Have you ever seen an "elite" fighter with balance this bad? Vernon Forrest and Cory Spinks had some ****ty balance (especially against Mayorga), but Raheem is absolutely pathetic. This guy goes down about 6 times a fight on average. Remember the Morales fight where he kept saying the ring was wet or something? Well, Jesus Christ, what was the excuse against Freitas? Same with Forrest (down like 5 times against Mayorga on slips) and Spinks (about 3 slips, 2 knockdowns). You cannot be a good boxer if you don't have balance because if you get hit on the gloves and stagger across the ring or fall down, it looks like you're getting your ass kicked or else you're afraid. Raheem is truly a waste of time.

Have you ever seen an "elite" fighter with balance this bad? Vernon Forrest and Cory Spinks had some ****ty balance (especially against Mayorga), but Raheem is absolutely pathetic. This guy goes down about 6 times a fight on average. Remember the Morales fight where he kept saying the ring was wet or something? Well, Jesus Christ, what was the excuse against Freitas? Same with Forrest (down like 5 times against Mayorga on slips) and Spinks (about 3 slips, 2 knockdowns). You cannot be a good boxer if you don't have balance because if you get hit on the gloves and stagger across the ring or fall down, it looks like you're getting your ass kicked or else you're afraid. Raheem is truly a waste of time.

lol, he was all over the place, i don't see how people belive he won, it was close but basicly because neither was really doing anything then through out the fight raheem keeps falling or hugging

In Sphinks defense, he went on to beat a very good Zab Judah.

lol, he was all over the place, i don't see how people belive he won, it was close but basicly because neither was really doing anything then through out the fight raheem keeps falling or hugging

I would say probably because he landed more punches and controlled the fight.

I would say probably because he landed more punches and controlled the fight.

so losing 4-5 of the first 5 rounds is controlling the fight now? Damn, I didn't know you were supposed to score like that. I'll remember to give points to the slick boxer who runs and gets hit offering nothing in return. Holy ****, I better go back and change my scorecard to Casamayor vs. Castillo because with this new type of scoring, Casamayor probably won that fight! This has changed my whole perception of boxing! Thousands of fights' decisions MUST be reviewed!!!

Have you ever seen an "elite" fighter with balance this bad? Vernon Forrest and Cory Spinks had some ****ty balance (especially against Mayorga), but Raheem is absolutely pathetic. This guy goes down about 6 times a fight on average. Remember the Morales fight where he kept saying the ring was wet or something? Well, Jesus Christ, what was the excuse against Freitas? Same with Forrest (down like 5 times against Mayorga on slips) and Spinks (about 3 slips, 2 knockdowns). You cannot be a good boxer if you don't have balance because if you get hit on the gloves and stagger across the ring or fall down, it looks like you're getting your ass kicked or else you're afraid. Raheem is truly a waste of time.
what bout pacquiao mann... alot of folks say he got bad balance and he's one of the best in the game riote now...

amaeterish balance,jus patethic

I had Freitas easily winning a close fight.....
Raheem was all over the place and Max Kellerman was biased

because a white guy said a black guy one, hes biased??? wtf??? lol

Raheem, for someone with that Jones Jr/Floyd esque style has horrible balance and doesn't seem to know how to fight when hurt...

he seems like someone who would be better off fighting a more "textbook" basic style

I'd say Raheem is a well skilled fighter with potential, but cursed with weak legs and balance. Rocky exposed him in their fight, but Freitas appears to be too rusty and past his best to expose Raheem. Corrales and Castillo would whack him out so fast the Wet Noodle Union might revoke his membership.

His balance was like that for a reason, he didnt want to get knocked out. His best punches came right after they broke up a clinch.

so losing 4-5 of the first 5 rounds is controlling the fight now? Damn, I didn't know you were supposed to score like that. I'll remember to give points to the slick boxer who runs and gets hit offering nothing in return. Holy ****, I better go back and change my scorecard to Casamayor vs. Castillo because with this new type of scoring, Casamayor probably won that fight! This has changed my whole perception of boxing! Thousands of fights' decisions MUST be reviewed!!!

There are 12 rounds in a fight. Raheem should have won.

Raheem landed the cleaner shots, compubox shows that he landed more than popo in every category or a majority of them. Max wasn't biased, whoever said that probably didnt watch the fight, just some popo fan trying to stick up for his boy

Each made the other look awkward. Raheem was the better fighter. It could have gone either way, but I had Raheem ahead. Freitas couldn't get off, so what is the point of balance. He just stood there while Raheem pressed the action....

i sawe the first half of the fight and fell asleep after round 6(had a REAL REAL LONG day) i had freitas winning the 1st half of the fight