Unofficial sober rd by rd of todays card

How are you enjoying the fight so far Leon, yeah great, ok mate back to it.

 

Rd.5 and here we go! Chavez lands two big rights early that grabs Kats attention but answers back well. Kats coming on, lands 5 unanswered shots, Chavez responds with a combo but kats straight right is landing, blood pissing out of Chavez, Easy Kats rd 10-9, 48-48 but beware the hometown decision.

 

Rd.6 Crisis here on the home front, first bourbon down well but only 1 left in the fridge. Kats drives Chavez to the ropes, hes taking the crowd out of it. They respond with a chant, his corner has forgotten to put Chavezs mouthpeice in! Time in, Kats looking better and fresher, landing cleaner, the commentary team seem to have Chavezs nuts resting on their chins, Kats round for mine, 10-9 Kats, 58-57 Kats,

 

Rd.7 Slower pace to start but with a minute left its Kats again, Chavez looks gassed, this could be Kats for the taking. Less action but Kats for mine 10-9, 68-66.

Chavez quits! Chavez quits! Kats wins!!!!

 

Wow, big shock, scattered boos but Kats fought a great fight, weathered an early storm and looked much more complete tonight, just too much pop in his punches and his stock rises yet again. Not even a cut around his eyes, offical decison a TKO for MICHAEL KATSIDIS THEEEEEEEEEEEE GREAT (in the words of the ring announcer).

Maybe my pre fight call of Chavez being a bit pudgy was on the money.

 

I might rename this thread the 'LeonMcS talks to LeonMcS about boxing' thread.

Give me a sign guys!

 

Main Event time and we're up to the traditonal overblown pretentious renditon of the Star Spangled Banner.

Call me old fashioned but I can't trust a nation that sings about 'Bombs bursting in aiiiiiiiiiiii-rrrrrrrrrrr-ahhhhhhhh-ahhhhhhh' in their national anthem.

 

Should be a Valero win but from the half dozen fights I've seen of him he does leave himself way open for counters, which could result in disaster.

3 good fights so far and this should be the cream of the lot, time to put on my Big Kev hat and say I'm excited!

In other news, trying to conserve this last bourbon till the bottle-o opens in 37 minutes. Thats right, I'm counting down the minutes.

Valero looks like an IT guy in the pre fight show, looks like he could debug your hard drive in minutes.

 

Pitalau weighs in tonight 11 lbs over the lightweight limit, will it be a factor? Wow, look at that hair, I'm jealous. Final intros, we're just about ready to go!

 

Rd.1 Strange...Valeros rd but fighting with hands low and chin way up, breifly traps Pitalau in the corner with a flurry and lands the better shots before eating a counter at rounds end. 10-9 Valero

 

Rd.2 And thats it, Pitalau down in the first 10 seconds, up, down again up, another flurry down and thats it, Valero TKO2!

 

Right hook causes the first kd, savage shot, just too much power.

2nd kd, just a flurry of left and rights, Valero knows how to close.

3rd, Some big left hooks landing in another flurry, the ref jumps in as Pitalau sinks to the canvas.

.49 of the second rd, TKO Edwin Valero.

Valero-Pacquiao, makes the mouth water eh?