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Don Jordan v Lahouiri Godih (NY rounds basis)

Round 1: Jordan
Round 2: Jordan
Round 3: Godih
Round 4: Jordan
Round 5: Jordan
Round 6: Even
Round 7: Even
Round 8: Jordan
Round 9: Godih
Round 10: Godih

Total: 5-3-2 Jordan (actual scores: 6-4, 7-3 and 7-1-2 all for Jordan)

This was a battle of two halves, with Jordan dominating the first half and Godih the second half. Jordan was very sharp with his jabs followed by a straight right, but seemed to take some time off instead of capitalizing on his dimensions by keeping Godih on the end of those combos. And invariably, he ended up on the inside mixing it with Godih. Godih, for his part, was no puncher - only 11 stoppages in his career - but he was a clubbing puncher. Moreover, if you took a break, he was just going to keep firing salvos at you and this is what got him back in the fight, on my card anyway. A good 10-rounder.

 

Haven’t seen this one but I like Don Jordan. I think it was against either Virgil Akins or Gaspar Ortega that I watched one of his fights and he was a real fighter’s fighter.

Sadly he died after being assaulted/mugged.

 

Yeah,do you think Jordan won legit vs Akins? I want to say it's legit because no fighters would've took a dive for 15 rounds,but look at Kid Gavilan vs Johnny Saxton...

 

FT, I recently scored this fight and was disgusted at the theatrical sham of a performance that Akins put on. One only has to view his previous fights against Tony DeMarco and Vince Martinez to see what a tank job this was. It was 15 rounds of Akins slapping rather than closing his fists the way he did against Martinez. And instead of standing his ground and countering the way he did against DeMarco’s bombs, he feigned timidity when Jordan would start jabbing. No doubt in my mind he went in the tank. One should not be surprised as both he and Jordan were mobbed up.

 

Emile Griffith v Joey Archer II (middleweight title - NY rounds scoring)

Round 1: Archer
Round 2: Griffith
Round 3: Griffith
Round 4: Archer
Round 5: Archer
Round 6: Even
Round 7: Griffith
Round 8: Griffith
Round 9: Griffith
Round 10: Archer
Round 11: Griffith
Round 12: Griffith
Round 13: Even
Round 14: Griffith
Round 15: Archer

Total: 8-5-2 Griffith (actual scores: 8-6-1, 8-6-1 and 8-7 all for Griffith)

A very close fight here, guys. So many of these rounds could be almost interchangeable, and probably would be if viewed on hi-def, if it existed back then. I think Archer did himself a disservice by infighting so much. I always felt he was an absolute footwork master at controlling the ring. And I felt it got very sloppy, despite Dunphy railing on about 'a great fight.' It was OK. Griffith found himself in the unusual role as aggressor and the fact that he was never a pressure-cooker type fighter likely held him back. It shouldn't have as Joey had no kind of a punch to make Emile worry in the least. Tempers flared as the decision was announced from the Archer camp and I would have liked to have heard what Freddie Brown said to Emile to set him off. Still in all, I think Emile did enough to retain his title.

 

Bernard Hopkins vs Jermaine Taylor 1

Hopkins : Taylor

1: 9 - 10
2: 9 - 10
3: 10 - 9
4: 10 - 9
5: 10 - 9
6: 9 - 10

57 - 57

7: 9 - 10
8: 9 - 10
9: 10 - 9
10: 10 - 9
11: 10 - 9
12: 10 - 9

58 - 56

TOTAL: 115 - 113 HOPKINS

I usually favour the cleaner, more effective puncher, and there was no difference here. I thought the commentators were a bit dismissive of Hopkins defence and counters, though both were grazing and deflecting a lot. A good bout to test the scoring muscles.

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