mofo2 Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 Juan Carlos Sanchez lost his IBF super-flyweight title on the scale on Friday but beat Roberto Domingo Sosa in the ring on Saturday. The Mexican, nicknamed Zurdito, beat the challenger from Argentina 117-110 on two cards and 116-111 on the third in Las Vegas. He used his height and reach advantage to outscore the previously unbeaten Sosa who was knocked down in the twelfth round. Sanchez improved his record to 16-1-1, including eight knockouts, but he had to leave Las Vegas without the IBF belt. He was stripped of the title on Saturday morning, a day after he failed to make weight for the fight. Sanchez spent two hours trying to lose half a kilogram, but even on a third visit to the scale he was two ounces over the super-flyweight limit.The IBF declared the title vacant, and had Sosa won he would have claimed the belt. Instead he suffered his first defeat, falling to 24-1. what a way to lose your title! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoztheMadman Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 Re: Champ wins fight but loses title Indeed...but its not as bad as when Guzman never even HELD the IBF lw title after beating Funeka, since he couldnt make the weight.:tongue1: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemurphy Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 Re: Champ wins fight but loses title Part of the deal is making weight, you know that from the first day you turn pro. Instead of morning his lost title, he should be glad he got a win and got paid for it. Plus, if he really did struggle that mightily with losing that last kilogram, then he's going to have to move up anyway, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamasadlittleboy Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 Re: Champ wins fight but loses title ...odd just how many Mexican's are nicknamed Zurdo/Zurdito. It means "Lefty" or "Southpaw", but surely with the number of them, they might as well give them a different nicknam rather than 20 lefties... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemurphy Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Re: Champ wins fight but loses title ...odd just how many Mexican's are nicknamed Zurdo/Zurdito. It means "Lefty" or "Southpaw", but surely with the number of them, they might as well give them a different nicknam rather than 20 lefties... Kind of reminds of major league baseball in the USA, where despite over 25% of the pitchers being lefthanded for the last 100 years, you still see the nickname handed out like it was something unique, although a bit less now than in the days of Lefty Grove and Lefty Gomez. It's interesting that some notable mexican southpaws never had it layed on them, for example Daniel Zaragoza, JM Marquez, and Bazooka Limon. What was the most successful guy you found with the Zurdito label, Scott? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamasadlittleboy Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Re: Champ wins fight but loses title Not sure on the most successful but at the moment there is: Juan Carlos Sanchez Gilberto Ramirez Sanchez Jose Manuel Sanchez Octavio Hernandez Ramiro Robles Jonathan Lecona Ramos Jesus Galicia (Zurdo De Oro) Juan Antonio Rodriguez And almost certainly a bucket load more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemurphy Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Re: Champ wins fight but loses title Not sure on the most successful but at the moment there is: Juan Carlos Sanchez Gilberto Ramirez Sanchez Jose Manuel Sanchez Octavio Hernandez Ramiro Robles Jonathan Lecona Ramos Jesus Galicia (Zurdo De Oro) Juan Antonio Rodriguez And almost certainly a bucket load more. Not exactly a requirement that you be great to inherit the nickname ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TotalFightGame Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Re: Champ wins fight but loses title Well there is not much for him to do but move up, It is easy to bash guys like this for being unprofessional but in some cases it cannot be avoided. I enjoy watching him fight and I am sure there is a lot more from him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamasadlittleboy Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Re: Champ wins fight but loses title Well there is not much for him to do but move up, It is easy to bash guys like this for being unprofessional but in some cases it cannot be avoided. I enjoy watching him fight and I am sure there is a lot more from him. Ignore me, I'm losing the plot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemurphy Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 Re: Champ wins fight but loses title Well there is not much for him to do but move up, It is easy to bash guys like this for being unprofessional but in some cases it cannot be avoided. I enjoy watching him fight and I am sure there is a lot more from him. TFG- I tend to group them in two different categories, there's the guys who at least attempted to make weight, and it sounds like this guy made the effort, and then the Joan Guzman types that know they're coming in way heavy and act like they don't care, expecting the opponent to just agree to deal with their unprofessionalism. The first group I have SOME sympathy for, the latter I have none! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonRingRules Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 Re: Champ wins fight but loses title TFG- I tend to group them in two different categories, there's the guys who at least attempted to make weight, and it sounds like this guy made the effort, and then the Joan Guzman types that know they're coming in way heavy and act like they don't care, expecting the opponent to just agree to deal with their unprofessionalism. The first group I have SOME sympathy for, the latter I have none! --- Dave, Guzman was rushed to the hospital throwing up blood trying to make weight just a few years ago. Clearly he is not a fat fighter like Toney, but clearly like Rios and Broner, he was mismanaged into a smaller division than he could handle. In Broner's case, Hayman made sure he got the win even if he was easily outboxed and clueless. Come to think of it, same claim with Rios in his last fight at 135. Usual suspects always moaning about the loss of same day weighins, but the only way to eliminate these shrinkage transgressions is to eliminate every division to default to open, aka heavy. It's always the fault of management/promoter if the fighter is small time, and more equally split if he's big time. Broner and Rios and Guzman were small time forced into their niches. No surprise that Broner moved directly into welt, he was near the lightweight limit at superfeather and that after excessive training! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemurphy Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 Re: Champ wins fight but loses title --- Dave, Guzman was rushed to the hospital throwing up blood trying to make weight just a few years ago. Wasn't that AFTER missing weight a couple times before though? I remember he was 3.5 pounds over for Nate Campbell, and an incredible 9 pounds over for Ali Funeka. That was the one that upset me the most since he had to know well in advance that he wasn't even going to come close, but he never notified anybody. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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