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By Thomas Gerbasi - January 28, 2011. It was the day 26-year old Josesito Lopez went old school on Mike Dallas Jr. Talented, highly touted and expected to hand the Riverside, California product his fourth professional loss, Dallas instead got pressured, taken into deep waters, roughed up and then knocked out in the seventh round.
According to Lopez, that was precisely the plan.
“That’s pretty much what we had planned and exactly what ended up happening,” he said. “He (Dallas) has never been tested, had never faced someone with the qualities that I have, and I put all that to the test to see if he could take it, and within two, three rounds I knew the way the fight would be going.”
It’s a fight that should make the now 17-1-1 Dallas better in the future, while also sending a direct signal to managers and promoters that coddle prized prospects with opponents that don’t prepare them for their step up to the next level. With the exception of talented fellow prospect Lanard Lane, Dallas’ 2010 dance card was comprised of wins over 6-10 Devarise Crayton, Lenin Arroyo (loser of six straight), Daniel Gonzalez (loser of 12 straight), Genaro Trazancos (loser of five of his previous six), and Fabian Luque (loser of four in a row).
Conversely, Lopez’ pre-Dallas slate included 25-5-2 Sergio Rivera (winner of five of his previous seven), 21-1-1 Marvin Cordova, Anthony Mora (loser of three in a row), trial horse Sergio De La Torre, and Patrick Lopez (winner of four in a row leading up to the bout). It’s boxrec math at its finest, but a week ago, the difference between a talented boxer in a sporting event and a hungry veteran in a fight was evident. And that type of grit is something you aren’t born with; you develop it the hard way. [Click Here To Read More]
According to Lopez, that was precisely the plan.
“That’s pretty much what we had planned and exactly what ended up happening,” he said. “He (Dallas) has never been tested, had never faced someone with the qualities that I have, and I put all that to the test to see if he could take it, and within two, three rounds I knew the way the fight would be going.”
It’s a fight that should make the now 17-1-1 Dallas better in the future, while also sending a direct signal to managers and promoters that coddle prized prospects with opponents that don’t prepare them for their step up to the next level. With the exception of talented fellow prospect Lanard Lane, Dallas’ 2010 dance card was comprised of wins over 6-10 Devarise Crayton, Lenin Arroyo (loser of six straight), Daniel Gonzalez (loser of 12 straight), Genaro Trazancos (loser of five of his previous six), and Fabian Luque (loser of four in a row).
Conversely, Lopez’ pre-Dallas slate included 25-5-2 Sergio Rivera (winner of five of his previous seven), 21-1-1 Marvin Cordova, Anthony Mora (loser of three in a row), trial horse Sergio De La Torre, and Patrick Lopez (winner of four in a row leading up to the bout). It’s boxrec math at its finest, but a week ago, the difference between a talented boxer in a sporting event and a hungry veteran in a fight was evident. And that type of grit is something you aren’t born with; you develop it the hard way. [Click Here To Read More]
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