What fight did you watch recently/last night

[The Surgeon]

Maidana vs Morales
April 9, 2011
interim WBA Light Welterweight Championship

Just finished watching this fight again. It's always good to be reminded of why guys like Morales are so liked in this sport. A true heart of a warrior.

Big fan of that fight particularly because i was so worried for Morales going in, and then he starts out looking so slow and his eye gets mangled in the first round....

True great tho El Terrible, turns it into a nip and tuck affair

[young_robbed]

Tapia vs Ayala I & II
Both great fights exhbiting technically ability overall, I believe Tapia deserved to win both.

Cooper vs Moorer
A fantastic heavyweight slugfest, shows Moorer's toughness and heart imo.. And shows Cooper's unused potential. he had power.

[McGoorty]

I just watched The Great A's film of "Tough" Georgie Abrams Vs Fred Apostoli....... Man it's a great fight... a donnybrook even. It's the way boxing is supposed to be, non-stop punching and no backward steps. If You ain't seen this one,... well, just watch it or you're only half boxing fans. It's the first time I've seen Abrams fight and he is a real goer. I just cannot imagine how exciting the Georgie Abrams Vs Fred Henneberry fight must have been,...... a Total war no doubt (Henneberry won),........... those two would have torn up the stadium.-------------- incidentally, TheGreatA's channel is really something else.

[1SILVA]

Wow cheers JAB.

Kessler vs Froch

Round 1 Froch( extremely close)

Not much in this round, Kessler landed some rights to
the body and scored with the jab a little, Froch however
scored with a left hook, cuffing right hand and was
a little more active, although this could easily be called even.

Round 2 Kessler
Not much in this round either, Kessler was touching
Froch upstairs and downstairs whilst Froch was a little inactive
and waiting, although he did seem to score at the end a little
, both rounds 1 & 2 were pick em rounds so i split the difference
and give them one each, as i do feel Froch may just! of edged
round 1 on the harder punches

Round 3 Froch

Froch started well with the jab but let Kessler come on mid
round as Kessler was able to touch him to the body, although
toward the end Froch put that left hook right hand together
and came alive down the stretch to score with the more solid
punches to punctuate the round imo

Round 4 Froch
Not much in the round early but mid round Froch landed
a solid right hand and then a lead uppercut that landed clean
, he also scored the jab toward the end, Kessler came back a little
but a Froch round for me.

Round 5 Froch
Clearest round of the fight to score, Froch landed a serious
of solid punches on Kessler, Froch landed those long reaching looping
shots

Round 6 Kessler (very close)

This was hard to score because Kessler was more aggressive
and consistent but also got caught by some solid shots himself,
he started the round landing the jab and he scored a good
combo to the stomach then landed a nice left hook on Froch
, but toward the end he was getting caught with a few solid shots
from Froch whilst applying that pressure, although he did trap
Froch on the ropes and scored another body attack, could of
gone either way but i like Kessler's consistency & aggression, oh
Kessler landed a nice right hand on Froch this round to.

Round 7 Kessler
Much better round for Kessler as he seemed to zero on better
with his accuracy, he was more active and scored a combo early
where he went downstairs and brought a right hand over the
top, he also landed a short inside left hook after that, Kessler
caught Froch again toward the end as he closed out the round
better and nailed Carl when he left himself off balance

Round 8 Kessler
Not much in the round early, although Kessler did land a nice
counter right hand but Froch seemed to score with the jab throughout
the middle portion of the round, however Kessler nailed him
with another counter right hand that hurt him, Kessler then
pinned him against the ropes and put his punches together

Round 9 Froch

Better round for Froch as he landed the jab and scored
with an uppercut early, toward the end he was nailing Kessler
with his wild **** that comes out out of left field

Round 10 Froch

Both answered each others attacked this round but Froch
managed to edge infront by landing the more solid
cleaner punches, he also got the best of Kessler in the exchanges imo.

Round 11 Kessler (tough round to score)

Kessler started well letting his hands go in combination
as he went downstairs with the combo then brought it back
up top, he was also consistent the whole round imo, Froch
nailed him mid round but he also nailed Froch with the biggest
punch of the round, a right hand, Froch came back toward the
end but i liked Kessler's consistency over the round, he sustained
his attack more imo.

Round 12 Kessler (very hard to score)
This round could of gone either way but i think what tipped
it was that Kessler landed more solid punches on Froch that
were also harder punches imo, he also closed the round out
right toward the end, Froch closed it out to but what was more
pivotal for me was that Kessler closed it out with like 10 seconds
to go, Froch did his best work 20 seconds before that.


I had it a draw but given the fact i made a note beside each of
the 3 rounds Kessler won on my card that each of those rounds were extremely
hard to score and could of gone either way and i only gave Froch the benefit of the
doubt in one round (round 1), then i guess you could say i was a little
bit kinder to Kessler and that, that should be a sign that Froch might have
slightly edged it, it was a very close fight to score though so maybe a draw was
a fair reflection.

I felt Kessler could of had more success if had he put more sustained pressure
on Froch, Froch is a guy that cant fight aswell going backward but he can cope to
a degree, particularly when you are not applying consistent sustained pressure, Kessler
was closing distance methodically imo, only in a few rounds did he really fight the kinda
fight im talking about and keep the pressure on Froch, he won those rounds clearer to
, now the reason i feel it would of benefited Kessler more to put more sustained
pressure on Froch is because Froch gets wide when pressure and does not have good
technique, he wings punches when pressure is put on him and leaves his chin out, that is why keeping the pressure on him would of worked wonders imo. Also i think maybe Froch's
workrate was so poor BECAUSE! he was backed up, he knew if he let hands go Boxing
off the backfoot that he would leave himself more exposed because he does not trust his
technique, therefore he played it safe and tried to pick his spots more although it worked
against him as he was too inactive a lot of the time.


