2010 Official Boxing Thread: Soto/Antillon, 2010 Fight of the Year.

Originally Posted by MFr3shM

Are you guys gonna order the Pac/Clottey fight next week?
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yup...  peer pressure from family member
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Originally Posted by EAGLE 0N

Zab, really tho?
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WOW Devon did what Berto couldn't do knockout Urango
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I was thinking the same thing.

Cus Berto chumped himself out and did his usual Hit and Hold routine instead of lettin hands go

Devin kept puttin them hands on Urango regardless.  I was incredibly impressed by devibns performance ... He looked so much better than he did when he beat Junior (and he looked good vs him)
 
I'd love to see Devon Alexander vs. Tim Bradley.

And Arum needs to stop $$#%@%! around and make Vic vs. Nonito II
 
Originally Posted by JapanAir21

COT DAMN.

Guerrero took a beating.
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That guy's chin was unbelievable.  A lot of heart, too.  I think I heard the translator say at the end of the 8th round (?) that he said "I'm going to be world champion" when he had lost every round up to that point.

That was impressive KO by Alexander though I thought he was getting hit too much.  However, the punches seemed to have no effect on him and he mentioned this in the interview as well.

Add him to the list they don't want Khan anywhere near
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Originally Posted by Mycoldyourdone

Originally Posted by marionthebarberian
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this guy makes crazy vids....too bad they get deleted after a couple of days lol....probably missed some gems lol
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Yea I even suscribed to him, he has great videos, but most of them get deleted because of copyright or something.
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BET.com reports that Drake is entering the ring; yep, the boxing ring with a champ. The undefeated super lightweight champion, Devon Alexander “The Great.
 
Yeah, i was able to save some of my favorite Gorilla Production vids before they got deleted. My favorite one he did was the Ali highlight
 
I didnt know Vics opponent only had 15 fights and has never left mexico before...

was this a last minute replacement?


I dont even know if u guys watched the 1st fight before Vics, the Judges completely robbed the colombian dude... what a crock of *!%!.

that was as bad as Funeka getting robbed. Jesus christ. HORRIBLE!


so they gave the young undefeated fighter a political W and the IBO title to keep his career on track. trash!
 
Calzaghe’s return? The former super middleweight and light heavyweight titleholder, now retired, was at the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Shane Mosley news conference on Thursday in Los Angeles. “You gonna fight on the undercard?
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@%!$ that, keep Paul at 160 I'd rather see him fight Pavlik or Martinez than Joe C. Pascal/Dawson winner maybe.

And I can't remember if both Nonito and Vic fought replacement fighters or if it was just Nonito, pretty sure it's the latter...
 
Pro, I checked and no Guerrero wasnt a last minute replacement. whoever is Guerrero's manager (Im guessing Shaw) they need they $%@ beat.
Guerrero is a good young fighter who needs to tune up his fight skills, he's mad wild but he got talent. 15 #!*@#$ fights and you put him in there with Vic. Thats ridiculous,
 
I didnt see the Vic fight yet but from what i hear it was a one sided beating . Caught Alexander vs Urango last night Devon looked sharp in there Urango caught him with a couple manly punches but he adjusted and the uppercut was nasty . Him vs Bradley would be a very good fight or him vs the winner of Valero - Peterson. Oh and Kevin Cunningham is that dude he does not BS his fighters and you gotta love that
 
yup and Vic Hit Guerrero with everything but the corner stool, but my dude never once wobbled or got hurt.

Youngin is a Warrior. he didnt backpedal either. Vic would hit him and he would come forward and slang some wild punches...
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post fight Vic was like I cant believe how tough this kid is, he kept coming, I thought I'd finish him, then said the kid would give Donaire all kinda problems (that was mostly hate tho lol)
 
After the Agbeko fight, they weren't going to have Vic go back to 115 and fight dudes who could pop.  I'm surprised they're willing to get back into the ring with Nonito.
 
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Junior welterweight
Devon Alexander TKO8 Juan Urango
Unifies two junior welterweight titles

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[/td][/tr][tr][td]Records: Alexander, 20-0, 13 KOs; Urango, 22-3-1, 17 KOs
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Rafael's remark: If you are an Alexander supporter and had written down your best-case scenario for his 140-pound unification bout before the fight, you would have seen exactly what you had written: a sensational performance against a quality opponent with a thunderous ending in an entertaining fight. Alexander, who was much faster than Urango with his feet and hands, looked that good against the powerful and hard-charging Urango, who kept firing those crazy right hooks and gunning for a knockout. All the while, the poised Alexander, of St. Louis, kept firing right jabs, moving and putting his combinations together very nicely.





