the what fights did you watch today\scorecard thread.

not quite imo but a good fight none the less.

 

Jackson-Norris

Loving jackson lately and this only confirms why. As dominant as norris was in the first round, that one right hand was a thing of beauty and the great equalizer

For the first 3 minutes, norris was amazing. His timing, movement and combos were the definition of sharp. Then in the second, jackson started working the body...i love jackson's body attack. It's not a typical body attack. He basically throws the same ****ing punches just a bit lower

Either way, norris started moving straight back more than laterally and jackson took advantage. I love the little loop his right has, bit of a hook at times

 

Excellent fight.

Medel was no slouch either - a very dangerous fighter with a deceptive record.

Jofre is a great complete all-around fighter.

In my opinion, the only real knock on him is lack of speed.

It's easy to understand why so many people rate him as the best H2H fighter in the division.
A safe pick.

I like Panama Al's chances against Jofre - he looks great on film - fast, great movement, an iron chin, can hit.

But the lack of footage hurts him.

 

Medel made Jofre feel the hardest punch he ever took, according to his own words. A left hook in the liver....

 

Tyson-Ruddock I
Curry-McCrory
Toney-McCallum I
Leonard-Hearns I
Trinidad-Campas

Just about to watch Whitaker-Nelson and Whitaker-Trinidad.

 

chavez v randall 2.

Strange fight this in where randall won rounds big whenever he opened up but when the pace slowed chavez seemed to be more comfortable on the back foot. I don't think chavez won any big rounds and the one's that randall won he did win emphatically.

that being said out of the 8 rounds I had them 4 rounds a piece with the point deduction meaning chavez took a 1 point victory. It was a bit disappointing and somewhat inconclusive with another fight needed really to to put the matter to bed.

very close fight round by round with randall looking better in terms of the big picture. chavez was really here for the taking though and there were times when he was shipping 6 point combinations and it seems silly that randall would let the pace slow and give rounds away. I'm not sure how much I agree with the wbc rule but both were aware of it and we can't retrospectively change a fights rule set.

Good fight though but one I do agree with the official result in.

 

I felt Floyd dominated that fight in first gear. His show of defence was just that; a showcase against a limited opponent.

Ndou wasn't that bad, he could whack a bit and was a good amateur IIRC. But Floyd took him to school from what I remember, although it was fun because of Ndou's gameness.

 

DLH vs Quartey.

DLH - 1, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 (10-8)
Quartey - 2, 3, 4, 7
even - 6

I´ve scored differently this fight before, but I think is fair to say that DLH ended stronger, the last rounds were big for him....Quartey was clearly the winner in the rounds I gave to him, all the close ones I thought would be more fair to score for DLH because he was busier and landed slightly better punches...

 

Hernandez v Ross

Had YPH just squeaking past Ross here 7-5. It had a lot of good rounds but a lot of **** rounds also. Ross didn't box too well and for large stretches of rounds he was getting stuck on the end of the jab. However he did have the power to **** up YPH and had he had more in the tank he could have stopped him because YPH was running on empty those last 3 rounds.

I could easily see the fight scored 6-6 so I think either man could be a 1 point winner here and that's how close it was.

A rematch is definitely warranted and I feel a bit harsh for Ross because he isn't really getting the ranking his efforts deserve. His two losses most recently have been to uss and yph and in both he proved he could hang at that level. What he doesn't have is the lower level big victories to push into a (imo) top 6 place he deserves.

It's very tight at the top of this division and I keep yph as my top man based purely on the fact that I had Steve number 1 because he'd actually stopped Huck just before both were consensus top 2.

But at the top you have

YPH
Huck
Lebedev
Wlodarcyk
Afolabi
Ross

And there's honestly nothing at all between them. Any of those 6 would be 50-50 with each other. Huck has had close fights with ola and lebedev whilst yph has had close fights with Cunningham and Ross. Razor close at the top but for now I edge with yph being the man to beat.

 

Toney v McCallum 1.

Really great fight this, Toney discovered early on that he couldn't jab with Mike so he put a lot more effort on the big right hand counters. I had this a dead even fight through 10 with some rounds being controlled by Mike's jab and others being nicked by Toney's big right hands (what a chin Mike showed here!) but ultimately the fresher man finished the strongest.

Mike expended a lot of effort early on (a mistake he didn't make in the rematch btw) whilst Toney was conserving his and chipping away a big finish in the last two rounds gave toney the W on my scorecards. I have scored this the other way previously but I don't think I appreciated just how big that right hand was previously.

I still think he lost to Tiberi and the rematch to McCallum but Nunn, McCallum and Johnson are 3 very impressive names to have on a MW ledger.

 

I watched Morales-Barrera II there today. First time in a while I've seen it, still find it difficult to see how they gave it to Barrera. I thought it was a pretty classy performance from Morales, he controlled it early on and when Barrera started to go to work he put in that big final effort and stopped it in its tracks.

Morales-Barrera
1)10-9
2)10-10
3)10-9
4)10-9
5)10-9
6)9-10
7)10-9
8)9-10
9)9-10
10)10-9
11)10-9
12)9-10

Morales 116-113, 7 rounds to 4 and 1 even.

 

J.L.Castillo-S.Johnston is bootleg version of Chavez-Whitaker.

 

Rumsfeld's best fights of the decade threads got me thinking of a fight I saw years ago and which I have watched a few times over the years. It's John Tobin vs ferris Christian I know not many may of heard of these guys or seen them fight but if you can watch it just don't be a snob just watch to enjoy it . One of them was I think making his debut the other was about five fights into a short career . In fact both of the chaps didn't hang around in the sport to long I don't think either of them got to ten fights. This fight finished in the third round with Tobin winning in a wild fight not to much skill but tons of guts displayed by both fighters and well worth a watch

 

I am not surprised it was on the undercard at a felt forum show in about 89 the main event was Anthony English vs gino gelormino which English won which was a bit of a shock . Anyway it was shown on a sports station called screensport it used to be available on one of the sky channels . It's a real pity it's not around its a good dust-up its not a skills match at all.

 

I transferred it from tape to disc a year or so ago done about 120 tapes to disc then had to stop got about another 400/500 tapes left mostly boxing ,but no time