The 'what fights did you watch today?' thread

That's where/who he worked for before he turned pro', typical Thai sponsor stuff :good

 

You're a n00b in general :hi: Nice avatar, watch some Howard Winstone ya' pleb :hey

 

Gatti ain't a club fighter - he dead.

 

Beowulf is awful. Bought it for £3 in an HMV sale and still felt ripped off. Couldn't return it just because it was **** so I made a point of leaving it on the train one day. Hopefully the sod that found it enjoyed it, as I don't want it back.

 

99% of Ray Winstone films are utter wank :deal

 

Just watched Mayweather-Cotto again, too pissed to really call it the first time.

8-4 Mayweather, had it 3-3 at round 6, gave Cotto one round, think it was the 7th/8th. Despite giving Cotto 4 rounds, I thought only 2 of them were sure fires and didn't think it was as competitive as I thought it was going to be. Cotto's jab was his best weapon, was shocked he didn't go to the body more earlier in the fight, but I think if Mayweather had stayed off the ropes and fought on the outside he would of pitched a whitewash or close to it. I love Mayweather and even I was oohing and ahhing at his defense throughout the fight but Cowboy Bob barely gave Cotto anything in that fight, despite bloodying his nose and having good spurts throughout the fight he just kept saying "but its not hitting him!" for everything. Well Bob, something obviously is considering his nose is bloody and he's marked up. At least call the jabs he's landing.

Good fight.

Also, couldn't believe how quickly Mayweather found his money punch against Cotto, the right hand over and over again, and it wasn't his pull counter straight, it was a looping right hook that kept landing over and over again because Cotto's defense wasn't tucked up enough.

 

I've been watching quite a few fights over the last two days:

Arce vs Hussein I - absolute war, although Arce was having the better of it most of the time. Support for him was amazing, thanks to the large contingent of Mexicans there for Morales vs Pacquiao - you rarely hear that kind of noise for a PPV undercard fight.

Arce vs Hussein II - not as entertaining as the first one, obviously, but Arce showed his class. Big difference in sound as Judah vs Mayweather was the main event.

Corrales vs Castillo II - another war, one-sided in terms of rounds for Castillo, but both landed a lot in the four rounds.

Arce vs Álvarez - another good Arce fight (quite a few of these ). Last two fights had a guy missing the weight limit by a mile, luckily it didn't affect Arce too much.

Freitas vs Corrales - I only knew the result and the close-ish scorecards before I watched this, I was surprised by how much Freitas dominated the first six rounds. He was expending a lot of energy with his power shots, but he was winning the rounds (I had it 5-1 after six) and dishing out a lot of punishment, before Corrales caught up in the eighth round with the first knockdown. The quitting was understandable I suppose, it was only going to get worse.

EDIT: Just watched Freitas vs Ramírez - oh, that was a beuatiful little fight.

 

de la Hoya vs Trinidad- Thought de la Hoya boxed superbly throughout the first 9 rounds, made a very good fighter like Trinidad look like something of a novice at times and to be honest it's easy to see why he decided it was a good idea to get on his bike in the last 3 rounds as he looked in complete control at that fight and didn't want to take any chances. Absolutely shocking decision, almost Pacquiao-Marquez 3 levels of bad and Roth's scorecard makes absolutely no sense at all, having Tito 3-1 after 4 rounds and giving Oscar the 12th when he did absolutely nothing.

Vargas vs Quartey- An absolutely terrific fight and one of my personal favourites, not a war as such but excellent from a technical point of view with a lot of hard punches landed throughout the fight. As much as I liked Vargas you can't help wondering if he was on steroids already at that time, Lampley remarked at the start of the fight that Vargas looked bigger than usual and considering the kind of fight it was his levels of activity was insanely high.

 

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Watched Trinidad vs De La Hoya too.

Did the same as usual. Looked excellent and then stopped throwing, basically giving the rounds away.

Had it 116-112 for Oscar.

 

Freitas - Barrios is another great fight.

 

Just rewatched Kessler-Froch, I had it 115-113 Froch the other two times I've watched it but wanted to see if I'd changed my opinion.

Round 1- 10-9 Froch. Just a feeling out round really, both land some nice jabs but more come from Froch IMO to give him the round.

Round 2- 10-9 Froch. More action here and Kessler is the one stepping up the pace but the better, more quality is coming from Froch I thought. He lands some beautiful jabs, really snapping Kessler's head back and also a few decent counter rights when Kessler opens up. Kessler lands a few wildish shots but Froch was the more compact and resourceful in this round for me. (The commentary from Rawling & McKensie is awful by the way, especially McKensie. He gave Kessler the first simply for being the home fighter and thinks Froch should step in behind his jab, which has never been a strength of his :huh)

Round 3- 10-9 Kessler. Good round here, Kessler changes it up as he was losing the battle of the jabs by going to the body first and finding it often. He mixes it up well though with some stiff jabs too. Froch lands a couple of hard shots but Kessler's work was better overall.

Round 4- 10-9 Kessler. Kessler is in control on the front foot behind the jab at the start of the round but Froch responds with a big right hand. Kessler comes back with a nice combo which Froch counters with a uppercut. Rest of the round is untidy but Kessler finishes stronger to take it for me.

Round 5- 10-9 Froch. Huge round for Froch- he just loads up with low hands and lands some big shots, a left hook and straight right the best of the bunch with the right hurting the Dane.

Round 6- 10-9 Froch. Kessler picks up the pace in the first half of the fround but Froch actually evades most of his punches well. Kessler gets through with some decent shots but Froch's flurries are harder and more accurate in the last minute to give him it IMO.

Round 7- 10-10. A quieter round here with neither landing anything significant. Both got through with jabs and a few scuffing shots but neither stood out enough for me to give them the round.

Round 8- 10-9 Kessler. Very good round for the challenger, stalking Froch and landing good punches to head and body. Jolts Froch with a lovely right hand counter to comfortably win the round too.

Round 9- 10-9 Kessler. Kessler is sharp with his punching and lands some good counter shots. Froch gets through with one combination but his punching is generally wide and sloppy. Kessler's consistency gives him the round for me.

Round 10- 10-9 Froch. Good round with both landing, Kessler finishing stronger and working well to the body. But Froch's work in the middle part of the round was very good and he caught him with strong shots to the head. Enough for the round on my card.

Round 11- 10-9 Kessler. Very good round with Kessler starting well and even hooking nicely off his jab. Froch comes back and the two trade well. Kessler lands a big looping right hand before Froch answers with a nice combo. Kessler did just enough to take it for me however.

Round 12- 10-9 Froch. Brawl sums up the last round. Wild swings and hard punches from the outset but neither getting through with a truly clean punch. But Froch really dug deep in the last minute and gets through with some big punches, making Kessler sag onto the ropes. The Dane comes back but it's too little too late for this round IMO.

So I had it 115-114 for Froch this time. It was a really, really close fight and I wouldn't argue with someone having Kessler taking it, though some of the closest rounds I've given to Mikkel here. Kessler's body punching was fantastic and took away the effectiveness of Carl's jab, which was looking excellent early on. But I believe Froch countered well and put together some effective combinations, even if they weren't the most aesthetically pleasing. It was that close that the home fighter was always likely to get it but I tried to be as objective as possible and thought Carl just nicked it.

 

Mike Alvarado v bredis Prescott battle of the uppercut

 

Mike McCallum v Michael Watson

McCallum was awesome in his day and so many avoided him until he aged then they all wanted a shot.

 

I watched Kotelnik vs Witter yesterday and scored it 115-113 to Kotelnik just thought he landed the cleaner more effective punches.