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I remember in the Mannion fight the commentators weren't really big on McCallum, calling him mechanical. While it may be true that he was mechanical at times he was probably the best "mechanical" fighter I've ever seen. This fight was also one of my favorite displays of bodypunching by him. -
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I feel the Conteh/Saad fight is a bit overrated in terms of action, people act as though it was a war but it was battle of the jabs for most of the way, albeit a very watchable fight.Originally posted by 1SILVA View Post
Mannion got took apart down the stretch once he tired, i felt McCallum was in control most of the way but there were moments when Mannion's awkward style made him a lil uncomfortable, however down the stretch it was target practice, thats just what i remember. Agree i reckon he would of beat Duran/Hearns, lost to Leonard and it would of been 50/50 with Hagler imo.
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Rodel Mayol vs Romero
Round 1 even
Round 2 Mayol hurt Romero with an uppercut in this round
Round 3 Mayol complained about a low blow
and instead of stopping he jumped
straight on Mayol and landed a punch which knocked
Mayol out and put him flat on his back, the ref tried to stop Romero as he
held Romero's right arm and said stop but Romero clumped him with the other
hand Lol.
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Micky Roman vs Escalante
Round 1 Escalante
Round 2 Escalante
Round 3 Roman (kind)
Round 4 Escalante
Round 5 Roman
Round 6 Escalante
Round 7 Escalante
Round 8 Escalante 10/8
Round 9 Roman
Round 10 Escalante what a round, what a war.
Terrific fight, FOTY candidate.
Escalante used movement and got off first and
that was just enough to keep him out infront for
most of the rounds. Roman too one dimensional but tough
as ****
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Danny Garcia vs Theophane
Round 1 Theophane(close)
Theophane landed the looping right a couple of times on
Garica and seemed to be dictating the rhythm of the round
toward the end.
Round 2 Theophane
Maybe im being kind to Theophane but i felt he nailed
Garcia with the best punch of the round and landed
a left hook toward the end, Garcia is waiting too long and
allowing Theophane to dictate the pace and when he lulls
Garcia to sleep his is jumping in with the right hand and
left hooks.
Round 3 Theophane
Theophane scored early with two of those looping rights and toward the end
he was actually backing Garcia up and nailing him with left hooks.
Round 4 Garcia
Better round for Garica as he countered Theophane with a left right combo and
backed up him up the rest of the round, he fought more aggressively which is
what he should of been doing from round 1 imo, that said Theophane still
couldn't miss him with the looping right hand
Round 5 Theophane
Garcia is waiting again this round and fighting Theophane's fight, Theophane
landed with right hands and left hooks this round, Garcia needs to turn up the heat and
stay on Theophane.
Round 6 Garcia
Garcia countered with the better shots this round
Round 7 Garcia
Garcia countering with the cleaner harder punches again in this round, Garcia
hurt Theophane mid round as was looking to jump back on him and get him
outta there
Round 8 Theophane
Garcia invited Theophane to attack by dropping his hands but got careless and got
nailed in this round
Round 9 even
Garcia won this round imo but he had a point taken for a low blow it seemed a little
harsh to me
Round 10 Garcia
Garcia was more consistent over the round
Theophane won this fight imo however the point deduction was key. Garcia fought
Theophane's fight early on as he let Theophane dictate to the rhythm of the fight,
Garcia was being made to reset and getting nailed with raiding attacks because he
was too tight due to the fact he was flat footed and looking to load up imo, Garcia
did better when he tried to counter Theophane's attacks, that said he was still getting
nailed throughout the fight with Theophane's looping right hands and left hooks.
Garcia's defence looked terrible in this fight as he was hit time and again by Theo's
overhand right, he fought too sqaure and was looking for too many singles early on.
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Vasquez vs Sonsona
Round 1 Sonsona
Close cautious round but Sonsona's straight left may have
taken this round
Round 2 Vasquez
Vasquez did a better job pressuring Sonsona and countering,
Sonsona is reaching and looking for big shots that seemed to be leaving
him off balance
Round 3 Vasquez
Vasquez trapped Sonsona on the ropes and scored to body
and head through this round, Sonsona is loading up too much imo
Vasquez trapped Sonsona on the ropes and Sonsona could
of slipped away but he decided to invite Vasquez in,
Vasquez obliged by landing a left hook to the body
that dropped Sonsona who went down after a delayed reaction
, Sonsona did not seem to be able or want to get up as he was too
hurt.
