Brian Bowles: What’s a Lucky Punch?
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- Lucky Punch
Although the undefeated Bowles has a reputation for finishing fights none of his professional contests have gone the distance his knockout win over Miguel Torres for the WEC bantamweight title last August has been chalked up, by some, as no more than blind luck.
After having his bell rung by Torres early in the first round, Bowles backed up to the cage and looked to be moments away from suffering his first loss. With Torres charging in for the finish, Bowles landed a huge counter right hook that caught Torres by surprise and put him on the canvas.
In November 2008, Mike Brown defeated the popular Urijah Faber for the WEC featherweight championship with a first-round knockout. Similar to Bowles’s experience, Brown’s win often was characterized as a fluke because of mistakes Faber had made. Eventually Brown was able to quiet his critics by defending the belt twice, once over Leonard Garcia and again in a rematch with Faber last June. To read more go to the Las Vegas Sun.