Neither of them should have been penalized. It's part of the game as long as it is not malicious.
Give me six months and we won't be talking about the silly Callazo/Berto fight anymore. Hell, give me six weeks and we won't remember the damn thing.
Also, as of right now both Berto and Callazo would get beat by anybody in the top four or five of the division. Difference is that I think Berto still has some ceiling above him, whereas Callazo is much closer to hitting his.
If I hear Bob Papa say that Berto got dropped in the first round one more time I will literally slap him. Additionally, Lederman saying that Callazo won round 7 is one of the dumbest things I have ever heard in my entire life.
All of that being said, I had it six rounds for each fighter with the point deduction giving it to Callazo by a point. Although, Luis did not get robbed, it could be interpreted as going Berto's way by a point too.
Bob Papa and Harold Lederman shouldn't be allowed to procreate... especially given some of the scores that Julie Lederman has put together in the past couple years.
I hate Tony also, but I hate Cotto more. After Margarito scorched my boy Kermit (for the second damn time) I pretty accepted that he was the new last best hope to KO Miguel. And at least tonight he made good.
I don't think that Funeka got robbed, but I do think that the 113-113 score that HBO had was the right one (for a change). That being said, I like Nate Campbell, and I can see him getting the nod, and I was glad he won. I also did feel bad for Ali Funeka, he fought tough, and fought through both knockdowns.
However, something that I DO think is that anybody who can watch a close fight like that and proclaim anybody who disagrees with them a moron, all while misspelling the name of the one fighter they include in the title of the post, is actually a moron themselves. Come out of your ivory tower, you look like a jackass to all us down here on the ground.
Gomez is kind of a bum. Yes. But you know what? So is Gatti now. So it doesn't really matter. One young guy with a little potential who is low on skill and high on heart fighting one old guy with no more potential who is low on skill and high on heart. Let them do their damn thing, Gomez gets a so-so win, Gatti gets paid.
He's going to beat Cotto, he hits harder then anybody Cotto has ever fought (including Torres and Corley), and he is faster then anybody Cotto has fought (including Malinaggi and Quintana). People haven't seemed to notice that since his war with Torres, Cotto's people have been very careful not to put him in there with guys who can bang (I mean, Branco, Paulie, and Carlos? What, did you think I wouldn't notice?). However, against Zab they have a guy who not only has a left hand that lands like a train crash, but he has maybe the two quickest hands in the sport (I said maybe, get off my case). Odds wise I see the fight as a pick'um in reality. However, the old noggin' tells me that Zab is going to be too much for Cotto to handle.
Anybody smell Zab/Mosley, Zab/Cintron, or Zab/Spinks III????
Please son, Zab got rocked by Kostya and Baldomir, not Chop Chop Corley and Ricardo Torres. Cotto won't be dancing cause when he hits the canvas he's not getting back up.
PS - People need to realize that "chicken dance" is some of the lamest sounding shit ever.
No doubt man, it was just shocking. No other way of describing it.
There really should be some sort of award or grant or something established in Chico's memory. I wonder what organization one would go to (or lobby to) in order to encourage this to happen.
I really can't believe that he is gone. If Chico's friends or family do indeed frequent these boards (or any), I am so very very sorry for your loss. He was somebody that left the sport better than when he entered it and touched as well as inspired a lot of people. Hopefully this can provide you with even the smallest of comforts.
The guy had so much heart and will, and he was such a vibrant part of the sport, that it is hard for me, even now in the face of all this, to believe that he's not getting back up from this one. It is just very very sad.
youre an idiot. There was no ass whoopin or domination.
Floyd did the damn thing and Oscar didn't do shit. Bottom line. 116-112 is too fuckin' close for what happened. Oscar should be taken out back and shot like a lame horse for saying he thought he won that fight.
I am not a religious guy at all. A staunch atheist really. At times like this I wish it was not so. But I am a very firm believer in the idea that Diego is not gone as long as we remember him. In our thoughts, and fond memories, our adulation, Diego will be immortalized.
Thank you Diego. A thousand times over.
Corrales' corner doesn't stop the fight against Mayweather after the fifth knockdown. Instead he goes back to his corner wobbled. Chico is still buzzed at the start of the next round, and Floyd senses that he can get his guy out of there. He swarms Diego, throwing quick combinations, Chico stumbles back towards the ropes. Floyd goes to chase just as Corrales unloads a monster left hook that lands cleanly on Floyd's chin, the only one that has landed cleanly all night. Floyd is more buzzed than he has ever been in his career and ever will be again. Chico is coming forward now, a new urgency in his step as he senses the time has turned. He unleashes a blistering right hand that has Mayweather on his heels. Floyd tries to clinch now, but can't seem to find his way through a barrage of Corrales power shots. A crunching left uppercut snaps the Pretty Boy's head back and he crumbles to the canvas. The referee stands over and starts to count, but he stops when he reaches the count of five and waves his arms in the air. There is no need to continue, Floyd's not getting up. Diego Corrales has just won the most high profile fight of his young career.
No disrespect to any fighter. But as far as I am concerned, there are many ways in which Diego knows no other equals as a fighter. His sheer will, heart, and bravery in the ring were the stuff of legends.
My favorite memory of Chico came after the brutal war with Castillo, not during. He had his troubles in his life before that, but after a tough fight which he dramatically and miraculously pulled out he chose not to talk about how great a fighter he was. He didn't call out everybody in the division. He didn't talk any trash. He was humble, he described the fight as an honor to have been part of. He thanked Castillo and called him a warrior. He took the opportunity to shout out about cancer research. It was a very touching and humane moment from a fighter who was brutal in the ring and had dark areas in his personal life. It reaffirmed to me everything that I liked about this fighter on his most heroic of nights.
I love Sheika, he is a very fun action fighter who always goes balls to the wall and gives it his all, but he has been in some tough fights and taken some real beating against some real fighters. I'm not sure how much he has left as a real threat to big name fighters.
I was always a firm believer that Chico would get in regardless of any such petition. He holds wins over top pound for pound fighters like Acelino Freitas, Joel Casamayor, and Jose Luis Castillo. He has beaten tough fighters, champions, and former champions like Angel Manfredy, Smoke Gainer, and Roberto Garcia. His only career losses came against Castillo, Casamayor, Mayweather, and Clottery (far north of where he was at his best).
Simply put, I sign this as a show of support for Chico, but in terms of getting in? I've never had a doubt.
Chico exemplified exactly everything that is still great about boxing. He fought everybody and ducked nobody. He always gave his all and never gave up. He was a champion. A warrior. A father. A husband. Today the world lost one of the great ones.
I hate Floyd, cause he talked all sorts of shit before getting all up in Chico's ass, but I was rooting for him over Oscar and he did the damn thing. The fact that it was split is a damn crime and Floyd made that shit look easy. Oscar did the best he could, it just wasn't even close to enough. Dude should retire cause he has no bigger paydays from here out.
For real, I thought the fight was pretty good. Both guys had their moments, there were a fair amount of punches thrown, alot of them being power punches, and both guys were highly skilled. Was it Corrales/Castillo? Gatti/Ward? Ali/Fraizer? No. No. No. But who thought it was going to be. The fight exceeded my expectations.
I only see his speed in evading any sort of mother fucking exchange, there is effective boxing and ineffective, against anybody who knows how to actually cut off the ring Dirrell would be dead in the water.