Who Is Juan Urango?
By George Kimball January 19th, 2007Can anyone tell us who are Juan Urango and Herman Ngoudjo?
Two questions: Who is Juan Urango? And what’s a Herman Ngoudjo? The point of this weekend’s exercise is threefold: First, to acquire for Ricky Hatton a title he can live with; second, to grease the skids for a fight between Hatton and Jose Luis Castillo; and third, to facilitate a makeover of Hatton’s American image by eradicating the residual stench of his HBO debut against Luis Collazo in Boston last year.
Assuming all of the above to be the case, it figures that both Hatton and Castillo should have a relatively easy time of it at the Paris Saturday night. While both opponents are relatively anonymous in the eyes of most big-time boxing watchers, you’ve got to assume that neither Hatton’s people nor HBO want to repeat last May’s experience, in which they vastly underrated both Collazo and Ricky’s capacity for going up an extra seven pounds in weight, and have done their homework this time.
I actually wish I’d thought to ask the locals about Urango when I was down at the Seminole Hard Rock weekend before last, because the Colombian has been more or less a house fighter there since taking up residency in the US two and a half years ago. A look at his record suggests that while he’s undefeated, he hasn’t beaten much, and that includes the immortal Naoufel Ben Rabah, whom he outpointed to acquire the IBF 140-pound title he’s getting paid to pass along to Hatton. The most interesting thing about Urango seems to be the multinational character of his opposition: Counting Hatton, in his last ten fights he will have boxed against opponents from nine different countries. (Two Russians and one each from England, Tunisia, the USA, Costa Rica, Mexico, Greece, Ghana, and Spain.) Hatton should win whenever he wants, say the fifth or sixth.
January 19th, 2007 at 2:05 pm
I wanted to wish good luck to my man herman ngoudjo that has over 200 amateur fights 15 profesional and is very hungry..In castillo’s last fight he lost rounds and you saw hatton at 147 and wasnt that much good so castillo is getting up to 140 and it can be the upset of the year against ngoudgo..Remember Baldomir that nobody knew of before he upset judah well I think that ngoudjo is going to win the fight or give a good show and will be remembered by everybody(including you americans ahah )
January 19th, 2007 at 4:47 pm
Juan Urango is really big for a Light Welter. He looks like he could easily be a true Welterweight or maybe even a Light Middleweight. Im not saying Ricky gets upset, as I do pick him to win to set up the Jose Luis Castillo show-down pay-day. But I do wonder how the extra weight cutting will effect Ricky? Just how dry and therefore even more susceptible to cutting than he already is, for having gone back down to 140lbs. will Hatton be?
January 19th, 2007 at 6:07 pm
My bets definatley on Hatton but i wouldnt be so quick to dismiss Urango as Kimball here has done, lets face it in the states your a top fighter if youve been on the Contender, Urango obviously missed out there. Juan can hit hard, he earned his way into the rankings and won the belt fair and square,close,but won (the same as Hatton did last time out).
Hatton didnt exactly get fans swinging from chandeliers in his american debut,,lets face it though the stench kimball suggest was left by Hattons last fight doesnt get close to the dodgy decisions often seen in America(too often).
January 19th, 2007 at 7:36 pm
Is it just me or does he look a little like the former Brazilian footballer Rivaldo?
Anyway, this guy looks like a beast.
January 20th, 2007 at 8:28 am
Who is Juan Urango. Will find out tonight. Or for that matter what is left of him.
January 20th, 2007 at 3:35 pm
Well… Obviously Hatton is the man to pick, but i hate the way the judges screwed Luis Collazo… Hatton is a bully and i would like Urango to expose him tonight the way Collazo did. If it isn`t Urango… eventually someone will make the British Bully bite the dust, and my take is… Miguel Cotto will! For know… GO URANGO!