Click Here To Read More]
“I had a feeling there were gonna be some boos,” said Escobedo, who was taking on 66-fight veteran Carlos Urias in Mexico City on March 26th. “So they announced me as a 2004 Olympian who represented the United States and they started booing me. My opponent is from Sinaloa, Mexico and they started cheering for him, which made sense, and I expected that.”
While the fight progressed, Escobedo, with new trainer Joel Diaz in his corner, began speaking English to each other so ringsiders wouldn’t hear what they were talking about. In response, Team Escobedo was on the receiving end of some language you wouldn’t exactly hear at church on Sunday. But then a funny thing happened after Escobedo halted Urias in the third round.
“As soon as I knocked the guy out, they started cheering for me,” he said. “People started coming up to me, wanting to take pictures and get autographs, and overall I got a good response and I was happy with everything.” [Click Here To Read More]
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