Yes. Before te fight I was pretty leary that Lara would do enough to win rounds and not give them away so I picked Angulo by SD. I got to see that tune-up from Perro live and I thought it looked like he got his wind back in the last two rounds of the Silva fight and would be there close for 12 rounds regardless of the skill disparity.
Lara stepped up his offense in this fight big time and responded to the pace of Angulo and even won some of the rounds where there was back and forth action with Angulo pressing and being successful. It became more of a dogfight than I thought....but, while he was on his feet at least, there was never a time I felt he was giving the fight away like I have in the past - I am one who thought he ****ed himself in the Williams fight, so seeing him learn from that and get over the hump again is impressive. It's not to say that he wouldn't have lost the fight going down the stretch but he showed skill and intangibles of a champ.. getting up from the knockdowns, surviving, showing heart, doing damage, etc has me impressed again. I would have just been happy with an increased workrate so that we wouldn't have to sit through months of arguing about scoring of this fight... he displayed some urgency and for me tat is basically what I was looking for out of him. Great fight by both
Lara stepped up his offense in this fight big time and responded to the pace of Angulo and even won some of the rounds where there was back and forth action with Angulo pressing and being successful. It became more of a dogfight than I thought....but, while he was on his feet at least, there was never a time I felt he was giving the fight away like I have in the past - I am one who thought he ****ed himself in the Williams fight, so seeing him learn from that and get over the hump again is impressive. It's not to say that he wouldn't have lost the fight going down the stretch but he showed skill and intangibles of a champ.. getting up from the knockdowns, surviving, showing heart, doing damage, etc has me impressed again. I would have just been happy with an increased workrate so that we wouldn't have to sit through months of arguing about scoring of this fight... he displayed some urgency and for me tat is basically what I was looking for out of him. Great fight by both
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