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Originally posted by K-Yo
Let's look back to Benn-Watson, Benn was 22-0 with 22 KO's at the time and was expected to blast anybody out of the ring, if he beat Watson he was going to be fighting McCallum for the world title and nobody gave McCallum a chance let alone Watson. When the bell rang both men approached each other in great haste. Benn crouched low, while Watson was more erect. Watson pawed out his left but hastily assumed a high guard posture when Benn began to unload a full-blooded succession of left hooks and clubbing right swings that were aimed at Watson's head. The crowd roared at the sound of Benn's gloves thudding off Watson's arms and gloves. But absolutely none connected to any of the vulnerable points on Watson's anatomy. Watson stood up close to Benn so as not to create the distance that would give his opponents swings added potency. He dodged punches and carefully placed a series of jabs and hooks in the few moments Benn paused. As the bell ended the round, both men dropped their guards to give the other a sneer before ambling back to their corners. Benn won the round by sheer quantity of punches thrown but Watson's defensive posture had ensured that little damage -if any, had being sustained. At the same time, the commentators were sucking Benn's **** by saying how sharp he looked and how he awesome he looked, and that Watson was out on his feet which he clearly was not, it was over-exaggerant and it reminds me of Lacy.
In the second, Benn continued to pile on the pressure while Watson, elbows protecting his ribs and gloves held at the side of his head, kept himself safely tucked up. In this round, his counters were more convincing. The defensive frailties of Benn also came into sharp focus. With about half a minute of the round left, Benn lost concentration and carelessly let his guard down. Watson seized his opportunity and caught him with two left hooks and although Benn came back powerfully with a succession of sweeping left hooks of his own, his error pointed to a recurring tendency in his career which, while not exploited by his previous opponents, would reap grave consequences when made with a fighter of Watson's pedigree.
In round four, Watson slipped a wild right from Benn and slammed in a right hook. Benn staggered backwards as Watson connected with a series of eight blows; each of which went unreplied. Benn's arms were down to his sides and his groggy demeanour was suggestive of an impending knock out. Then suddenly, with the skin of his back impressed against the ropes, Benn suddenly sprung to life, unleashing four clubbing rights which sent Watson, hands quickly raised, scurrying away in retreat. The crowd roared it's approval, but Benn, although not making eye contact, was quick to pat Watson as they made their ways back to their corners. Watson had broken his heart. The commentators were still screaming that Benn was the ****, that Benn was going to rock the world, that Benn was dominating Watson, but they were far from the truth.
It was clear that Benn was getting winded in the fifth, but the commentators continued to say how awesome Benn was and that any one of Benn's punches could end the fight before you had a chance to blink, they were so biased and gave off an illusion that Benn was invincible - I guess that Showtime may of done the same last night with Lacy? When Watson suddenly lashed out with some hard lefts to the face, Benn stagnated and then without the prompting of a follow up from Watson, he began to retreat. Watson chased after cautiously, a justifiable attitude validated by Benn's wounded-but-dangerous-like-a-lion threat. For Benn came back and scored with a couple of powerful uppercuts and a crunching left hook, but they were over-exaggerated by the commentary who said that Watson was ready to crumble. Although Benn ended the round on the attack, the seeds of his destruction were already planted. In the sixth, a seemingly innocuous jab-poke from Watson made Benn turn his back to his opponent. As the crowd let out a collective gasp of surprise, the referee walked up to Benn and demanded clarification as to wether he intended to fight on. Benn nodded in the affirmative, but it was obvious that vWatson had broken his heart. The commentators went quiet for a few moments before saying "Uh.. Benn's at his most dangerous when he's hurt remember, umm.. yeah he has the punching power to end this fight right now but maybe wants to get in some rounds" Yeah, ofcourse. Now sensing victory, Watson increased his punch rate until after a pause; both men began to extend their left arms in the motions of executing a jab. Watson's connected first and Benn's body visibly went limp as he fell backwards on to the seat of his trunks.
Had the referee been biased towards Benn like the referee was biased towards Lacy last night, Benn could of won the Watson fight with dirty tactics like Lacy did last night. Lacy shouldn't start believing his own hype or he'll pay for it, if he starts believing his own hype someone will come along and embarass him. Benn had cut a pathetic figure as he lay prostrate on the ring after being knocked out by a jab, he had started believing his own hype and he simply burned himself out against Watson by wasting too many punches (putting too much effort into punches that aren't landing cleanly ala Lacy). If this Lacy-Reid fight had taken place in England with an unbiased referee, Reid may of done a Watson on Lacy and beat him.
Lacy needs to go away and improve his boxing or somebody like Mikkel Kessler or Carl Froch will come along and expose him, Benn went away after the Watson defeat to train in America for 18 months and improved his game by being abit more controlled, after losing to Eubank he again went away changing trainers to Jimmy Tibbs and improved his game even more completely. Lacy needs to go away right now and improve his game before he gets exposed, because his shots are a little wide and he becomes a little sloppy and I can see him being exposed by a rangy fighter with a stiff jab who can allow Lacy to waste energy.
good ole Nige.
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