Which fight was more surprising? Arce vs Mijares or Vic vs Donaire?
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Arce getting schooled in the fashion he did was suprising, but that one punch from Donaire made his even more suprising. I mean going into that fight I could see somebody outboxing Darchinyan, but KOing him I didn't think could happen. Maybe because I bought into the invincibility of Vic, but it was still a suprise. I mean he knocked him senseless and derailed the Darchinyan train.Comment
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I voted for "Mijares soundly outboxing Arce" The Darchinyan fight was surprising too but this is boxing and anyone can get caught by a punch like that & go down. Now Mijares beating up on Arce the way he did and at times had Arce looking as if he would go down was more surprising to me.Comment
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if you watch it again, donaire was constantly staggering vic w/ counter left hooks, it was just a matter of time that vic will get caught flush and go down. so it's really not a lucky punch. donaire was schooling vic since round1I voted for "Mijares soundly outboxing Arce" The Darchinyan fight was surprising too but this is boxing and anyone can get caught by a punch like that & go down. Now Mijares beating up on Arce the way he did and at times had Arce looking as if he would go down was more surprising to me.Comment
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I have to go with Arce, because in his prior fights he seemed to totally dominate his opponents enroute to a knockout or sound victory.Comment
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the way i see it as well. I actually picked Nonito to win - both verbally and financially, but I thought for sure it would be similar to Mijares-Arce. I never expected Donaire to drop Vic, much less knock him out - and inside of five rounds at that. That was the one area where I lost out, as I put some coin on the fight lasting longer than 9.5.
Mijares has been slept on for a minute, and Arce was vastly overrated, carefully matched through three divisions AND deteriorating skill-wise. That one didn't shock me at all.
Oddswise, Nonito going in at +700 was ridiculous.Comment
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Nonito Knocking out vic was an even bigger shocker, I or probably noone here was expecting that for vic to get k.o'd.......Last edited by Fighting Cougar; 07-11-2007, 02:49 PM.Comment
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I guess it was Arce-Mijares, given that few of us knew anything of Mijares. Arce came in with a long winning streak and intimidated everyone he faced, that was until he faced a real guy in Mijares.
I thought Donaire had the talent to do what he did against Darchinyan, I just couldn't fathom him coming as confidently as he did. That was the surprise.Comment
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