Thoughts On Last Nights Fights

[| THE KING |]

BTW- did you guys notice one of the judges? Earnest Gabion? good ole Eaner09...THANK GOD Rios ended it with a KO...i was gonna start a 'Biased Judge' thread even if he earned a 12 round decision

and he'd be the first to admit it.

But the rios/antillon fight made up for the whole.. PW/Lara BS. ****ing WARR for 3 rounds.. awesome fight.

[-MAKAVELLI-]

if you had a ****** in front of you and you kept smacking him on top of the head, eventually after a few times, he'd learn to move or at least try to block your strikes...Williams was dumber than a ****** last night

robbery ****** but at the end of the day, lara is better off for it. so id say all things considered, a good night of fights. a bad night for fans and for one fighter.

i dunno about that bro..that was a GREAT showing for Lara but i'm not sure how many JMWs, besides Molina, would wanna get in there with him right now..no potential fights and an 'L' on the record...poor dude

Robbery overshadowed Rios and Antillon's war. I watched the Showtime fight first then transferred to HBO. Let me just say that HBO ruined the night to what could have been a beautiful night of boxing. Lately, HBO have been showing nothing but controversial fights:

Alexander vs Matthysse
Williams vs Lara
Chavez Jr. vs Zbik

And lame ones:

Bradley vs Alexander
Alvarez vs Hatton
Alvarez vs Rhodes

While, Showtime has been consistent with the exception of Pacquiao vs Mosley:

Donaire vs Montiel
Rios vs Acosta
Darchinyan vs Perez
Froch vs Johnson
Ward vs Abraham
Rios vs Antillon
Cotto vs Mayorga

Showtime by far owns 2011 in terms of great boxing in a consistent manner.

awesome breakdown man...green K

[-MAKAVELLI-]

i was pretty drunk at that point but did anyone catch the Arum interview after the Rios fight?


did he really say Rios would be ready for Manny in 2013?

[ny123]

i was pretty drunk at that point but did anyone catch the Arum interview after the Rios fight?


did he really say Rios would be ready for Manny in 2013?

Yeah he did lol i watched this morning he also said Rios could match Manny's speed

[CubanGuyNYC]

Nice thread, Mak. I'll echo the thought: the night was overshadowed by the Lara-Williams atrocity. I've said enough about that debacle (or have I?), so I'll try to suppress my thoughts on it in this thread.

The Antillon-Rios fight was three smokin' rounds of old-school action. That's a fight. If a slugfest like that goes on for too long, there's a risk of someone meeting their maker. Rios looked like he was demonstrating a boxing textbook in there, the way he was executing hooks, uppercuts, crosses and jabs. Antillon did what he could, for as long as he could, but the better man scored the KO.

I would've scoffed at your mention of Molina-Lara II at the end of their first meeting. My impression was that Carlos was an underrated, respectable fighter, but that Erislandy took the fight lightly. Molina has since proven that his performance versus Lara was no fluke. Erislandy exceeded my expectations versus P. Will, but I wouldn't mind seeing him get a couple of more fights in before moving up to the bigger boys. Enter Carlos....

[| THE KING |]

Yeah he did lol i watched this morning he also said Rios could match Manny's speed

Yea I was trippin when he said that. Probably just hyping Rios up.. for big fights on the horizon.

[Something Jr]

I watched the Williams fight first and then caught the showtime replay and it was hard for me to enjoy the Rios fight because i was so pissed at that decision

I was at the Rios fight. After that electric fight we went home to watch the PWill fight and it totally ruined the high from the Showtime card.

It was painful to watch.

[-MAKAVELLI-]

Nice thread, Mak. I'll echo the thought: the night was overshadowed by the Lara-Williams atrocity. I've said enough about that debacle (or have I?), so I'll try to suppress my thoughts on it in this thread.

The Antillon-Rios fight was three smokin' rounds of old-school action. That's a fight. If a slugfest like that goes on for too long, there's a risk of someone meeting their maker. Rios looked like he was demonstrating a boxing textbook in there, the way he was executing hooks, uppercuts, crosses and jabs. Antillon did what he could, for as long as he could, but the better man scored the KO.

I would've scoffed at your mention of Molina-Lara II at the end of their first meeting. My impression was that Carlos was an underrated, respectable fighter, but that Erislandy took the fight lightly. Molina has since proven that his performance versus Lara was no fluke. Erislandy exceeded my expectations versus P. Will, but I wouldn't mind seeing him get a couple of more fights in before moving up to the bigger boys. Enter Carlos....

yup...new players are popping up at 154...hopefully we get some more good matchups with those guys

im kinda glad i watch the williams bull**** first...that would have been an awful way to end my night...saving Rios-Antillon for last helped this fight fan sleep well amidst that robbery

[-MAKAVELLI-]

Yeah he did lol i watched this morning he also said Rios could match Manny's speed

i wonder how Margarito felt in the back


its like, ok he kicked Tony's ass, but we think this lightweight would be better

[IronDanHamza]

I only watched Rios-Antillion and most of Williams-Lara.

I enjoyed both fights.

I enjoyed Rios-Antillion because it was an all out war. I was disapointed because I expected it to go much longer but ahh well can't complain.

I enjoyed Williams Lara because I bet that Lara would win by descion and was certain I was in for a great pay day. For the judges to **** me over.

I like Lara though and he performed with the potential I believed he had.