29.05.06: After
18 months out of action and a move from Curacao to mainland
Netherlands, Dutch-Dominican Cristian ‘La Cobra’ Frias stepped
back into the ring last Saturday, May 27, in Visé, Belgium and
continued where he left off with a 6-round win (unanimous
decision) over Slovakian Jozef Kubovsky.
In his first
fight under the Fight Production banner, Frias lifted his record
to 20-0-2 (16 KO’s), but it was obvious that the ringrusty
‘Cobra’ had not yet gotten back his full poison. With
trainer Joseph De Palm and manager/cutman Olaf Schroeder in his
corner, Frias dominated the action to the extend that centurion
Kubovsky had to turn to his huge bag of tricks to survive, but
that he just did as the 29-year-old Frias’ timing and fluidity
was admittedly missing after his long lay-off.
All three
judges scored the fight a shut-out for Frias at 60:52, taking
into consideration two deductions by referee Patrick DeVooght
for headbutting.
“I’m just
so happy to fight again and maybe I wanted to impress a bit too
much,” said Frias, who had designed and sewn his own ‘Cobra
ringwear’ for the occasion.
Originally,
Frias was to come back in Slovenia on May 23, but then the fight
was moved to Belgium four days later after visa problems had
developed for the Dominican-born lightwelter, who now resides
with his wife and three little children in The Netherlands.
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