By Elliot Raines: Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn was delighted with Pat Brown’s second-round knockout victory over 37-year-old former WBA interim featherlight heavyweight champion Felix Valera (24-9, 21 KO) last Saturday night, calling him “absolute diamond” in his undercard appearance at Caribe Royale Orlando in Orlando, Florida.

(Source: Zachariah Delgado Boxing on Matchroom)

Eddie Hearn’s “Absolute Diamond” shines brightly

After a ponderous first round, 25-year-old Pat Brown (5-0, 5 KO) dropped Valera three times in the second round, prompting referee Alicia Collins to stop the fight at 1:29 of the round. After Brown’s third right uppercut knockdown sent Valera face down on the canvas, referee Collins didn’t bother to count. She waved at 1:29 of the round.

In the first minute of the second round, Brown landed a tough shot to the left side of the temple, causing Valera to step back and fall with a delay. By eight, Valera’s eyes were glazed over and you could tell she wouldn’t last long.

Brown’s raw power gets the job done

Moments later, Valera fell again, this time with a left hook. After the referee looked at Valera, she allowed the fight to continue. Instead of fighting intelligent, moving and tying Brown up, Valera went all out, throwing combinations, connecting with the pair, but then biting a right uppercut to the head that sent him face-first to the canvas. This time referee Collins stopped the fight. She had no choice.

Valera was so hurt that Brown and the referee had to tear her off the canvas. Brown did the classy thing by trying to facilitate Valera up because he was in bad shape and looked like he couldn’t get up without facilitate.

The birth of “Manchester’s Rocky Marciano”.

“In his fifth fight, he fought someone like Valera, there was a world champion [WBA interim light heavyweight belt-bolder from 2015 to 2016]”said Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn DAZNpraising Pat Brown’s second-round knockout victory over 37-year-old Felix Valera last Saturday night.

Valera looked so bad last night that it was tough to judge how good Brown was because he was facing such a bad opponent. While watching Brown perform, I saw a fighter who looked to be in his 30s destroy a hapless journeyman who didn’t belong in the ring with him. It was tough for me to believe that Pat Brown is only 25 years antique, but he looks at least around 30.

“We saw him last time against Golden Boy candidate Tristan Kalkreuth, who was a very good player. [Valera] gave him a really tough 10 rounds. Pat has been doing the same thing every time since the first round. He goes out and measures and measures. For me tonight, that’s my recent name for him.Rocky Marciano from Manchester”” Hearn said of 25-year-old Pat Brown.

Pat’s fighting style is rather primitive and Neanderthal-like, somewhat similar to the fighting style of the overdue former heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano. Due to his lack of hand speed and mobility, Brown has no choice but to continue fighting the way he does, as he will never have the incredible hand speed of Jai Opetai or the mobility of some of the snappier cruisers.

It is what it is, A A Neanderthal-style Slytherin and not youthful looking at that. Hearn needs to move Pat Brown as soon as possible as he may not have much shelf life in his career.

A quartz gem, not a diamond?

“This kid will go all the way. He’s a huge problem for every cruiserweight in the world. We’ve got this.” an absolute diamond on our hands at Pat Brown. Tonight he made his US debut in his fifth fight. They know we have something special. He’s 25,” Hearn said, talking about Brown.

I don’t see Brown as a “diamond.” It’s more of a quartz gem than a diamond in my book. Brown will do well if Hearn selects him well.

Like heavyweight Moses Itauma, Pat Brown didn’t have much of an amateur career. Before he turned professional, he had 23 fights in the amateur category. As an amateur, he didn’t look like 24-karat gold like some fighters did before he started competing in the professional ranks.