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andre dirrell gets popped and went down at the end of round 3. Lucky for him it was at the end of the round. This second Dirrell fight is a pretty good one, surprisingly. In round 5 now. This Alfonso Rocho is a tough kid. He's hangin in there with the broken nose, still looking for the one big shot.

I'm not sure he could control himself, ... what with all the ring girls between rounds. Of course, he may try to eat Larry Merchant's ear, too, during the broadcast. Now, I might buy a ppv to see that. lol Maybe he should do more advising to Zab Judah. He's done a terrific job there.

Good fight. Too bad it was only 6 rounds. Would have liked to have seen that second fight go further. Alfonso Rocha was a tough kid. Unanimous Decision for Andre Dirrell in the second 6-round fight: 58-55 58-55 58-55 Dirrell won all the rounds, except for the 3rd went he got popped in a 2-pt round. Good comeback for him. It was kind of funny after Dirrell got knocked down, and in the corner between rounds, his trainer says: "what are you doing, this is national tv."

I don't think Calzaghe would do well going up in weight, actually think Lacy might be better served to move to light heavyweight than Calzaghe. Do think Joe could do very well with his speed and power at Middlewight. Then he would have more options for a name fight. I heard some announcer on Friday Night Fights mention that Calzaghe was having trouble even making weight at SMW, and that therefore they said it would be more likely for him to move up in weight rather than down. But, who knows. Super Joe knows, I guess. lol I'd just like to see the guy fight a BIG name fighter either way.

That was kind of a waste of time. One would think that ESPN could get some better fights for national television. I don't mind seeing young and up-and-coming fighters and prospects, but they should really schedule some better competition. Brown was just bad. Of course, he'll pick up his check without taking much damage, which is likely what he wanted to do. Brown lost another one. Big surprise, eh? The crowd was even booing. Nice going ESPN.

I had noticed that Valuev-Beck is set for June 3 in Hanover, Germany, the same night as Corrales-Castillo III, which I don't intend to miss. (Their 1st fight was really something to see.) I also noticed that Alexander Povetkin appears to be fighting on an undercard to Valuev-Beck that night in Hanover. Povetkin is fighting some guy named Livin Castillo apparently. I wouldn't mind checking out the Valuev and Povetkin fights. I'm actually just as interested in seeing Povetkin as Valuev. Anyone know if these fights are being broadcast somewhere? U.S.?

anyone know what channel the boldamir/gatti fight is gonna be on. Cuase their add doesnt mention shit about it. i've seen several schedules (espn/fightnews, etc) as showing it on regular HBO (not ppv) on July 22

has anyone watched or is planning to watch tomorrow's (Weds) fight on the online ppv jumptv.com? I'm just wondering how the jumptv service is as far as quality, etc?

thanks, ... I just saw that, too, in Dan Rafael's article espn.com: Although ticket holders can receive a full refund if they want one, the show will go on, even though Arum estimated that he will lose $1 million or more, not to mention potential lawsuits from Showtime and host casinos Caesars Palace and the Wynn Resort. Corrales said he was considering a lawsuit against Castillo. Showtime will still televise the originally scheduled co-feature at 9 p.m. ET/PT when flyweight titlist Vic Darchinyan (25-0, 20 KOs) of Australia defends against Luis Maldonado (33-0-1, 25 KOs) of Mexico. Corrales will be ringside to commentate on the Showtime broadcast. He would rather be in the ring. "I don't want to harm the sport I love," he said. "I sacrificed a lot. I did the work. For him to say he is sorry doesn't mean anything to me. Sorry is an empty word. He missed it twice."

Well the round by round says the fight was scored 115-113 for Juarez, 115-113 for Barrera, 114-114 a draw and fightn3s reports the fight changed to: 115-114, 115-113 Barrera, 115-114 Juarez, so Barrera actually wins a split decision. so two scores where changed no? heres the masterscorecard http://www.fightnews.com/barrera_juarez_scorecard.gif thanks for the scorecard. I thought when I first heard that the decision was changed that someone had went back and altered the scorecards. And, this scorecard with the clear changes in round 12 and to the total score just REALLY CONFIRMS that. The only scorecard really at issue is the middle one. To show that it wasn't a mistake, you just need to look at BOTH the round 12 and the total. Both round 12 AND the total were changed, indicating to me that foul play was at work. If it was just a scoring error, or an addition error the card would not look like it does. Obviously, round 12 originally had a "9" in it, and accordingly it was totaled up to "114". No mistake there. That was correct. The "114" in the total confirms that the "9" was correctly there. So, the alleged "mistake" was not only in round 12, but in the total, too? I don't buy it. It looks very clear that they went back and changed the "9" in round 12 to a "10" and then also had to re-total thereby changing the "114" to a "115". The fact that they had to change the "114" to a "115" just confirms that there was foul play.

