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I was fortunate enough to get to watch some fights for a change. My cutman invited me over for the Toney fight and before the fight aired I watched Calzage/Lacy. I expected to see some good fights and skills but found myself disappointed with both once the night was over. I had heard alot about the Calzage/Lacy fight and how great Calzage looked. I had great anticipation for Toney in his bout but found myself sickened by the 2nd round.
Toney is a talented fighter, make no mistake about it. But with obvious lack of conditioning he was able to show little against Rahman. As my trainer always said, fatigue makes cowards of us all. Being that I will be judging and refereeing soon in the pros I am unable to comment on the judging of the fight.
Easy assesment of the Rahman/Toney fight. If James would have showed up in shape he would have easily won the fight.
With Calzage, yeah he looked great when he sat down on his shots and let that straight left fly. But man, what a slapper. I must have counted atleast 50 or 60 shots that Lacy took that were landed with the side of the glove. People think that slaps dont hurt, let me tell you that they can do more damage than regular clean blows. I wondered if Lacys cuts and swelling around his eyes were not caused by those slaps. If the fight had not been in Wales, I wonder if the ref would have called him on it. There were plenty of oppertunities to call him on it.
Essentially, I left the television that night not disgusted but uneasy. Uneasy about everything from the fighters, to the reffing and onto the judging. Lets hope that this not continue into the future. If it does it will just continue what seems to be the downward spiral that has become boxing.
Rockin'
Toney is a talented fighter, make no mistake about it. But with obvious lack of conditioning he was able to show little against Rahman. As my trainer always said, fatigue makes cowards of us all. Being that I will be judging and refereeing soon in the pros I am unable to comment on the judging of the fight.
Easy assesment of the Rahman/Toney fight. If James would have showed up in shape he would have easily won the fight.
With Calzage, yeah he looked great when he sat down on his shots and let that straight left fly. But man, what a slapper. I must have counted atleast 50 or 60 shots that Lacy took that were landed with the side of the glove. People think that slaps dont hurt, let me tell you that they can do more damage than regular clean blows. I wondered if Lacys cuts and swelling around his eyes were not caused by those slaps. If the fight had not been in Wales, I wonder if the ref would have called him on it. There were plenty of oppertunities to call him on it.
Essentially, I left the television that night not disgusted but uneasy. Uneasy about everything from the fighters, to the reffing and onto the judging. Lets hope that this not continue into the future. If it does it will just continue what seems to be the downward spiral that has become boxing.
Rockin'
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