the what fights did you watch today\scorecard thread.

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  1. Fireman Fred

    Fireman Fred Active Member Full Member

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    I didn´t mention Bernardo Checa because like you mentioned his biggest claim to fame was McGuigan´s sparring partner and I believe the trainer of Crisanto España in Ireland. Did see his fight with Victor Callejas, seemed a decent boxer, little power who got crushed in 3. Callejas could bang. Checa´s 5 losses were by ko (never passed 4th round), did get a draw in 1st Esparragoza fight (LKO 2 in return) and a draw with recently dethroned Julian Solis.

    I would recommend Esparragoza´s defense over Mitsuru Sugiya, the Japanese challenger was a face first brawler who definately did not deserve his title shot. Nonetheless he bravely throw wild overhand rights at Antonio was beaten to the punch repeatedly, took a lot of punishement but if memory serves me right he did land a big right hand which briefly stunned the champion who came blazing back to ko him.

    Also Esparragoza-Montoya was fun, Mexican brawler who like Sugiya was picked to pieces by Esparragoza´s hard counters in 5.

    Montoya then travelled to England was stopped in 3 by future champ Paul Hodkinson, took a real pasting from a peak Hodkinson by did drop Hodkinson in 3 round war.
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    FThabxinfan Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I wonder,is there any full footage of the Brown vs Escalera fight?
     
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  3. scartissue

    scartissue Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Thanks, Fred
     
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  4. McGrain

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    Floyd Mayweather UD4 Reggie Sanders

    Give Sanders his due: the man, on route to become a professional loser, came to fight. Interesting then that Mayweather is much more static than we saw him in his first fight, he's leading with the right, applying pressure, clearly the genesis of the Pretty Boy style distinct from Money is here. Mayweather will delighted traditionalists here with his surrounding footwork, keeping his lead foot outside Reggie's left foot and besides being technically sure he is very very cool in terms of temperament, although I thought he got away with turning his back here will dipping out of punches at one point.

    Reggie begins the second round very aggressively, Mayweather ditches most of it, keeping low, but gets snapped with a very nice southpaw jab - Mayweather steps back into the Philly Shell, giving Reggie a different look, before stealing the first half of the round with hooks. There's that left hand to the body again - joyful seeing Mayweather throw to the body with impunity, I like it a lot. Left hands his way home to a clearer round victory. Nice swap of shots there - Mayweather gets cuffed with a flat right hand after landing a left to the body, here's a lesson for the fighter, as the crowd begins to boo him as he tries to think his way past Reggie's third round success. Somewhere in this rammy, he was cut over his right eye and I think Mayweather decided to have a little think about that too. I think Mayweather landed the better punches in this round but I'd presume that this is the round taht went to Reggie and that's justifiable - he stepped off though, tried to force Mayweather to lead through the cut, which was a mistake. A brush with immortality! Although - not really.

    Mayweather told off for pushing/spinning Reggie, you can see the deep urge within him to control his opponent's positioning already. Referee a bit fussy here, but let the superstar take it. A very irritated crowd watches Mayweather on his bike and you do wonder if an aggressive southpaw was the wisest opponent for the young man's second fight...on the other hand, he's here to learn. I wish this had gone six. Entertaining, interesting, and shockingly well-balanced. Judge Sandy Pino found the third for Reggie, the other judges had it 4-0, both cards are fair.

    Mayweather:1,2,3,4.
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  5. scartissue

    scartissue Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Ruben Olivares v Chucho Castillo II (bantamweight title - California scoring of 1 point for a round and 0 points for an even round)

    Round 1: Even
    Round 2: Olivares
    Round 3: Castillo
    Round 4: Olivares
    Round 5: Olivares
    Round 6: Olivares
    Round 7: Even
    Round 8: Even
    Round 9: Castillo
    Round 10: Olivares
    Round 11: Olivares
    Round 12: Castillo
    Round 13: Castillo
    Round 14: Bout is stopped in favor of Castillo due to a cut on Olivares' eye

    Total through 13 completed rounds: 6-4 Olivares (actual scores: 6-6, 6-6 and a 7-6 for Castillo)

    To begin, thanks to @Jaymz8604 for posting this. It's about the best version out there. But having said that, believe me, this is not high-def by any means. To tell you what I'm talking about, although I knew the history on this fight, if I was watching without knowledge, I wouldn't have even known Olivares was cut. I mean, there was a lot of attention given to Olivares between rounds 9 and 10 and you might be able to make out a cut in the 14th (maybe) but that's it, too murky. As for the fight, man, I would have loved to have been there. These two were at the height of their powers in this fight. It was amazing that Castillo stood up to what the very sharp Olivares was throwing. Olivares too for that matter, stood his ground from some hellacious counter punches from that looping right hand of Castillo. The last several rounds - probably because of the cut obscuring Olivares vision - was fought in the box toe-to-toe. They just fired everything in their arsenal looking to take the other's head off. This fight would be amazing if seen in high-def.
     
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