The 'what fights did you watch today?' thread

Oh sounds interesting as Marcel wasnt a devastating puncher or finisher, only aspect of the game he lacked.

 

Certainly hit well enough to gain respect.

 

just finished watching kid chocolate-tony canzoneri again for teh first time in a while, wasnt really scoring it, but think kid chocolate takes this one? anyone seen it and got a scorecard of their own?

 

I reckon it could go either way. One of the best fights of all time.

 

Jmm-casamayor. Casa was Best in the beggining with his counter left, but jmm took over around round 4 - 5.

 

Gonna watch Meldrick Taylor-Chavez later also gonna watch Castillo-Corrales later. Was going to watch Taylor-Hopkins I the other day be couldnt be arsed ha.

 

Leonard - Hearns II
Larry Holmes - 'Big Bad' LeRoy Jones

 

rewatched brewster vs Wlad. Then lol'd at all the Drugs conspiricy theorists in the comments section

 

Chavez - Whitaker.

Ive seen it many times before, but the decision still sickens me

 

Paulie Ayala vs Johnny tapia, excellent fight with sustained action, poor decision though. I had it 115-113 for tapia.

I was going to watch romero vs tapia on Youtube, but the sound is so out of sync I cant be bothered:-(

 

i wouldn't mind seeing the Romeo fight, IIRC, it was a big grudge match at the time and was a week after Tyson Holyfield, and there was armed police patroling the Vegas:yep

 

I think Gomez was one of those latin american fighters of that early 70s period who were totally lacking in dedication and more interested in partying than training once they picked up a world title and made some money.I've spoke to fellow venezuelan and old CBZ site runner Mike Delisa about him before and that was the impression i got.

Without checking his record to be sure, i think he'd lost and had a couple of controversial non-title fights just before the Marcel losses.

 

Aye, I heard that, over 10000 people were at the fight, a great number for a 115 pound bout. there was some amount of tension in the air from the little of the fight ive seen aswell. romero's dad trained both boxers a some point and Johnny split from him in less than friendly terms iirc. reminds of me of the rios-Ortiz feud a little actually

 

ah yea thats right, about Romeo's dad training both:good

 

Cheers, and that's plausible, although Marcel was so dominant I don't know how he'd get on at his absolute optimum (if that wasn't it)

Against Saijo he looked very sharp and well-schooled. And that man could be buzzed but he was hard to put away, and Gomez was clinical, lovely counter to start the downfall as well.