Taras Shelestyuk vs. Jaime Herrera: Boxing fans who seemed ready to end it all in October can now look forward to a wonderful month of boxing in November. The month will start off with a ShoBox: The New Generation card set to air this Friday on Showtime. The main event of that card will feature the undefeated Taras Shelestyuk (14-0, 9 KO) taking on Jaime Herrera (15-3-1, 8 KO). That bout is scheduled to go 10 rounds from the welterweight division and it should be a tough fight for Herrera who hasn't done very well in step up fights in the past. Shelestyuk is a skilled southpaw who hails from Ukraine. He moves well in the ring and fights behind an accurate jab that he will follow up with an equally accurate straight left hand. Shelestyuk also has a nice, short right hook and at times he will find success punching from awkward angles. Herrera is an orthodox fighter who has been knocked out twice in his three career losses despite not facing top opposition. That isn't a good sign going into his fight against Shelestyuk. Herrera likes to work on the inside and he flashes a weak jab to help him get there. Once inside Herrera will let go with a solid left hook and while he will also put in some decent work with his right hand he doesn't move all that well in the ring. Shelestyuk hasn't fought any notable opponents and he hasn't exactly been as impressive or as much of a knockout machine as some of his Ukrainian counterparts but he should have no problem handling Herrera by the way of unanimous decision.
Constantin Bejenaru vs. Stivens Bujaj: Friday's co-feature will be a bout between two fighters that many U.S. fans have probably never heard of, Constantin Bejenaru (11-0, 3 KO) and Stivens Bujaj (16-0-1, 11 KO). Both Bejenaru and Bujaj have fought fairly weak competition thus far so the case can be made that they will be each other's best opponents to date. Their fight on Saturday is scheduled to go 10 rounds in the cruiserweight division, one of the least hyped in the sport, a status the division doesn't deserve. Bejenaru is a 32-year-old southpaw with little to no power, never a good thing in the division just below heavyweight. At times Bejenaru seems to have a nervous energy in the ring and he will likes to fight behind his busy jab. Often following that jab is Bejenaru's straight left hand but many of his punches are sloppy and his offensive skill set isn't overly impressive. However, on defense Bejenaru has much more success. He always moves his head and his footwork is good and it needs to be since he has such little power in a division filled with such big men. As for Bujaja, not only is he six years younger than Bejenaru but he also has a lot more pop on his punches. Bujaj is an orthodox fighter who has a sneaky good counter straight right hand. Along with that right hand Bijaj also has a good left hook but the problem for him in this fight will be defense. Bujaj does not move as well as Bejenaru and he eats a lot more clean punches during his fights. In this fight Bujaj will be landing the heavier shots but Bejenaru will move better and make him miss a lot more. There is little doubt that Bujaj is a better offensive fighter than Bejenaru but Bejenaru moves better and he will avoid more punches on his way to a very close split decision win.
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