Molina is a joke

[catalinul]

Are you actually trying to say Molina was not handily winning that fight?

[snoopymiller]

[AntonTheMeh]

i thought he fought a great fight. too bad he got jobbed.

[deejd]

Are you actually trying to say Molina was not handily winning that fight?

He was handily winning a wrestling match. Glad we agree on something.

[Tmann400]

Look at that.....Jesus Christ PEOPLE!! Look at that. And people hated on Dirrell on how he fought against Froch?!?! GTFOH. That was atleast twice as bad as what Dirrell did. (Don't get me wrong, Dirrell should of stopped clinching and let his hands go)But THIS? My god. And don't say "Oh the video is edited blah ba blah ba blah blah!" After watching the fight twice now, and seeing this video, I'm even more astounded at how Molina got away with this.

It's funny too how the HBO and Lederman are blowing Molina blatantly, and Lederman gives nothing but credit to Molina, yet like the video creater pointed out about Alexander in the Maidana fight "How he needed to be deducted points for holding" Mind you, if you go back and watch the Alexander-Maidana fight, yes Alexander clinched, but he was actually throwing punches and boxing a helluva lot more than he was clinching. Not only that but if you do go back and watch that fight and compare the two, Molina not only held A LOT more, he came across like he absolutely NEEDED it to win the fight.

Mind you, I don't mind some clinching as a fight tactic, but when it's so POINTLESSLY constant and excessive and it's having a HUGE attribution to how the fights playing out, and it's becoming a BIG disadvantage for the other boxer, is when the Ref HAS to enforce the rules, deduct points, and possibly apply a disqualification if the boxer repeats the foul.

Go figure, as SOON as Schorle woke up somewhat in the tenth round and started breaking the clinches right away, look what happened, not only was Molina being tagged with clean combinations, but he got hurt and dropped, now imagine if Schorle had stopped the clinching from the beginning? Hell, what if he stopped the clinching in the 6th round? We would of seen Molina forced to ENGAGE with Kirkland. Hell, Molina but of actually looked BETTER, OR Kirkland could of turned the fight in his favor and started getting his shots off more consistently. We'll never know though thanks to John Schorle. ****tiest Referee performance I've seen in awhile, maybe since Russel Mora's performance in the first Agbeko-Mares bout. This fight was just as bad as that, if not worse.

That's not to say Kirkland would of definitely won, or Molina would of definitely won, but we would of saw a MUCH more legal, appealing fight. Which EVERYONE was expecting given Kirkland's aggressive style, and given from past fights, Molina was known to be a very active fighter who awkwardly pressured you. Win, lose or draw. Molina will struggle tremendously to get another big fight because of his performance last night with all the pure negativity and holding.

Also, like I've already brought a few times, go on youtube, type in "Lewis vs Akinwande" and you will see pretty much an IDENTICAL situation, the ONLY difference was, the Ref ENFORCED the rules and Akinwande got DQ'd before the middle rounds even began. That's what should of happened last night. Look what happened when the Ref in the Berto-Collazo fight FINALLY started docking points from Berto for excessive clinching, a FOTY started breaking out, 'cause Berto had NO choice but to engage Collazo. Anyway, I'm done with this topic for the time being. Just wanted to voice my last two cents on the subject.

[SOPH~ REP.]

Frustrating style to watch 4pts should have been taken from Molina at least Ward and Bhop holding looks fluid Molina holds like he's hurt

[bigcursedawg]

Kirkland said Molina had a beautiful game plan at the press conference. He said it himself so stfu about it. He was getting worked over by Molina. I guess some people only saw the clinches and holding but I saw Molina do a lot more then that. It was working weather it was fun to watch or not, Kirkland was exposed even further last night. He can't make the adjustments he going to need if he's going to step up in class.

[PACnPBFsuck]

Compuclinch. Loooollzzzz
118 holds, goddddamn.

[bigcursedawg]

The guy is pathetic, i hate holding and clinching i hate BHOP, Ward, and what Alexander did against Maidana but this was a disgrace. My buddy came over to watch the gfight we expected a war and this ****** was clinching the whole fight and ruined it. Anyone who praises that style and way of winning is only doing it cause they like the fighter doing it. He should have been deducted atleast 2 points

If Molina is a joke, James Kirkland must be the punchline.

[BoxingGenius27]

Kirkland said Molina had a beautiful game plan at the press conference. He said it himself so stfu about it. He was getting worked over by Molina. I guess some people only saw the clinches and holding but I saw Molina do a lot more then that. It was working weather it was fun to watch or not, Kirkland was exposed even further last night. He can't make the adjustments he going to need if he's going to step up in class.

If Kirk says otherwise, people would label him as making excuses.

He did the morally ethical thing a prize fighter should do; take the high road and let us fans speak for him.