Brian Castano keeps his hands and feet moving as well, but a little more predictably than Teixera, but this aint a bad thing because I feel Teixera is erratic at times. Keeps his guard much higher though. I want to call him a boxer puncher, but a lot of the time he will try to slug with you, short and cagey. Castano made a good move, he allowed his opponent to 'back' him into the ropes and quickly punched out at an angle and turned his opponents back to the ropes. Great boxing move showed decent ring IQ and generalship, Teixera has not shown me that level of quick thinking.
He always changes levels when he comes in, hard to time me thinks, and when he throws he is responsible with his hands, keeps them up.
I can tell you right now just off looking at it, Castano hits MUCH harder than Teixera he also has quicker hands. HUGE length advantage for Teixera though though.
Castano doesn't move his head a lot, but he is great at parry's and blocking his opoonents punches. He uses more upper body movement than head movement.
He can counter punch, and if you hit him with one expect for him to throw back. If nothing else, Castano comes to fight. I can see him having problems with someone who wouldn't immediately back up though, but his opponents respect his power.
I really wish he would attack the body more.
Now he is showing infighting skills which is not suprising given his height and frame. He throws good combinations, and his timing is pretty decent. I can already see from a skill level he is ahead of Teixera, but heay have problems with the length of Teixera even if he is more skilled. Castano has slipped punches and set traps, something I didn't see Teixera doing. Castano will slip a punch and then counter. Teixera will get hit with the punch then counter. I always favor defensive responsibilty mounting offense, over give and take.
Castano doesn't throw as many punches as Teixera. Judges may just see work rate, even though at this point from what I've seen Castano is more skilled. Also Teixera is more experienced with nearly double the amount of fights but that doesn't tell the whole story. Castano has gone 12 rounds twice with both performances being a split decision win and a split draw, Teixera has only gone 12 once and he took a beating in the early rounds, but even in the beating he was still working. Castano gas tank is not as good as Teixera's. Teixera while employing the same gameplan most of the fight, even though he takes punches is always throwing punches, Castano has visibly slowed down. Castano would have to bank early rounds(and I guarantee he will, he closes distance well with his feet), because I can see Teixera taking maybe 3-4 rounds minimum off activity level.
Castano skills are about an 8.5/10, he has decent ring IQ, sets traps, and can counter punch, decent footwork as well. Physical talents are like 6.5-7/10 for his weight class. He hits hard and has good hand speed, but he is boxy and always has to fight coming forward, and his gas tank could be better. He has heart too though, and I don't think Teixera is going to test his durability, but that 11 inch reach advantage on top of the nearly 6 inch height advantage I think could give him trouble. Castano needs to make it a brawl, Teixera needs not to brawl. This is an interesting styles clash, but I'm going to have to lean towards Castano due to the fact that Teixera is defensively irresponsible but this will be a competitive fight. Castano wins probably via split decision or I could even see a draw because it will probably be a tale of two fights(first half one way, second half another way).
