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"The Italian Stallion" Rocky Balboa vs Ivan Drago (December 25, 1985) (15 Rounds Heavyweights)

Round 1: 10-8 Drago (Rocky see's 3 of them out there, needs to hit the one in the middle)
Round 2: 10-9 Balboa (close, Rocky finished strong, cutting the Russian, he's not a machine, he's a man)
Round 3: 10-9 Drago (Big round for Ivan, he tee's off on Balboa for most of the round)
Round 4: 10-9 Drago (Another big round for Drago, lifts Rocky in the air with some of his shots)
Round 5: 10-8 Drago (Rocky's giving his all, but Drago's smashing him, scores another knockdown)
Round 6: 10-9 Balboa (Come's back amazingly strong and batter's Ivan's body to take the round)
Round 7: 10-9 Drago (Another big round for Ivan, knocking him around the ring)
Round 8: 10-9 Balboa (Rocky battles back punishing the Russian's body again)
Round 9: 10-8 Drago (Rocky has his moments, but Ivan scores another knockdown taking the round)
Round 10: 10-10 Evan (Back and fourth round to close to call)
Round 11: 10-9 Drago (Another round controlled by Ivan)
Round 12: 10-8 Drago (Ivan scores another knockdown, but the Russian fans are starting to cheer Balboa)
Round 13: 10-9 Balboa (Trading bombs, Rocky gets the edge)
Round 14: 10-9 Balboa (Rocky throws everything at Drago, Balboa's round)
Round 15: KO

My Score: 135-128 Drago (ATOS)

Official Scores: (N/A)
Winner: By 15th round Knockout, "The Italian Stallion" Rocky Balboa.

What a win against all odds for Balboa! Needing a knockout to win so far down on the cards Rocky digs way down deep and finds a way to drop the towering Russian for the 10 count.

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Matthew Saad Muhammad vs Yaqui Lopez II (July 13, 1980) (15 Rounds for the WBC Light-Heavyweight Title)

Round 1: 10-9 Muhammad (Measured round)
Round 2: 10-9 Lopez (It's getting heated up, clear for Yaqui)
Round 3: 10-9 Lopez
Round 4: 10-9 Lopez
Round 5: 10-9 Lopez
Round 6: 10-9 Lopez
Round 7: 10-9 Lopez
Round 8: 10-9 Lopez (INSANE ROUND!)
Round 9: 10-9 Muhammad (Lopez is spent)
Round 10: 10-9 Muhammad (MSM coming on)
Round 11: 10-9 Muhammad
Round 12: 10-9 Muhammad
Round 13: 10-9 Muhammad
Round 14: TKO

My Score: 124-123 Lopez (ATOS)

Official Scores: (125-122 Muhammad) (125-123 Muhammad) (124-123 Muhammad)
Winner: By 14th round Technical Knockout to retain the WBC Light-Heavyweight Championship, Matthew Saad Muhammad.

What a fight! The performance of Yaqui Lopez's career, for me he was leading going into the 14th round, but 4 knockdowns and it's over. The 1980 Fight of the Year is a amazing accomplishment for these 2 considering Leonard vs Duran 1 only happened a month before this. The 8th round was insanity, voted 1980's round of the year, and 8th best championship round of all time. And even though I Lopez won it I feel it ultimately cost him the fight and title. Yaqui shot his load going for the stoppage here, and never recovered. Fantastic fight, just one of the many Matthew Saad Muhammad & Yaqui Lopez's spectacular fights!

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Up Next: Sean O'Grady vs Gonzalo Montellano

 

I've never scored it for Ray but I agree that this wasnt some run away victory. This was a close and hotly contested fight. Leonard came on strong and on my card pulled it tight by a point or two

I think its more the case that it was such an amazing performance by Duran who moved up and just took it to the bigger man

 

Hopkins vs Taylor 1

I am being nostalgic now as the curtain comes down on HBO boxing. I was 14 or 15 at the time of this fight and was a massive Hopkins fan, this was probably one of the fights I was most anticipating. Taylor looked like the golden boy a young bright talent who appeared to be a respectful and humble vs Hopkins a do it my way type of guy near the end of the road and trying to retire by 40. Then there was the story line behind Lou DiBella and DiBella in my opinion acting like a ***** in the build up "I cant kick your ass Bernard so Taylor will have to do it for you" he had like a lisp kind of voice and I thought man this guy is piece of ****. I was so excited to see Bernard take it to the young guy and **** up the script for everyone involved. Then Taylor walks out to In the Air by Phil Collins, I have never been a fan of the guy and have hated that song since. Then he does that dumb feet dragging dance with the towel. I remember staying up for the fight and just being so frustrated when Hopkins did nothing for about 7 or 8 rounds and then came out of his shell and started to beat the hell out of Taylor. But at times he caught him and then would do this shoulder shake taunt. Me and my brother would watch the TV and yell your losing what the **** are you doing execute his ass!

