the what fights did you watch today\scorecard thread.

it should have been a tko instead. Its the more honorable way both to win and to lose a fight.

 

Kevin Pompey v Nick Rupa (USBA welterweight title)

Round 1: 10-10 Even
Round 2: 10-9 Rupa
Round 3: 10-9 Rupa
Round 4: 10-9 Pompey
Round 5: 10-10 Even
Round 6: 10-9 Rupa
Round 7: 10-9 Pompey
Round 8: 10-9 Pompey
Round 9: 10-10 Even
Round 10: 10-9 Pompey
Round 11: 10-9 Rupa
Round 12: 10-10 Even

Total: 116-116 Draw (actual scores: 116-112 Rupa, 115-113 Pompey and a 114-114 Even for a Draw)

Totally happy with this decision. On one hand you have Rupa, who fought a tough, smothering fight where he would let the punches fly when Pompey was on the ropes. On the other hand, you had Pompey, whose workrate wasn't at the standard of Rupa's, but threw the far better quality shots. Neither had KO power, which added up to 12 rounds of pounding the stuffing out of one another. The version I watched had an English commentator, whose scoreline matched my own of 4-4-4 in rounds, but we had differing rounds. Good fight, dynamite workrate and a good decision.

 

Both Rupa and Pompey had a ceiling, but you knew if they weren’t thrown too far into the deep end they’d give a good account and you’d likely end up with a good fight. I remember when they got matched thinking that was a brilliant pairing, guaranteed to be worth a watch (and it was).

Pretty much anytime I saw them on the TV boxing schedule, I’d be sure to watch. Good pick here @scartissue.

 

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Good scrap but how the Hell did one judge see it 98-92 for Williams?

On the other hand Rich the Fight Historian does a great job keeping boxing;s history alive.

 

I checked this fight out a couple of months back. Here is how I saw it:

Tim Witherspoon v Mike Williams

Round 1: 10-9 Witherspoon
Round 2: 10-9 Williams
Round 3: 10-9 Williams
Round 4: 10-10 Even
Round 5: 10-9 Witherspoon
Round 6: 10-9 Williams
Round 7: 10-9 Witherspoon
Round 8: 10-10 Even
Round 9: 10-9 Witherspoon
Round 10: 10-9 Witherspoon

Total: 97-95 Witherspoon (actual scores: 96-94 and 97-94 both for Witherspoon and a 98-92 for Williams for a split win for Tim)

This was a fast-moving heavyweight fight. Witherspoon showed up in shape (the last time he was ever sub-220) but the speedy, sharp-hitting Williams was out-moving him throughout and Tim reverted to his bombs-away style of trying to land the haymaker. In the end, it was his power that talked here, which took the fight on my card in a good, close fight.

 

Checked out a couple of James Cook's fights today. I loved reading about him and how he turned his career around beginning with the Errol Christie fight (which I'm still looking for). This first one took place just before the Christie fight.

Herol Graham v James Cook (vacant British middleweight title - British scoring of 10 - 9 1/2 in effect)

Round 1: 10-9 Graham (scores a knockdown)
Round 2: 10-9 1/2 Graham
Round 3: 10-9 1/2 Graham
Round 4: 10-9 1/2 Graham
Round 5: Graham drops and stops Cook

Total through 4 completed rounds: 40-37 1/2 for Graham

Man, Graham was at his best and Cook was only starting to come into his own. And let me tell ya, Cook had heart to stay with the career as he was just picked apart and bewildered by the shots coming from every angle and non-stop. A masterpiece by Graham.

James Cook v Mark Kaylor (European super-middleweight title - British scoring)

Round 1: 10-9 1/2 Cook
Round 2: 10-9 1/2 Cook
Round 3: 10-10 Even
Round 4: 10-9 1/2 Cook
Round 5: 10-9 1/2 Cook
Round 6: Kaylor's corner throws in the towel late in the round

Total through 5 completed rounds: 50-48 Cook

In his final fight Mark Kaylor gave it one last go but this was Cook - despite being 32 - in his prime and simply had too much of a punch assortment for Kaylor who tried to nullify Cook's long-range game by going chest to chest infighting. However, Cook had the better of him here too with a beauty of an uppercut that he really found a home for. Kaylor was cut and under heavy fire when his corner threw in the towel, which I was surprised at. I thought it would have gone on a bit more, but they were clearly watching out for Mark. Good exchanges between these two throughout.

 

If memory serves me right the Christie fight wasn´t televised though there is a camcorder version available.

Apart from the Kaylor fight (and beating a young Michael Watson) his greatest wins are his British title win over Sam Storey, EBU win, on French soil, against the big punching Pierre Frank Winsterstein where the usually fragile Cook gets off the floor to score an emphatic last round stoppage.

Also his other EBU defense against the hard punching Tarmo Uusivirta who had previously floored and outpointed Cook in his native Finland.

