I just watched it and this fight was just incredible. It's definitely one of the Top 10 fights that I have seen. There was just incredible action, back and forth, every round had it's moments. There was a good blend of skill and just grit and brutality also. Mayol might not have had a particularly good career since but back then he was a really, really good and dangerous boxer, I think he was ranked in the Top 3 by all of the major sanctioning bodies and rated #1 by the WBC. Eagle is a fighter who I really enjoy watching. His technique and style is very impressive and he had the heart of a warrior. It was very impressive the way that he won this fight, because around the 4th and 5th rounds, it looked like he was on the verge of being stopped. I had Mayol winning 5 of the first 6 rounds. By round 4, Eagle's right eye was nearly swollen shut and his left eye had a huge and nasty cut. He did great to recover and turn the fight around like he did.
Mayol really put it on him early and was landing a lot of hard, accurate punches but in the middle rounds Eagle managed to adjust to his style and started to pick him off and control and slow down his assault. Following round 6 I had him winning every other round of the fight and towards the end he was really brutalizing and hurting Mayol, culminating it by scoring a knockdown in the final round. I scored it 115-112 and I encourage more people to watch this fight because it really is very exciting. I think it shortened Eagle's career because even though he won, and deservedly so, I think he took more punishment than he dished out and his career was over aged just 28. I think Mayol can become world champion again, but it saddens me to know that he is connected with Manny Pacquiao and therefore is controlled by deceitful crooks like Michael Koncz and Bob "I Have No Soul" Arum. Something which leads me to believe that he probably hasn't made much money from his boxing career, which I think is a shame considering the fact that he always comes to fight and is very exciting to watch.
Anyway. What do you think about this matchup? How did you score it? I scored it for Eagle but I think an argument could be made for Mayol winning by a point, a couple of the rounds were pretty close and Mayol definitely won at least 4 of the first 6. I don't know what Gale Van Hoy was thinking scoring it 117-110 because that's ridiculous. If you haven't seen it, then I would highly recommend watching it, it's available in the video section and in my eyes it's right up there with classics like Ricardo Lopez-Rosendo Alvarez 2, Humberto Gonzalez vs Michael Carbajal and Humberto Gonzalez vs Saman Sorjaturong. These are in my opinion the four best fights from the 105 and 108 divisions from what I have seen.
Mayol really put it on him early and was landing a lot of hard, accurate punches but in the middle rounds Eagle managed to adjust to his style and started to pick him off and control and slow down his assault. Following round 6 I had him winning every other round of the fight and towards the end he was really brutalizing and hurting Mayol, culminating it by scoring a knockdown in the final round. I scored it 115-112 and I encourage more people to watch this fight because it really is very exciting. I think it shortened Eagle's career because even though he won, and deservedly so, I think he took more punishment than he dished out and his career was over aged just 28. I think Mayol can become world champion again, but it saddens me to know that he is connected with Manny Pacquiao and therefore is controlled by deceitful crooks like Michael Koncz and Bob "I Have No Soul" Arum. Something which leads me to believe that he probably hasn't made much money from his boxing career, which I think is a shame considering the fact that he always comes to fight and is very exciting to watch.
Anyway. What do you think about this matchup? How did you score it? I scored it for Eagle but I think an argument could be made for Mayol winning by a point, a couple of the rounds were pretty close and Mayol definitely won at least 4 of the first 6. I don't know what Gale Van Hoy was thinking scoring it 117-110 because that's ridiculous. If you haven't seen it, then I would highly recommend watching it, it's available in the video section and in my eyes it's right up there with classics like Ricardo Lopez-Rosendo Alvarez 2, Humberto Gonzalez vs Michael Carbajal and Humberto Gonzalez vs Saman Sorjaturong. These are in my opinion the four best fights from the 105 and 108 divisions from what I have seen.
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