The 'what fights did you watch today?' thread

Never seen him - Martin:huh - listed as Freddy:huh
Any resemblance??:think Other than nationality, name, similar weight?? If so I'm interested.

 

Okay....I'm stoned as ****. I'm off to commit suicide :good

 

No, don't do that, nothing wrong with gettin' high at Christmas.
Just tell me about Castillo v Mercedes. You've piqued my interest now. Why did you mention that fight? Is it of particular interest action wise or just hard to find?
Was he relentless to the body like 'modern Martin'?

G'dam incoherent old timers

 

I thought you were in your 20s, Flea!

 

;-)

 

It was for the lineal Flyweight championship. Mercedes was ridiculously matched early on in his career.

 

really?
Not an old fella with a huge stash of hard to find footage, time enough to watch it all and a pipe full of dope?:huh:blood
He's got pretty retro taste for a young fella.

 

:good

 

I'm single.

 

Modern day Martin Castillo is an ace fighter. Good choice.:good

 

Antono Esparragoza vs Jean Marc Renard.

Pretty entertaining fight this.

Renard is a basic, if slightly ugly/mauling, pressure fighter. Nice high hands and straight shots. Solid guy though, and strong.

This is the worst I have seen Esparrgoza though, defensivly he was not sharp at all and as he went back, he loves room and time, and as Renard was not giving him it, he seemed to flounder a bit and his defence was terrible.

After some feeling out and that Esparragoza established his combos and took the second and third rounds, however at the end of the third Renard won a few exchanges with sharper punches.

From the fourth on Renard began to bullrush his way in, waiting for Esparragoza to move back, then he bgan firing, and he was really troubling Tony. Tony did his best work in the middle of the ring firing off the hard combos, but he was too eager to give ground.

The finish in the sixth was a suprprise as after a few hard combinations Renard started to hurt for the first time in the fight, but he kept soldeiring on until another combo sent him down and out.

But this fight got me wondering, maybe Aparagus wouldnt treat McGuigan as his ***** as I Previously thought.

Also the amount of cleanm KOs Antonio has is pretty amazing, most guys he takes out are actual out for the 10.

Esparragoza: 2,3
Renard : 1,4,5
Total: 48-47 Renard (3-2)

 

I need to be more active in this thread. :-(

 

Gamboa vs Ponce De Leon
Alexander vs Matthysse

Watching Alexander struggle with Matthysse and tiring within a 10 round fight, makes me think he wont last 12 rounds with Maidana.

 

I think the extra 7lbs might suit Maidana too.

All I'd advise him to do is just throw bombs, Alexander isn't going to hurt him after all.

Even though I had Matthysse winning clearly I do think he was complacent at times, if he'd pressed the pedal a bit he'd have got Devon out of there.

Maidana is usually pretty easy to keep at bay with the jab, but because Alexander let's you know it's coming three hours in advance I'm sure he can get inside and rough Devon up.

It's got a late stoppage/corner retirement written all over it.

I just want to see the two Argies get it on. A definite FOTY contender :yep

 

Alexander hurt Urango, who was very tough.