All AB had to do was let his hands go in the final 2 rounds but he inexplicably let Jessie outwork him. He's lucky he got a draw. He was clearly the better fighter in there but he let Jessie outhustle him and I only gave him 5 rounds. He beat Jessie's ass in those rounds but when you score round to round I ended up with 7 to 5. A draw is acceptable cuz AB was landing the harder shots but he was just getting outworked. I just don't get it. He had Jessie badly hurt and just didn't do anything the last 2 rounds. He has poor ring iq. He would push Jessie off with that forearm and wouldn't throw a hook behind that. So your fouling and not following up so basically your just fouling with no benefit. He could have walked through Jessie and gotten this win. He's in position to counter and doesn't let his shots go enough. It must be very frustrating to train Broner.
He would pull off a string of KO's that would rival Grolovkins. He could fight twice a month. He would actually be able to mount a sustained attack for once. Hell I can't remember the last time he looked like an offensive fighter. This performance against Vargas was really a let down.
Winning a boxing match does not involve who has a more damaged face, nor does it involve whether one guy is gassed and the other guy is not letting hands go, etc. The idea is to win rounds, usually by hitting the other guy with more punches than you are being hit with.
I have not even heard a peep about punch stat numbers. Broner will go down as the most protected fighter in history, he has now officially had his hands raised in a majority of fights he should have taken an L from. Vargas hit him consistently and won rounds consistently if this had been a Mayweather fight like against De La Gaya, everybody would be slobbering about how Floyd won every round. But cause it is no neck the dwarf who would box he gets his hand raised against a guy who should have won.
Agreed.
It seems that people want to give Broner much more credit than he deserved. I think they gave Broner points for Vargas appearing to be gassed. Yet, they seemed to not count all those body shots, accurate jabs and consistent Vargas punches that AB had to absorbed. That dude is probably still p!ssing blood.
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