ESPN2 FNF: Billy Dib vs. Mike Oliver RBR

elchivito · Jul 5, 2013

Nonito Smoak said: ↑

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I've watched that fight 4 times from start to finish. I always wound up with a draw in terms of rounds, which means Chris John by 2 points.

On my most recent watch I scored it 7-5 John, so John by 4 points. I thought he won as many decisive rounds as JMM did and edged the close rounds with activity. Funny you mention body work, I thought that is what helped sway the close rounds mostly in John's favor. JMM's performance in that fight is highly overrated and when all is said and done will be the fight to look back on to show JMM's weaknesses in his prime.

I really like both fighters. No rooting interest. I just have no freaking clue how the sentiment is the way it is regarding this fight. I swear of all the highly talked about recent fights, THIS is the one that nobody actually bothered to watch. They just read what people have to say about it and BOOM!

It is classic boxing talk; people look to hear something to pass on and look for something to fancy about to further their agenda (even just personal fanhood).

"Vitali KO's everyone, look at his KO%!" so everyone thinks Vitali is a monstrous KO artist.

"Greb is the GOAT, of course there's no video, that's why it's more hipster and cool for me to say that" so everyone thinks Greb is the GOAT despite never once seeing him fight.

"Dempsey/Willard caused Jeffries' face to be badly disfigured" so everyone goes along with it despite any and all news sources and interviews I have read with Willard himself describing it as nothing more than a heavy beating, but by no means the historic uproar it has become over the years.

"Duran KO'd a horse" so everyone thinks Duran KO'd a horse.

"JMM has never lost a real fight! He was robbed by the obscure Indonesian, which is obvious because JMM has never lost a real fight and the Floyd fight doesn't count since it was at WW and JMM will never go on to beat anyone which can ever make that victory relevant" so everyone goes along with it.
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I'm not as gullible as most fanboys, tho I am a fan of Marquez, I call a tree a tree and a rock a rock. Yes like you I actually watch the fights, this one I watched 4 times, and I could not give John more than 4 rounds. Seemed tadbit faster than Jmm, but Jmm landed too many combinations and bodyshots. Credit to John for making Jmm come forward, becoming the aggressor, and in the championship
rounds you can see Jmm clearly hurting John, making him fold and retreat, with lapses of inactivity from John. Home grown decision at its best.

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