The 'what fights did you watch today?' thread

:-(Im like the black sheep round these parts

 

Yeah . Pretty funny.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCSu-iZLU5w[/ame]

 

:yep

 

If theres one thing you should never ever accuse a Mexican of................

Sorry mate, didnt even see your comment there:good

 

No problem mate

 

Carmen Basilio-Johnny Saxton 2. Agree with post above regarding Saxton's change of tactics, Basilio must of been licking his lips when he saw Saxton coming straight at him! He actually had more success up close because as soon as he gave Basilio room he started landing clean. Top fight though:good

 

Miguel Canto vs Antonio Avelar.

My fvery irst slice of Canto pie, and the crafty little Mexican has definitely left an impression on me. I must say - what a neat fighter, so much technical ability; deadly precision, pinpoint accuracy, a whipping left hook that rarely did not find it's target. Canto seems so intelligent and calm in the ring, even under pressure he just craftily evades the bombs of his opponents and fires back dutifully with his own masterfully-timed shots. A fine jab the little man had on him too. What Canto lacks in athleticism he more than makes up for with his brilliant technical know-how.

I didn't score the fight, I figured after I'd given Canto most of the first 6 that scoring would be a bit pointless. Canto largely dominated the fight, picking off Avelar with his jab whilst skillfully slipping his opponents attacks. The counter left hook for Canto was a real weapon, Avelar would miss once and Canto would just pop off a lighting fast bomb that almost always found it's target, whether it be the head or the body. It almost made Avelar a little hesitant, as he rarely initiated the action for much of the early portion of the fight as Canto seemed to dictate the pace. In the middle to late rounds Avelar stepped it up, and he had his moments, being the aggressor and trying to push Canto back with straight rights off the jab. Not much seemed to land flush for Avelar however, and Canto still timed his foe with the accurate shots which had plagued the taller man all night long. Avelar couldn't establish any kind of sustainable rythm against Canto, who evaded him with ease at times and proved too elusive for the lanky man to get to grips with overall. Avelar did nick a few rounds with his activity whilst Canto seemed less active with the jab and content to let Avelar come at him, but Avelar couldn't amount a sufficient enough offense to really trouble the sharper and more precise Canto, who won the decision without much labour IMO.

A fine display of skills by a fighter with much finesse.

 

jpab19: Your move, asswipe :yep

 

Bear in mind; Avelar arguably the hardest hitter in Flyweight history. Makes the performance even more impressive IMO.

 

Really? I wasn't aware of Avelar's credentials, that's quite impressive.

 

Yeah, he later won the 'lineal' championship by smashing an unusually reckless Shoji Oguma (who'd beaten Park who owned Canto). He was then victim to one of the most devastating K.Os I've ever seen, at the hands of Columbian dangerman Prudencio Cardona. Check it out on YouTube, there's a few of Avelar's devastating K.Os on my account, I strongly suggest you check out his immense 2 round war with Korean mentalist Tae-Shik Kim.

Kim's 2 round demolition job against Luis Ibarra is on YouTube as well, one of the most ferocious beatings I've ever seen, consistent punch output for nearly six minutes, no exaggeration.

 

Ach, forgot about that again. Shall do after MOTD, I need to pay a visit to Spar Man as well before I watch it.

 

That Cardona KO is brutal............fuark, Avelar was out cold.

I'll check out those other Avelar KO's too :good