I didn't think Juarez lost "all" the early rounds. I had Barrera at 5-3 through 8 rounds. Most were close, with Barrera getting some close nods due to his jab that didn't do as much relative damage. But, I also remember that Juarez did do some real damage to Barrera early on, and that as the fight went on the damage only got worse for Barrera. Barrera wasn't "boxing" as much later as he was in the earlier part of the fight when he won more of the rounds. I had Juarez winning more of the later rounds. I had no real problem with it being called a draw, but to call it a draw and then go back and change it after a so-called "scoring addition" just wreaks, especially when you see the scorecard tally, which clearly showed a *scorecard change* rather than an error. The card itself (posted in another thread here) originally showed a "10-9" 12th round from Morita for Juarez and then totaled it correctly as a "114" fight total for Barrera. There was no "scoring addition" error there. Then, someone went back and changed the "9" to a "10" for Barrera in the 12th round on Morita's card, which necessitated changing the fight total for Barrera from "114" to a "115". To me, it looks like a clear *scoring change*, not an error or miscalculation.

I jsut got done watching a show on Tyson vs Douglas, and they described how Don King tried to change the result of that fight, after it was over. Little did I realize that another Don King was at work a that very moment in LA after the Barrera-Juarez fight. What a joke. And, how do we know that the scorecard was not just CHANGED, post-fight? They can't add them up correctly? yeah, right.

well, if little jabs are what matters to one in boxing, then I could see how it could go to Barrera. But, to me, boxing is more than throwing a lot of little jabs that really don't do that much damage. It's a FIGHT. Who did the most damage?? http://www.fightnews.com/1photos/juarez_barrera2.jpg http://www.fightnews.com/1photos/juarez_barrera1.jpg http://www.fightnews.com/1photos/juarez_barrera6.jpg It's very hard to say that Barrera "won" that fight. Of course, if you work for HBO and have a lot of money down on it, then perhaps you can. Even after the fight and in the press conference, most thought Juarez had won. A visibly beat up Barrera then made his appearance, wearing a baseball cap pulled down far over his face. Barrera stated, “Boxing is a sport of appreciation. The main thing is that you—the fans and the media—are happy with what was a tremendous fight.” ... Juarez then asked the crowd who they thought won the fight. When the crowd overwhelmingly and jubilantly responded that they thought Juarez won the fight, the press conference was seemingly cut short, as De La Hoya intervened and thanked the fighters and everyone in attendance. Overall, the sentiment of the crowd seemed to be that Juarez had been deprived of a close but hard fought victory over the immensely popular Barrera. It just made matters worse that there was a problem with the scoring and that even the tabulation sheet prepared by the Commission seemed to have possibly first had the fight a draw and then after numerous revisions, a split decision was the final outcome. ... http://www.fightnews.com/rocco02.htm

Nagy took a knee. I couldn't blame the crowd for booing on that one. Go ROCKY!

I posted in the other thread on Valuev about this, as well. it looks like there'll be some interesting fights in Hanover that night. I wouldn't mind seeing Povetkin fight that night, as well as Valuev. Anyone know if there is any way to see this in the U.S.?

Barrera Wins -- Decision changed Jim Lampley just came on HBO and said the decision had been changed, as the judge who scored it 114-114 (Morita from Japan, iirc) supposedly actually had it 115-114 Barrera. So, according to Lampley, Barrera is the winner. No joke. Now, that's what robbery is. And, Don King wasn't even involved. Must be the Golden Boy at work, post-fight. ;)

anyone have a GIF of the Zab Dance handy? It was pretty funny.

I'm glad to see Baby Joe back but at what costs. I don't want to see anybody die in the ring, or even from a fight. But if the doctors cleared him, who are we to point a finger at a man from living out his dream. I just hope the doctors and Joe Mesi know what they are doing. Has Nevada cleared him to fight? My understanding is that a Nevada Judge ruled that the Nevada Boxing Commission (or whatever the full name is) could not continue to suspend his license there after the license expired. Thus, it appeared to me that Baby Joe won the court case by a technicality rather than on the merits. As far as I know, Mesi has not gone back to Nevada seeking a license. Obvioulsy, Puerto Rico must have given him a license, and I guess Lousiana has or will give him one, too. Any more word on this fight on July 5 or 7? The article linked in the original post mentioned it could be broadcast on ESPN? I'd like to see it. I hope Mesi and his medical advisors have got it right. It appears Joe must be having a hard time finding sparring partners as set forth towards the end of this article: http://www.niagara-gazette.com/sports/gnnsports_story_136234157.html?keyword=secondarystory