12/3/2023 0 Comments Boxing edwin rodriguezEnticing him to brawl was like enticing a wolf to devour a chicken: All he needed was to be presented the opportunity. “I think he’s more of a boxer-puncher.”Įarlier in his career, Rodriguez was the opposite of that kind of fighter, an excitable, kinetic presence who thrilled at bringing the gasoline to a firefight. “I don’t think he has that type of skill to see him do that, but I could see him trying,” he notes. Good luck with that, says Rodriguez, who on Thursday weighed in for the fight at 175.4 pounds while his opponent came in at 174.4. The obvious game plan for Seals would be to attempt to control the range and box the come-forward Rodriguez from the outside, picking his opponent apart with his jab. Everybody in the pros with small gloves is a puncher.”Īt 6-foot-3, Seals also has a two-inch height advantage against Rodriguez. “He looks like he’s a good puncher,” Rodriguez says, “but I’m not sure if it’s the type of opposition or if it’s actually power. Seals does have an impressive knockout rate of 74 percent, having stopped 14 of his 19 opponents, but those numbers could be misleading considering the quality of his competition. If you’re undefeated, you have that undefeated mentality-and that’s a good thing,” he says. “It doesn’t matter who you’ve fought and the type of experience the other guy has. In Rodriguez, he’ll be fighting a former 168-pound contender whose only loss came against division world-beater Andre Ward.īut even though Seals has been in soft of late, Rodriguez still expects him to be a hard out. While Seals is undefeated, he’s also untested: It’s been five fights and nearly three years since he faced someone with a winning record. You’ve got to get them out of the groove early on in the fight, let them know that you’re in charge and take that confidence that an undefeated fighter brings to the table.” “You’ve got to give them doubts right away, because they’ve never been defeated before,” Rodriguez says. To this end, the 30-year-old knows he’ll have to target Seals’ mind as much as his face, the tact a boxer must take when dealing with an opponent who’s never lost. Tonight in Biloxi, Mississippi, he intends to do it again. Rodriguez handed each man his first loss. He’s done so four times previously, as Chris Baker, Ezequiel Maderna, Jason Escalera and Will Rosinky all still had their "0” before taking on Rodriguez. When Edwin Rodriguez (27-1, 18 KOs) enters the ring against Michael Seals (19-0, 14 KOs), he will once again be facing a fighter with a professional record as shiny and unblemished as Mr. (Suzanne Teresa/Premier Boxing Champions)
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