In a fit of Deja Vu it went to a Split Decision and wouldn't you know it a controversial 12th round score in a Middleweight Title fight from Duane Ford gave Taylor the 115-113 win and if not for that it would be 114-114 and Bernard keeps his belts. I thought that would be interesting considering the recent Golovkin vs Canelo controversy. Oddly enough I dont think Bernard should have had a score in his favor and am surprised Ford had it the way he did given the 12th was the deciding round on his card and not the previous 11. The real kick in the balls as a Hopkins fan was the fact that he could have retained the title and didnt the fact he came on so strong and pulled the scores close and still lost. hearing split decision kept our hopes alive

I had rescored it in my early years on here but back then was more biased of scorer and I dont think was anywhere near as good a judge as I am now having scoring fights more routinely for a few years. That time I had it 115-113 for Hopkins. Now a revisit

Taylor 1,2,4,6,7,8
Hopkins 3,5,9,10,11,12

Final 114-114 or 6-6

I down the line scored the fight identical to Harold Lederman only deviating on round 3 which I gave to Hopkins. I do not think there is a good case for the Hopkins 115-113 score I would love to see the card of that judge. If I had to guess I would say he gave Hopkins 3 and 8. 3 I thought Hopkins got in a few of his trademark shots and Taylor missed and in 8 compubox had it 5-4 in punches so not a whole lot to pick from. I hate quoting stats but the round itself was as close as those figures

I think this was one of HBO's best nights for commentary. Lampley just called the fight without too much crap. Merchant made lots of good points. Roy gave good insight about Hopkins plan to outlast Taylor and he and Merchant didnt argue but kind of countered each other. Around 6 or 7 when it was obvious that Hopkins was losing and not doing much and Taylor was comfortably ahead Merchant pointed out that he couldnt figure out what Hopkins was doing. Roy interjected by saying he is timing the younger guy and waiting for him to tire. Merchant argued well how is the younger guy going to tire out when the other guy doesnt throw punches or force a fight. Plus he added Hopkins isnt a 1 punch artist and all his stoppages came really from accumulation. They both turned out right in some way or another. Merchant by virtue of Taylor banked enough rounds and Hopkins couldnt knock him out. Roy was right in the fact that only a round or 2 later Taylor was in all kinds of trouble and Hopkins took the last 4 rounds and had him hurt a few times.

I typically fast forward through the corner when watching a fight that I'm scoring but I have to say Pat Burns was terrific in the corner and I'm shocked he got fired. Taylor has to be one of the few guys who got worse when bringing in Steward. Burns I think new how to bring the best out of Taylor and could motivate him the right way especially when the going got tough. He continued to press Taylor for more and after a bad round activity wise he would beg Taylor to throw more and that he couldnt beat a crafty vet and long time champ just jabbing and doing a little more. Burns was right seeing he had to win the 12th controversially and had an interesting 115-113 Hopkins card so he was on to something. He also gave good advice like Bernard is being down low throw the jab to get him to bend then hit the body. He did this pretty well and was a good listener.

I thought there was writing on the wall vs Howard Eastman. Eastman probably lost 9 rounds minimum and never had Bernard hurt or in danger but I remember watching it back then and thinking I dont think I've seen a guy land on Hopkins this frequently. In this fight Taylor was very active early and Hopkins was very passive. Taylor had a very good jab and would land some good right hands that at times even pushed Hopkins off balance which gave the indication that he might have been hurt. As the fight progressed Taylor started to load the right more but from far away with no real hope of it landing but was so out of range doing it that Hopkins was too out of range to counter. I dont know what Bernard was waiting for. Did he think he won a few early rounds that he could wait it out. There was no real urgency in his corner. It seemed to me that Bernard of course was the better boxer but Taylor was bigger and quicker and stronger and despite some obvious flaws could get away with them. Hopkins just seemed a bit slower and he could not pull the trigger at the same rate he could in the past.

