the what fights did you watch today\scorecard thread.

Wish they’d have had a rematch. Probably same result or maybe an AA decision if Limon doesn’t bleed to the point of stoppage, but good lordy would it be fun.

 

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Literally, a little bit of Sugar.....

 

I scored this in 2022 i had it a bit closer.


Dwight Muhammad Qawi vs Eddie Davis

1 Qawi 10-8
2 Qawi
3 Davis
4 Qawi
5 Davis
6 Davis
7 Qawi
8 Qawi
9 Davis
10 Qawi
11 Qawi wins by TKO

96-93 Qawi

Amazing fight wow the heart Davis showed in this fight just made you want to stand up and applaud him this fight looked over in the 1st round. Qawi knocked Davis down heavily with a deadly combination the uppercut was the punch that started all the trouble. Davis barely got up and looked absolutely gone, how he managed to get up and survive the round is beyond me.

But from then for the next 8 rounds Davis gave Qawi absolute hell, Davis stood in the trenches with Qawi and was able to land frequently with the uppercut which makes sense against the shorter opponent bobbing and weaving. At times it looked like Davis might pull off a miracle, as he was able to outwork Qawi at times which don't seem possible considering the kind of fighter Qawi is. And anytime Qawi would pin Davis towards the ropes Davis would explode off the ropes with combinations.

Basically from rounds 2-9 this was an all out war fought head to head shoulder the shoulder both men taking turns in having there moments in a grueling battle.

The 10th round is where this fight completely turned around for Qawi, i noticed Qawi wasn't throwing or landing that many body punches throughout the fight. But half way through the 10th round Qawi landed a brutal body shot that hurt Davis. And i honestly think that one body punch turned the fight around, as from then on Qawi absolutely battered Davis along the ropes. Davis was badly hurt and was wobbling as he went back to his corner.

At the start of the 11th round Qawi rushed into the middle of the ring, as Davis was very slow getting off his stool. Qawi then proceeded to go all out and attack Davis. Davis was floored again he got up but was badly hurt with his eyes glazed and not knowing where he was, this time the referee rightly stops the fight as Davis's 9 lives finally run out.

Overall a very underrated war this one, for me it's an absolute classic and fights like this is why this era was the best ever for Light Heavyweights. Qawi is just an absolute machine and Davis was just inhuman with the heart he showed, i've often heard people say Michael Spinks had an off night vs Davis but did he ? or was Davis just that good ? because judging him in this fight and the Michael Spinks fight, i would tend to believe at his best he's up there

 

Mike Tyson vs Tony Tucker​

Rounds Won/Even
Tyson - 4,5,6,7,9,10,11
Tucker - 2,3,12
Even -1,8

Scorecard
(TYS)117 - 113(TCK)
Winner: Tyson via UD12​

Review​

A solid, undisputed HW title bout between two champions. Tucker started fast, rocking Tyson briefly with an uppercut in the 1st round. He boxed well for the next 2 rounds, but Mike started to catch up to him & outwork him with his jab & constant pressure. He began timing Tucker a lot better & landing consistently. A fairly pedestrian bout with spurts of action. Tyson didn't look spectacular in the bout, but did enough to win. This was the hardest fight for Prime Mike Tyson.

 

I like this format

 

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Eusebio Pedroza v Juan LaPorte (featherweight title)

Round 1: 10-9 LaPorte
Round 2: 10-9 LaPorte
Round 3: 10-9 LaPorte * (more on this one below)
Round 4: 10-9 Pedroza
Round 5: 10-10 Even
Round 6: 10-9 LaPorte
Round 7: 10-9 Pedroza
Round 8: 9-9 Even (Pedroza's round but deducted one point for continuous low blows)
Round 9: 10-9 LaPorte
Round 10: 10-9 Pedroza
Round 11: 10-9 Pedroza
Round 12: 10-9 Pedroza
Round 13: 10-9 Pedroza
Round 14: 9-9 Even (Pedroza's round but deducted one point for use of the elbow)
Round 15: 10-9 Pedroza

Total: 143-141 Pedroza (actual scores: 145-143, 144-141 and 144-142 all for Pedroza)

*I originally had it 142-141 for Pedroza because Tim Ryan at ringside stated they deducted a point from Pedroza for hitting after the 3rd round bell had sounded. But I saw a blurb on boxrec that said only 2 points were deducted from Pedroza's score in rounds 8 and 14, so I checked into it and Ryan got it wrong. Referee Guy Jutras only warned Pedroza for the 3rd round infraction - no point deduction.

To begin, I remember watching this fight but not scoring it back in the day. Now with pen in hand, I just didn't remember it as being this close. A good, but dirty fight. Guy Jutras had warned Pedroza for using the elbow about a half dozen times (he was using it as a pry-bar to keep LaPorte against the ropes), but in the 14th, during an exchange, he used it like a left hook on LaPorte, so I was glad Jutras finally saw it and deducted. Damn rough fight.

