the what fights did you watch today\scorecard thread.

[Flea Man]

Yeah, very impressive performance from Laciar. Not so sure still that Mathebula was all that based on one showing where he showed a lot of quality in a close fight with a good, but not brilliant, fighter.

Still, he was ranked and Laciar went over there and put a beating on him and agreed, he's a typically squat Argie stylist, lots of head and upper body movement, small steps and looping punches.

[lufcrazy]

Just watched tua v ibeabuchi.

Close fight but I thought tua edged it. Very good fight from first round to last and I think tua had quicker hands which helped him land the better shots in the exchanges.

Great display of stamina by both men though.

Got me thinking bout the Lewis era this. The two nearly men were tua and Byrd. I think both have an argument for being greater and better than shavers and young respectively. Great era the 90s.

Lewis
Holyfield
Bowe
Tyson
Tua
Byrd and then other guys like moorer, Morrison, mercer, golota, grant. Plus the cameo appearances by foreman and Holmes.

[orriray59]

Watched Hopkins v Trinidad again today. Great fight, Hopkins performed brilliantly.

[Lester1583]

O. Canizales was a calm technical fighter.

Too calm, too technical.

Fight like Fenech, goddammit

[McGrain]

Robert Guerrero UD12 Andre Berto

You got to love Guerrero. Four years ago the guy was a featherweight. He's just kept travelling north in search of money and the career defining fights he feels he deserves - he's calling for Mayweather and Pacquiao for years, you know he means it, and he's taken a step nearer with a FOTY the year candidate fought on HBO last night.

Guerrero showed real depth in his abilities going all the way inside and keeping Berto under control with grappling and punching. There was some crying about excessive holding from Guerrero on HBO and it's being echoed by some next door, but that's BS, I think. Both were holding. Berto, aware that his speed advantage was being entirely nullified also wanted to make sure that his man wasn't working free with both his hands. They were both holding. The post-fight squabble between the two in the ring was a shame to see.

They both also had serious eye injuries, Berto almost totally unable to see out of either eye, Guerrero struggling in the second half of the fight with his right eye which was also almost shut by fight's end. Didn't stop them both delivering for real.

Berto's uppercut inside was a thing of real beauty, but he was always going to b struggling to close the gap after being knocked down once in the first and once in the second and the nature of the fight was such that Guerrero was able to take advantage of his higher workrate to nick most rounds inspite of Berto's often more eye-catching shots.

Lots of punches thrown, a great fight.

All three offical cards were 116-110, mine read the same way.

Berto: 4,6,9,11
Guerrero: 1,2,3,5,7,8,12

[Vic-JofreBRASIL]

Lou Moretti is a disgrace though....

[salsanchezfan]

Courtesy of Flea's channel, just got done watching Marcel thrash Antonio Gomez. I cannot fathom how any uncorrupted judge could possibly score that a draw as one apparently did. Maybe the guy was Gomez's father-in-law or something. He was beaten at every turn in this fight, though I do applaud his courage and conditioning. It was kind of annoying to see Gomez complain to the referee as much as he did. Marcel did land low on some occasions, and there was the odd clash of heads, but nothing terribly egregious.

Good action, and the first full fight other than his clash with Duran that I've seen from Marcel.

[orriray59]

I watched Hatton vs. Magee today, an exciting fight.

[Flea Man]

Originally Posted by salsanchezfan

Courtesy of Flea's channel, just got done watching Marcel thrash Antonio Gomez. I cannot fathom how any uncorrupted judge could possibly score that a draw as one apparently did. Maybe the guy was Gomez's father-in-law or something. He was beaten at every turn in this fight, though I do applaud his courage and conditioning. It was kind of annoying to see Gomez complain to the referee as much as he did. Marcel did land low on some occasions, and there was the odd clash of heads, but nothing terribly egregious.

Good action, and the first full fight other than his clash with Duran that I've seen from Marcel.

Marcel was really something.

[salsanchezfan]

Originally Posted by Flea Man

Marcel was really something.

I can understand how a lot of the head clashes happened here.......Marcel would overcommit at time with right leads, trying to catch Gomez napping, and he'd fall into him and they'd bang heads, but it was noting to whine about the way Gomez did.

Marcel is quite the operator for sure. So well-schooled and solid in every respect.

[Flea Man]

He Vs your 'namesake' would've been some fifteen rounder

[salsanchezfan]

Originally Posted by Flea Man

He Vs your 'namesake' would've been some fifteen rounder

It would be tough on Sal, that one.

[sweet_scientist]

Originally Posted by salsanchezfan

Courtesy of Flea's channel, just got done watching Marcel thrash Antonio Gomez. I cannot fathom how any uncorrupted judge could possibly score that a draw as one apparently did. Maybe the guy was Gomez's father-in-law or something. He was beaten at every turn in this fight, though I do applaud his courage and conditioning. It was kind of annoying to see Gomez complain to the referee as much as he did. Marcel did land low on some occasions, and there was the odd clash of heads, but nothing terribly egregious.

Good action, and the first full fight other than his clash with Duran that I've seen from Marcel.

I dare say it puts the DeJesus and Cervantes wins for Gomez in some sort of perspective. Tough to get a decision in Venezuela.

You'd need to literally beat a man to within an inch of his life to get the decision there.

[Flea Man]

Don't be like that. He beat those green bastards

[orriray59]

Marcel is awesome.