the what fights did you watch today\scorecard thread.

Holyfield - Foreman was fun.

 

currently watching a dvd of dick tiger v Giardello.......Slugfest!

 

Golovkin vs Rosado , den vs Ishida .
Rosado fot e survaival fait wiz e fiu agresiv moments , got graduali bladid , den stopt bikoz of it .

Ishida akshuali fot bek , end meid Golovkin stol hiz atak end weit 4 oportunitis , antil det panch in rd 3 wich nokt Ishida sru de rowps end snapt hiz nek wiz outsaid de ring .

1 mast wander ebaut dis fait hed deir eijes bin riverst , 4 dows wu doubt Ishida's karir wors ez e faiter . I jast wander haw hi "lost" dows faits in hiz rekord , b/c beist on dis fait , end de Kirkland fait , hi iz world klas et de veri list .

 

Steve Cruz vs Barry McGuigan --

Final on my scorecard -- Cruz 141 and McGuigan 140.

I gave McGuigan 8 of the rounds (would have given him the 12th but he was penalized 1 pt). Cruz needed the 15th the way he got it, but I think there were several close rounds early that could have gone either way. Give one of those to Cruz and maybe the 12th, and Cruz doesn't need quite the same heroics.

 

Orlin Norris vs Nate Miller #1 (4d 2nd taim) , den de rimech.
de 1st 5 rds derebaut wer bi'ing fot @ klows kworters , den Norris starting 2 box @ long reinj den bows men risorting 2 mauling egein .
Miller did not sim ez strong, bat woz stronger dan Norris.
de juc daz not meik 1 stronger bai mach, onli hevier wich iz e bed sing in e limited bai w8 divijen .
Norris woz probabli de superior p4p faiter , bat Miller woz de superior h2h faiter @ 190 , end de supercruiserw8 elawanc did not cheinj de kours of de fait except from Norris lasting de distanc end rimeining aprait sruaut.

Miller got de beter of Norris end olso did far beter vs Bert Cooper , bat 1 mast wander haw Miller vs Tucker , Akinwande , McCall , Page , Snipes , Ferguson wud hev went laik .
Olso haw Norris vs e wel feided Hearns wud hev went laik .

 

Carlos Palomino TKO12 John Stracey

This was Palomino`s fight all the way, Stracey just didn`t seem in the fight at any point and looked flat throughout. His flurrys were few and far between and largely ineffective, and Palomino always came right back swinging with both fists to take the play away from him convincingly. The finish in the 12th was a result of a booming left hook to the liver followed up by a right cross, Stracey got up but never fully recovered from the body punch that floored him and was dropped once again before being stopped on his feet wincing from pain. All in all this was a solid performance by Palomino but Stracey sure helped make him look good by how poorly he fought, I don`t think you could give him more than 2 rounds in this fight it was so one-sided.


Sugar Ray Seales W10 John LoCicero

This was an entertaining albeit somewhat one-sided, LoCicero had his moments in the first 5 rounds and took a couple of them in my opinion but overall Seales was getting the better of the exchanges and landing the more telling blows. LoCicero slowed down noticeably by the 8th round and from then onwards it was all Seales as he did quite a paintjob both on the inside and outside on a tired LoCicero.

To be fair though LoCicero probably had an injured shoulder as his use of the right arm was minimal starting in the 7th until the end and the commentators made mention of that fact as well, but Seales was a class above as a fighter and it showed so injury or not it wouldn`t have made a difference in the outcome I`m sure. I`d have scored this fight as a 7-3 type of decision for Seales, it was a solid and entertaining performance by him I must say.


Jesse Burnett D10 John Conteh

Conteh got a gift in this fight there is no doubt about it, however if it weren`t for the two knockdowns he suffered he may well have won the fight even though he looked a like **** to put it midly by simply outworking Burnett which he did in almost every round. Now a lot of this work wasn`t that effective but at least he was throwing punches and doing something whereas Burnett who just so happens to be of the laziest fighters I have ever seen in the ring did his usual thing which was not much of anything at all.

He did win the first two rounds clearly though by flooring Conteh at the bell to end the first with a high left hook on the forehead that completely short circuited Conteh`s legs and had him in big trouble, had there been 20-30 more seconds left in the round he wouldn`t have survived it he was that out of it imo. Burnett came out firing in the second and buckled Conteh`s knees again but couldn`t put him away, and then gave up trying after the first minute thus allowing Conteh to get back in the fight somewhat over the next several rounds.

And then going into the 8th just when it looked like John might pull it out of the bag after putting together two rounds in a row and seemingly in control he gets floored heavily early in the 8th courtesy of an overhand right followed up by a left hook to the body that has him in trouble again although he manages to hold on and survive the round. The last two rounds belonged to Burnett and in my eyes having clearly won at least 4 rounds + the two knockdowns he should have won this fight by referee Harry Gibbs gave called it a draw and neither I or the crowd liked the call to say the least, I woulda had it roughly 5-5 or 6-4 in rounds had I scored it.


