Leduan Barthelemy vs. Reynaldo Blanco: Tonight on Fox Sports 1 the younger brother of Rances Barthelemy, the IBF lightweight title holder, will put his perfect record on the line. Leduan Barthelemy (12-0, 6 KO) will take on Reynaldo Blanco (14-3, 8 KO) in a main event scheduled for 10 rounds from the junior lightweight division. While Blanco has been scheduled to go 10 rounds multiple times, he has only gone that distance once. As for Barthelemy, he has never been scheduled to go 10 rounds and has only gone eight rounds twice so it will be interesting to see how both man handle going deep should the fight last that long. Barthelemy is a southpaw and he is tall and lanky. He stands at 6-feet which is enormous for the junior lightweight division and he typically towers over his opponents. Barthelemy has a measuring stick jab and turns over his right hook nicely. He typically keeps both hands somewhat low and while that leaves his chin exposed it also allows him to throw a smooth, and dangerous, uppercut with his left hand. Barthelemy likes to catch opponents coming in with that punch but he can get a bit wild and let his hands drift at times which leaves him open for return fire. Blanco is an orthodox fighter who will be giving up 4-inches in height to Barthelemy. The only tape found online of Blanco is a blurry sparring session and if that is all there is to be found it isn't a good sign. He doesn't have much of a jab but he does like to let his hands go on the inside. He does have a decent left hook and will follow that with the right hand but he doesn't seems to use his legs very much and he should have his hands full with the more skillful Barthelemy. One thing Blanco has going for him is the fact that he has never been knocked out and that won't change tonight against Barthelemy. While Blanco won't get knocked out he will lose the fight when Barthelemy wins it fairly easily by the way of unanimous decision.
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