Alfredo Angulo

By Aaron Klein: Undefeated light middleweight prospect Alfredo Angulo (12-0, 9 KOs) makes his second appearance of the year this Saturday night when takes on Colombian Richard Gutierrez (24-1, 14 KOs) in a bout for the vacant WBO Inter-Continental light middleweight title at the Buffalo Bills Hotel, in Primm, Nevada. Also on the card is undefeated light middleweight contender James Kirkland a super featherweight phenom Yuriorkis Gamboa, so this will be a good chance for the young 25 year-old Angulo to show off his skills in comparisons to fellow light middleweight Kirkland.

Angulo represented Mexico in the 2004 Olympic Games, losing to Ireland’s Andy Lee. Since turning professional in January 2005, Angulo has strung together a high percentage of knockouts in that short time period, with four of him nine knockout victories coming in the 1st round. In his last two fights, Angulo has surprised many with 1st round knockouts over the tough veterans Archak TerMeliksetian and most recently Ricardo Cortes. Most people hadn’t expected Angulo to win so impressively over either fighter. More to the point, some fans felt that Angulo wouldn’t be able to get by TerMeliksetian at all period, let alone knock him out in the 1st round.

By Manuel Perez: It may be a little too early to start discussing things like championships for unbeaten unior middleweight prospect Alfredo Angulo (12-0, 9 KOs), but I’m going to anyway, because I think Angulo has the boxing skills and power to be a champion in the division. Already, Angulo has knocked out nine of his twelve opponents, most of which he stopped well before the 6th round. Of course, the opposition is nothing to speak about, but the manner in which Angulo has beaten them has been especially impressive.

Angulo, still only 25, was formerly a member of the Mexican 2004 Olympic squad. This is perhaps why he isn’t mentioned as much as former American Olympic boxers from the same year. To go with his Olympic credentials, Angulo is a four-time amateur Mexican national champion, which says a lot about his ability, because Mexico has some of the best fighters in the world, amateur or professional. Angulo, though still very young in terms of years, is much more a polished fighter due to his impressive amateur background and Olympic status.

By Eric Schmidt: Hard-hitting undefeated junior middleweight prospect Alfredo Angulo (11-0, 8 KOs) will put his unbeaten record on the line on Friday night when he takes on fellow prospect Mexican Ricardo Cortes (22-1, 150 KOs) in a scheduled 10-round bout at the Grand Casino, in Hinckley, Minnesota. Angulo, 25, a former Olympian on 2004 Mexican boxing team, is one of the best prospects in the junior middleweight division. With explosive power in either hand, Angulo has the potential to end a fight at any moment. Though he’s not particularly fast in terms of handspeed, his power seems to make up for his lack of speed, at last up to this point in his still young career.

In his most recent bout, a 1st round TKO of the tough junior middleweight Archak TerMeliksetian on November 30th, 2007, Angulo badly hurt TerMeliksetian with a big left hook, and then finished off with a flurries of shots to the head. It was especially impressive considering that TerMeliksetian is a tough competitor with a lot of power.