the what fights did you watch today\scorecard thread.

Quartey v De La Hoya.

Had it Oscar by one point. Ike was 1 up after the 11th and Oscar really dug deep to defend his belt.

I think Oscar was too busy for Ike in the early rounds and despite taking the lions share of the middle rounds it was Oscar who rallied late to score the victory.

Actually a decent fight I thought.

 

its more than one great round :good i had the same score and really dig it

 

Yeah I know at times Ike stifled the action with his high guard and bazooka jab but the early rounds where great and the 6th as well.

I mean in round 2 both landed flush power shots in exchanges during the last minute, very back and forth.

 

i don't think ike didn't anything wrong in that fight: oscar was just a shade better. two of the best jabbers of the era and they managed to put on a decent fight

 

Yeah I agree. Maybe he could have stood up to the late rally better but that just shows how great Oscar was to pull that off against a solid durable defensively sound world class boxer.

 

The knockdown and the cut. Great fight to watch live.

Martinez turned from cherry pick to superstar that night.

 

Thoroughly enjoyed watching Harold Johnson decisively outpoint Ezzard Charles, thanks to the urging of Littlered and Phillyfan.......I can't fathom how any judge could have scored that for Charles, but at least the right guy got the nod. Johnson has a great counter right in this fight, and Chalres was very wary of it after the first round or two, but still managed to get tagged. Johnson even controlled the tougher exchanges, which is contrary to the image I had in my head of an ultra-cautious boxer. Johnson could apparently stand in with you and bang when he had to. He certainly gained Charles' respect. I didn't write anything down as I went because I was also busy changing diapers, but I only saw one round you might have been able to give poor Ezzard.

Thanks also to McGrain for having that on his channel......

 

I also had Johnson outpointing Charles.

Choklab hounded me for days telling me how wrong I was.

 

Another here who thinks Johnson-Charles was crystal clear for Harold. And yet, many seem to think otherwise....

In some ways Johnson-Charles is like DLH-Mosley II. If you value the jab you'll score it for Oscar all day long but if you tend to discard jabs and look for power shots, you can convince yourself that Mosley did enough.

I think the same mentality to fight scoring applies to Johnson-Charles.

 

I agree with mcgrain totally. 9 times out of 10 on here when someone scores that fight for ex they follow it up with something like "and then he was in the best shape of his life against marciano" it is just a way of building an argument he was in his prime

 

Ray Leonard vs Ranzany & Price

Man, Ray was a straight up killer! Those finishes were as brutal and as clinical as anything you're ever likely to see. His hand speed was ridiculous at 147lbs.

 

Leonard blew away Price in double quick time that night, looking like a world beater, whilst the main event saw Duran creep past 19-2 Zeferino Gonzalez. Amazing to think Duran would go on to beat Ray like he did.

 

Duran vs Hagler- 10-5 for Hagler