 

I checked out the Uusivarta rematch awhile back. This is how I had it:

James Cook v Tarmo Uusivirta (European super-middleweight title)

Round 1: 10-9 Cook
Round 2: 10-10 Even
Round 3: 10-9 Uusivirta
Round 4: 10-9 Cook
Round 5: 10-9 Cook
Round 6: 10-9 Cook
Round 7: Uusivirta retires mid-round

Total through 6 completed rounds - 59-56 Cook (scores unknown)

I won't call this a must-see by any means, but I really enjoyed their exchanges. Quite evenly matched and they rocked each other a number of times. The Finn always seemed to catch Cook on the way in, but Cook had a beautiful assortment of punches with the jab, straight right, left hook and that uppercut of his was a beauty. Strangely, midway through the 7th, the Finn just turned away and walked to his corner. Done for the evening. A good Continental matchup.

 

Róbson Conceição vs O Shaquie Foster

Round 1: 10-9 Foster
Round 2: 10-9 Róbson
Round 3: 10-9 Foster
Round 4: 10-9 Róbson
Round 5: 10-9 Foster
Round 6: 10-10 this is a even round, scoring that is flipping a coin really, nothing else
Round 7: 10-9 Róbson
Round 8: 10-9 Róbson
Round 9: 10-9 Foster
Round 10: 10-9 Foster
Round 11: 10-9 Róbson (it should be even, really)
Round 12: 10-9 Foster (this is probably the clearest round for anyone in the whole fight)

I have it 6-5 for Foster.
To call this a robbery is wrong.
You don´t clearly win fights by having a better punching form or something, Foster did not land anything, Rounds 1, 6, 8 and 11 should be called even rounds and it is stupid this rule about "you gotta have a winner for the round"... why ? If nobody won it then nobody won it!

Foster did win his rounds in a clearer way than Róbson (kinda..).... the best punch of the fight is his.....yeah.... but that is not how the rules work, is it ?!
If the fight was scored as a whole, as a one piece thing.. he would have clearly won (maybe).... but by number of rounds ? **** no, both didn´t land anything, it was even.. .

 

Continuing my interest of the British middles, today I had to check out....

Errol Christie v Charlie Boston (British scoring)

Round 1: 10-9 Boston (scores a knockdown)
Round 2: 10-9 1/2 Christie
Round 3: 10-9 Boston (scores a knockdown)
Round 4: 10-9 1/2 Christie
Round 5: 10-9 1/2 Boston
Round 6: 10-9 Christie (scores a knockdown)
Round 7: 10-9 1/2 Christie
Round 8: Boston drops Christie twice and the fight is stopped

Total through 7 completed rounds: 67 1/2 - 67 1/2

I had only watched Christie's bout with Mark Kaylor prior to this and it was apparent there was something missing from Errol's game. After this vid, it was followed by some highlight reel of Errol's, showing his stoppages of Doug James and Fred Reed. Man, what a world of difference. In those bouts he was loose, fast and without fear as he ripped into his opponents. Against Boston - whom he shouldn't have had a problem with - he was hesitant and shaky as hell. I think I'll blame the Kaylor fight. I think he left something on the canvas of Wembley that night.

 

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I clearly like quick, uncomplicated to score fights lol!

I will say about this fight that Tszyu was dominating. Mas knew this, obviously. However, I dont think he did a NO Mas job as they implied here. its easy to judge when you're not in pain and watching the fight outside and thats what the commentators were doing its quite possible that the damage to Mas' chin was done with an earlier knockdown punch and he may have been trying to get the title by disqualification, but he looks in real pain. I dont think he was acting.

Mas clearly did not recuperate from this outing.

 

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Total dominance by Tszyu, I had it 80-72.

 

Antonio, I checked this out awhile back. This is how I saw it:

Kostya Tszyu v Rafael Ruelas

I was looking for something today that would be part barn-burner and competitive. Well...this wasn't it. As one-sided as it gets. No sense running a card here. Before it was stopped in the 9th round I had Tszyu leading 80-70 through 8 completed rounds. There were no knockdowns but I gave Tszyu the 1st and the 8th by 10-8 margins because I felt he battered Rafael in both those rounds (despite Rafael catching Tszyu late in the first, it was still a battering). This was not a washed up Ruelas. He was on a 9 bout unbeaten streak, but Tszyu was simply too much for him and was superior in every department except heart.

 

Carlos Ortiz v Harry Bell II (NY scoring)

Round 1: Even
Round 2: Ortiz
Round 3: Ortiz
Round 4: Ortiz
Round 5: Ortiz
Round 6: Ortiz
Round 7: Ortiz
Round 8: Bell
Round 9: Ortiz
Round 10: Even

Total: 7-1-2 Ortiz (actual scores: 8-1-1, 8-1-1 and a 5-5 score, which, utilizing NYs supplemental points in the event of an even card, became 6-5 in points for Ortiz for a unanimous win)

Despite the poorer quality of film due to age, I was still able to enjoy this fight. Very evenly matched between 2 prospects with Ortiz having 24 fights and Bell having had 19 fights. Bell was a very nice boxer who could throw a sharp punch and neither fighter ignored the body. Ortiz was just a much harder banger, which showed throughout. The rounds got a bit closer after the 5th when Ortiz picked up a bad cut on the right eye, which clearly bothered him, interrupting his momentum. Good fight and both prospects should be applauded for their accuracy throughout. Amazing the divergent paths their careers took from there. Bell had one more fight and Ortiz went on to 3 world titles.