Alfredo Angulo vs. Joel Julio breakdown

Excellent match-up between punchers as Alfredo Angulo defends his interim WBO light middleweight title against Joel Julio on Saturday night from Ontario, California. The bout will be televised on HBO along with Tomasz Adamek vs. Chris Arreola. Both these men can seriously punch and could hurt the other. But I think Angulo is the better technical fighter as he has good balance and keeps his hands high. Julio can be known to wing the right hand which can come in a little wide. Angulo does struggle with movement and good boxers as evidenced by his upset loss to Kermit Cintron in 2009. In that fight, Cintron was able to stay out of Angulo's wheelhouse enough to secure a win over the surging Angulo. Julio has decent hand speed but he's not a boxer/mover type and I'm not sure he can be. He relies on his power and pressure whether successful or not. Julio tried to match power and strength with James Kirkland last year and while Julio landed plenty, he was overwhelmed a...