 

Shouldn’t it be 117-113 if Tucker won three rounds?

 

Damn, you're correct. I always get the scorecards mixed up when there's even rounds. Thanks.

 

@scartissue i had it a bit wider than you did but we generally agreed on a majority of the rounds.


Eusebio Pedroza vs Juan LaPorte

1 LaPorte
2 LaPorte
3 LaPorte 10-8 point deduction
4 Pedroza
5 Pedroza
6 LaPorte
7 Pedroza
8 Even round 9-9 because of point deduction
9 Pedroza
10 Pedroza
11 Pedroza
12 Pedroza
13 Pedroza
14 Even round 9-9 because of point deduction
15 Pedroza

143-139 Pedroza

So yes another Pedroza fight today i'm currently going through his career atm.

LaPorte dominated the first 3 rounds stunning Pedroza quite badly in rounds 2 and 3. And with the point deduction Pedroza was already in a hole being 4 points down.

But Pedroza is such a good 15 round fighter and after the bad start he slowly started to work his way back in the fight. With some tactics that certainly wern't in the queensbury rules but the fight was still competitive with LaPorte having his moments in spurts and still being dangerous with his right hands.

After the 8th round i thought Pedroza controlled the fight and really took the fight to LaPorte. And never stopped throwing punches and just outworked LaPorte down the stretch. And even with the 3 point deductions i still think Pedroza deserved the win quite clearly, although he may of been lucky not to get DQ'ed aswell.

But overall a pretty exciting fight the most exciting Pedroza fight i've seen so far.

 

D, actually, your card would be 144-139 because the referee never actually made a deduction to Pedroza's score in the 3rd round. That was something Tim Ryan was saying on air, but he got it wrong. The referee only warned Pedroza for hitting after the bell. No deduction. Still, your card is solid.

 

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Very interesting fight. They both fought their hearts out in a foul fest.

I had it 57-57.

 

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I had Vincent by 118-110.....bad decision...horrible decision...

 

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Arturo Gatti vs Gabriel Ruelas

Round 1; Gatti, his shots left more impact on me than those of Ruelas, Gatti landed a lot of good stiff jabs and blocked a lot of ruelas' punches well

Round 2; Gatti, Ruelas was really good this round but I'll give the round to Gatti since I think he hurt ruales more than ruales hurt him, but I think this round could've went either way

Round 3; Gatti, in the same fashion as the last round, Ruelas does good but I feel like Gatti is always a punch ahead, maybe I'm wrong and the round could've went to Ruealas..

Round 4; Ruelas, first round that Ruelas undeniably won, he showed great heart in this round, as for Gatti, I ****ing love this man, even rocked hard he just refuses to back down, a true spitting image of what a fighter should be

Round 5; Gatti wins by KO, these guys are god damned warriors, ruelas is also a winner coming out of this fight, such heart and determination from both fighters, but only one was able to pull al the way through, and that was Arturo Gatti

 

Michael Carbajal v Robinson Cuesta (lt. flyweight title)

Round 1: 10-10 Even
Round 2: 10-9 Carbajal
Round 3: 10-8 Carbajal (scores a knockdown)
Round 4: 10-9 Carbajal
Round 5: 10-9 Carbajal
Round 6: 10-9 Carbajal
Round 7: 10-9 Carbajal
Round 8: Carbajal drops and stops Cuesta

Total through 7 completed rounds: 70-63 Carbajal (actual scores: 70-62, 69-63 and another 69-63 all with Carbajal leading)

Let me preface this fight by first saying (if all records are to be believed) that Cuesta was 23-0 going into this fight, which looks impressive. However, when one peels back the skin, so to speak, one sees that in his 2nd pro fight he beat a fighter with a 2-1 record and in his 17th fight he beats another fighter with a 9-5-2 record. I point this out because not only are all opponents on Cuesta's ledger unrecognizable, but these two were the only fighters he had fought that possessed a winning record. So how - may I ask - was Cuesta the #1 contender? Aside from being from Panama of course.

Having said that, and despite my lopsided score, I will say that Cuesta put up a pretty good fight. One, that I enjoyed immensely. But he was never going to win. This version of Carbajal was dynamite and he wrecked the hapless visitor, but he took some shots in return which is what made it somewhat competitive.

Soapbox moment: In the 3rd round when Carbajal dropped Cuesta, Cuesta looked dead to the world on the canvas, but he got himself up, regrouped, and the referee gave him a chance. And he went onto give a good performance. Compare that to that crap last night when Tony Weeks "saved" Frederick Lawson from Vergil Ortiz in the 1st round. Oh, man, it now appears that if a cool breeze wafts through the arena the ref is going to jump in and stop the fight. What have they done to this sport?