DeMarcus "Chop Chop" Corley

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This upset was coming. I'm surprised that Provodnikov fight wasn't discussed here. It was a dood fight that could go either way(the scorecards dont tell the story), I remember scoring it only 1 point for Provodnikov, but it could easily go to Corley. Many respectable Russian boxing observers had Corley winning, who was clearly the better boxer but was outworked by younger opponent. Not to mention he lost questionable decisions to Fedchenko and Gorges and gave nightmares to Marcos.

 

Props to Corley for picking up the win last night when he wasnt supposed to.

 

Yeah, now he gets ranked by WBC, so Garcia/Morales can pick him for a voluntary defence

 

B fighter, the type that Floyd beats and boasts about....LOL

 

If you're going to try to make a non-Mayweather thread be about Mayweather, how about full disclosure on the topic? PBF himself acknowledged that Chop was one of his best opponents to date at the time (ironically, the two toughest nights of Floyd's career from his own mouth were against guys with so-called "journeyman" records: Corley & Augustus) and gave him utmost respect as a fighter and as a man.

Also got rocked by him (as did Cotto at his optimal weight in his absolute prime).

Corley is worthy of :respect and gets it from just about everybody in the game. It's therefore a bit silly for some knucklehead armchair pugilist to write him off as a B fighter.

 

best of luck to chop2x. a decent man, an overachieving fighter. R-E-S-P-E-C-T....

 

Bailey will KO Mike Jones, then Berto who will defeat Ortiz in the rematch. Then Pac who by then has KO'd Fraud. Corley will have been on a five fight win streak at welter setting up

Bailey vs Corley 3 in late 2013 HBO PPV :rasta

 

This was my live call:

www.eastsideboxing.com/forum/showthread.php?t=364926&page=3

I missed rounds 7-9, but at some point in that span Corley scored a cut and shifted the momentum (Provodnikov had been up 5-1 on my card through six) and then closed very strong to sweep all three championship rounds.

So it really shouldn't have been any wider for Ruslan than 116-112 (it was wider on all three official cards), and possibly closer than that depending on those three "lost" rounds.

 

Oh yeah. According to an article by a Russian boxing writer who was ringside, Corley should have won a close one. He gave Provodnikov the 7th and 9th, and Corley the 8th. (which would make for 115-113 Provodnikov for me)

 

I actually noticed that too. :yep I was scanning through his resume to see if he qualified for a bump of Russell's excellent Adding Up 0's Stolen... thread. Alas, no. Chop has gone up against an uncanny number of unbeaten opponents, but this is the first time he's come out on top against a meaningful one.