Comments Thread For: Erislandy Lara, Brian Castano Battle To a Split Draw Verdict

[Tomasio]

Who promotes Subriel Matias? I'm asking you because I see you are in PR.

I think it's a company called "Fresh Boxing"

[BestPR]

I thought Lara won 7-5... if I remember correctly, I gave Castaño rounds 4, 6, 7, 11, and 12..

I thought Lara landed the cleaner punches. While BC was busier, he wasnt really landing cleanly... he abandoned the left hook to the body which was scoring well.

I'm a big Lara fan but I knew when he gave away rounds 11 and 12 this fight would be called a draw...

I'd like to see Castaño vs Hurd in a phone booth brawl!!....

...Hurd would kill him early.

[BestPR]

Who promotes Subriel Matias? I'm asking you because I see you are in PR.

...some local dude probably out of Fajardo named Juan Ivan Orengo, hopefully he don't sell his contract out to PR Best...or esta chavao.

[tomatocantender]

It was a good & close fight..I had Lara winning..Crazy how before the fight contender Ericson Lubin said it would end in a draw..🤔😳

Lubin didn't say "draw," he said it's a 50-50 fight. You do realize those are not the same, right, at least in boxing terms?

[Drigo]

This Lara is a sick of boxing. Pretending to be Mayweather and copying his style, he makes boxing so boring. He better retire so boxing world can get rid of his boring style...

[Boxing Goat]

The kid got robbed. That's all I'm going to say.

[BendOver]

If those are even close to accurate that looks like 7 clear rounds for Castaño... course the punch stats don't tell the full story and I can't really comment till I watch the fight, but those figures look pretty telling.

I never go by the numbers. They are never accurate one way or another. castano threw a lot of punches that never got to the target. If you watch the fight round by round Lara won 7 rounds. again I blame him for not closing the show. He cruised in 11 and 12 round instead of pressing the pedal to the max. Why he hasn't learn is beyond my comprehension.

[Citizen Koba]

I never go by the numbers. They are never accurate one way or another. castano threw a lot of punches that never got to the target. If you watch the fight round by round Lara won 7 rounds. again I blame him for not closing the show. He cruised in 11 and 12 round instead of pressing the pedal to the max. Why he hasn't learn is beyond my comprehension.

No, of course the punches can't be looked at independently of the fight, but they still often provide a decent guideline, and are an extra tool that can be used. More often than not they give some idea of how the fight went, even if they ain't 100% reliable.

And well. As I've pointed out today already, scoring is subjective - you say Lara win 7, I saw Castano win 7. The judges were split 3 ways... a draw ain't a bad result.

[SHO_RULEZ]

Re

Hammer is actually as tough as his macho histrionics would suggest . He absorbed some big shots, and discouraged Ortiz from his goal of a knockout.

Hammer is also a BIG dude, dwarfing even Ortiz, so he landed some thudding blows that contributed to Ortiz deciding to box this one out . He didnt throw a lot, but when did, Ortiz felt it.

[Bronx2245]

...some local dude probably out of Fajardo named Juan Ivan Orengo, hopefully he don't sell his contract out to PR Best...or esta chavao.

Thanks hermano! I hope they do the right thing! Subriel needs to be fighting for a Jr. WW title by 2020!