In the fight against Oral, I think AA was lazy. He didn't do anything in the round 1-3 and 7. He soaked everything Oral threw, which was not too much. AA's guard was sluggish, and he was obviously too sure to have an easy win, that he didn't press as much as he could have done. Against elite competition, like Pavlik or others, I think AA would be better in both offense and defense.
AA is not doing himself (or his fans or the MW division) a favor by defending his title against people like Oral. But since none of the other champions wants to fight him, he goes up to 168. He announced it in the ring after the fight.
One word for Oral "the lion": he had a good heart, standing up five times again and going on, I give him that. But he was too slow to avoid AAs hammers and Orals punches didn't even faze AA. So, frist floored in round 4, the towel came in in round 10, after another 2 counts (to 8).
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