Gerald Mcclellan vs Jay bell. brutal shot to the solar plexus. the fight lasted all of 30 seconds. If im correct this must still be the quickest knockout in a world title fight right?
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr vs Sebastian Zbik (116-112 Zbik) I scored it fairly comfortably for Zbik, but honestly it could go either way. I think it could be a draw, or even a point for Chavez if you liked his body work and late round surges. Lederman's card was poor, I felt he and the HBO team really overrated Chavez's body work (which is world class, but not as effective as it's made out to be), I mean, 30 seconds of hard body shots doesn't cancel out2:30 seconds of flurrying, but landing cleanly, head shots. Chavez looked pretty poor, Zbik better than usual. Both are very flawed, and neither are world level fighters, though both operate on a similar level. Good, underrated scrap.
I had that fight 115-113 to Chávez Jr, he took the middle and late rounds if I remember rightly. I watched Cotto vs Margarito (I of course ). Talk about a fight of two halves. I actually scored the first five to Cotto and 6-10 to Margarito. Very good fight.
I'm going to watch Juan Palacios Vs Sammy Gutierrez again at some point tonight. I'm sure you're all very eager to hear my thoughts.
Have you seen Palacios vs Misawa? Nice little war that one. I like Palacios, he's nothing special, but he always fights the best and he's fairly exciting too.
Yep, one of the better fights we've seen in the last while from strawweight. Palacios is a damn good body puncher from what I remember, at least he was in his fight with Armando Torres(good fight too, stopped him with a cacophony of body shots, Torres was downed thrice "officially" in the 9th, but touched canvas like 8 times because he was so beaten up). Moving up to light-fly from what I've heard.
Payao Poonterat Vs Jiro Watanabe I Poonterat: 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; Watanabe: 9; 10; 11; 12 Watanabe was stripped for taking on Poonterat in a unification bout rather than his countryman Khaosai, who wasn't much at the time anyway. 1-3; Watanabe trying jut to snatch rounds. The Thai is getting the better of it with his well-timed counters. 4-6; much of the same. Poonterat is a straight-up fighter, not a bad counter puncher at all, not your usual awkward Muay Thai convert as he made the change quickly and won Olympic Bronze at Montreal. Whenever Watanabe actually tries to up his game, his fellow titlist does the better work. Nothing mind-blowing from the Thai, Jiro just isn't doing enough. Really lackidaisical, even for him. 7-9; in the 9th Watanabe gets going, timing his right hook well and buzzing Poonterat briefly late and following up his assault to take the round. 10&11; Watanabe starting to boss it now, landing stiff and sharp counters and doing the much better work. 12; Both men come out and give it their all and there is some great action in this round, with both men countering well in the pocket. But it's the Jap' that does the most damage, landing more shots with more authority. Poonterat 116-112 Watanabe Watanabe won the decision; horrible. Their 2nd encounter is a lot closer, Watanabe gives up the first four or so rounds this time, before catching the Thai with a beautiful right hand counter to detach him from his senses. Watanabe gets on with it a lot quicker this time. Getting back into it, Poonterat continues to score, but Watanabe is giving him far less time to get his counters off, and getting the more damaging shots through. The Thai remains game, and is on even terms until the wonderfully accurate lead right hook catches him again in the 11th. He recuperates well though, but is ludicrously 'saved' by the referee when Jiro starts to pile the pressure on. From both fights, it was Poonterat who looked the better of the two IMO.
Palacios/Ramirez is the best fight I've seen him in. Apparently he can't make the minimumweight limit so is moving up to Light Fly.
Lost his interim title on the scales. I'm through two rounds here; make Gonzalez-Palacios.:deal It'll be the Nicaraguan John-Yordan.