Props to Vasquez as he fought a smart fight by pressuring Sonsona
waiting and looking to counter what Sonsona threw, Vasquez applied educated
pressure and managed trap Sonsona on the ropes quite a few times and go to the body
, Sonsona showed his inexperience as he was content to lay on the ropes at times
or get trapped there, Sonsona really did not look comfortable leading
to Vasquez and when he did throw he tended to be throwing knockout punches
that were leaving himself exposed when he missed, Sonsona still needs to work on his
ring generalship to avoid getting trapped on the ropes and adapt a better inside game
, that said he is only 19 and looks to have been pushed too far too soon imo. I would
like to see someone like Roach train Sonsona as he could probably iron a few
kinks out, Sonsona will come again as he has the talent.
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Victor Ortiz vs Alatorre
Round 1 Victor Ortiz
Not much effective from either guy but Ortiz controlled the
pace and landed a couple of lefts imo.
Round 2 Victor Ortiz
Not much in this round until Victor Ortiz closed out the
round by landing a counter left that staggered Alatorre, he
also landed a hook combo in this round to
Round 3 Victor Ortiz
Victor Ortiz started to find a rhythm in this round as he countered
with his best punches of the fight.
Round 4 Victor Ortiz
Alatorre forced the pace this round but it brought more offense
out of Ortiz as he got off inside with his uppercut early on
then counter punched Alatorres attacks for the rest of the
round
Round 5 Victor Ortiz
Round 6 Victor Ortiz
Victor Ortiz more assertive this round as he left his hands
go a bit more freely mixing in left and right hooks.
Round 7 Victor Ortiz
Ortiz landed some hard straight left in this round/
Round 8 Victor Ortiz
teeing off on Alatorre this round with hard shots, it more like a
sparring session than a fight.
Round 9 Victor Ortiz
Much of the same, Ortiz landing his counters and Alatorre offering up
no offense
Round 10 Ortiz came out aggressively looking for the KO and got it as he
put Alatorre on his back, he could of done this in round 1 imo but he
seemed to want to go rounds, dont know how much good this fight did
him as Alatorre offered up no offense at all, Ortiz fought Antonio
Diaz the fight before this one so this was clearly a step down.
Ortiz showed good ring generalship as he negotiated his was around the
ring smoothly and countered with the cleaner work, Ortiz right uppercut
straight left is an effective combo of his, i also like the counter right hand he
throws where he dips to the side slightly and throws it.
Pretty boring fight to watch as it was more like a sparring session at times.Comment
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Last night....
Trinidad vs Pernil Whitaker
The whole time thinking..."damn, if only Sweet Pea was 5 years younger"!Last edited by guzi815; 03-01-2010, 11:35 AM.Comment
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The Conteh fight was probably the most tactical fight he ever engaged in. What I loved about Saad was how he kept getting stronger as the fight got into the championship rounds. A true, game warrior who's fights I can watch forever.Originally posted by Dynamite Kid View PostComment
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was at the escalante-mickey roman fight on friday. place was electric both put on a helluva fight!!!Comment
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Poonsawat vs Sidorenko
Round 1 Sidorenko
I felt Sidorenko was more economical but that he landed
the cleaner harder shots and was more accurate. Poonsawat
caught some pretty clean punches in the round whilst
Sidorenko blocked a few of his punches
Round 2 Poonsawat
Poonsawat used his legs more this round and kept it at
long range and outboxed Sidorenko
Round 3 Sidorenko
Tough round to score which could of easily of gone to Poonsawat as he was more
active but i just felt Sidorenko landed the harder/cleaner punches
Round 4 Poonsawat
Poonsawat took it back to long range and outboxed Sidorenko again, he also
nailed Sidorenko with some very nice uppercuts in this round.
Round 5 Sidorenko
I felt Sidorenko countered with the better shots this round
Round 6 Poonsawat
Close round but i felt Poonsawat took over down the stretch and was more active, only
this time he was not catching as many clean shots from Sidorenko who through
less in this round imo.
Round 7 Poonsawat
Sidorenko closed better but i felt for most of the round Poonsawat overwhelmed
him with activity as he forced him backwards on his heels
Round 8 Poonsawat
I gave round 3 to Sidorenko and in this round i thought he did better dealing with Poonsawat's
pressure but i still felt Poonsawat was overwhelming him too much so
i went for Poonsawat as i gave Sidorenko the benefit of the doubt in round 3
which could of easliy gone to Poonsawat.
