Manfredo is in complete control now. Landing the only punches that have anything on them. Judges may like Banks aggression at the end of the 9th however.
Like I said, Banks' body language is incredibly difficult to read. Sometimes it looks like his conditioning is real bad, but he keeps moving and working. Had to give Banks the 9th because Peter didn't do ****, Manfredo 5-4.
I just tuned in to the fight in the 8th, and the worst for wear look goes to manfrdo. He never deserved his ring magazine ranking. The guy is so a club fighter.
10th was difficult to score imo, but the local judges probably didn't miss the three big shots by Manfredo, so I'm gonna guess he takes this.
I'm not impressed with Manfredo whatsoever. There's nothing special that stands out about this guy. Looking back at the Calzaghe fight I now believe it was appropriate for the referee to stop the fight. Manfredo would have been stopped in a matter of time regardless.
We will never know. Goofy ref took that option from us. Those slapping punches Joe was throwing wouldn't even have hurt a fly and Manfredo was never hit with anything solid let alone hurt.