Antillon KOED ...!!!

Antillon was getting hit a lot, while Acosta kept moving. Antillon was pressuring the whole fight, but he wasnt really trying not to get hit, he was hitting Acosta, and seemed successful in the later rounds as Acosta started slowing down. And then...Antillon didnt see that uppercut.

 

I felt Antillon was feeling embarassed leading to the sad knockout. Acosta was really fast at least compared to him, hands and feet, and was tagging him so much.

I am sad for Urbano, it must have felt the world collapsed on him the moment he realized he was falling to the canvas. Most of the boxing media was ready to give him the interim crown. I know I was when I saw Acosta's record. Damn, the guy was elusive.

A whole lotta difference between sparring and actual fighting. I don't know how Urbano gets up from this. He's obviously a typical Mexican fighter. Tough, fan-friendly style but has difficulty with speedsters. A poor man's Humberto Soto...at that.

 

The $1K was never claimed.

 

seems like you should look in the mirror and speak for yourself

 

Antillon was never going to mound to anything special, pretty sad to even have viewed him as a promising prospect.

Even though its just sparring, but the Valero session was more than enough to believe that Antillon had little to no boxing skills.

 

this coming from a guy who constantly criticize Pinoy fighters, nothing is wrong rooting for one's race but something is definetely wrong to constantly criticize a particualr one

 

Antillon dropped Pacman in sparring:shock:? Link please...

 

The $1K was never claimed.

 

I really want to catch a replay of this one...

 

Fred was referring to the first sparring session for the Hatton fight, when Pac's and Antillon's legs got tangled while Pac was trying a new technique of quick spinning over his opponent, causing the latter to lose balance. At the end of the 4-rd sparring, Antillon good-naturedly joked about Packy owing him the $1,000 bonus for "knocking him down" referring to that slip. They both heartily laugh about it then..

Wak and his ilk picked that one up and spun some serious urban legend out of that one ala Lawrence Cole (cf. Pac-Mab 1, Rd. 1).

 

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Pathetic. Seriously, you should get a life bud...

 

Gonzalez would beat Segura up badly

 

It was okay. Third best fight of the weekend (behind Escalante-Lock and Beranza-Velazquez).

 

Really? I mean, watching Beranza - Velazquez was highly cathartic, but the fight itself was pretty straightforward. It sounds like Acosta - Antillon had some decent drama.

 

Beranza-Velazquez indeed was routine, but it was far less ugly. I actually couldn't keep my eyes glued to Acosta-Antillon (my attention was diverted to Bojado-Santos on ESPN Classic simultaneously - and Bojado-Santos is a B-/B fight if that tells you anything).

Great, dramatic finish and a good old fashioned underdog triumph (like Beranza) but in all honesty it was difficult to watch. I'd see Urbano follow his prey around for the first minute of every round with a high guard (a'la Abraham), then wing some sloppy power punches and then they'd hold for ninety seconds. Pattern repeated round after round. It got to the point where I'd only turn away from the Bojado fight if I heard the crowd noise intensify - and they were just hooting and hollering every time Urbano wound up to telegraph a miss. Everybody saying "Acosta fought well" and "Acosta fought smart" - they're not whistling dixie. But neither "well" nor "smart" equate to "pretty" or "exciting"