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Rivera vs. Serrano Bad Blood
Face Off
By Damon “LatinBox” Gonzalez
Tampa, Fl. – A local rivalry of featherweights Carlos “El
Rayo” Rivera (16-6-2, 5 KOs) and Charlie Serrano (9-2-0, 2
KOs) battle it out on Friday at the A La Carte Pavilion in
Tampa, Florida. Serrano has been hungry for the chance to
face Rivera since he was in the amateurs. What Serrano must
do too capitalize against the veteran Carlos Rivera, Serrano
cannot wait on Rivera to press the action, Serrano can
pressure quickly with setting up the body shots and take
advantage of a key weakness of Rivera.
Rivera has been dropped in his last few fights by body
punches, In order for Rivera to control the pace of the
fight he must take a step back and let the smaller Serrano
come to him, Rivera cannot miss a beat in order to be
successful, He needs to turn his punches over and not slap
punches.
Serrano has nothing too loose he has to go after Rivera and
add pressure every round by closing the gap, It is a bit of
a step up for Serrano he needs to control the pace and use a
lot of his right hooks that have been really effective in
his last two wins, He can go the distance with Rivera if he
is the more behaved and disciplined fighter.
Rivera with his extra size can take advantage of Serrano
with power shots but he needs to be on, He has to open up on
Serrano and not hold back any punches, However Serrano
waiting for a moment like this if he sets his feet when he
punches he campaigns to be the quicker fighter in this
fight, he will clearly have the advantage in the inside and
win the fight on points.
The “Cowgirl” Jenna Shiver (12-4-1, 2 KOs) fan favorite
looks to head on against Chicago’s Evette Collazo (4-0, 2
KO’s), and Tampa’s Ali Tareh (9-7-4, 4 KOs), undefeated
Daniel Lozano (5-0-0, 4 KOs), and St. Petersburg’s
undefeated Gino McClellan(3-0-0, 0 KOs).
Doors open at 7:00 pm, with the first punch landing at 8:00
pm.
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