Froch for his part should of been trying to back Kessler up and take advantage of him backing
up straight and followed him with those long looping shots, Kessler did a better job
of not going back straight but he still did it occasionally and paid for it when Froch
threw his wild long loopey punches.
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Angulo
Joel Julio
Joel Julio
Joel Julio
Joel Julio (Angulo came on toward the end)
Angulo (close but Angulo was more consistent for me)
Joel Julio
Angulo (harder shots, although closish)
Angulo
Joel Julio

Angulo went back to walking in the front
door on Joel Julio he then timed a right hand over
the top of Julio's jab that dropped him, Julio
got up but ref waved it off.

Angulo still troubled be lateral movement, he was
reset by the movement and hit with quick fire combo's
from Julio, although toward the end his desperation turned
into more sustained pressure, great shot that finished it.

February 25, 1989. Buster Douglas vs trevor Berbick

A totally one-sided 10 round decision for the future Tyson conqueror. Tyson kept berbock completely at bay with his piston like left jab. Buster had a tremendous left jab and sharp right cross. Berbick had no answers for Buster on thos evening.

October 31, 1982. Azumah Nelson vs Irving Mitchell.

This was the professor's first fight after his classic war with Salvador Sanchez. Mitchell ran and threw several ineffective punches before being put to sleep by a signature azumah right cross in the 5th.

[The Surgeon]

Cotto vs Torres - WHAT......A......FIGHT!


Seriously it was even better than i remember, great great fight! Someone is either down or badly hurt every round, How Cotto survived round 2 i'll never know! His Body shots were brutal in that fight, he REALLY dug em in viciously and thats what won em the fight in reality



Barrera vs Kelly - Kelly was very poor and it was more of a sparring session but man it was Vintage Barrera, he had everything working beautifully in there, the jab, the defence, the body shots - the works!

Ortiz vs Harris / Esalas - Harris takes a few counts and then Vic eats two big counter shots flush going for the close, luckily he takes them (Vivian probably didnt have the legs to generate true power). The Finish is special, sweetest shortest right hook i ever saw...

Esalas took a beating but again after dropping his man Ortiz rushed in and got bombed to the deck with a right hand ala the Maidana fight. He did it against Berto too, he has to be more careful trying to close the show

[joseph5620]

Tszyu vs Hurtado

I had forgotten how exciting that fight was for as long as it lasted.

[1SILVA]

Cheers Shadows, im gonna have to watch this now Lol.


Mora vs Povetkin

Round 1 Povetkin 10/8

Not much happened early but Povetkin managed to drop
Mora with a leaping left hook, Povetkin showed good
poise and threw accurate shots when he had Mora pinned on
the ropes instead of getting wild.

Round 2 Povetkin 10/8

Povetkin dropped Mora again in this round

Round 3 Povetkin

Povetkin more active this round and countered better in
this round to, showed good headmovement to avoid punches
when inside letting his hands go

Round 4 Mora

Mora was more active this round and managed to get through
Povetkin's defence when he laid inside, Povetkin had a decent
finish but not enough to take the round imo

Round 5 Povetkin came out landed the leaping left early and
followed up dropping Mora with a combination as the ref
waved it off when he hit the canvas.


As i noted in Povetkin's last fight against Nolan you can see the subtle changes
Teddy Atlas has made, whether it be effective against better opponents is still to be
tested, Povetkin is moving his head more, fighting more patiently, showing good speed and
putting his punches together nicely, but as i said you have to factor in who he is
doing it against, lets see if he can be effective that way against a quality opponent.

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Marco Huck vs Richards.

Round 1 Richards (kind)

Richards was more active, dictated the pace and went to the
body whilst Huck was largely inactive.

Round 2 Huck

Huck came alive this round as he landed a serious of right hands
as he let them go with wreckless abandon.

Round 3 Richards tried to pressure Huck but caught a serious
of right hand counters for his trouble, one of the right hands
earlier in the round seem to catch him on top of the head, that had him down,
however
he managed to get up and fight on but he went back into
the danger zone and got nailed again with a number of right
hands, he was eventually put down again and the ref stopped the fight, well
fell on top of him Lol.

Huck never changes, wild wreckless, poor technique, fights in spots and almost
never fails to respond when he gets caught with a hard punch.

July 15, 1995. WBC/IBF 108 pound title
Chiquita Gonzalez vs Saman Sorjatorung
1995 FOTY

rd 1-With 30 seconds left in the round, both men land several power shots.
rd 2-Early in the round, Chiquita goes down by a right cross.
rd 4-Gonzalez hurt by another right cross. Chiquita can't avoid Saman's right.
rd 5-Chiquita stuns Saman early with left cross. MidwAy through the round, he drops Saman with right to the body. Both of Saman's eyes are swollen.
rd 6-Chiquita is killing saman's body, knocking him down again.
rd 7-Both men stand toe-to-toe. Chiquita goes down from a vicious left hook. Saman lands several consecutive rights before ref stops the fight, making Saman the new Unified 108 pound champion.

[ghns1133]

marciano walcott

cotto mosley

hagler hamsho 2

frazier ellis

duran-takayama, ishamatsu

[rorymac]

Just watched Tyson vs Spinks again..... didn't take up much of my time though...

[The_Demon]

Breland/Davis is on ESPN classic right now,excellent scrap and a stunning finish