Originally published at: Amari Jones vs Vincenzo Gualtieri Preview: Golden Boy Brings Big Test To San Jose
Amari Jones faces former world champion Vincenzo Gualtieri in a 12-round IBF middleweight eliminator in San Jose on May 22, headlining a Golden Boy Promotions card featuring Robin Sirwan Safar, John Ramirez and Darius Fulghum live on DAZN.
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This is a great highlight opportunity for Amari Jones v a seasoned former champ in Gualtieri. Didn’t work out well for him last time he left Germany but a step none the less and 160 is again/still opening up.
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stayed up and watched this one, he obliterated him, felt like i was watching a future star tbh…
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That was a solid showing for Jones. It’s going to be interesting watching him handle a top spot waiting on a vacant title. Up front he’s what you want, likable, straight to business style but level head and can bang down the middle off the jab. If I’m throwing spaghetti at the wall I think of a mash up of Jermain Taylor and Antwon Echols but hard to see a finished product this early. His head stays in the same place though, and he needs to work that out before it catches up in a bad way.
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i like amari as a prospect, room to improve but many of the basics are there