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SCORECARD: 79-73 Nguyen
Nguyen lands a overhand right early and I'm thinking this is probably not gonna last too long. Diaz is 7 1/2 years removed from his last win? Yikes. BTW, most interesting thing about this fight: its "Bam Bam" vs. "Dat's Dat". Oh I crack myself up. The announce tema would like to remind you that while Diaz has lost all his fights in the last 5 years, at least they were to good fighters. Diaz's problem is that while he's bigger, he is slow enough to be timed with a sundial and wide open when he throws. He squares up when he's on the run, his defense is so bad.
Wild brawl when the second opens and its kidna fun to watch. Then it slows back down to where it was with Nguyen landing a lot of punches and none of them really affect Ruiz. Nguyen is able to be punched by the lesser fighter, but Ruiz doesn't have the sort of pop to keep Nguyen off him. He's cut badly in the third round of the fight, but Nguyen doesn't jump on him while Ruiz is standing around squinting, leading to some criticism of his killer instinct. In fact, as the 4th continues on, they note that Nguyen's balance is off, he's not body punching enough, he's not snapping his jab, and a rash of other issues. Diaz actually lands a decent left hook that wobbles the prospect but he ends up backing off. Nguyen's defense is abyssmal, and as his hands have slowed down, offense as best defense isn't a working strategy. Diaz miraculously wins the round.
The bout marches on and Diaz isn't any more effective because the slaps from his smaller opponent have been enough to slow him as well. The fight devolves into a sloppy mess of tangled fists and clinching. Some shining hope before Round 7 that the fight is over due to the cut, but I and the 500 people or so watching at the Hard Rock in FL aren't so lucky. Diaz is begging to be stopped, but Nguyen doesn't even really try. He lands a couple shots, pushes him into the ropes, and then moves away, allowing Diaz to retake the center of the ring. This fight goes an unfathomable 8 rounds, with Nguyen not showing the panache or the power to put away a man desperately wanting to be KOed. Diaz hilariously lands the best punch of the 8th with the only punch he lands. Unanimous decision for Nguyen.
Sebastian Hamel (8-14-1) vs. Kenny Galarza (7-0): Galarza is undefeated with all KOs. Hamel lost his last fight by first round KO.
Galarza is looking for power punches but isn't setting them up, really. Hamel is looking to run. This is going to be the story of the fight, I'm sure. The whole first round is abjectly boring and barely watchable. The pace continues at this rate and the crowd is booing. This lasts the whole second round, but Hamel is dropped hard at the very end of the second with a single left hook and survives the longest 10 count in history. The fight is stopped by the doctor in between rounds. Galarza looks horrible.
Glen Johnson vs. Aaron Norwood (26-10-2): Whoo boy. Norwood is the rare older than Glen Johnson opponent.
Johnson starts in the first with some soft sparring. I mean, you can tell that is what Glen is after early on because he is fighting a slow old guy and isn't pressuring him at all. Again, more of that in the second with Glen only throwing the occasional hard shot and not really following up. Towards the end of the third, Glen begins to pour it on, and he decides to end it in the fourth. Nothing really to see.
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