Posted on 05/01/2021
By: Sean Crose
The 16-0-1 super middleweight Sebastian Fondura fought on the Ruiz-Arreola pay per view card on Saturday. He went up against the 30-4-0 Jorge Cota in a scheduled 12 round WBC title eliminator. Each man swung and landed hard in the first. The fighters continued to swing away in the second. The fight remained on the inside in the third, as it had through much of the second, with each fighter going at the other hard.
Fondura rocked his man in the fourth, truly hurting Cota. The game Cota hung in there, but Fondura kept banging away, causing the referee to stop the fight. Cota was clearly unhappy with the stoppage, but there was no doubt the man was taking an enormous amount of damage. The referee had obviously decided he would rather be safe than sorry.
Posted on 04/30/2021
By: Sean Crose
One thing is certain – Andy Ruiz is not James “Buster” Douglas. People had taken to comparing the two men after an out of shape Ruiz showed up to his rematch with Anthony Joshua and was easily beaten. Those who were around and of a certain age in 1990 were given clear memories of Douglas, who, after shocking the world by besting Mike Tyson, arrived for his first defense against Evander Holyfield overweight and under-prepared. Like Ruiz would be years later, Douglas was easily handled. The comparisons, simply put, were apt – at the time.
Now however, we seem to have a new Ruiz. He certainly LOOKS determined in the training camp footage that’s been making the rounds. He appears much leaner than the last time he was in the ring, as well. In interviews, the former heavyweight titlist is saying all the right things, and his discipline level seems to be where it should for a fighter of his caliber. Now the 33-2 Ruiz just has to get past the