Angel Fierro and Juan Carlos Burgos Fight to a Boring Draw
Four months following his last contest, lightweight fighter Angel “Tashiro” Fierro (19-1-2, 15 KO’s) slid in the ring again. This time his assignment was the well-traveled veteran Juan Carlos “Miniburgos” Burgos (34-6-3, 21 KO’s). For Fierro, this was another opportunity to prove his worth in the division on his quest for a title shot. Burgos was struggling to right a badly sagging career. Miniburgos entered this bout riding a two-fight losing streak and was 1-4 in his last five outings.
Conversely, Tashiro was fresh off an impressive knockout win over Cristian Bielma. Since a majority decision loss to Alex Martin in January of 2020, Fierro has ridden a three-fight knockout streak. Here, against Burgos, he was also presented with the opportunity to finally get a win on American soil. The fight with Miniburgos was his second dustup in the US with his first coming against Alex Martin. On an interesting side-bit, the two fighters are quite familiar with each other as they’ve sparred each other on numerous occasions over the years.
FIGHTING WITH NO PASSION
Though he has a reputation of starting fast and getting guys out early, Fierro was patient early on. That allowed Burgos to get his teeth into the fight with some moderate success early on. But starting in round four, Tashiro started to rev up the engine. Applying more pressure, he closed the distance and began connecting with both hands to the head and body.
Starting in the middle rounds, the action was hit or miss. Fierro tried to separate himself and in truth, he had the better of it on the inside, landing with left and right uppercuts. On the outside, Burgos was able to land his jab and pot-shot, getting home with two and three punch combos.
As a result, the fight was hard to score, and the overall action was rather dull. The problem was that neither seemed capable of taking the lead and seizing the initiative. In the end, the fight was scored a majority decision draw (96-94 Fierro, 95-95 x2). A fitting conclusion to a contest as it seemed that they fought safe and didn’t want to win. Boxing fans deserved more than this “battle” which came off like a friendly sparring session.
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By: Michael Wilson Jr.
