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Kelly Pavlik denying Paul Williams, boxing fans - ESPN

Kelly Pavlik denying Paul Williams, boxing fans - ESPNHaving met up with Paul Williams earlier this year in Canastota, NY, I was looking forward to the planned Pavlik - Williams matchup. According to ESPN's crack boxing reporter, Dan Rafael, the fight has big problems. Cancellation, in fact. You can read Rafael's column on the details right here but it's still anybody's guess what's going to happen.

Golden Boy Promotions Hosts ESPN Friday Night Fights with RJ Sockwell

:: Golden Boy Promotions Inc. ::Golden Boy Boxing is promoting a fight card tonight featuring the one and only R. J. Sockwell vs. Martin Vierra. R.J has a 4 and 0 record with three KOs but, of course, the peeps at BoxRec have mixed up the name and posted Vierra's opponent as Robert Stockwell. It's an easy mistake to make, but poor Vierra--he thinks he's going to fight a guy with an oh and oh record.

Vivian Harris is at the top of the card at the Desert Diamond Casino in Tucson, Arizona. Also featured on the card is Philadelphia' Danny Garcia with a no-loss record and lots of KOs.

Keith Thurmond, up from Florida, is also a guy to watch. There are a couple of females on the card, too, and they're probably happy that Women's Boxing is back at the next Olympics.

Alfredo Angulo Rises up from Cintron Loss

 

David Rosetti and I visited with Kermit "killer" Cintron at the Hall of Fame Induction weekend at Canistota New York. Cintron was just off a stunning victory over tough Alfredo Angulo so recently that one side of his face store showed bruising. That was a great comeback for Cintron, a Pennsylvania boy who got his start in nearby Reading, PA. Ya gotta' love your local boys and Cintron is a 1st class gentleman, soft-spoken and sincere outside the ring. His tee-shirt has it right--life is a fight.

Lots of fight fans favored Angulo to win but it didn't turn out that way, so then it was Angulo's turn to stage a comeback fight. He told the ESNPN interview he was going to bring it and that's exactly what he did when he faced Gabriel Rosado.

Philadelphia boxer Gabriel Rosado wasn't paying attention in a half clinch with Alfredo Angulo in their Friday Night Fights Match on ESPN August 7. Both fighters had a hand free but Angulo fired a bomb that sent Rosado to the canvas. Rosado protested the knockdown and seemed okay but was distracted as Angulo closed in,determined to crush his opponent. Referees tell boxer to "protect yourself at all times" and that's advice that Rosada should have followed. Another crashing right hand put him to the canvas a second time. At that point, Rosado was wobbly, an impression that didn't escape Angulo's notice.

Angulo wasn't going to be nudged out of the game, not by a long shot. A third knockdown and the referee decided against a continuation. Rosado wasn't happy, but his chances of surviving were pretty slim.

Anthony Direlle Continues Serial TKOs

It was a matter of time before Alfreda Contreras would have hit the deck for the 10 count. Direlle's from Flint, Michigan and is not as well known as bro Andre Direlle but he's a hard hitter and 18 people retired from the ring against Direlle with only one decision and that one, unamimous.

Direlle is also notable because he returned to boxing after a long battle with cancer. He was out of the ring from 2006 to 2008 when he was cleared by his doctors to return to the sport.

Contreras was tough and had game during his match with Direlle on Friday Night Fights. Direlle opened up early with hard shots. Contreras has some moves but he's not a hard puncher and Direlle posted up and blasted back confidently. The referee wisely stopped it in seven.