Demetrius Andrade vs. Brian Rose
Photo by Jeremy Flores/Round By Round Boxing
Lou Catalano, Staff Writer
Demetrius Andrade continues his slow ascension by taking on Britain’s Brian Rose. Andrade scored a win over Vanes Martirosyan in November that was about as enjoyable to watch as a man getting a bikini wax. He’ll try to take out Rose, who can box but is seriously lacking pop. Hopefully, we get an enjoyable fight. I’m picking Andrade to score a wide decision victory.
Prediction: Andrade
Lenin Acevedo, Photographer
This is an easy win for Demetrius Andrade, it’s that simple. Andrade is stylistically superior to Brian Rose in every way. Okay, let me be fair, Rose does have a tool that could make the bout a bit more interesting, but he just doesn’t have the power to go with it. This bout goes to Andrade by decision.
Prediction: Andrade Donte Brown, Owner of Donte’s Boxing Gym, Contributing Writer
In the Demetrius Andrade vs. Brian Rose fight, I see Andrade using his “slick” southpaw boxing style to be victorious over Rose.
Prediction: Andrade
Brendan Montenegro, Sr. Correspondent
I give it to Demetrius Andrade, as most fighters now in days don’t like fighting the No. 1 contender unless that contender is a big name. In this case, Brian Rose is not a big name, but looking to take advantage of his opportunity to fight on HBO and try to take the WBO Junior Middleweight belt back home to Britain. I don’t want to say that this will be a walk through fight for Andrade, because Rose is 25-1 and has put in the work to get to this point, but to be honest, this fight is to showcase Andrade’s skill in front of an HBO audience and to help make him a future star on the network. Look for this fight to go 10 rounds before the ref calls the fight.
Prediction: Andrade
Gabe Polanco, Staff Writer
“Boo Boo” Andrade, as most call him, is defending his WBO Junior Middleweight title for the first time against once beaten Brian Rose at the Barclays Center. Andrade is a slick, yet hard hitting boxer who is a bit underrated in my opinion. He’s not a elite boxer, yet, but he has all the skill to beat the unheralded, soft punching Brian Rose. He’s just too tall, too strong and too hungry to lose to Rose, who in the eyes of many should not even be in a championship fight with the opposition he’s fought. I see this ending early as a great one-sided fight for Andrade leading up to main event.
Prediction: Andrade
Vincent Nolasco, Staff Writer
Demetrius Andrade’s talent and slick boxing style will be too much against Brian Rose. Andrade will use his boxing ability to set and control the pace of the fight from the start. During the middle rounds, Rose will try to bring the fight towards Andrade, but I don’t see him being very successful. From the late rounds on, Rose will get out of an offensive rhythm and Andrade will box and use his slick defensive abilities to win the fight. This fight will be a boxing clinic for Andrade to display to the world.
Prediction: Andrade
Alex Burgos, Editor-in-Chief
Demetrius Andrade showed really good ability in his title-winning fight against a less-than willing to engage foe in Vanes Martirosyan. Andrade suffered an early knockdown, but was able to come back and prove that he’s got the goods and should be considered one of the top up-and-coming fighters. Against Brian Rose, I think “Boo Boo” has the ability to further raise his stock, albeit against a relatively unknown opponent. Andrade is too athletic and technically skilled for Rose and he’ll win a dominating, one-sided fight by decision.
Prediction: Andrade