Alexander, 23, quickly bloodied Urango's nose in the third round and rocked him in the fourth round with a heavy uppercut, a punch that Alexander and trainer/manager/father figure Kevin Cunningham worked on throughout training camp. It paid massive dividends. Yet although Urango had a broken nose from the uppercuts early in the fight, the 29-year-old, Florida-based Colombian began to have some success around the sixth round. He landed some nice body shots and clipped Alexander with some hard head shots. Still, Alexander never budged and fired back.

In the eighth round, that right uppercut finished Urango. Alexander unleashed one and nailed Urango, who was in the middle of throwing his own punch, so he was wide-open. Urango crashed to the mat flat on his back. He beat the count but didn't look good, and moments later, Alexander landed another uppercut. Urango tried to hold on to Alexander to stay on his feet, but he eventually crumpled to the canvas. He beat the count again, but he was dazed, and referee Benjy Esteves called off the fight.





Alexander is quickly becoming one of the best fighters in a loaded 140-pound division. He won a vacant title in August by outclassing respected former titleholder Junior Witter, making him quit after eight rounds. Now, in his first defense, he was able to unify belts against Urango, who was making his second defense and is now a former two-time titleholder. The sky is the limit for Alexander, who shined in his HBO debut.

Promoter Don King and HBO are talking about Alexander's next defense in St. Louis, where he can become a major attraction. Maybe he will fight Zab Judah, who was ringside for this fight and is known to St. Louis fans for his knockout there against St. Louis native Cory Spinks to win the undisputed welterweight title in 2005. That would be a great promotion and fight. There are also a plethora of interesting matches for Alexander, the young American fighter who has the most Floyd Mayweather-like potential. Matches with Timothy Bradley, the Amir Khan-Paulie Malignaggi winner, the Victor Ortiz-Nate Campbell winner or the Marcos Maidana-Victor Cayo winner would all be sweet.
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Heavyweight
Derric Rossy W12 Zack Page

Scores: 120-107, 118-109, 117-110​
[tr][td]Records: Rossy, 25-2, 14 KOs; Page, 20-28-2, 7 KOs
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Rafael's remark: In August 2007, Rossy won a lopsided eight-round decision against Page, a journeyman who has faced (and lost to) all sorts of name opponents. For whatever reason, they were matched in a pointless rematch in the co-feature on a terrible Don King undercard. Rossy, 29, a former Boston College defensive end from Medford, N.Y., had his way with Page again. He dominated to sweep virtually every round in a lackluster fight. The one interesting moment came in the sixth round when Rossy dropped Page with an uppercut. Page was hurt, but the savvy veteran knows how to survive and he made it through the last 40 seconds of the round. Rossy has been staying awfully busy. He scored a first-round knockout in January, came back for a second-round knockout on Feb. 20, and then got in some rounds against Page, 36, of Warren, Ohio, who dropped to 2-5 in last seven bouts. Rossy won his seventh fight in a row since a fifth-round knockout loss to Alexander Dimitrenko in Germany in May 2008.
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Harrison Cuello W8 Steve Forbes

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Rafael's remark: Forbes, 33, of Las Vegas, and Cuello, 32, a native of the Dominican Republic living in New York, were supposed to fight much earlier in the night, but an issue between promoter Don King and HBO led to a lengthy intermission in the card while part of a ring mat logo unacceptable to HBO was painted over. The delay caused the bout to be trimmed from a scheduled 10 rounds to eight rounds and take place after the main event, by which time the fighters had probably been gloved up for more than two hours. Whether it was the delay or something else, Forbes, in his first fight since signing with King, was out of sorts and got schooled by Cuello in an upset. The draw scorecard was generous. Cuello ended an 0-4-1 skid. Forbes, a former junior lightweight titleholder and runner up on "The Contender," lost his third bout in his last four and looks like he's just about done. At least the two other losses in the skid were acceptable, lopsided decisions to welterweight titlist Andre Berto and Oscar De La Hoya. Losing to Cuello is not a forgivable defeat like those others.
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Cruiserweight
Wayne Braithwaite KO1 Adam Harris

