Roberto & Carlos

As promised, here's the recap on our other two fights:







photos provided by Surly Camera

"Carbs" jabbing a much taller opponent


We've been after Carlos to lose a few pounds and when we got the fight program Thursday night they had his name misspelled as Carbs rather than Carlos, so I'm thinking that's going to be a nickname that will stick.

Carlos was without a doubt, the slickest looking fighter of the night. He threw some classic uppercuts, hooks and right hand body shots from all angles. His opponent was a much taller fighter but Carlos worked his way in repeatedly, slowing the other fighter down with body shots. He just missed with a couple of uppercuts that, if they had landed, would have probably ended the fight. Unfortunately, he didn't have enough gas in the tank to keep fighting at his opponent's pace for three rounds. As you can see from the photo, that boy's in shape. Carlos is young and has a lot of potential. He has a natural form and punch delivery that only the best ever have. I'd like to see him fight at 178 rather than 201. With some good cardio work and at the lighter weight, he'd be pretty much unstoppable.















Roberto squaring off against his opponent.


Roberto got off to a slow start and Jimmy and I both had him losing the first round. Roberto settled in and became more aggressive in the second round causing his opponent to start holding on. The referee warned him and finally took a point away from him, in fact. Roberto at one point had his man in trouble so while the ref was giving him the eight count Roberto was in the neutral corner getting his instructions from a couple of fans rather than looking over to his corner - we'll have to work on that. Roberto dominated the third round by keeping the pressure on and throwing lots of nice straight jabs and right hands. He won a 3-2 decision and took the 178 lb Sub -Novice title.

When Jimmy and I started the gym, one of the things we both agreed upon was that when we show up, the fighters from other clubs are going to know they're in for a fight. Both Carlos and Roberto showed that to be true again this past Thursday night. When you compete as an amateur, you're fighting for pride and a trophy. Most important is pride. Both boxers, like the others this year, represented the Club, their families and themselves with pride.

Job well done "Carbs" and Roberto!