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By Sammy Rozenberg - Last weekend, we saw two of the best pound-for-pound fighters in the world, Bernard Hopkins and Winky Wright, in a fight lacking the adequate action and excitement to satisfy the live Vegas crowd and the thousands watching on pay-per-view.
This weekend at the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, Washinton, two former welterweight champions who are both 36-years-old, gave it their all for the vacant WBC junior middleweight title. When the smoke was finally clear, Vernon Forrest (39-2, 28 KOs) won a tough twelve-round unanimous decision over Carlos Baldomir (43-11-6, 13 KOs) to win the vacant title.
The fight was an exciting affair that saw the live crowd stand on their feet after most of the rounds. Baldomir showed a concrete chin with the amount of hard punches he took in the fight. Forrest was very accurate with his left jab, using it to maneuver his opponent.
The two fighters were not shy about trading power punches, Forrest usually getting the better of every exchange and making Baldomir miss most counters. Forrest took plenty of punches as well, and had a swollen right eye by the third round.
Both fighters were active in the contest. Forrest was averaging 54 punches per round and Baldomir was throwing 53.
In the ninth round, Baldomir actually stunned Forrest with a hard right hand. As he began to follow-up with more punches, Forrest landed a hard low blow that cost him a point. He came back out in the tenth with the same left jab to take away any momentum Baldomir may have gained in the ninth. [details]
This weekend at the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, Washinton, two former welterweight champions who are both 36-years-old, gave it their all for the vacant WBC junior middleweight title. When the smoke was finally clear, Vernon Forrest (39-2, 28 KOs) won a tough twelve-round unanimous decision over Carlos Baldomir (43-11-6, 13 KOs) to win the vacant title.
The fight was an exciting affair that saw the live crowd stand on their feet after most of the rounds. Baldomir showed a concrete chin with the amount of hard punches he took in the fight. Forrest was very accurate with his left jab, using it to maneuver his opponent.
The two fighters were not shy about trading power punches, Forrest usually getting the better of every exchange and making Baldomir miss most counters. Forrest took plenty of punches as well, and had a swollen right eye by the third round.
Both fighters were active in the contest. Forrest was averaging 54 punches per round and Baldomir was throwing 53.
In the ninth round, Baldomir actually stunned Forrest with a hard right hand. As he began to follow-up with more punches, Forrest landed a hard low blow that cost him a point. He came back out in the tenth with the same left jab to take away any momentum Baldomir may have gained in the ninth. [details]
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