I haven't seen any threads about this? How come no one gives a shit?!
Looks like a solid card to me, but all we talk about is the next week's fight :sad:
Donaire stopped Maldonado with just a little over a minute gone in the 8th round. Donaire dominated from the gitgo, although when Donaire, inexplicably shifted to a southpaw stance in the fourth round, Maldonado managed to make a fight of it.
For the most part Donaire was landing at will with his vaunted left hook, along with straight rights and uppercuts. He blodied Maldonado's face as early as the second (a cut over the left eye) and again in the third.
Maldonado was dropped late in the 7th. An uppercut sent Maldonado back, stagerring. Donaire followed that up with a left hook to the side of the head.
Maldonado rose before the tenth count and then the bell rung to end the round.
With a minute having passed in the 8th, Donaire's right straight landed smack on Maldonado's face. The latter was clearly rocked. Donaire followed up with combinations that pushed Maldonado back to the ropes. Seeing that he was not hitting Maldonado as well as he should have, Donaire stepped back for a second then resumed pumelling the challenger. A semi-left-hook/uppercut got to Maldonado's chin, prompting the ref to step in.
Maldonado's corner did not protest the ref's decision.
Interesting sidelight: Donaire used to spend a lot of time in the home of cutman/cornerman Jimmy MOntoya, who today was in Maldonado's corner.
I had thought that they will unhook after the Donaire fight, but they're airing Forrest right now, so I'll get back on these boards a little later. Round 1 has just ended. Maybe they'll carry everything straight up to the Tarver fight. I hope so.
Bautista's fight in the other channel has not started yet. They still have the undercard featuring local fighters that I don't know anything about.
Neither of the two sets of fights is on yet. They're being plugged though. It is said that the telecasts will start less than an hour from now. 10:30 AM, Philippine Time. That's just 45 minutes away.
allright if u can update us on how they do
howd they do??Neither of the two sets of fights is on yet. They're being plugged though. It is said that the telecasts will start less than an hour from now. 10:30 AM, Philippine Time. That's just 45 minutes away.
I'm in the Philippines right now and I'm waiting for the Donaire fight to be put on over free TV. I guess, so are most of the Filipinos here. That may account for the silence on these boards about it.
I can't get Tarver. It's not on here.
There's another fight which will be on a competing channel-- a local one-- which shall be aired at about the same time as Donaire-Maldonado (I believe). The card has Rey Bautista in his first appearance after the loss to Ponce De Leon. A Filipino prospect named AJ Banal will be in it too.
I'll find the "remote" the best gadget man has ever invented.
howd they do??
I'm in the Philippines right now and I'm waiting for the Donaire fight to be put on over free TV. I guess, so are most of the Filipinos here. That may account for the silence on these boards about it.
I can't get Tarver. It's not on here.
There's another fight which will be on a competing channel-- a local one-- which shall be aired at about the same time as Donaire-Maldonado (I believe). The card has Rey Bautista in his first appearance after the loss to Ponce De Leon. A Filipino prospect named AJ Banal will be in it too.
I'll find the "remote" the best gadget man has ever invented.
Doniare is my second favorite fighter under 120 pounds next to Arce.
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There Sopcasts for Tarver card? Same with the JCC jr card?
I'd only watch Calderon on the other PPV though. Big fan, and I always like watching the low divisions.
actually, that Mexican-filled PPV that no one is buying sounds guarenteed to be very exciting.
Arce is always fun to watch, and Singsurat actually has a win over Pacquiao.
JCC jr is fun to watch to me so far, and he may be taking a huge step up in class this time.
Calderon is as skilled as they come.
The Showtime one is pretty nice too really, not amazing fights or anything but it features some pretty experienced and good fighters.
the reason theyre not getting a lot of hype is that when it gets down to it, these fights wont effect rankings all that much or anything. not to mention everyone is ridiculously obsessed with Mayweather vs. Hatton.
But I think there will be very good fights tonight, theyll be fun to watch.
I don't think many people care for the divisions. How many people care about Light Heavy unless Hopkins, Jones, Tarver, Johnson or Dawson are fighting each other? Same with the top talent at 154. There isn't a lot of interest in those divisions because the top guys just don't fight each other.
Still big names fighting.. and I almost let it get away.
Luckily, I realized that it's the first Saturday of the month and SHO has to have a fight night, so I looked.
I don't think many people care for the divisions. How many people care about Light Heavy unless Hopkins, Jones, Tarver, Johnson or Dawson are fighting each other? Same with the top talent at 154. There isn't a lot of interest in those divisions because the top guys just don't fight each other.