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Karl “Dynamite” Dargan
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Anthony Flores
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Age
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28
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26
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Record
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15-0 (7 KOs)
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11-4-1 (6 KOs)
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Strength
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Dargan is a boxer with great speed. He is elusive, making him tough to hit. He has great amateur experience as well.
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Flores has experience in the ring against top competition. He is coming off a huge upset win over then-undefeated Mike Faragon, so he may have a better mental outlook coming into this fight.
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Weakness
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Dargan is not very busy and has not yet been tested against the top competition.
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Flores has four losses. He has been stopped once so his chin is questionable.
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Experience
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Dargan’s amateur experience is better than Flores. He has sparred with Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and “Sugar” Shane Mosley.
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Even though Flores lost, he went the distance with Arash Usmanee, a former contender. He has fought better opposition than Dargan.
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Power
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When Dargan puts his punches together he is very powerful.
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Flores’ power is fairly comparable to Dargan’s. Neither fighter is a one-punch knockout artist.
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Speed
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Dargan gets the edge with regards to speed. “His speed has the ability to take away his opponent’s offense,” according to Main Events’ matchmaker Jolene Mizzone.
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Flores has average speed.
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Endurance
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This will be the second ten-rounder of Dargan’s career (the other was unanimous decision victory over Michael Brooks when he won his USBA Atlantic Coast Region Title) and he has only had one eight-rounder. His endurance has not been tested.
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Flores has never fought in a ten-rounder before. He fought in one eight-rounder which he lost via split decision (Arash Usmanee, October 8, 2010).
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Defense
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Dargan’s best asset is his defense. He has never been stopped although he has been down. He has a tendency, however, to lose focus at times.
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Flores’s offense is his best defense.
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Chin
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The undefeated Dargan has been down before and has always managed to get back up.
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The only time Flores was stopped he was fighting at a lower weight. He has not been stopped since moving up to lightweight.
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Style
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Dargan is a boxer with quick hands and quick feet.
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Flores is an ‘in your face’ offensive fighter. He is a crowd pleaser.
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Intangibles
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Rather than sit around waiting for the big fight, Dargan would rather stay busy. He has legendary trainer Naazim Richardson in his corner. Richardson is a top trainer and also Dargan’s uncle.
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After Flores’ fourth loss he took almost three years off to redefine himself. After upsetting Faragon, he wants to stay in the mix with top level competition.
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Crowd Support
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Dargan is from Philadelphia so expect a decent crowd of his supporters at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. Also with his highly publicized relationship with R&B singer Lil’ Mo, expect there to be a lot of her fans hoping to catch a glimpse of “Dynamo” together.
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Flores is also from Philadelphia so he should have a significant number of supporters in the crowd in Wilkes-Barre as well.
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