TOP RANK BOXING

BY JOHN MASTALIR jmastalir@yahoo.com

THE FIGHTS WERE...... AS LATE AND DELAYED AS THE PRESS CONFERENCE.

INCREDIBLE ! ! !

The 7 bout card on Wednesday shrunk to six fightS by Saturday at the Palms HBO Boxing after dark card.

What a great arena for boxing and some good action.

4 pm card started at 432

Good 8 rounder with Matt Korobov (12-0)
winning 79-73 on all middleweight cards.

10 minutes dead time

Mismatch Jose Benavidez jr. 8-0 second round TKO

48 minutes dead time

Another mismatch...novices

7 minutes dead time

Super featherweight Diego Magdleeno (16-0) super impressive Tko win

31 minutes dead time

REPORTER GARY TURNER ASSISTED IN FINAL TWO FIGHT REPORTS

Lightweight Anthony Peterson (30-1) lost for first time ....disqualifed and thoroughly beaten by Brandon Rios (25-0-1) Peterson the only Top Rank fighter in the PROMOTERS right HAND column that lost on this card.

18 minutes dead time

Main event headliner Yuriorkis Gamboa winning a unanimous by 7, 6 and 5 point margins over Orlando Salido (34-11-2)....Gamboa at 126 pounds a great puncher now
(19-0) was knocked down and lost two points for hitting his oppent when down. Top Rank producing a main event fighter with 10 losses....now 11. You figure.

WE REMAIN CLOSE TO THE END OF CIVILIZATION .....32 MINUTES LATE 122 MINUTES DEAD TIME AND THE SEMI CONSTANT HORRENDOUS SUPER LOUD RAP MUSIC WHENEVER THE PRODUCER SAW FIT....JUST AWFUL.

I LOVE BOXING....I LOVE REPORTING...JUST HOW MUCH OF MY LIFE CAN I GIVE TO THIS ?
THE ANSWER OF COURSE IS TO TAPE EVERYTHING AT HOME ....KILL THE SOUND AND FAST FORWARD THREW ALL THE CRAP.

THANKS TO TOP RANK AND THE PALMS FOR DOING THIS !

NEGATIVE SCORE FOR ALL THE LATE...THE DELAYS AND AWFUL MUSIC...LESS THAN ZERO !