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  • Forrest Bombs Baldomir To Win WBC Title

    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]

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    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.
    At the end of the ninth Forrest landed four or five clean punches that were probably the most effective of the night. I had Forrest winning that round too (but then losing a point for a BS low-blow deduction).

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    • #3
      "Bombs" is right. Those punches were Jantuah-esque. Except the only difference was Forrest stayed on balance.........whereas Kofi does the can I throw this baseball through that barn door impression.



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      • #4
        I enjoyed the fight.. HBO has been doin' pretty decent with it's last couple of fights.. Hopefully those ****s can keep it up.

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        • #5
          good fight

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          • #6
            I was wrong with my prediction this time. forrest was almost as sharp as he was when he fought mosley. i thought he was shot when he fought ike quarty and thats why i thought he would get beat down but he gave boldimer a boxing clinic! hes actually a threat to the other 154 pounders. i still dont think he would beat spinks tho.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by slicksouthpaw16 View Post
              i still dont think he would beat spinks tho.
              I don't think Spinks stands a remote chance against Forrest with a healthy shoulder. That fight would be a slaughter.



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              • #8
                Originally posted by RunW/Knives View Post
                I don't think Spinks stands a remote chance against Forrest with a healthy shoulder. That fight would be a slaughter.
                Spinks is too good defensively for it to be a "slaughter"

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                • #9
                  Forrest > Spinks.. I like Spinks, in terms of how skilled he is, very elusive.. So he wouldn't be knocked out.. But it'd be like the Taylor fight, except more exciting, and with Forrest doing way more damage.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by deliveryman View Post
                    Spinks is too good defensively for it to be a "slaughter"
                    I don't think there's anything he can do, to win. Forrest is much bigger, takes a better punch, is mobile, hits much harder, and has beat a better level of opposition. He's just a better fighter, and I don't think Spinks could deal with anything he threw if he loaded up on it.



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