Comments Thread For: Jamie McDonnell-Tomoki Kameda: Pre-Fight Report Card

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By Cliff Rold - After the first fight, Tomoki Kameda said he felt like he won every round.

He didn’t.

That the Japanese battler may have deserved the decision is worthy of debate. With an early knockdown, and plenty of competitive action down the stretch, he made his case.

So did McDonnell. The gutsy effort he showed in coming off the floor, and willing his way towards the narrow win was commendable stuff.

So they do it again. It’s going to open the PBC show on Sunday but for the serious fight fan, this is the weekend main event.

While Kameda may be slightly quicker on the draw, McDonnell makes up for it by making pretty good use of his length. For a bantam, McDonnell is quite tall. He doesn’t make that count for what he could. Early in the first fight, he tried to establish his jab and it worked in spots. As the fight wore on, McDonnell was comfortable at close range. To his credit, he goes to the body well but he can get lazy at mid-range.

That means letting Kameda inside and Kameda proved the danger in round three of their first fight. Stepping in hard, he dropped McDonnell with a hard right. Kameda couldn’t produce the same result again and may have paid a price for staying inside too long in the first fight. Kameda’s best work seemed to be in bursts, in an out. [Click Here To Read More]

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mcdonnell should stand in front of him and get a tko, probably a ud is what he gets. He looks better than last time, what he needs to do is when kameda throws the hook and steps back he needs to throw somthing straight and catch him coming out and not give him any rest. I dont even think mcdonnell is a slick fighter, a rigondeaux type would beat him fairly comfortably but he's got good volume and endurance.