By: Phil Santos – Overhandright.com
Edison Miranda – “I watched the last Lacy fight and was not impressed at all. I also watched the Contender and my feeling was the same about Bika. These guys are simply not at my level.”
I caught up with the punishing power puncher Edison Miranda following his sensational knockout of David Banks on ESPN’s Friday Night Fights. As always Miranda pulled no punches, so to speak, as he gave me his take on a second fight with Pavlik, his thoughts on Jeff Lacy and Sakio Bika and what a typical day of training entails.
The once top rated Middleweight contender now inhabits the Super Middleweight division. And make no mistake about it he wants to fight the best the division has to offer. Here is what Pantera had to say, enjoy.
PS: Firstly congratulations on an outstanding, sensational win over David Banks. Read the rest of this entry »
By: Phil Santos – Overhandright.com
The fight began slowly with David Banks doing what he needed to be effective against such a heavy hitter like Edison Miranda. Banks kept moving, circling to his right, in order to avoid Miranda’s a big right hand. I saw the 1st round to be even with neither man scoring very effectively. No surprise there given the vastly contrasting styles these two brought to the ring.
In the 2nd round Miranda picked up the pace, scoring some hard body shots, and appeared to slow Banks down. Still the action was scarce and you could actually hear some booing from the crowd. What was going on here? Booing at an Edison Miranda fight? That just doesn’t happen. This guy is electric, he is a knockout machine. Was David Banks plan to frustrate Miranda with his speed and technique actually working?
The answer came in round 3 in the form of a brutal right hand that knocked Banks through the ropes and left him stunned. Banks struggled to pull himself back into the ring before collapsing back onto the canvas. He finally managed to get himself to his feet, made it over to his corner but still looked as though he was not all there. Read the rest of this entry »
By: Phil Santos – Overhandright.com
Jean Pascal moves to 21-0 (14) by scoring a UD victory over a game Omar Pittman. The fight began slowly with lots of swings and misses but with Pascal securely in control. With the exception of an off balance slip up, that could have been scored a knockdown; Pascal was cruising winning the first six rounds with relative ease. He had Pittman down in the second, courtesy of a sharp left hook, and he overwhelmed his lesser talented opponent with superior speed and movement.
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