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Rafael's remark: Braithwaite, a former cruiserweight titleholder, was not added to the card until the last minute and didn't need even three minutes to get rid of Harris in a one-sided demolition. Braithwaite, 34, a native of Guyana living in New York, was coming off a decision loss to former titleholder Steve Cunningham in a title elimination bout in July. Making his return, Braithwaite, who held a title from 2002 to 2005, hurt Harris with a left hand and then pounded him to the canvas. Harris, wincing in pain, took a deep breath as well as the full count from referee *!$# Flaherty at 2 minutes, 59 seconds. Harris, 35, of Worcester, Mass., lost his third consecutive bout.
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Junior bantamweight
Vic Darchinyan W12 Rodrigo Guerrero
Retains unified junior bantamweight titles
Scores: 120-108, 118-110, 117-111​
[/td][/tr][tr][td]Records: Darchinyan, 34-2-1, 27 KOs; Guerrero, 13-2, 9 KOs
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Rafael's remark: So which do you think hurt more after the fight -- Guerrero's face or Darchinyan's hands? Australia's Darchinyan, 34, plastered Guerrero, 22, all night with what seemed like a million hard, flush shots, but the Mexican challenger simply would no go down in the entertaining, albeit one-sided fight. Darchinyan has long been one of the best punchers in boxing, so the fact that Guerrero took so many blows was shocking. Darchinyan dominated all the way in his fourth title defense (the third of his unified belts), which headlined Showtime's "ShoBox: The New Generation." The fight had originally been scheduled as the co-feature for the Super Six World Boxing Classic bout between Arthur Abraham and Andre Dirrell on "Showtime Championship Boxing," but a Dirrell back injury forced the main event to be moved back to March 27. So Darchinyan took center stage on the revamped show and routed Guerrero, who had all-time great Marco Antonio Barrera working his corner. It didn't help. Guerrero, fighting outside of Mexico for the first time and taking a major step up in competition, was mildly competitive early on but Darchinyan eventually pounded him at will. At least give Guerrero the credit he deserves for standing up for all 12 rounds, no easy feat against Darchinyan. Of his 12 wins in world title bouts, Darchinyan has scored 10 knockouts, and his 2006 technical decision against Glenn Donaire should have gone down as a knockout. So Guerrero became the only man to legitimately go the distance with Darchinyan in a title bout that he won. Next Darchinyan really wants a rematch with Nonito Donaire, who knocked him out in a 2007 flyweight title fight. Donaire is now fighting at junior bantamweight and holds an interim belt that makes him a mandatory challenger for Darchinyan. His camp says it's interested in the rematch also, but there have been no real discussions, which is a shame. That's the fight the public wants and a fight Showtime, which aired the first bout, would surely pay good money for. There is no doubt it's the most lucrative bout for both sides. Darchinyan promoter Gary Shaw, who didn't attend the card due to the death of his father, Edward Shaw, at age 92 on Thursday, has said repeatedly that he will make a deal for the fight (after finally relenting on his promise never to make it after Donaire left him for Top Rank). But will Donaire promoter Top Rank make the fight? We can only hope. If the rematch isn't made, Darchinyan said he's interested in taking another crack at a bantamweight title, which he failed at last summer when he lost a decision to then-titlist Joseph Agbeko.
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Lightweight
Lenny Zappavigna W12 Fernando Angulo
Scores: 116-111 (twice), 114-113​
[tr][td]Records: Zappavigna, 23-0, 15 KOs; Angulo, 22-7, 14 KOs
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Rafael's remark: Australia's Zappavigna, 22, and Angulo, 29, of Ecuador, were originally not supposed to be part of Showtime's telecast. However, when the Arthur Abraham-Andre Dirrell Super Six bout was postponed, they were bumped up to the televised card. What we got to see was an excellent scrap with a questionable result. Zappavinga, who wears a long pony tail in the mold of countryman and all-time great former junior welterweight champ Kostya Tszyu, was fighting in the United States for the second time in a row after a career spent in Australia, where he had notched solid wins against former featherweight title challenger Tommy Browne and former junior lightweight titlist Gairy St. Clair. So Zappavinga was the favorite against Angulo, who took the fight on 12 days' notice and said he was at only about 85 percent. Both men were aggressive in what turned out to be a grueling action fight. Zappavinga, whose eyes seemed to be swelling from almost the beginning of