The 'what fights did you watch today?' thread

Thing was, I understood maybe letting the KO go. It was a bit confused and he was sort of up as the ref sounded ten. But Kermit's made a career out of emotional outbursts recently.

But the draw scores were ridiculous. They meant, without the deduction (unfair as well) that Sergio, despite the knock down, was only one point ahead. Which meant all things being equal, the judges had it as a draw excluding the KD and the deduction. That's remarkable!

 

Duran UD10 Viruet

The crowd booed the decision at the end as they obviously felt Viruet had scaped the win, and being a boxer fighting out of New York this is understandable. I however struggled to give him a round in the first 8. He was good in the last couple but they were extremely close rounds again. Viruet put on a terrific acting job after the bell, persuading many that he had won the fight when in fact he had not won 1 round unquestionably. Duran won, at the very least, 5 rounds. Whereas I would say Viruet won at the most 4 rounds. This is being generous to Viruet in my opinion.

Viruet pissed me off in this fight. He was playing up to the crowd and the judges. He would attempt the Ali shuffle on numerous occasions, looking **** in each. He would often stick his left hand in Duran's face rather than attempting to land any punches. He literally ran around the ring at times in the last few rounds and then at the end he acted (very convincingly, to be honest) like he had been robbed.

No robbery here. A clear win for Duran.

 

old tapes

pernell whitaker tko 3 louie lomeli

gino gelormino ko 1 manuel rodrigues (superfeatherweight)

andrew maynard tko 2 tony williams (lightheavyweight)maynards 3rd pro fight

carlos deleon tko 9 sammy reeson (vacant wbc cruiserweight tittle)rounds 1,2,3,8,9 only

chris pyatt tko 10 daniel dominguez (lightmiddle) rounds 9 & 10 only

gary stretch pts 10 rafael sena (lightmiddleweight) rounds 1,2,3,5,6,9,10
sena should of been dq'd dirty bugger

michael watson ko 6 nigel benn (commonwealth middleweight tittle fight)

mauricio aceves w ud 12 amancio castro (II) ( vacant wbo lightweight tittle fight) rounds 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,10,11,12 (international fight night)

genaro leon tko 1 danny garcia (vacant wbo welterweight tittle fight)

eusabio pedroza ud 15 juan laporte (wba featherweight tittle fight)superbouts h/l rounds 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,12,13,14,15

mark wills ud 8 derek sweet d williams (heavyweight) rounds 1,2,3,8 only (the american tv blokes thought williams had won

gary mason ko 7 tyrel biggs (heavyweight)

andy holligan tko 4 billy buchanan (lightwelterweight) fightnight

tony collins ko 1 joe hernandez (lightmiddleweight)seconds out
tee jay tko 2 blaine logsdon (cruiserweight)

george foreman tko 5 joe frazier II

alexis arguello tko 14 ray mancini (superbouts)

tony ekubia pts 12 steve larrimore (commonwealth lightwelterweight tittle)

jim beckett pts 6 dave worthington (lightmiddleweight)screensport bill
joe hipp tko 4 sean mcClain (heavyweight) same show as above and below fights but not on the same bill
chris eubank tko 5 ron malek (middleweight)
paul harvey draw 6 steve walker (featherweight) harveys pro debut

 

WOW! :yikes

As always great viewing Mr Butt. :good

Btw who said Sweet Pea couldn't punch, that lomelli fight made him look like a killer.

 

WOW!! Dragged this thread up from page 3!!

Holyfield-Tyson I

Hatton-Paulie. Harsh stoppage on PMs record.

Gatti-Ruelas. Great fight and "just" an undercard bout!!

 

I thought the Khan stoppage was a bit harsh as well, but maybe Paulie is the kind of fighter that has to be saved from himself, he's got heart by the truck load.

 

yeah i remember thinking where did the power come from ,whitaker is one of those fighters that is great to watch ko or pts win

 

I think in situations like that it's up to his corner to bite the bullet and pull him.

 

Bowe-Galota II
Benn-DeWitt
Benn-McClellan
Benn-Barkley

 

Rafael Marquez vs Jose Gastelum
Rafael Marquez vs Angel Almena
Rafael Marquez vs Genaro Garcia
Rafael Marquez vs Mark Johnson I

Against Gastelum you could see the talent, but Marquez was still raw. The Almena stoppage was a bit premature, but the 1st round stoppage looks impressive on the record considering Almena went the distance with Mark Johnson and hadn't been stopped in any of his other fights.

Against Garcia, Marquez was hit on the back of the head and his equilibrium was all over the place. He was on one knee and telling the ref he was fine, yet this was at the count of 7 and 9, and he didn't stand up until the ref said 10. Mistimed, but he clearly wasn't all there. In his fight against Johnson, Johnson was announced as the winner. I felt fair enough, it was a close fight, but one of the cards was apparently 97-94, even when Johnson had 2 points deducted! Then I checked Boxrec and it listed Marquez as the winner, so I was a bit confused at first :yep

 

Benn/Dewitt.

They say Dewitt was passed his best in this match.
I say balls!:bart
Dewiit was coming off two excellent wins over Simms and Hilton but Benn early and ****ing hard and that just sapped all the strength from him. He did well to floor Benn in the 2nd however with a a decent left hook. But that was pretty much the only bright spot for him.

 

Ulises Solis vs Bert Batawang, Eric Ortiz
Giovanni Segura vs Ronald Ramos
Volodymyr Sydorenko vs Mbwana Matumla
Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym vs. Ryol Li Lee

 

Hows this fight??