Bantamweight Tournament Round 1: Alfonso Zamora vs Jimmy Carruthers

Zamora had a high guard and very good head movement, fast foot movement, very mobile...I really like his skills......
So, bad style for Carruthers, (very agressive fighter) as far as I know (vs Toweel)

and I think Zamora had more power and more killer instinct than Carruthers...

Well, in my opinion....Zamora by TKO, late rounds....would be the most exciting to watch in the tournament......

 

Eh...Zamora wasn't terribly hard to hit, either, really.

Anyway, this comes down to Zamora's harder punching against Carruther's high-pressure, high volume attack. The Aussie who looks so terrifying against Toweel is probably going to have his moments, and hurt his foe on at least one or two occasions. But I think Zamora's cleaner punching will indeed allow him to take advantage of Carruther's aggressiveness and catch him coming in with something in the middle rounds that will allow him to score a stoppage in a very fun fight.

 

Zamora was the harder puncher. Agreed that he could be hit, but he still had very good movement. And I think his ability to sneak in power shots surprised Carlos Zarate and a lot of people when the two fought.

My feeling is that he would have been a bit too much for Carruthers. Jimmy would try to pressure Zamora and run into power shots himself. IMO, Jimmy would wilt in the middle rounds.