the fight, suffered a cut over his right eye from a punch in the sixth round in the back-and-forth fight. An accidental head butt ripped open a much worse second cut over his right eye in the first minute of the eighth round. When referee Pat Russell called time out for the eye to be examined by the ringside doctor, blood was pouring down Zappavinga's face and chest. There was obvious panic in Zappavinga's corner between rounds due to the severity of the cut and the amount of blood. But the bout continued and, in the ninth round, Russell docked Angulo a point for hitting Zappavinga on the eye on a break in an increasingly chippy fight. They went at it hard down the stretch and finished with a flurry with the crowd cheering. Angulo looked like he had done enough to win the fight with a strong final few rounds. However, the cards went to Zappavinga. Maybe you could give it to him, but the 116-111 cards seemed a bit wide. Zappavinga is an exciting fighter, but it's hard to see him going too far after such a brutal struggle with Angulo. Angulo, who dropped a lopsided decision challenging then-lightweight titlist Juan Diaz in 2006, lost his third fight in a row but complained bitterly about this decision, one all three of Showtime's announcers (Nick Charles, Steve Farhood and Antonio Tarver) gave to Angulo.
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Welterweight
Saul "Canelo" Alvarez KO3 Brian Camechis
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Rafael's remark: Alvarez is the highly regarded 19-year-old who has become something of a sensation in Mexico and recently signed with Golden Boy after a bidding war with Top Rank. This bout was already set before he signed with Oscar De La Hoya's company in late January and his spectacular performance against Camechis paved the way for Alvarez, who turned professional at age 15, to come to Las Vegas, where he is expected to fight on the May 1 Shane Mosley-Floyd Mayweather HBO PPV undercard. Alvarez, with his typical aggression, was simply no match for Camechis. Alvarez dropped him twice in the second round. A left-right combination dropped Camechis to his backside. Later in the round, he was down again on the end of hard straight right hand. The blow opened a gash on Camechis' nose and blood streaked down his face. Then 23 seconds into the third round, Alvarez put him away with a nasty hybrid left hook/uppercut that deposited him on the canvas again and the referee called it off. American fans who haven't seen Alvarez are going to like him because of his all-action, yet skillful, style. Ohio's Camechis, 31, had won two in a row but has now lost three of his last five bouts.
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Junior lightweight
Johnny Tapia KO4 Jorge Reyes
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Rafael's remark: Tapia has had a remarkable career and is a probable Hall of Famer, winning five world titles in three divisions despite well-documented problems, such as drug addiction, legal hassles and attempted suicide. The one place Tapia may really be at peace is inside the ring, so after a three-year layoff, Tapia returned to boxing at age 43. Granted, he was fighting a woeful opponent, but he did what the 1,750 fans who turned out in his home state probably expected to see: Tapia win. It shouldn't come as much of a surprise that Tapia stopped his former sparring partner. Reyes, 38, of El Paso, Texas, was fighting for the first time in 16 months and fell to 0-16-1 in his last 17 bouts. Even his weight advantage did not help. He weighed in Friday at 136 pounds, while Tapia scaled the contract weight of 128. Tapia repeatedly hurt Reyes to the body and was credited with a second-round knockdown when Reyes was knocked into the ropes, according to the Albuquerque Journal. Tapia scored two more knockdowns in the third round before he finished Reyes in the fourth with another knockdown in which he went to a knee and took the full count. Tapia told his hometown newspaper that he would fight again if the right opportunity came up. Before his fight, Tapia worked the corner of his son, bantamweight Johnathon Tapia, who was making his professional debut. It didn't go so well as he got knocked down in the third round and dropped a unanimous decision, 40-35 (twice) and 39-36 to Matthew Salazar (1-1, 1 KO).
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Lightweight
Ricardo Dominguez TKO4 Leonardo Resendiz
