PROBOX TV Delivers Thrilling Night of Prospects
Showtimes "SHOBOX The Next Generation" has given fight fans a great peek into the world of premier upcoming prospects. They match their opponents tough, and the winner emerges in front of a large audience. While SHOBOX is still going strong as ever and continues to provide fans with great boxing value. There is now a Coke to that Pepsi. A Chevy to that Ford. PROBOX TV, which is either free on Youtube or $1.99 a month with the ad-free app. The series shows mid-weak cards with young upcoming prospects matched toughly. This Wednesday was no exception. As a matter of fact, it was likely the best card the promising new series has produced. During the undercard portion of the event, we got a look at undefeated Puerto Rican Light Heavyweight prospect Najee Lopez who now fights out of Atlanta. Demonstrated a master class of skill. He showcased great patience stalking his opponent, Cristian Fabian Rios. Sharp shooting from the outside and using the entire ring in dominating the rugged veteran. Lopez tried picking up the pace, but Rios wasn't going anywhere and lasted the distance. The decision was as lopsided as possible. Lopez won every round on every card 60-54x3. In just his seventh professional fight. Lopez showed what could become a championship pedigree and championship skills. Rios, a veteran of 40+ fights, is a durable and valid pro who has been in with David Lemieux, Kyrone Davis, and Esquiva Falcao and has been stopped just once in his career. The dominant performance bodes quite well for the 23-year-old fighting out of Atlanta.
In the co-main Darrelle Valsaint put on a boxing clinic, showing off an incredible ring IQ and skill set for a 20-year-old, in just his seventh pro fight. In a major step-up fight against Star Boxing's prospect Lucas De Abreu. It turned out to be a hotly contested high-speed chess match that seemed to possibly be up for grabs entering the final two rounds. Valsaint slammed on the gas, picked up the pace, and started coming forward. He began scoring with beautiful counter shots. Clearly running the table over the final two stanzas in what was a very high level, high IQ chess match by scores of 59-55X2 and 58-56.
If the evening's co-main event delivered the purest form of the sweet science, the main event produced brutal warfare as Richard Vansiclen and Manuel Gallegos stood toe to toe over 10 even, back-and-forth rounds.
Vansiclean, of Seattle, Washington, a southpaw featured a terrific right hook and was winning the battle of the outside foot. While Gallegos, a pure pressure fighter and a ferocious body puncher was landing thudding body shots throughout the early rounds. Gallegos spent the majority of the fight as the aggressor ripping. Both fighters looked to be slowing down to start the sixth. Vansiclean started to make a more tempered approach and started boxing off the back foot. Attempting to slow the pace of the fight Vinsiclen took the role of the boxer and started landing clean counter shots and working behind a jab. It appeared he had done enough to both ringside commentators, Paulie Malignaggi and Chris Algieri, and to us. However, the judges disagreed and ruled it a majority decision draw. Two of the three judges scored 95-95, and the third judge scored in favor of Gallegos 96-94.
