Boxing After Farce? Orlando Lora faces Keith Thurman on Adrien Broner vs Vicente Escobedo Card
 By Steve Kim, MaxBoxing (July 20, 2012) Doghouse Boxing
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I have no real objections to
welterweight prospect Keith Thurman being featured on Saturday night’s HBO
broadcast before WBO junior lightweight titlist Adrien Broner faces Vicente
Escobedo at the U.S. Bank Arena in the main event. Opening slots on “Boxing
After Dark” are designed for such appearances. However, what is very
questionable is just who Thurman (a heavy-handed banger with a record of 17-0
with 16 knockouts) is being paired with.
Orlando Lora.
Yeah, the same guy who was
white-washed by Paulie Malignaggi last October on the Dawson-Bernard Hopkins I
undercard in Los Angeles. But that isn't really an indictment of Lora; after
all, the “Magic Man” is a good boxer and now holds a welterweight belt. That
said, in his two subsequent fights, Lora beat Francisco Villanueva (who came
into the fight with a record of 11-27-2) in a six-rounder and then in early
June, he fought to a six-round draw versus Francisco Rios (7-2-2 at the time).
This would be a questionable
match-up on “ShoBox.” It's even more head-scratching that it's on HBO for a six-figure
license fee several times that of “ShoBox.” Once again, I wonder just who is
working for the network- and their subscribers- at HBO and who is working for
the Haymon Boxing Organization.
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