Rafael's remark: Facing a skilled opponent in former "Contender" participant Smith in the "Wednesday Night Fights" main event, Julio showed that he is much more than just a big puncher. In fact, now that he is at junior middleweight his power doesn't seem as frightful as it was at welterweight. But Julio has improving boxing skills, good defense, good counterpunching ability and an underrated body attack. This was an impressive victory for the 23-year-old Colombian and former ESPN.com prospect of the year. He started fast, dominated the first half of the fight against a seemingly gun-shy Smith and pressed the action throughout. Eventually, Smith came on and won some of the late rounds, but it was not enough to get past Julio in what was an entertaining and important fight. For Julio, it was his sixth consecutive victory following a decision loss to future welterweight titleholder Carlos Quintana in June 2006. Finally, Julio seems ready to move back into an HBO-level fight against a quality opponent off this win. Given the lack of depth and starpower at 154 pounds, Julio can make some serious noise in the division. Smith, 29, is at a crossroads in his career after losing his second of three fights. Where does he go from here?
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Wednesday, May 7, 2008
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