Originally posted by pturtle
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Do people on here like how ABRIL fought??
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Don't like it, but it wasn't as bad as Carlos Molina, that's for sure.
The difference between those 2 fights is that Rios couldn't mount anything, and won a round at the most, 2 if you're being generous. Kirkland won 3 of those 10 rounds, and was on the verge of knocking Molina out in the 10th, had it not been for the holding.
I don't like it, but it is what it is.
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I like the parts where he nailed Rios coming in and beat him to the punch.
I also like the shoulder roll stuff on the inside.
No one likes the holding of course, but it wasn't a completely bad performance.
He did a lot of good things in there, jab, movement, nice combos, good defense.
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Originally posted by pturtle View PostI feel the same exact way, and while i know people are screaming robbery i am glad they didn't reward and encourage that kind of style of boxing. That could seriously destroy this sport if every bum decides to fight like that.
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I did.
If Abril had a little more pop, it wouldn't even be a question.
Rios? This dude is calling out Ortiz?
Lmaaoooooo....
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Entertaining style or not he won that fight easily, and you can't start giving a fighter a decsion based on a "crowd pleasing style, it makes a mockery of the sport.
Anyway lets not act like Abril was doing anything spectacular. If Rios had've jabbed more, cut off the ring, and and actually tried to counter his way into it the fight instead of just walking forward throwing wide sloppy punches he would've made his night alot easier. The reason Rios seems to have a crowd pleasing style is because at the end of the day he's not that good a fighter who's been fighting other average fighters.Last edited by Hitman Hodgson; 04-15-2012, 10:56 AM.
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Originally posted by 4CornersKid View PostDon't like it, but it wasn't as bad as Carlos Molina, that's for sure.
The difference between those 2 fights is that Rios couldn't mount anything, and won a round at the most, 2 if you're being generous. Kirkland won 3 of those 10 rounds, and was on the verge of knocking Molina out in the 10th, had it not been for the holding.
I don't like it, but it is what it is.
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Last night was another where the commentators exaggerated what was happening in the ring. They would keep saying the Abril was picking Rios apart in the middle of a 40 second sequence where he didn't throw a single punch. He didn't land THAT many punches and Rios probably threw 3X what Abril did.
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