Awesome fight. I think Tito hurts Starling a few times, maybe even drops him... but I also think Starling hurts Tito and maybe even stops him.
Although I've always been a huge fan of Tito and not so much of the sometimes negative fighting Starling, I have to admit Marlon has an even chance against Trinidad. For one, rule out right now Tito stopping Starling. Ain't gonna happen. Starling had an excellent chin (forget that after-the bell pole-axe from Molinares) and fought behind that water-tight peek-a-boo style. He was going to be there at the end. Also, he was an outstanding counter-puncher from that style. Here's the problem for Tito which was his major flaw, he never could adjust to a plan B. If he was getting beat, he just proceeded with the same plan and got beat. Watch any of his losses as well as the DeLaHoya win. When a fighter is getting the better of him, nothing varies. I don't know if the problem was him unable to adapt, his corner never teaching anything other than attack or if it was a case where he just could not implement. Watch one of the most classic counter-punching masterpieces in Starling-Honeyghan and one would see where the attack plan was meaningless and Tito would be in trouble without a plan B. Scartissue
If someone checked Chito's wraps before the fight , he loses , if not , IDK , but what I do know is that Starling fought better (h2h) opposition than Delahoya did , and if he remained unstopped with the opposition he had , why would Chito , even with his hardened wraps stop him ?
Will come down to whether Starling is strong enough to block Tito's power shots and remain within range to counter. If he can do it all night, it will be as one sided as Tito-Wright. If he can't, then it gets interesting. I've probably said otherwise in the past, but I'm liking Starling today. Hurts Tito early as per usual, but Tito starts getting back into it a little in the second half as Starling's mind goes walk abouts as it often does. Starling will regroup and take a vital last round to clinch it. Probably the type of fight Starling would win but get robbed in on the cards but win in the minds of most non-biased fans.
Starling at 147 whould out-box the bombing Tito over 12 rds...... Starling is savvy enough to see all the wild shots coming as Tito threw them.... Starling was parked like a Ford truck by Molinares in '88, but it was a late shot that Starling didn't expect coming..... His mistake.... On the whole, at 147, Starling is too good for the powerful, yet one-dimensional Tito... MR.BILL
