'Mighty Mouse' Aiken Looks for NABA Cheese!

Forestville, MD super featherweight Eric "Mighty Mouse" Aiken has his most important bout to date as he battles for the vacant NABA Super Featherweight title on Dec. 10 at the Turning Stone Casino in Verona, NY.

Aiken's opponent is a very familiar one in Brazilian Agnaldo Nunes. The two waged a very exciting and controversial war almost two years ago at the New Washington Convention Center, a bout that I thought was the best bout of 2003. Aiken won that bout by a six-round unanimous decision and scored two knockdowns in the bout, but I think it could have gone either way. One of the knockdowns was a tough call, because the Nunes camp thought Aiken knocked their man down while coming out of a clinch.

As a matter of fact, Despite the knockdowns, I thought Nunes won the last bout by one point, 57-56. I just thought he did more overall.

Since that bout, Aiken (12-3, nine KO's) has had some tough going of late, going 3-2 with two KO's and he has lost two of his last three, including a six-round split decision loss to Leo Martinez in his last contest. Martinez who was 6-5 at the time of the bout.

Nunes (15-1-1, 8 KO's), meanwhile, has gone 9-0-1 with four KO's since the Aiken loss. His last victory was a 10-round unanimous decision over Adalberto Borquez on October 21 in Santa Ynez, CA.

Quick observation: If this bout goes into double-digit rounds, it could be a problem for Aiken. While neither man has gone 12 before, Nunes went 10 in his last bout.

This is a make it or break it bout for Aiken. This could be Aiken's last chance to be a viable contender. I wish him well.