Round 9 Sidorenko
Sidorenko did a better job of countering Poonsawat this round as he used a lot
more of the ring problem is that might have taken a lot of energy to do
Round 10 Sidorenko
Repeat of the last round as Sidorenko used his legs and countered Poonsawat
Round 11 Sidorenko
Poonsawat put more pressure on this round as he came out more very purpsoful but
he got nailed on the way in too much and was not effective enough with his own
work
Round 12 Poonsawat (kind)
I will be kind to Poonsawat in this round as he put on hella pressure and really tried
hard to win the round, Sidorenko also had a decent round but he fought too negative
imo.
Sidorenko showed me he could adapt in this fight, at first it was apparent that if Poonsawat
stayed inside with Sidorenko that he would be giving him a chance to get off, as Sidorenko needs
the opponent to be that 6 inch closer to him to counter outta the peek a boo style,
Poonsawat obliged him by laying inside and Sidorenko is a better inside fighter than
Poonsawat, not better offensively inside, but better defensively, he knows how to catch
and throw whilst Poonsawat just throws and does not catch as much to protect himself.
Poonsawat started to realize that Sidorenko was having his way in centre ring when
they went at it inside so he decided to take it to long range, Sidorenko was outboxed
when he was drawn foward as Poonsawat took away those few inch Sidorenko needs
to get off because of his peek a boo style. Despite having success using his legs and
Boxing Sidorenko, Poonsawat(next round) went back to going toe to toe with Sidorenko in centre
ring and giving him a chance to get off, Sidorenko won that round imo, Poonsawat
took it back to long range in the next round and won that round but here is where
Sidorenko cleverly adapted, he let Poonsawat box but instead of going to Poonsawat
he made Poonsawat come to him and Poonsawat's boxing from long range was not
as effective when he was made to come foward with it, on the backfoot it was effective
whilst Sidorenko was coming foward but not when he had to come foward because
Sidorenko was able to counter punch himself when Poonsawat came foward, Poonsawat
realizing that Sidorenko had apated to that changed his own game, instead of coming
foward Boxing Sidorenko and getting countered he decided to pressure Sidorenko and
to put it on his toes, now Sidorenko could counter effectively when Poonsawat boxed
his way in because Poonsawat would close the distance slower when he boxed his
way in and that gave Sidorenko time to set up his counters, but when Poonsawat
decided to press him with intense pressure he started to take over and Sidorenko
looked to be struggling with the pace and was unable to find the effective counters
like he had done previously, Sidorenko
adapted again though, he decided to use the ring and offset Poonsawat so Poonsawat
would have to chase him and and would find it harder to get off, Sidorenko then
countered him when he had the chance, i thought it was a risky strategy as Poonsawat puts
that much pressure on that i felt Sidorenko might tire himself out but he managed
to keep it up and take most of the late rounds.
Excellent adaptability from Sidorenko who landed the cleaner/harder punches
throughout and showed a better defense.
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Bernard Dunne vs Poonsawat
Round 1 Bernard Dunne
Bernard Dunne used the jab and movement to offset
Poonsawat, Dunne then mixed in the hook of the jab and
a couple of rights, clear round for Dunne
Round 2 Bernard Dunne
Poonsawat beginning to apply consistent pressure and making
Dunne fight, Dunne just kept him out by landing sharp counters
but he was made to work hard for it
Round 3 Poonsawat went back to pressing Dunne and when he got intight
he hit Dunne with a left hook to the body then brought it up top and and
dropped Dunne, Dunne got up but he was dropped another two times as
the ref called it off.
Dunne did well when he used movement and kept it long, he was able to make
Poonsawat eat the jab at times but as soon as Poonsawat started to find his rhythm
and put the pressure on and make Dunne fight, Dunne ended up getting embroiled
in a bit of a fight that was starting to lead to Poonsawat finding his way inside more,
when he got inside he hammered Dunne with a hook to the body and head that
started the beginning of the end.Comment
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Just want to let you know Dynamite, this is my favorite thread in the history section. Love watching old fights and discussing it here in this thread. Will be watching Bonecrusher-Witherspoon and Jackson-Graham tonight.Originally posted by Dynamite Kid View PostComment
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Ha Ha nice one 1SILVA, i love going through them with you and getting your take on them.Originally posted by 1SILVA View Post
Bonecrusher-Witherspoon and Jackson-Graham tonight? look foward to hearing your take
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Escalante is no doubt a future world champion. The Roman fight is the FOTY so far.Originally posted by Dynamite Kid View PostComment
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