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Rafael's remark: This is the sort of pointless, lackluster main event that killed Top Rank's deal with Versus, even if Resendiz was a late substitute. The original fight with Ivan Valle was nothing to write home about either. So far, the new "Top Rank Live" has been very solid. Hopefully, this edition was the exception and not going to become the rule. In any event, Dominguez, 24, surprisingly found himself on the deck in the opening round after Mexican countryman Resendiz clobbered him with a series of shots. But Dominguez did not appear badly shaken. He seemed more ticked off than hurt. Dominguez, who turned pro at age 15, rebounded in the second round by dropping Resendiz at the end of the round with an uppercut. Had no idea if he survived the knockdown because the telecast cut away for a commercial while Resendiz, 33, was still on the mat, an unforgivable production gaffe. He did survive the knockdown, but Dominguez worked him over throughout the third round. The bell rang to begin the fourth round, but Resendiz remained on his stool, unwilling to go on.
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Junior lightweight
Martin Honorio W12 Wilton Hilario
Scores: 120-106, 119-107 (twice)​
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Rafael's remark: Unfortunately, Honorio is probably best known to boxing fans for being knocked out in the first round when he challenged then-featherweight titlist Robert Guerrero in November 2007. But Honorio is better than that. Not only was he the first man to defeat future featherweight titlist Steven Luevano in 2005, he also upset John Molina, a rising prospect at the time, via unanimous decision in November. Now, Honorio, 30, of Mexico, has won four in a row since the loss to Guerrero by knocking off Hilario in a lopsided "Friday Night Fights" main event. Honorio thoroughly dominated the outgunned Hilario, 26, of the Dominican Republic, who showed amazing durability and little else. He probably has never even heard of a jab and had no idea how to deal with Honorio, who threw punches from various angles and abused him both hands. Honorio scored two knockdowns in the sixth round but could not finish Hilario, who kept coming forward all night and getting hit in the face. Other than being unable to get the knockout, this was a spirited and good performance from Honorio, who would like to challenge for a junior lightweight belt.
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Junior featherweight
Rico Ramos KO4 Cecilio Santos
Scores: 96-94 (twice) Rosado, 97-93 Roman​
[tr][td]Records: Ramos, 15-0, 9 KOs; Santos, 24-13-3, 14 KOs
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Rafael's remark: Los Angeles' Rico Ramos, 22, is one of boxing's top prospects and continued to impress in his second consecutive televised bout. In November, he dominated Alejandro Perez but was taken the distance in a "ShoBox" bout on Showtime. This time, on ESPN2's "Friday Night Fights," Ramos dominated Mexico's Santos, 31, who is experienced -- he's 0-3-1 in world title bouts at bantamweight and junior bantamweight -- but on the downside of his career in falling to 2-5 in his last seven bouts. The question going into the fight was not necessarily if Ramos would win but would he do it in style? Would he get the knockout? He did and in a resounding way. Although it maybe took a round or two longer than maybe was expected, he did his job. Ramos, who was fighting with a heavy heart just six weeks after the untimely death of cornerman Darius Watson at age 38, lashed Santos with combinations to the head and body and finished him by sinking a left hand to his body. Good performance from a fighter we want to see more of.
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Junior welterweight
Mike Dallas Jr. TKO1 Fabian Luque
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[tr][td]Records: Dallas Jr., 12-0-1, 3 KOs; Luque, 21-10-4, 12 KOs
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Rafael's remark: Dallas isn't known for his power, but he showed some as he crushed Luque with ease. The 23-year-old from Bakersfield, Calif., who is managed by famed Jackie Kallen, looked sharp and fast before taking out Luque with two booming right hands. Luque beat the count, but referee Dr. James Jen-Kin didn't like what he saw and called it off at 2 minutes, 58 seconds. Luque, 32, of Mexico, lost his fifth in a row by knockout, but Dallas -- who has been one of Manny Pacquiao's sparring partners -- was the first during that streak to stop him in the opening round.
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Junior welterweight
John Molina TKO1 Ricardo Medina
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Rafael's remark: Molina, of Covina, Calif., was starting to get some attention and a big promotional push from Dan Goossen when he ran into Martin Honorio in November. It was supposed to be a big test for Molina, but the more experienced Honorio took him Molina in a lopsided 10-round decision. So it was back to the drawing board for the 27-year-old, who made his comeback by blowing out Mexico's Medina, 39, who lost his fourth fight in a row. Molina dropped Medina twice in before referee David Mendoza called it off at 1 minute, 40 seconds.
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