Danny Lopez vs Ruben Olivares Gonna watch highlights of a Masao Oba fight. Then Freddie Pendleton vs Tony Lopez. Followed by Archie Moore vs Yvon Durelle 1.
Pendleton vs Lopez is a good fight :good I created a thread about Pendleton in the Classic which received about 4 responses
I watched a few yesterday... Mayweather Jr vs Castillo II - It took Mayweather 19 rounds (including their first fight) to work out Castillo but as soon as he did he made him look very crude. Until the 7th round of the re-match Castillo used educated pressure and worked from a stiff jab. However, despite being level after that round I gave Mayweather 4 of the last 5 to give him a 3 point victory. (Interestingly enough, the official scoring for the second fight was closer than the first even though Mayweather clearly won the former and the latter was very close) Mayweather jr vs Phillip N'dou - Mayweather proved that he can mix it in the fight and also that he is capable of fighting a variety of styles. N'dou was brave and gave a good account of himself but didn't have the know-how to escape a Mayweather in very aggressive mood before being stopped in the 7th. Derek Gainer vs Juan Manual Marquez - Derek Gainer ran until a head-clash resulted in a TPTS decsion for Marquez after the 7th. I had Marquez 7 up and can't understand how the one judge gave Gainer a round. Totally embarrassing performance. Oscar De La Hoya vs Shane Mosely II - Right, here we go, if ever one fight proves how TV commentators can affect how a fight is seen then this is it. The fight was close, I had De La Hoya winning 115-114 but it could have easily gone to Mosely by the same score or, as happened, slightly wider. The first thing De La Hoya said in his post-fight interview was "the fight was so close it could have been a draw". Ian Darke, after a rant about it being a "disgraceful decision" even said "around me a lot of people are split about what just happened". And yet, to this day people insist that De La Hoya won by a mile and was robbed.... Neither man could impose himself for long periods on his opponent and very few rounds were easy to score. I wish that a 3rd fight had happened but feel that De La Hoya would have won because Mosely, as we know, went off the boil for a couple of years afterwards.
Just watched Michael Carbajal Vs Humberto Gonzalez. This was Ring Magazine fight of the year in 1993.. Carbajal was definetaley overrated and I reckon Gonzalez thought he could knock out Carbajal early on and spent all his energy by the end of round 6.
Very true. I re-watched that fight myself a few months ago and George Foreman was screaming blue murder over the decision - he thought De la hoya got robbed. I read about this fight in Budd Schulberg's Ringside and he recalled this fight and said that Foreman was stunned to hear Bert Sugar and Schulberg tell him on the way out of the arena that they had Mosely the clear winner.....I agree the third fight should have happened.
myung woo yuh vs kiayama (or something) yuh always in control and wears down and stops out gunned but game opponent