I will have to give the rematch a re vist but I pretty much remember it going the same way though I had Taylor win the first 7 to secure his title and then win the 11th for good measure.

 

Golovkin vs Canelo 2 (Third Viewing)

HBO re-broadcast, second viewing was on youtube in a fairly poor quality video

Live 114-114 Even
2nd viewing 115-113 Canelo

Round 1: Golovkin,
Round 2: Canelo
Round 3: Golovkin
Round 4: Canelo
Round 5: Golovkin
Round 6: Canelo
Round 7: Canelo
Round 8: Golovkin
Round 9: Canelo
Round 10: Golovkin
Round 11: Golovkin
Round 12: Golovkin
Final: 115-113 Golovkin

I think I scored virtually the same as last time but flipped 5 and 11

I will say maybe I've over analyzed this but round 12 was very close. Canelo did a very good job in the last minute or so

 

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Mikhail Alexeev vs. Romero Duno

Round 1: 10-9 Duno
Round 2: 10-9 Alexeev
Round 3: 10-9 Alexeev
Round 4: 10-9 Alexeev
Round 5: 10-9 Alexeev
Round 6: 10-9 Duno
Round 7: 10-9 Alexeev
Round 8: 10-9 Alexeev

78-74 Alexeev

Official Scores: 78-72, 79-71, 80-70, all for Alexeev (video did not show any knockdowns or point deductions so I don't know how all 3 judges seemingly found a way to take two points from Duno. Alexeev didn't dominate any round big enough to garner any 10-8 rounds in favor of him).

Duno had Alexeev badly hurt at the end of the first round with overhands rights that went around Alexeev's guard. Alexeev was holding on. After the first round though, Alexeev really turned on the gears, moving forward successfully and punching in-between Duno's very wide shots. Duno was being forced backwards consistently which led to him showing signs of gassing in just the first half of the fight. He was getting tagged a lot due to his poor defense but he didn't seem hurt by them. More tired than hurt. He was still throwing some hard shots and may have stunned Alexeev for a second in the fifth. As Duno became more tired, his hard shots became more like punches, which appeared to have ruined any chance he had left of winning the fight, as Alexeev was putting on the superior work with activity and cleaner punches. But Duno came alive late in the sixth with body shots and over hand rights that may have stolen a very competitive round. Duno started off the seventh real well but gassed the rest of the round, with Alexeev tagging him after wild misses and as he laid on the ropes trying to regain his breath. A very competitive eighth round ends the fight, a round in which I favored Alexeev's more telling blows over Duno's surprisingly higher work rate.

 

Sean O'Grady vs Gonzalo Montellano (July 27, 1980) (12 Rounds for the USBA Lightweight Title)

Round 1: 10-9 Montellano
Round 2: 10-9 Montellano
Round 3: 10-9 Montellano
Round 4: 10-9 O'Grady
Round 5: 10-9 O'Grady
Round 6: 10-9 O'Grady
Round 7: 10-9 Montellano
Round 8: 10-9 Montellano
Round 9: 10-9 Montellano
Round 10: 10-9 O'Grady
Round 11: 10-9 Montellano
Round 12: 10-9 Montellano

My Score: 116-112 Montellano

Official Scores: (118-118 Even) (117-115 O'Grady) (116-115 O'Grady)
Winner: By Majority Decision to retain the USBA Lightweight Title, Sean O'Grady.

It was a closely contested fight in that every round was competitive, but just because O'Grady kept every round close does not mean he won more rounds. To my view Montellano clearly won 8 rounds, 7 at the least, but they were in O'Grady country and Sean was something of a local superstar so it's no wonder the judges scored it the way they did.

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Up Next: Randall "Tex" Cobb vs Earnie Shavers

 

Randall "Tex" Cobb vs Earnie Shavers (August 2, 1980) (10 Rounds Heavyweights)

Round 1: 10-9 Cobb
Round 2: 10-9 Shavers
Round 3: 10-9 Shavers
Round 4: 10-9 Shavers
Round 5: 10-9 Shavers
Round 6: 10-9 Cobb
Round 7: 10-9 Cobb
Round 8: TKO
My Score: 67-66 Shavers (ATOS)

Official Scores: (N/A)
Winner: By 8th round Technical Knockout, Randall "Tex" Cobb.

