In Rusty’s Corner

Rusty Rubin is a veteran boxing writer

A very interesting and possibly very entertaining match this week, from Mexico City, for the WBO interim lightweight title.

What makes this bout interesting is that one fighter Serhiy Fedochenko is from the Ukraine and has fought all is fights, except his last one there. I haven’t seen him, but clearly there is some confusion as to his first name. Is it Serhiy of Sergey. I’ll go with Sergey who enters this tough match against Juan Manuel Marquez, with a record of 30-1 with 13 knockouts.

Fedortenko has not fought any ‘names’ and that’s what makes it tough to find a way to make a solid pick.

On paper, Juan Manuel Marquez is the only name that viewers will know and he is fighting on his home turf.

Marquez 38, one of the best Mexican fighters that ever donned a pair of gloves is aging a bit, but has never lost the heart that Hispanic fighters are known for. He has taken on all the iron in his division and gave them all his best.

Marquez enters the fray with a 53-6-1- mark and has 39 KO’s. One of those losses was to Chris John in Indonesia, a fight everyone who saw it (except the judges) say Marquez one. JMM will probably call it a career soon, but most fighters who retire don’t stay retired for very long.

Marquez has much the same problem this writer has, in never having seen his seven year younger opponent and not knowing what to expect. It could be the fight that upsets are made of.

But if Fedorchenko is seeking an upset, he came to the wrong place to fight the wrong opponent. Marquez is still one of the toughest fighters around and is fighting on his home turf.

Fedortenko may surprise Marquez but he certainly will not lost to him. Marquez by stoppage.

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Rusty Rubin, formerly the award winning managing editor of Ringsports.com as well as now defunct Ringsports Magazine, is the author of three highly acclaimed boxing books! “Woozel, Boxing and Me”, “Off the Canvas” and “Billy Soose, the Champion Time Forgot” co-authored by Tom Donelson. These books are all available at Authorhouse.com, and all major book retailers. They are all more than worth the purchase price, or contact me via this website for a personally autographed copy at a small extra shipping charge.

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I now have some time to try to finish my latest work, which, God willing, will bring the world so much closer to finding a cure for cancer. Please send me your miracles at rustyrubin@sbcglobal.net

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Keep punching, always….Rusty

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