Saturday night

[Shark1959]

See below. I see up coming and undefeated heavyweight, Mike Perez is fighting again on the under card. His last fight was quite the WAR.

Cheers :)

Shark1959


HBO / Indigo PPV (CAN), 10:15 pm EST, Lucian Bute vs Jean Pascal, Mike Perez vs Carlos Takam. The first really major card of 2014 is finally here, as the likely biggest fight in Canadian boxing history is upon us. Pascal (28-2-1, 17 KO) fought in September against George Blades to stay in shape, as this fight was originally scheduled for May before Bute (31-1, 24 KO) postponed. Bute hasn't fought since November 2012 in an iffy win over Denis Grachev, six months after Carl Froch smoked him. The co-feature was originally going to be Eleider Alvarez vs Thomas Oosthuizen, but Oosthuizen pulled out to the surprise of few, and is now a heavyweight bout between Mike Perez and veteran Carlos Takam.

[Condor]

Even though I never seen him fight I am looking forward to the fight (s) .. Let's see how he reacts after the Abdusalamov fight.. As he seems really remorseful..

[Shark1959]

Even though I never seen him fight I am looking forward to the fight (s) .. Let's see how he reacts after the Abdusalamov fight.. As he seems really remorseful..

Hey Condor:

I hope for his sake he is able to put that tragedy behind him, from what I've read he has but, we'll see once he steps in the ring, that will be the deciding factor. He has dedicated this fight to Abdusalamov tomorrow night. He looks like the real deal. Good write up here:hxxp://www.boxingscene.com/mike-perez-fight-ahead--73490

The link below will take you to the fight if your interested. It was one of the best HW tilts I've seen in a long time. The only problem was the outcome was bad

hxxp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJxANHztmEg

Enjoy the fight

Cheers :)

Shark1959

[rudee]

Bout time we got some boxing on the tube. Tired of the NBA... season wayyyy too long.
Ha ha ha..... funny, they say "veteran Carlos Takam" veteran usually means they
will get knocked out, in boxing terms. (trial horse). hope its a good match though.

[Fibroso]

Hell, you still have a tube!!! Well what can I expect from a Laker fan still. Don't even know the Clippers exist. hehehehe
You hit the nail on the head, boxing in Canada to start the new year.
Hoping for a good one, as everyone else.

[rudee]

Hola amigo Fib,,,, yep still kicking... (barely)
We went thru a dry spell.. hopefully tonights bout is the start of something good.
Ahhhh what ever happen to the old boxing days eh?

[Fibroso]

Hola amigo Fib,,,, yep still kicking... (barely)
We went thru a dry spell.. hopefully tonights bout is the start of something good.
Ahhhh what ever happen to the old boxing days eh?
It's all in the past, like everything else. I think we'll have a good one tonight.
Hope your mom still giving you hell. this way I know things are cool.
Lots of love and good wishes to you and the fam.

[rudee]

Gracias amigo..
I do have to say,,, saturday night main event was pretty lousy.
The white dude was scared to death of Pascal...
Pascal is a 10 round fighter and the other dude is a 2 round fighter..
Perez looked pretty bad. Looked like he didnt wanna be there.
Canadian fans were booing.
Hopefully next weeks fights are better.
Something better than nothing i guess.

[Shark1959]

Gracias amigo..
I do have to say,,, saturday night main event was pretty lousy.
The white dude was scared to death of Pascal...
Pascal is a 10 round fighter and the other dude is a 2 round fighter..
Perez looked pretty bad. Looked like he didnt wanna be there.
Canadian fans were booing.
Hopefully next weeks fights are better.
Something better than nothing i guess.

Have to agree on both accounts, they were not that entertaining. I was hoping for a lot more in the HW fight after the performance Perez gave in his last fight. I guess the events of that fight were his demons in this one. I heard one of the commentators say that Perez's trainer or manager mention that Perez was in lala land after the head butt. I think it was more than the head butt. :)

Did you happen to see the Perez's last fight, if not you owe to yourself to give it a view, even knowing the outcome?

Carlos Takam Batters Mike Perez: Settles for a Draw taken from Eastside Boxing

Opening up for the HBO broadcast from the Bell Center in Montreal, Canada were two relocated heavyweights. The contest pitted two relocated fighters in late starter Carlos Takam born in Cameroon fighting out of France and Mike Perez born in Cuba and fighting out of Ireland. The bout seemed like it was going to be a forgettable one as the first three rounds saw very little action.

Then a cut on the right brow of Perez opened from an accidental head butt in the third round and neither man got particularly desperate despite facing a possible no contest. Then suddenly the fight picked up. The much larger Takam spent the early goings backing away from Perez and trying to box the former Cuban amateur and the perceived better boxer. Perez appeared to be ahead after five rounds as the fight remained at a slow pace with no real engagements. In round six the fight became stationary and toe to toe and Takam began to dig to the body and work in the uppercut.

After a slow start the fight began to build in excitement as Carlos Takam began to become the stalker and applied great amounts of pressure. He brought a left hook to the body around the guard and a right uppercut to the body under the guard. Takam also brought a chopping right hand to Perez’s head. Perez early used a sweeping left hand to get around Takam’s guard but he was unable to hurt the Cameroonian fighter and was unable to reestablish control of the bout definitely losing round six on. Perez also made critical mistakes by backing straight out and getting caught by long right hands of Takam. One such example could be seen in round ten where he caught Perez solidly with a straight right hand and poured it on until the end of the final round. Round six saw Perez in possibly the most trouble he was in during the fight when an uppercut shook him up and was followed by a strong left hook. An overhand right snapped Perez’s head back and the bell came to the rescue. At the end of the fight it was clear that Takam had won the last five and he also won at least won one of the first five and probably should have won. While the draw is not a terrible robbery, Takam should have had his hand raised.

Carlos Takam resembled a larger Jean Marc Mormeck in his appearance and fought an eye opening performance. While it’s tough to say if the Takam team planned the early boxing and late run by design, the hard to believe strategy or adjustment paid off. He felt out Perez and limited his offense. Once Takam realized Perez could not hurt him he sprang into attack and never let up. Hopefully Takam’s efforts earned him something down the line as he showed plenty to be pleased with. Having won in this author’s eyes tonight and having beaten veterans in Michael Grant and Franz Botha he may be someone to watch for. He showed lots of competence and depth in his game tonight. He moved and jabbed early and even showed a tight defense rolling with punches and countering. He showed a varied punch selection using a straight and overhand right as well as a hard right uppercut to the head. He also dug in hard and constant left hooks to the body and sometimes to the head. As the fight drew on he also put more leverage into his clubbing shots. A draw is a hated result in boxing but if there was ever a good draw this was a good draw for Carlos Takam despite having him ahead at the conclusion of the scheduled ten rounds.

For Mike Perez there is lots to consider and wonder about in regard to his odd performance. Abel Sanchez commented afterwards that something was wrong with Perez after the head butt and that he lost focus and went through the motions. This was also his first fight since being involved in a tragic fight with Magomed Abdusalamov which left Abdusalmov in a coma that he has yet to recover from. Perez was also on the receiving end of some very brutal blows in that same fight. Maybe physically and mentally something was taken out of him by the fight. However, Takam earned this fight and there is no way anybody can take away from his performance considering the depth he displayed. Mike Perez came up short tonight and showed some problems tonight but he was in no way exposed. Perez is a fighter of great potential but looks like he needs to shed some of his amateur style and adopt some professional wrinkles to his game. Hopefully he can rebound and become the fighter we all believe he can be.

Cheers :)

Shark1959