I've heard he's in a bad way. Apparently life's wonders have caught up with him. I hope not though, bless him.
Since I already scored it, I'll cheat. Round 1 Lara 10-9 Round 2 Lara 10-9 Round 3 Lara 10-9 Round 4 Lara 10-9, close Round 5 Lara 10-9, close Round 6 Alvarez 10-9 Round 7 Alvarez 10-9 Round 8 Alvarez 10-9 Round 9 Alvarez 10-9 Round 10 Lara 10-9 Round 11 Alvarez 10-9, close Round 12 Lara 10-9 115-113 Lara
It's fine, I did the same. **** watching that shite again. My notes had "DO NOT RECOMMEND* at the bottom of it. You catch the Porter fight?
Yeah, I did the RBR for that one as well. Round 1 Porter 10-9 Round 2 Porter 10-9 Round 3 Porter 10-9, close Round 4 Ugas 10-9 Round 5 Porter 10-9 Round 6 Porter 10-9 Round 7 Ugas 10-9 Round 8 Ugas 10-9, close Round 9 Porter 10-9 Round 10 Porter 10-9 Round 11 Ugas 10-9 Round 12 Ugas 10-9 115-113 Porter 114-114 is fine.
This content is protected 1960-12-17, None Title WW Fight Official Scores: 4-5, 5-4, 6-4 Love Rodriguez, quite fond of Griffth too as it happens so I'm looking forward to revisiting this one. Iirc it was a beautiful boxing match with some entertaining infighting. Rd. EG : LR 1. 10 : 9 2. 9 : 10 3. 10 : 9 4. 9 : 10 5. 9 : 10 (47-48) 6. 10 : 10 7. 9 : 10 8. 9 : 10 9. 10 : 9 10. 9 : 10 ( This content is protected )
Much as I love El Feo the Griffith fights I just find pretty rough to watch. Griffith just had a habit of doing that as Rodriguez’s other fights were a ton of fun. Even the one-sided hammerings. I think Rodriguez won all four. The gap got bigger from fight I to fight III which was the worst decision. Fight IV should have also been a clear win for Rodriguez.
Rodríguez vs. Griffith I - my card, IIRC, adhered to a large minority contemporary viewpoint that Griffith edged it narrowly (meaning he would ultimately go 4-0 against El Feo, but in a far more competitive rivalry than it may sound. ) Casamayor vs. Castillo - this was a couple of years before my join date on here, but I provided my scoring on the main page (commenting on the article previewing the fight, which is what I did before joining the forums)...pretty certain I agreed with the overruled official judge Carol Castellano's score, 115-113 El Cepillo. Legra vs. Famechon - 8-7 JPF Lara vs. Canelo - 116-112 Lara Ugas vs. Porter - draw
...so, in George's six OP fights, I had Team Cuba going 2-4, with only Casamayor and Lara picking up W's. (González, Rodríguez and Legra defeated on my cards by the narrowest of possible margins, and Ugás - whom I loathe, unlike his five listed compatriots - managing to hold Porter even closer, but not quite meriting cries of robbery)
Kid Gavilan vs Billy Graham III Gavilan - Graham R1: 10 - 9 What a class opener! Gavilan the aggressor and uppping the work rate on Graham. R2: 10 - 9 Gavilan trying to pour it on. Sneaky headbutt from Graham near the end then. Well timed R3: 10 - 10 My God this is getting close! Supreme ability. R4: 9 - 10 Masterful Boxing. R5: 10 - 9 Very close action, and possibly a swing round. R6: 9 - 10 Lots of glancing work due to the skill level. Graham wins on his crisp inside work, and is starting to get the jab down. R7: 10 - 10 Very close. Graham with the jab and lead, Gavilan working more. R8: 10 - 9 Gavilan on the jab now; responding with right counters. R9: 9 - 10 Great action again. Billy more compact. R10: 9 - 10 Graham rapier sharp this round. R11: 10 - 9 Very close again! R12: 9 - 10 Graham with the masterful jab and infighting. He has also made the Keed really respect his power now. R13: 9 - 10 Graham again more compact and effective with his work. R14: 9 - 10 Close. Graham's short hooks take this. Great action. R15: 9 - 10 Great finale! TOTAL: 145 - 142 GRAHAM Notes: Magnificent, magnificent bout. ATG / Legendary skills is truly an appropriate term here, especially for the criminally forgotten Graham (shout out to @red cobra for being the original appreciator and introducer of Graham for me a long while back!) A thinking mans fight, but not boring, with plenty of high class action. Graham ultimately won on being the more compact, crisp fighter, especially with his inside work. Gavilan was hitting shoulder and elbows all night. Second time watching this, first time scoring. Renowned by hard-cores for it's perceived 'scoring difficulty', it definitely lives up to it IMO.
