Round by Round Coverage; Acelino Freitas vs. Zahir Raheem

[enadeus]

On a side note I think Lennox Lewis is a great commentator, so much better than Roy Jones Jr. was and the new team is really good. Also like that they got Max doing the scorecards.

[moochi]

I thought neither guy was impressive.

But Raheem won that fight on my card. He landed more, and better punches.....had Freitas backing up as well.

He did alot of grabbing, but he fought a smart fight.

I don't know what the judges were thinking. Also you can't disregard the fact he was pretty aggressive(Raheem was).



Yep. Except Freitas was the one hurt....not Raheem.

probably a draw was the best decision.........but remember, we have it so easy on tv with multiple angles and replays....not to mention bias as **** commentators.....judges are there live with limited angles and of course no replays!

[enadeus]

glad he lost.. so that he won't appear on HBO again.

I agree man thats one of the reason I don't really care that he lost. He was just a solid technical fighter, but then he started holding and all. I don't think Freitas was that exciting either, he losts lots of his hand speed and power, so I think he is past his prime at this point. Maybe winning this fight in front of so many of his fans and getting the belt again, will fire him up. I just don't think he can compete against Corrales/Castillo they just have so much power and determination over him.

[-Antonio-]

I was very impressed with lennox. He has a lot of things to say and is well spoken. The play by play man has to work on being more into the fight. He tends to let the fight go on where as Lampley calls more shots.

[Katz]

I agree man thats one of the reason I don't really care that he lost. He was just a solid technical fighter, but then he started holding and all. I don't think Freitas was that exciting either, he losts lots of his hand speed and power, so I think he is past his prime at this point. Maybe winning this fight in front of so many of his fans and getting the belt again, will fire him up. I just don't think he can compete against Corrales/Castillo they just have so much power and determination over him.

yeah! he lost a lot of weight... freitas was very weak...

hmmm feed him to pac for WBO title :P

[Nautilus]

I agree man thats one of the reason I don't really care that he lost. He was just a solid technical fighter, but then he started holding and all. I don't think Freitas was that exciting either, he losts lots of his hand speed and power, so I think he is past his prime at this point. Maybe winning this fight in front of so many of his fans and getting the belt again, will fire him up. I just don't think he can compete against Corrales/Castillo they just have so much power and determination over him.

maybe it is a good point for Freitas to retire...

[tracylee]

is frietas trying to fight at all>?

Hell he was trying, but Raheem is awkward. I blame Raheem for all the frustration and aggrivations this fight generated. Freitas came to fight, while Raheem was determined to squat, bend, clinch and all around irritate.