Fights where a cut just totally changed the fight...
I'm watching Balzsay-Stieglitz, and Balzsay was just whipping Stieglitz's legs the whole match, until he got cut, and then Stieglitz just turned the tables completely, and did his own bit of leg whipping.
Pavlik-Martinez somewhat. The tables didn't completely turn, but Pavlik was starting to find his spot and then got another bad cut and was completely destroyed.
Pavlik-Martinez somewhat. The tables didn't completely turn, but Pavlik was starting to find his spot and then got another bad cut and was completely destroyed.
Totally agree with this. Even if he wasn't still dominating with the jab like he was in the middle rounds, he was fighting on basically even terms until his face started to fall apart.
A few said this already but Pavlic vs Martinez is a great example of a cut changing the momentum of the fight, since Pavlic had a lead early on but when he was cut Pavlic lost focus and Martinez proceeded to take over and win the fight.
Another fight was Juan Diaz vs Nate Campbell which took place about three years ago in Cancun Mexico. Diaz was undefeated at the time and was all set to overwhelm the underdog Campbell but instead Diaz got cut in the third round and the fight completly changed in the favor of Campbell who went on to win via unanimous decision and left Diaz blank.
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