maidana is clearly the better more accomplished fighter..maidana peak prime was his run w robert garcia as his trainer..really improved maidana..mattysee was great but mentally not as tough and that was the difference..maidana beat floyd mayweather
nobody wants to see benvidez fight plodding slow footed handed old zurdo..benvidez should of fought optai..who he seems to want no part of..mbilli is the next best guy at 168 so canelo gets credit
Fury would of won if they fought when the fight was set..before wilder ruined it.. now idk. fury is nowhere near prime form and is more vulnerable than ever...prime for prime Fury wins..now...idk
clear win for ward..ward retired too early..He chose to go out with gift win over aging kovalev and avoided bivol and beterbiev..tough competition is why he retired..loved ward great fighter technically sound but he lost first kovalev fight and it's criminal the low lows he got away with in the rematch and won off a series of low blows. thought reff was gonna finally take points but he stopped the fight. we were all disgusted
How Biv can convincingly win the rematch. Stand his ground and throw more instead of disengaging after being up on points. Biv has a big edge in hand speed so use it. Bet struggles to counter combos especially at range.
Judges are harsh towards "being negative" or disengaging once you're up on points. A boxer must fight like he WANTS a DOMINANT win.
Bet's trainer Marc Ramsay understands professional boxing. He instructed Bet to turn it up in the second half. He knows judges like throwing shots and coming forward even when it doesn't land.
Final Scorecard: Bivol 115-113 Beterbiev
Bivol: 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 12
Beterbiev: 4, 6, 8, 10, 11
I've included some incomplete notes about the rounds.
Round 1 Bivol controls the round with his jab. Bivol lands a cute left hook. A right hand. A right hand to the body. Bet gets a nice right hand in but also takes a counter right.
Round 2 Good left hook downstairs from Bet. Biv scoring lotta points with his jab. Good right hand downstairs from Bet. Biv lands a check left hook that makes Bet hesitant for the rest of the round. Biv lands a right hand.
Round 3 Bet right hand to the body. Biv right hand to the body. Biv lands 3 or 4 power shots to the head of Bet. Bet lands a right around the guard. Biv counters Bet with a right. Biv counters Bet with another right. Bet gets a right hand down the pipe in. Bet lands two rights around the guard. Biv punctuates the round with a counter.
Round 4 Biv landed the cleaner punches, but Bet outworked him and was coming forward. I think the judges liked this. A could go either way round that I scored for Bet.
Round 5 Biv stands his ground this round. Lands a beautiful right hand downstairs then right upstairs looking like Mayweather. Bet eats a counter right. Biv with a crispy check left hook you can hear the crunch. Good jabbing from Bet lands a power jab. Bet lands a good long range right hook downstairs. Excited Bet lunges in and gets countered.
Round 6 Best Bet round so far. Biv was too passive in the 1st 2 minutes. Bet seals the deal in the final 30 seconds with a bodyshot that HURT Biv
Round 7 Biv good right hand counter about 25 seconds in. Jab-right hook around the guard. Crunchy jab to the body from Biv. Biv lands two jabs to the face. Biv scores points with combos where 2 shots land. Biv lands a big 2-3 counter about 1:55 into the round. Follows it up with landing 2 or 3 more shots. Biv ucks up by being happy with his lead in points. Goes negative and allowing Bet to punctuate the end of the round with a relentless come forward pressure
Round 8 A jabbing round where Bet lands most of the power punches.
Round 9 CLEAR Bivol round despite taking his foot off the gas in the final minute and being happy with his points lead.
Round 10 Bet outworks Biv. Bivol was too negative and barely threw anything besides a landed 2 punch combo later into the round
Round 11 Biv dominates the 1st minute giving Bet a boxing lesson. Bet gets his revenge in the next 2 minutes of the round and taxes that ass. Biv limited inside fighting skill showed.
Round 12 Biv did the cuter cleaner work. Bet was more active. Biv shoots himself in the foot by scoring points THEN chilling opening up the possibility for a could go either way round.
Beterbiev won rds 3,7,12 plus the rds you mentioned it was a clear competitive win for beterbiev 116-112
Sturm lost to the much smaller out of shape Oscar delahoya. Oscar deserved that win..he pushed forward and dug deep..if Oscar was in top shape he would of won even more convincing
This ghetto punk couldn't ko PDL while midget Mares did, yet he thinks he can whoop on Maidan who is levels above PDL?:thinking:
Maidana will destroy broner!!
Close fight. Marquez rocked bradley few times and deff landed better shots. Marquez won last round marquez was off balance at end of rd and he rocked Bradly in last rd. I had marquez winning 115-113. Bradly has 3 loses in my book.
Lucas fight better comp than Garcia! Lucas was robbed by judah and really by Alexander. Lucas got better since than. Garcia almost got ko by past prime judah and landed lucky punch on Khan. Lucas destroys Garcia!!!
Beterbiev clearly won't this fight..he walked bivol back entire fight he threw over 225 more punches he out jabbed the boxer and landed more power punches..bivol wasn't busy enough and was busted up and hurt last half of fight..biased terrible commentators always influence these casuals..the only score that was correct was the 116-112 score.teddy atlas picked bivol to win but scored the fight for bivol 115-113..
Well deserved win for Taylor..Serrano was one leading w that hammer head...Taylor is.passed her prime and still beat Serrano 2 times no need for a 3rd fight..Taylor has the belts is 2-0 against her Serrano brings nothing to the table for a 3rd fight..retire katy
Here come the Lucas fangirls...
Lucas would destroy broner!! Maidana would even destroy that pretender!! Paulie beat broner!!! Broner is all hype!!! He gets destroyed first time he fights a legit top welter!!
That's not true, HBO commentators are notorious for being cheerleaders and very unprofessional. Larry Merchant thinks if a fighter is not getting his brains beat out that he's ''boring'', what type of guy is that to have calling fights. They did the same to Floyd in the Baldomir fight, prior to round one it was "Baldomir is the toughest guy Floyd has faced" then after round twelve he was a bum and Floyd cherry picked him. The HBO crew have also ruined a lot of Hopkins' fights, they don't know how to appreciate the science of the sport.
Floyd deff lost the castillo fight! Delahoya fight could of gone either way
Marquez controlled the fight! Marquez landed the better cleaner punches snd more power punches. Marquez dictated the fight .Bradley ran alot. I had marquez winning a close fight. HBO commentators were bias to Bradley(gotta watch fight with sound off). All i no is Bradley is lucky he fought a 40yr old marquez. Bradley would of had no chance against a younger Marquez! Lets not 4get marquez is a small welterweight.