Myung-Woo Yuh vs De-Jesus I: Utterly one-sided.

Pretty sure it was the rematch that was the competitive one.I'd need to find my yuh stuff and rewatch them, as i really can't remember much at all about either.Been at least four years since i watched them.Neither made much of an impression though, so i can't imagine it being too bad.

The Olivo and first Gamez fights were the most controversial of his reign, and the ones i remember as having thought could have maybe went either way.

Might be time to rewatch and score some of his stuff, like i did with Eubank.

 

Yeah, i meant the first Gamez fight.the rematch might be his best effort.

Did you score the olivo fight?.

 

Here are some of my Yuh scorecards:

I didn't score the first DeJesus fight, wasn't really a need.

Myung Woo Yuh vs. Joey Olivo: 145-142 Yuh
Olivo: 1,9,10,12 and 15.
Yuh: 2,3,4,5,8,11,13 and 14.
Rounds 6 and 7 even.

Myung Woo Yuh vs. Leo Gamez I: 116-113 Yuh
Gamez: 1,2,3 and 11.
Yuh: 4,5,6,7,9,10 and 12.
Round 8 even.

Myung Woo Yuh vs. Leo Gamez II: 117-113 Yuh
Gamez: 1,8 and 9.
Yuh: 2,3,4,5,7,10 and 12.
Round 6 and 11 even.

Myung Woo Yuh vs. Jose DeJesus II: 117-113 Yuh
DeJesus: 1,2 and 8.
Yuh: 3,5,6,9,10,11 and 12.
Rounds 4 and 7 even.

 

I suppose it only takes a subtle shift of perception sometimes to see matters differently.

But even as it stands, if you give Yuh's opponents the rounds I scored even, a few of those fights do end up being close.

You should give them a score yourself and see what you make of them, you may see them closer than I do - (though in the mind frame you're in at the moment, I doubt it ).

 

Haven't watched it in a while, but with DeJesus at least, I don't think it was really the height or reach that bothered him, as much as it was DeJesus' movement and refusal to engage on Yuh's terms. I think he pretty much made a stinker out of it in the rematch, and brought Yuh somewhat down to his level.

With Olivo (again haven't seen it in a while), height and reach might have been an issue. But I don't think Yuh was ever really comfortable with competent boxer types.

 

No robberies from what I've seen. The Olivo fight was probably the most competitive though and if someone scored that for Olivo again I probably wouldn't say it was a robbery, even though I feel there isn't a very good argument for it.

Olivo was a decent fighter, but you'd like to think Yuh, if he was all that good, would have had an easier time with him.

Like I said in the other thread, I do rate Yuh, but he lacked that one outstanding opponent to act as his litmus test. He got the better of everyone he fought, but no one ever really forced him to elevate his game and get all out of himself.

It's a pity he didn't come a little bit later and face a Carbajal or Gonzalez, becuase I think he would have beaten both and it would have really given him a legacy to talk about.

 

I agree with you completely on this. S_S made a good point that no one ever really forced Yuh to elevate his game and get all out of himself, but I believe that against Chang that is exactly what would have happened.

Yuh would have been hellbent on proving to the Korean public that he could hang with Chang and better yet beat him, and he would have pulled out all the stops and given it his all had they fought, of this I am certain.

Wether or not he would have won is another matter, but win or lose Yuh would have given Chang a very hard nights work, as you pointed out Yuh never backed away from anybody and he certainly wouldn`t have done so against Chang with so much national bragging rights and pride at stake.

 

Damn, you change avatars a lot.