Boxing on a Saturday night...
Watching boxing as I type this. HBO is between fights at the moment, and I thought I'd take a page from my boy Shaddax and go round by round on Wladimir Klitschko vs. Lamon Brewster.
The opening fight was a welterweight match between Zab Judah and unified champion Cory Spinks. Spinks is the son of Leon and a decently talented fighter, facing Judah who is coming up in weight. Spinks dominated the early going, but obviously wasn't a knockout puncher. Judah, smaller and quicker on the jab, punished Spinks in the middle rounds, but let him back into the fight by turning his back in the 9th. In the 11th, Spinks got a fluky knockdown on Judah, seemingly getting himself back into the fight, but in the 12th, Judah got a solid knockdown back, hurting Spinks pretty bad, but not getting the KO. In the end, Spinks won a unanimous decision that HBO's judge had as a draw, and which I saw as Judah winning the fight. But then, I'm not a fight expert, so there you go.
Round one of this fight has Klitschko pretty much opening up on Brewster. Brewster looks like he's a sparring partner, not an opponent, and Klitschko looks like he's trying to exorcise the demons of Corrie Sanders, who knocked him out 13 months ago. Klitschko's brother, Vitali, a heavyweight himself, will be facing Sanders in two weeks, also on HBO.
Round two starts as more of the same, but Brewster comes alive a bit, trying to use Klitschko's body. Klitschko looks like one of the fighters from the old Punch Out! game for the NES, just standing up there punching away. Better round for Brewster, but still 2-0 Klitschko. After two rounds Klitschko has landed 45 punches as opposed to 8 for Brewster.
Round three starts with Larry Merchant warning that Klitschko should be careful not to tire out, as though he expects this to go to a decision. Slugging here, but also sloppiness. Brewster appears to be able to take some abuse though, as he's taken a few hard punches from Klitschko and kept going. Brewster probably pulled this one out, and Lederman agrees, giving the round to Brewster.
What a shitty fight so far. By the way, HBO should find a way to keep Emmanuel Steward and get rid of Roy Jones. Jones is decent as commentator, but Steward is much more opinionated and similar to George Foreman.
Round four, more of the same, punch, punch, grab. But Brewster just went down. and that may be it, as he just went down again. But Brewster gets up and just keeps punching. Heh. Brewster just took Klitschko down WWE style. Definitely a 10-7 round for Klitschko.
As round five starts, Merchant says that only one knockdown counted in the fourth. Jesus, Brewster just keeps taking punches. Klitschko is BLOWN UP(tm ITVR) and Brewster just took advantage and got a standing 8 on Klitschko. This fight is now a lot better.
Holeee shit. The ref just stopped the fight. Your winner by TKO, Lamon Brewster. Klitschko went down after the bell and he was so dazed that the ref called it. Lampley and Merchant are suggesting that Klitschko's career is over. Klitschko was ahead, and Brewster just turned on the gas. Wonder if Vitali will feel he has to avenge this loss after he's done with Corrie Sanders. Lampley points out that Brewster won in a fight in which he got his ass whipped but good.
Merchant just shouted down a bunch of Brewster's boys who were yelling behing the interview. Funny stuff. Brewster notes that he knew Klitschko was huffing and puffing after two and he knew he would win, that Klitschko would have to "kill me to beat me" even after the fourth round knockdown. Not a bad fight night on HBO overall.
The opening fight was a welterweight match between Zab Judah and unified champion Cory Spinks. Spinks is the son of Leon and a decently talented fighter, facing Judah who is coming up in weight. Spinks dominated the early going, but obviously wasn't a knockout puncher. Judah, smaller and quicker on the jab, punished Spinks in the middle rounds, but let him back into the fight by turning his back in the 9th. In the 11th, Spinks got a fluky knockdown on Judah, seemingly getting himself back into the fight, but in the 12th, Judah got a solid knockdown back, hurting Spinks pretty bad, but not getting the KO. In the end, Spinks won a unanimous decision that HBO's judge had as a draw, and which I saw as Judah winning the fight. But then, I'm not a fight expert, so there you go.
Round one of this fight has Klitschko pretty much opening up on Brewster. Brewster looks like he's a sparring partner, not an opponent, and Klitschko looks like he's trying to exorcise the demons of Corrie Sanders, who knocked him out 13 months ago. Klitschko's brother, Vitali, a heavyweight himself, will be facing Sanders in two weeks, also on HBO.
Round two starts as more of the same, but Brewster comes alive a bit, trying to use Klitschko's body. Klitschko looks like one of the fighters from the old Punch Out! game for the NES, just standing up there punching away. Better round for Brewster, but still 2-0 Klitschko. After two rounds Klitschko has landed 45 punches as opposed to 8 for Brewster.
Round three starts with Larry Merchant warning that Klitschko should be careful not to tire out, as though he expects this to go to a decision. Slugging here, but also sloppiness. Brewster appears to be able to take some abuse though, as he's taken a few hard punches from Klitschko and kept going. Brewster probably pulled this one out, and Lederman agrees, giving the round to Brewster.
What a shitty fight so far. By the way, HBO should find a way to keep Emmanuel Steward and get rid of Roy Jones. Jones is decent as commentator, but Steward is much more opinionated and similar to George Foreman.
Round four, more of the same, punch, punch, grab. But Brewster just went down. and that may be it, as he just went down again. But Brewster gets up and just keeps punching. Heh. Brewster just took Klitschko down WWE style. Definitely a 10-7 round for Klitschko.
As round five starts, Merchant says that only one knockdown counted in the fourth. Jesus, Brewster just keeps taking punches. Klitschko is BLOWN UP(tm ITVR) and Brewster just took advantage and got a standing 8 on Klitschko. This fight is now a lot better.
Holeee shit. The ref just stopped the fight. Your winner by TKO, Lamon Brewster. Klitschko went down after the bell and he was so dazed that the ref called it. Lampley and Merchant are suggesting that Klitschko's career is over. Klitschko was ahead, and Brewster just turned on the gas. Wonder if Vitali will feel he has to avenge this loss after he's done with Corrie Sanders. Lampley points out that Brewster won in a fight in which he got his ass whipped but good.
Merchant just shouted down a bunch of Brewster's boys who were yelling behing the interview. Funny stuff. Brewster notes that he knew Klitschko was huffing and puffing after two and he knew he would win, that Klitschko would have to "kill me to beat me" even after the fourth round knockdown. Not a bad fight night on HBO overall.
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