Dreadful fight, both men were gassed by the fourth round, Shavers was done but Cobb didn't hit hard enough to get him out of there. The ref finally seemed like he executed a mercy stoppage. This was on the undercard of Pipino Cuevas vs Tommy Hearns.

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Pipino Cuevas vs Tommy Hearns (August 2, 1980) (15 Rounds for the WBA Welterweight Title)

Round 1: 10-9 Hearns
Round 2: TKO

My Score: 10-9 Hearns (ATOS)

Official Scores: (10-9 x 3 Hearns)
Winner: By 2nd round Technical Knockout to win the WBA Welterweight Championship, Tommy "Hitman" Hearns.

Total domination by Hearns of a great champion in Cuevas. This was Pipino's 12th title defense, he had knocked out 10 of his 11 previous defenses but was so out of his league he barely laid a scoring blow on Tommy. Nice to see a younger Emanuel Steward running into the ring being the first one to congratulate Tommy, evening lifting him in the air.

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Curtis Parker vs Dwight Davison (August 8, 1980) (10 Rounds Middleweights)

Round 1: 10-9 Parker
Round 2: 10-9 Parker
Round 3: 10-9 Davison
Round 4: 10-9 Davison
Round 5: 10-9 Davison
Round 6: 10-9 Parker
Round 7: 10-9 Parker
Round 8: 10-9 Davison
Round 9: 10-9 Davision
Round 10: 10-9 Davison

My Score: 96-94 Davison

Official Scores: (97-93 x 2 Davison) (97-94 Davison)
Winner: By Unanimous Decision, Dwight Davison.

Good Middleweight contender fight.

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Up Next: Alexis Arguello vs Cornelius Boza-Edwards

 

Alexis Arguello vs Cornelius Boza-Edwards (August 9, 1980) (10 Rounds Lightweights)

Round 1: 10-9 Arguello
Round 2: 10-9 Arguello
Round 3: 10-9 Boza-Edwards
Round 4: 10-9 Arguello (really close)
Round 5: 10-9 Boza-Edwards
Round 6: 10-9 Boza-Edwards (really close)
Round 7: 10-9 Arguello
Round 8: 10-9 Arguello

My Score: 77-75 Arguello (ATOS)

Official Scores: (N/A)
Winner: By corner retirement/Technical Knockout between the 8th & 9th rounds, Alexis Arguello.

Exciting slugfest, Arguello officially moving up to Lightweight in this bout, looking to win a world championship in his 3rd weight class. Boza-Edwards was much better than Alexis realized coming in to the match as Cornelius was a late replacement. The game Ugandan took it to Arguello taking his best shots, and landing many of his own that earned the respect of Alexis over 8 hard fought rounds in this 10 round contest. Boza-Edwards had a real good 3rd, 4th, 5th & 6th rounds, but caught a vicious beating in the 7th & 8th and Boza's corner stops the fight between the 8th and 9th rounds.

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Anthony Joshua vs Alexander Povetkin
Round 1: 10-9 AJ (very close, AJ a bit busier for 2.5 mins, Povetkin attacked AJ with nice combo late)
Round 2: 10-9 Povetkin (Sasha busier, more active, neither landed meaningful shots)
Round 3: 10-9 Povetkin (lands crisp overhand right early, lands excellent left hook later)
Round 4: 10-9 AJ (AJ lands fine uppercut early)
Round 5: 10-9 Povetkin (lands another crisp overhand right, throws good combos)
Round 6: 10-9 AJ (Povetkin tires, misses a lot, AJ lands nice short counter right to the jaw)
Round 7: AJ by KO

57-57 after six

 

Hasim Rahman vs David Tua:
Round 1: 10-9 Rahman
Round 2: 10-9 Rahman
Round 3: 10-9 Rahman
Round 4: 10-9 Rahman
Round 5: 10-9 Rahman
Round 6: 10-9 Rahman
Round 7: 10-9 Rahman
Round 8: 10-9 Rahman
Round 9: 10-9 Tua (hurts Rahman badly after the bell rung)
Round 10: Tua by TKO

89-82 Rahman after 9