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Nazim just caught before the commission would have or the ref would have. Either way you will get caught its impossible to get away with
I wasn't making a statement of fact, I wrote "...it SEEMS..."
A lot of the time when TV footage is shown of the dressing room during the wrapping process, the guys in suits don't seem (that word again!) to be paying too much attention.
Personally, I don't think Marg's gloves were loaded against Cotto.
Nevada State Athletic Commission rules:
1. Bandages on the hand of an unarmed combatant may not exceed one winding of surgeon’s adhesive tape, not over 1 1/2 inches wide, placed directly on the hand to protect the part of the hand near the wrist. The tape may cross the back of the hand twice, but may not extend within three-fourths of an inch of the knuckles when the hand is clenched to make a fist.
2. Each unarmed combatant shall use soft surgical bandage not over 2 inches wide, held in place by not more than 6 feet of surgeon’s adhesive tape for each hand. Up to one 15-yard roll of bandage may be used to complete the wrappings for each hand. Strips of tape may be used between the fingers to hold down the bandages.
3. Bandages must be adjusted in the dressing room in the presence of a representative of the Commission and both unarmed combatants. Either unarmed combatant may waive his privilege of witnessing the bandaging of his opponent’s hands.
Link to full rules:
http://leg.state.nv.us/NAC/NAC-467.html
Thanks, Now according to this, shouldn't Cotto be putting some blame on the NSAC as well, he is accusing Marg of cheating against him.
Cotto's team didn't sound too sure of whether or not they had a team member present for the wrapping of Margarito's hands (on the recent HBO 24/7 show when it was discussed), whereas Marg's team were adamant that a Cotto representative WAS present. Also, a commission staff member WOULD have been overseeing things (I don't know how well-versed commission staff are, though, in the art of hand-wrapping: if Naazim Richardson hadn't spotted what was going on before the Mosley fight, it seems the commission rep would have let Margarito fight with loaded wraps).
Never bet really large amounts, but best wins were:
£400 (£100 at 4-to-1 on Margarito over Cotto)
£400 (£20 at 20-to-1 Lewis-Holyfield I to end in a draw)
Having blemishes on your record doesn't prevent you from being "elite".
To be considered elite you need to face other elite fighters - if you do this often enough then you will lose at some point, no matter how good you are.
Love watching him fight and will be rooting for him to win...I'm just a bit worried that where Montiel's shots tend to be quite wide, Donaire's straighter punches might nail KOchulito straight down the middle again and again.
Will be interesting to see what happens if/when Montiel lands something big on Donaire's chin...
I haven't seen Donaire's chin be tested properly yet. If KOchulito lands big, how will Nonito take it?
http://fightfranchise.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Fernando-Cochulito-Montiel.jpg
Would LOVE to see Erik win. I don't think Alfaro has ever fought above 140 and I believe Morales is the taller man, so it's not like Erik is in with a big, genuine welter: if Morales has enough gas in the tank he could do this. Erik didn't really take his punching power with him when he left SBW, so he may well have to go the distance, but as weight isn't an issue for him this time he should step into the ring fresh and able.
I scored it 6 rounds each as well. Before this fight I thought Barker was the real deal, but he'd punched himself out by the end of the sixth and looked like he was rocked a couple of times by a guy with only four knockouts to his name (plus Barker's corner were watching a different fight to everyone else). On this form he'd have no chance against an elite fighter. I can only guess that he wasn't 100% on the night.
Froch has significant height and reach advantages, and he CAN box when he wants to; so if he gets behind his jab (which is a good one WHEN he uses it!) he can keep AA outside. If he stands and trades, however, I can see him getting dropped. Froch has a decent chin, though, and his head clears quickly when he gets tagged with big stuff, so he could well rise from the deck to win as he did against Taylor. (Would probably be a decision over AA though.)
It will be interesting.
1. Morales vs Barrera I
2. Morales vs Pacquiao I
3. Corrales vs Castillo I
4. Vazquez vs Marquez III
5. Benn vs McClellan
6. Pryor vs Arguello I
7. Marquez vs Pacquiao I
8. Eubank vs Benn I
9. Larios vs Vazquez II
10. Hagler vs Hearns*
*would be higher if it had lasted longer!
Darren tonight:
Positives:
*Seems to be over the long-term injury
*Stamina is back
*Good hand speed
*Put the jab/right-hand one-twos together well
*Used the ring fairly well (early on)
Negatives:
*Leaves the right hand out there instead of snapping it back to a defensive position
*Got caught with more hooks than was necessary
*Allowed himself to be dragged into an ugly brawl
Overall, much better than last time out.
I'd fancy Barker to turn Macklin over.
Pryor interview:
http://www.boxing-monthly.co.uk/content/0511/two.htm
Boxing Monthly: "Subsequently, that career-high triumph became tarnished. In the later rounds, TV monitors recorded chief second Panama Lewis instructing his aides to pass up “the bottle I mixed earlier”, leading to suggestions of impropriety. So what was going on?"
Aaron Pryor: "Every place I go, people say: “What was in the water?” I don’t know! I didn’t give myself the water. Panama told me it was peppermint schnapps to help settle my stomach ‘cos I’d been burpin’! Shortly after, Panama got in trouble with another fighter’s gloves .
Because of that, people assumed he done something wrong with the black bottle in the Arguello fight. In the papers the next day, the media accused me of winning the fight illegally and, suddenly, all the credibility I earned for beating Alexis was up in the air. I’ve got a cloud over my head. I was cryin’. You can’t imagine how I was hurtin’.
That would never have come up if I’d had a urine test taken from me. I had to fight Alexis again just to clear my name."
Morales didn't seem to have a hard time hurting Maidana with those same Winning gloves.
Excellent point.
Timing and technique are more important than the brand of glove. Morales, a guy who left his punching power at 122, almost decked Maidana with a left hook whilst wearing those Winning gloves.
Arce is a real fighter. Nothing to hate about a guy like that. One of my all time favs
+1
Like you said, he's a proper fighter. Leaves everything in the ring, every time. Always entertaining, never stops throwing. One of my favourite 10 fighters ever.