Abraham is having a long night... he wants the ref to help him

good post:thumbsup

Sometimes horrible mismatches on paper turn into exciting action packed close fights. Case in point......Angulo's fight last night with untested Jorge Silva. The kid was a clear UD, stepping up in wieght and class, and he gave a hungry ready el Perro all he could handle for 8 rds. A case coulda been made for a draw up to that point as he has clearly won 3 rds and possibly earned the 8th. Angulo felt obliged to create some distance in the scoring in the final 2, and dominated the younger man, but for 8rds, until he gassed somewhat, Silva held his own with one of boxings best LMWs.

In this fight, Boudla was handpicked, a MW in most peoples opinions, a solid Euro level MW, but being dominated by both world level fighters he faced prior, including being nearly shut out by Golovkin in his first yr as a pro.

Now, Im glad for Boudla that he got a decent payday(hopefully), but on paper and in the circle, he was a clear UD with almost no hope of victory. I guess perhaps he couldve opened an early cut on Abe and maybe gotten a win that way or maybe fought a bit dirty and gotten Abe to foul him and be dqd.
But aside from a freak cut or a DQ, there was ZERO path to victory for Boudla in this fight.

While Boudla didnt look hurt, and the cut wasn't career threatening, or even bad for that matter, it really coulda been stopped in the first couple rds when it was apparant that the serial slow starter Abraham wasnt losing a single early rd due to inactivity.

Horrible mismatch. Horrible fight.:rofl

 

No that's what YOU guess, little fanboy.

And Bouadla stated he has had a far better training camp this time than against Kessler.

 

I'm sure AA wanted to be impressive but I doubt he cared too much in regards being impressive relative to Kessler's performance against Bouadla. It's just not Abraham's style and he was never going to look as impressive against Bouadla as Kessler did. Bouadla, and most journalist I've read, did not complain about the stoppage.

 

That was obviously my point but of course Mr Fanboy will play the naive chump who didn't do it on purpose.

 

I personally don't have anything against Pavlik fans, but I do find it ironic when they make fun of Abraham's MW defenses. Obviously, Martinez was the best fighter either had faced during their title runs, but I think out of the combined guys they beat Khoren Gevor might have been the toughest opponent between them. And when AA rematches Stieglitz, that will be the toughest defense between them. Furthermore, if I recall correctly, Abraham's mandatory is George Groves which also won't be easy.

Now, I don't think AA or Pavlik are to blame for the shoddy defenses really. The MW division was terrible at the time. There were 3 guys (Pavlik, Abraham, Sturm) and for whatever reason they didn't fight each other. The rest of the division was weak, and therefore they had weak defenses.

 

Have you seen AA look extremely impressive even in victory at SMW?

1). Undersized at SMW
2). Historically gives away rounds to lesser fighters
3). Low punch output
4). Occasionally becomes a heavy bag in every fight and lets the opponent let loose.

He has (or had) very impressive power at 160 (not so much at 168). So, no, I don't think AA's style is to look impressive per se.