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I keep seeing this fight mentioned lately and the argument seems to be based on American judges scoring it for Joe. I always had B-Hop winning and felt 116-111 was not even possible. Quickly went over this fight just & cba with a drawn out winded breakdown. So in short here is what I got.
Round 1; 10-8 B-Hop with the knockdown
Round 2; 10-9 B-Hop but not a lot to separate them
Round 3; 10-9 B-Hop clear
Round 4; 10-9 B-Hop
(Woodhall has it 3-1 B-Hop with the third even, that was the clearest round IMO)
Round 5; 10-9 Joe
Round 6; 10-9 B-Hop close round but preferred B-Hops clean counterpunching
Round 7; 10-9 B-Hop -Joe is falling short & getting worked on the inside. Joe landed nothing of note until the final 10 seconds, heads went in but it was actually an overhand right on the inside that rocked Joe (Woodhall finally takes note of this)
*upto now its worth noting that you could count of your fingers the amount of clean shots Joe has landed*
Round 8; 10-9 Joe, nice straight left his best punch of the fight. Close round but felt Joe nicked it on workrate.
Round 9; 10-9 Joe, clear.
Round 10; 10-9 B-Hop, clear. Lowblow at the start of the round & B-Hop milks it for all its worth. Action resumes & B-Hop lands a nice right hand. He has upped the aggression, countering well & outhustling Joe on the inside. Much the case throughout.
Round 11; 10-9 Joe
Round 12; 10-9 Joe
115-112 B-Hop
Round 1; 10-8 B-Hop with the knockdown
Round 2; 10-9 B-Hop but not a lot to separate them
Round 3; 10-9 B-Hop clear
Round 4; 10-9 B-Hop
(Woodhall has it 3-1 B-Hop with the third even, that was the clearest round IMO)
Round 5; 10-9 Joe
Round 6; 10-9 B-Hop close round but preferred B-Hops clean counterpunching
Round 7; 10-9 B-Hop -Joe is falling short & getting worked on the inside. Joe landed nothing of note until the final 10 seconds, heads went in but it was actually an overhand right on the inside that rocked Joe (Woodhall finally takes note of this)
*upto now its worth noting that you could count of your fingers the amount of clean shots Joe has landed*
Round 8; 10-9 Joe, nice straight left his best punch of the fight. Close round but felt Joe nicked it on workrate.
Round 9; 10-9 Joe, clear.
Round 10; 10-9 B-Hop, clear. Lowblow at the start of the round & B-Hop milks it for all its worth. Action resumes & B-Hop lands a nice right hand. He has upped the aggression, countering well & outhustling Joe on the inside. Much the case throughout.
Round 11; 10-9 Joe
Round 12; 10-9 Joe
115-112 B-Hop
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