Jerry Martin W10 James Scott

Martin really hit the lightheavyweight scene with a bang in this performance against a tough tough contender in Scott, dropping him once in the first and again in the second round with overhand rights to the chin. The first right hand that dropped him had Scott in bigger trouble than at any other time I saw him in the ring and it would have stopped a lesser conditioned fighter, but Scott got back up and survived the round and did the same in the second after getting dropped heavily again midway through the round.

He did come back with a strong effort in the 3rd and fought on even terms for the next 3 rounds against Martin landing some good solid blows and even managing to bully Martin into the ropes at times culminating that comeback with a solid round 7 in which he briefly stunned Bull Martin with a right hand of his own, but then in the 8th Martin landed yet another overhand right on Scott early in the round as he was throwing his own that landed with a crash on his face wobbling him badly and from then onwards it was Martin`s fight all the way. I had it in my head 7-3 for Martin scorewise in a hard fought and entertaining bout, Scott just couldn`t cope with the strength and infighting of Martin in this fight and got worn down slowly.

 

McCallum vs Curry 4 about d 5th and 6th taims.
E joi 2 woch : hai level of tekhnik wiz Curry stinging end waking McCallum olmost evri rd.
In d end de fayerpawer end durability priveild .
I olso repited de 4th rd wich woz de hardest 2 scor .
I hed Curry wining ol of de rds , exepting meibi de 4th, end inkluding de 5th ap 2d stopej.

Ramirez vs Rosario #2 4 about d 2nd or 3rd taim .
De 1st 2 rds wer Rosario's, bat Ramirez keim bak l8er 2 destroy him.
de referi stopt it 2 l8 wiz Rosario turning hiz bak on Ramirez after geting hiz brain scrambeld bat rimeining aprait .

 

Michael Carbajal vs Humberto Gonzalez 1

Rd 1 = Carbajal 9 - 10 Gonzalez
Rd 2 = Carbajal 8 - 10 Gonzalez (KD)
Rd 3 = Carbajal 10 - 9 Gonzalez, close
Rd 4 = Carbajal 10 - 10 Gonzalez
Rd 5 = Carbajal 8 - 10 Gonzalez (KD)
Rd 6 = Carbajal 9 - 10 Gonzalez
Rd 7 = Carbajal KO victory when behind 59 - 54 on my card.

Great fight

 

Roberto Duran vs Esteban De Jesus 2

Rd 1 Duran 8 - 10 De Jesus (KD)
Rd 2 Duran 10 - 9 De Jesus
Rd 3 Duran 10 - 9 De Jesus
Rd 4 Duran 9 - 10 De Jesus
Rd 5 Duran 10 - 9 De Jesus
Rd 6 Duran 10 - 9 De Jesus
Rd 7 Duran 10 - 8 De Jesus
Rd 8 Duran 10 - 9 De Jesus
Rd 9 Duran 10 - 9 De Jesus
Rd 10 Duran 10 -9 De Jesus
Rd 11 Duran TKO victory.

Great performance by Duran

 

Pinklon Thomas vs Trevor Berbick --

Good heavyweight clash. My final scorecard was right in line with the 115-113 from two of the judges. What's interesting is that I felt it was a "clear" Berbick victory, even though he only won by two rounds. The first 7 rounds were very close and most of those could have gone either way, so a vote for Thomas here or there could have made the verdict tighter.

Anyway, good fight. It's a shame that Thomas seemed to gas fairly early, had a seemingly inept corner (sans Dundee), and fought inside with Berbick too much of the fight.

 

rewatched Rahman KO5 Lewis (not much 2go about it)
end Tyson vs Ruddock #1 4d 1st time
Ez opowzd 2d legend end 2d commentators' remarx, it woz not e BS stoppage . Ruddock woz practically end technically down wanc in ich of rds 1,2,3 end wen hi woz stopt @ rd 7 hi klirli tuk e biting end woz on anstedy legs .
Tyson woz hiz ujual dirty self wiz meibi les elbows bat mor low blows end hiting after de bell wiz Ruddock obliging de latter .
Not e bed fait 2 woch wotsoever

 

Watched Harry Arroyo's title-winning performance against a rather hapless Charlie "Choo-Choo" Brown from 1984. I somehow missed this one at the time, so was very pleased to see it on youtube.

Arroyo pretty much won as he pleased, strafing Brown with long rights and counter hooks, flooring the champion with one in the second round and never really relinquishing control. Brown seemed to have no real fight plan other than to stand at distance and take shots. He'd occasionally try to fling wild, singular haymakers at Arroyo's head, but as bad a performance by a reigning champion as I've seen.

Not a great fight as it was so one-sided, but nice to see Arroyo again, a favorite of mine from that time period.

 

Marquez got a bit schooled tonight.

The footwork and jab were smashing him up good.

Hope he can come back stronger.

 

Bradley controlled the ring generalship the majority of the fight and his jab was a big part of that but he did not land it with any consistancy it fell short or got parried most the time. Marquez landed more significant power shots in the vast majority of rounds. If actually landing punches is inconsiquential to how you score fights thats the only way someone could have Bradley winning convincingly. Landed power punches Marquez 115, Bradley 86 is the story of the fight for me. HBO was terrible tonight and while Roy wasn't as atrocious as the Provodinokov fight he was still incredibly bad tonight and should never be allowed to commentate on Bradley fights.