By Manuel Perez: Undefeated lightweight prospect Orlando Felix (10-0, 3 KOs) defeated Carlos Claudio (8-3-1, 2 KOs) by an impressive six-round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the Coliseo Antonio R. Barcelo, in Toa Baja. The final judges’ scores were 59-55, 59-55 and 59-55, all for Felix. Felix, 22, showed incredible speed and power early on, firing off combinations at will and giving the smaller 20 year-old Claudio problems.
However, Felix seemed to fight much too conservatively for much of the fight, treating the light-hitting Claudio as if he were a knockout threat despite the clear indication that he was not anything of that sort. Much of the time, Felix fought very careful, throwing jabs and watching closely for return fire from Claudio. Yet when Felix would get hit with something, he would frequently forget his cautious game plan and attack hard with powerful combinations to the head and body of Claudio. It was during these brief exchanges that Felix showed that he may be something special in the future, for he looked very impressive when he was letting his hands go.