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Gatti on Dorin and Jones on Hill looked worse but like Oscar said himself after the fight, it just hit him in the right spot.
I had the fight 4 rds to 4 rds going into the 9th but Hopkins' rounds were more dominant. Oscar closely won rounds 1, 2 & 3 but then Hopkins won 4 & 5 then Oscar 6, then the beating began. Rounds 7 & 8 were big rounds for Hopkins and you could just see the way the fight was going even if I had it even up to that point. 9th round more of the same from Hopkins until he ended it.
For the 4 rounds I saw DLH winning it looked like his strategy was that he would take a decent shot from Hopkins to land 3 or 4 weaker, quicker shots of his own. Rather than jump back when Hopkins lunged in, DLH was throwing very quick hook combos to the body and head. Nothing damaging but was trying to win rounds, not beat up Hopkins. Once Hopkins imposed the jab it was downhill from there... looks like Oscar has been figured out, both Sturm and Hopkins had big success with the jab on Oscar.
Although this KO loss doesn't change the perception of De La Hoya's chin cause it wasn't a head shot that finally handed him his 1st KO loss. He's good enough to be a top 10 middleweight (top 5 maybe) but he's gone as high up as he can go, not going to run this division or move anywhere past this.
Even though I lost $20 I'm glad it didn't go to the cards... would have been as big a fiasco as Leonard/Hagler.
Jones beats Johnson by KO next week, then beats Tarver by decision then meets Hopkins (preferably at 168 but I don't think Hopkins will have any of it) and they have a career-ending match.
A boxing fan can dream can't he?
I had the fight 4 rds to 4 rds going into the 9th but Hopkins' rounds were more dominant. Oscar closely won rounds 1, 2 & 3 but then Hopkins won 4 & 5 then Oscar 6, then the beating began. Rounds 7 & 8 were big rounds for Hopkins and you could just see the way the fight was going even if I had it even up to that point. 9th round more of the same from Hopkins until he ended it.
For the 4 rounds I saw DLH winning it looked like his strategy was that he would take a decent shot from Hopkins to land 3 or 4 weaker, quicker shots of his own. Rather than jump back when Hopkins lunged in, DLH was throwing very quick hook combos to the body and head. Nothing damaging but was trying to win rounds, not beat up Hopkins. Once Hopkins imposed the jab it was downhill from there... looks like Oscar has been figured out, both Sturm and Hopkins had big success with the jab on Oscar.
Although this KO loss doesn't change the perception of De La Hoya's chin cause it wasn't a head shot that finally handed him his 1st KO loss. He's good enough to be a top 10 middleweight (top 5 maybe) but he's gone as high up as he can go, not going to run this division or move anywhere past this.
Even though I lost $20 I'm glad it didn't go to the cards... would have been as big a fiasco as Leonard/Hagler.
Jones beats Johnson by KO next week, then beats Tarver by decision then meets Hopkins (preferably at 168 but I don't think Hopkins will have any of it) and they have a career-ending match.
A boxing fan can dream can't he?
Gran Campeon
That was terrbile to watch last night, i was so upset to see Oscar beaten like that. I know i would have been nieve to think Bernard couldn't have hurt him but that was shocking. Body blows can be very devastating, when Oscar was yelping in pain i felt sadness for him
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