The 'what fights did you watch today?' thread

Veeraphol Sahaprom

Vs. Nana Konadu Sahaprom was evidently a very good Muay Thai fighter, as after going 12 rounds with the far more experience Daorung Chuvatana and taking the WBA Bantamweight strap, he went in with Nana Konadu, who was class. Sahaprom came out all guns blazing, a stark contrast to the stoic and patient game he would go on to use. He drops Konadu with a counter left hook in the first, but is hurt in the 2nd and caught swining by Konadu, who blasts him with a right hand that leaves the Thai in la-la land for about a minute afterwards. Konadu WKO2 Sahaprom. Good, fun fight between two very good operators.

Vs. Joichiro Tatsuyoshi I & II

Sahaprom seemed to be less wild and more clinical after that fight. He picked his right hand well and worked off an efficient and well turned over one, two. Against this Jap, who comes through some close rounds to blast him out. In the first fight, you see what an efficient finisher the Thai is, after hurting his man who bombard him with every shot in the book, but not finishing the job who goes back to picking his shots rather than endlessly bombing, and then takes him out with another sharp right hand and a heavy barrage of shots. OUT COLD. The 2nd fight goes on slightly longer but is more of the same, Sahaprom dishing out a beating as they go into the middle rounds. I think it was six in the first and seven in the second, both fun fights where the Jap' takes damage.

Vs. Den Bermudez II

The same finishing skills on display here. The Thai really does have a right hand as straight as an arrow, and he pulverises the Filipino journeyman with it here. But again, Saraprom sees his opponent can come through his surge, so he waits, picks him off, and carries his good work into the next round, stopping his overmatched opponent.

I would say for a convert he's a pretty straight-up boxer puncher, not particularly awkward nor great at anything but fairly compact, smart and deadly, with a nice one-two and a fair dig.

I will have my complete scorecards for all 4 Nishioka fights as soon as they turn up ;-) I've just scored the 1st but will post all of 'em at once.

 

Pongsaklek Wonjongkam Vs Suriyan Sor Rungvisai

Wonjongkam: 3; 4; 6; 7; 8(+1); 10;
Rungvisai: 1; 2; 5; 9; 11; 12

Wonjongkam 114-113 Rungvisai

When I first watched this I felt Pong' had done enough to earn a win. After Jpabs empassioned cry for the young Thai to be given his dues, I felt compelled to re-watch it with my head on. Impressed by the youngster again, but I saw a much closer contest although agree with 'Pab entirely; close contest, close rounds.

Samart Payakaroon at 1:50 :yep

A really competitive fight with a lot of close rounds, Rungvisai doesn't seem to have much pop but he moves well, and early on really piks and dips really well, but for me, Wonjongkam landed the much better shots throughout, and had enough success when he closed the gap to win on points. It would've been closer if not for the WBC rule, which I hate, and I had Pongsaklek edging that round as well.

10th round was incredible, but the Champions poise allowed him to do the much better work even when it was him backed up. The pace was clearly hurting the young man here, as he spewed up allowing Wonjongkam to pounce on him. Khaosai Galaxy at 16:30 of part two. Rungvisai edged the last two rounds for me, Pongsaklek seemed to take a beast seat in those two, and whilst the 11th was close the young challenger snatched the 12th and earned himself a draw.

Both men earn credit for their efforts here, but Rungvisai looks one to watch for sure. Very stylistically odd for a Thai IMO, a fairly stylish evasive punch picker, but I agree with Jpabs analysis entirely, he is easy to hit if you can back him up. I think he looked much sharper early on whereas the Champions experience allowed him to pull out the best punches of the fight.

 

Hamed vs Kelley (26-30)

I gave Kelley every round, but I'm not sure about the 2nd - Hamed's KD was a lot better, but it still didn't affect Kelley that much and Kelley edged the rest of the round. Of course, the judge's scorecard of 28-27 for Hamed is strange at least. That was a quality fight though, Hamed showing off his atrocious balance.

 

duran v palomino. a terrific performance from duran he never let up for a second,palomino what a tough guy.This duran was at his peak cant see mayweather giving him any trouble at all

 

One of Durans best performances IMO. Palomino was a beast, and Duran completely nullified any chance Palomino had of breaking him down to the body, beat him up, dropped him, a totally dominating showing.

 

Seems like I was right in my asumption that Sahaprom tweaked his style post-Konadu.

When asked who hit him the hardest.

"Nana Kanadu and also Ricardo Barajas. When Kanadu knocked me out I didn’t know what happened. I thought I had him beat and he surprised me. If I had fought him later in my career I might not have made the mistakes I made. I learned to be more cautious from that fight."

He ended being a pretty smart boxer IMO.

 

I rewatched David tua vs Lennox Lewis. Excellent performance by Lewis, who put on a boxing masterclass, keeping tua on the outside and peppering him with jabs and combos.

On a side note, I liked the combinations lewis was occasionally bring out in this fight. Some people may get the idea that Lewis was mostly a safety first jab and right hand fighter, which I suppose he could be when in cautious mode, but when he was at his best, he could throw combos better than any heavyweight his size, save for Riddick Bowe.

 

Jeff Chandler vs Julian Solis 2, In a rematch against the man Chandler won the title from.

Good fight which Chandler controlled from round 2 onwards and finished with a lovely range finding jab and straight right hand, as Angelo Dundee said in the commentary 'Right on the Button'. No real need to count.


Jeff Chandler vs Miguel Iriarte

After a spirited first round from the challenger, Chandler settled down and completely took charge. Dominated the fight behind the jab, landing the right hand at will. Even finding the time to showboat against his overmatched Panamanian foe (for WBA title so you can see how the kid managed to get a number one ranking). Joe Cortez called a holt to the fight in the 9th round as he sagged to the ropes, to save him from any more punishment.

 

Lupe Pintor Vs Samart Payakaroon

Pintor was best his best, but a stern test for the greatest Muay Thai fighter of all time. Not your typical wooden Thai banger, Payakaroon shows off his beautiful footwork and elusive lateral movement here, piking his shots and bamboozling his experienced opponent before banging him out in the fifth round. Impressive stuff from Thailand's most talented operator as he claims the WBC Super Bantamweight Championship.

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That KO never get's any less brutal.

 

Plan on watching something tonight, yet to decide though.

Going to finally watch and score Cazares-Shimizu at like 3 in the morning, searching for some decent stuff in the meantime.

 

You seen this tiny bit of wonderous footage SportsLeader? Mad defence, Meza was a solid contender who packed a big punch.

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Some Riddick Bowe destructions

vs Cooper, Seldon, Marin, Nelson, Dokes and Ferguson

Bowe at his best was a beautiful fighter for such a big man. Lovely jab, great straight right and hook. Was also very good on the inside were he could use his strength to position himself to throw a peach of an uppercut.

But the standout was the first fight against Elijah Tillery. Bowe has just laid the beatdown on him in the first round as the bell rang Bowe threw a punch presumably for something that was said. Tillery counters with a few kicks and half arsed punches. With that Bowe's manager grabs Tillery by the ropes and with what looked like a move straight out of the Legion of Doom back catalogue closelines him over the ropes and out of the ring. I was half expecting Elijah to come back in the ring with a chair. Anyway somehow the ref decided to DQ Tillery for the kick and Bowe got the 'W'.

 

**** me, and I thought Ali vs Terrell was good head movement.

That is unreal, I didn't know Payakaroon could do that.

 

Bowe had no straight right. He would always throw a variation of overhand right. It's one of the main criticisms of him as a technical fighter.