Azumah Nelson vs Hector Camacho at 130

He looked like one any time he stepped into a ring with somebody that utilized consistent lateral movement against him.Leija,Hernandez,Grove,McDonnell - the first two completely dominated him(Leija 2x) and the latter two created alot of difficulty for him and won several rounds with basic movement.I'd mention the Cabrera fight but the useless Cabrera put up very little offense in return for all the moving he did.



Slowly following an opponent around the ring for several rounds(sometimes an entire fight) and not throwing any punches is something a plodder would do.

 

No disrespect intended....but why are we looking at Nelson of the Leija (35 y/o) and Hernandez fights (39 y/o) at the very tail end of nelsons career....most guys at that age, are not able to be as competitive as nelson was at that stage???

I don't remember Grove or McDonnell causing nelson that much trouble??? I would say I saw Rosario cause more problems for camacho than either of those guys did for Nelson....And we are not even talking that Camacho but the rather green version at 130, who had not really tasted world class competition yet.

I can see Camacho's speed being a factor, but I don't think Nelson gets bewildered by it at that point in their respective careers...unless we are talkin the 35+...I was looking at the 28-29 year old version.

 

Becuase he was as useless at cutting the ring off at that stage in his career as he was earlier in his career.And yes,both Grove and McDonnell did give him trouble.Grove held a pretty decisive lead until he gassed over the second half of the fight.Point being.Nelson never did a convincing job at cutting the ring off against either of them.

 

This version of Camacho was just too fast, and more daring than the later version of Camacho for Azumah to deal with.Hector beats Nelson something like 119-109, or 118-110.

 

People are underating Nelson's boxing ability here.

 

Nelson was the greater fighter all around. When I see this fight in my mind I see Nelson winning, which normally the styles of these two I would see Hector winning a decision. But somehow Nelson wins it.

 

Camacho by 8-4, or 9-3 score.He just a little too much for Nelson.