the what fights did you watch today\scorecard thread.

Michael Spinks vs Marvin Johnson

Entertaining battle, Johnson barley gave Mike room to breath in first few rounds but once he found his range it was curtains. Very much quantity vs quality, all the rounds close until the end.

1 - Spinks 9 Johnson 10
2 - Spinks 10 Johnson 9
3 - Spinks 9 Johnson 10
4 - KO 4 Spinks

Spinks 28 Johnson 29

 

Couldn't wait on my word documents to get fixed ANY LONGER, so I've been watching some Barkley fights lately; here's how I saw Duran-Barkley.

1-Barkley; despite Duran's big right at the end
2-Barkley
3-Barkley; as opposed to fighting in spurts in the first two rounds, I felt like Duran was competing more actively with Barkley here
4-Even; bombs away! both men shaken up in the frequent thrilling exchanges
5-Duran; landed some lethal rights that had an understated effect on Barkley
6-Barkley
7-Duran; ALL-OUT WAR, both fighters just trying to kill each other, both fighters were stunned at least once
8-Barkley; HUGE left threw Duran off balance, Duran came back countering in magnificent fashion, Barkley looking a little tired at the end
9-Duran; Barkley, his left eye closed, was indeed tired
10-Duran; jabbed a lot, scored a lot of bombs and I mean a lot, but don't sell Barkley short he threw a lot of shots that stopped Duran in his tracks more than once
11-Duran; 3 rights (last missed) and 2 lefts put Barkley on his back
12-Duran; one of the great last rounds, both really trying to make the difference

Total: 6-5-1 for Duran; I ABSOLUTELY LOVE this fight! One of the greatest of all time!

 

Check out Spinks vs. Yaqui Lopez if you get a chance. You won’t be disappointed. Barnburner.

 

Gianfranco Rosi v Donald Curry (jr. middleweight title)

Round 1: 10-9 Rosi
Round 2: 10-9 Curry (scores a knockdown)
Round 3: 10-9 Rosi
Round 4: 10-8 Curry (scores a knockdown)
Round 5: 10-9 Curry
Round 6: 10-9 Rosi
Round 7: 10-7 Curry (scores 2 knockdowns)
Round 8: 10-8 Curry (scores a knockdown)
Round 9: 10-9 Curry
Round 10: Rosi retires at the beginning of the 10th

Total: 87-80 Curry (actual scores: 87-81, 88-80 and a 88-83 all for Curry)

Man, this really was a shot Curry. Despite all the knockdowns he should never have struggled with Rosi. He still had sharpness of blow, but was really troubled squeezing the trigger. It's really hard for me to watch a fighter I really enjoyed and followed, struggling with the likes of Rosi. BTW, I scored the 2nd round only a 10-9 for Curry because outside of the knockdown he did very little.

 

That is one of my favorite fights!

 

Such a brilliant fight. It’s one of my ten favourite fights. Just a great fight from start to finish.

 

I watched this about a week ago. Very sloppy Curry in there. He showed how bad those legs of his were deteriorating by going off balance so often. And he may have had the best balance in the sport a few years prior.


it is never a good thing seeing guys lose their balance. And the next Curry fight---they sure didn't want Mugabi did they?---was Jacquot. And even a deteriorating Curry I could not picture to that guy. But he sure did. One of the biggest upsets and a much bigger one than the Honeyghan loss.

He literally should have had a name change--he was so far removed from the brilliant welter we had witnessed. Toughest of sports once a guy is sliding downhill. And Arum was actually looking at a Curry match with Hagler.

 

Interesting I will have to watch this. Gianfranco wasn't such a bad fighter though, he had some solid names on his record, Pyatt, Aquino, Thomas, Van Horn and Waters, in fact his run after losing to Curry makes the win more impressive, if not the manner of it. He also beat Jacquot.

 

Prince Charles Williams vs Bobby Czyz

A nearly great fight but after the 3rd round it becomes a turkey shoot for Williams. Very impressed by Williams, he came back so strongly in round 3 after a knock down I scored it only 10-9 for Czyz. Great jab, great conditioning and heart shown by Williams. Czyz boxed well in the first two and half rounds but faded badly. I would have pulled him out at the end of round 8 due to the huge swelling over his right eye. Not sure of the fighter's weights but Czyz looked like a middleweight compared to Williams. Shame Williams never fought Hill, Andries or Harding in a unification, I think all were winnable fights for him and may have led to him being better remembered.

1 - Prince Charles Williams 10 Bobby Czyz 9 (very close)

2 - Prince Charles Williams 8 Bobby Czyz 10

3 - Prince Charles Williams 9 Bobby Czyz 10 (knock down but great comeback by Williams)

4 - Prince Charles Williams 10 Bobby Czyz 9

5 - Prince Charles Williams 10 Bobby Czyz 9

6 - Prince Charles Williams 10 Bobby Czyz 9

7 - Prince Charles Williams 10 Bobby Czyz 9

8 - Prince Charles Williams 10 Bobby Czyz 9

9 - Prince Charles Williams 10 Bobby Czyz 9

FINAL Czyz retires

Williams 87 Czyz 83

 

Leo Santa Cruz v Cristian Mijares (super bantamweight title)

I like both of these fighters but, man, did Santa Cruz just have Mijares' number. He simply overwhelmed him from the get go with speed, workrate and a tremendous assortment of punches. I still enjoyed the fight as a desperate Mijares was catching Santa Cruz cleanly, but there always looked like a size difference in the bout - despite the fact they were comfortable super bantams - and Mijares punches just seemed to hop off Santa Cruz. Anyway, I only gave Mijares a share of the 10th round for a 120-109 for Santa Cruz (actual scores: 119-109, 120-108 and another 120-108 all for Santa Cruz). Tough fight, especially for Mijares.

 

I was in Las Vegas for Leo Santa Cruz’s defense vs. Jose Ruiz Garcia on the undercard of Wilder-Stiverne in 2015. Splendid fighter and a joy to watch.

Coolest thing (which I’ve related here before) was I went to the weigh-in and found myself standing next to LSC in the lobby on the way out. He had his WBC belt and I asked if I could take a picture of it … and he just handed it to me, haha. One of his crew then held it so I could snap a pic, which is still my screen saver on my phone. Leo couldn’t have been nicer.

 

Lupe Pintor v Albert Davila II (bantamweight title)

Round 1: 10-9 Pintor
Round 2: 10-9 Davila
Round 3: 10-9 Davila
Round 4: 10-9 Pintor
Round 5: 10-9 Davila
Round 6: 10-10 Even
Round 7: 10-9 Davila
Round 8: 10-9 Pintor
Round 9: 10-9 Pintor
Round 10: 10-9 Pintor
Round 11: 10-9 Davila
Round 12: 10-9 Pintor
Round 13: 10-9 Pintor
Round 14: 10-9 Pintor
Round 15: 10-9 Pintor

Total: 145-141 Pintor (actual scores: 146-142, 143-142 and a 143-143 Even for a majority decision for Pintor)

I've been meaning to have a look-see at this fight as I haven't seen it since I saw it live. Man, what took me so long? I loved this fight. Such sharp, clean punches throughout the night. It didn't bode well for Davila down the stretch as that's Pintor's wheel-house. He just had that ability to accelerate down the stretch. Again, brilliant fight.

 

Pintor is one of those guys that just has not sttod the test of time well. But he was a handful and was never an easy nights work or a "softie" opponent like we see so much of.