Go Ding!!!

Thank you! Both guys = world ****ing class chins. Ding was just enough of a juggernaut to batter his man down. That fight could have reasonably been stopped ninety seconds earlier. At first I gave Nwodo the benefit of the doubt like maybe he was just pulling some really unorthodox defensive move, but the fact is he was spinning around and tripping over his own feet, skidding along the ropes, giving his back up to Ding...the end began early in 11.

 

If I remember correctly he got right back up and appeared little more than stunned. Simply hitting the mat, regardless of the punch or the fighter, has no bearing on jaw assessment. Does N'dou have a china chin because Paulie decked him?

 

What a sweet Knock Out.

New USBF champ, go Ding.

 

thought it was USBA. garbage belt anyway :yep ...but GREAT win.

 

Really not worth analyzing further, but in a way this was Nwodo's best chance. His lateral movement confused the hell out of Darnell (I'm tired of typing Ding) in the middle rounds. When he wasn't popping off the jab, he was getting out of range with his back turned. It kind of blew me away that Wilson let him get away with that, but he was too gassed to cover the distance.

So when he was legitimately hurt in the eleventh, it made more sense to run than try to tie up and square himself. But once he got pinned to the ropes, he had nothing.

Hell of a finish, and brutal as it was, I agree with Bob Foster. Nwodo put up too good of a fight for the ref to stop it without giving him a chance.

 

You judge a guy's chin off one performance? Ding cracked him some good shots early and Nwodo stuck around. Don't underestimate the power in those shots. I'm not saying Ding is a favorite against the champs, but he can definitely punch, he obliterated Dale Brown and Kelvin Davis, and I think would give guys like Bell and Cunningham problems.

 

Cunningham, yes. Macaroni is **** however with a glass chin.

Bell has a better shot than Mormeck by the way, Mormeck's style plays into Ding's.

 

This is true. Davis isn't the sharpest or hardest puncher, and he put Ding on the floor.

 

That was a push, Darnell was not hurt at all. Davis also gave Bell a life and death battle.:yep