Fights You Watched Today

Yeah, I can see Lopez nailing him in an exchange if Loma starts as aggressive as he was in the twelfth from the first round. Loma showed that he has a weakness to the body in the Campbell fight, and Lopez confirmed it when he primarily went to the body while walking Loma down. Lopez's own skills are very underrated IMO. I think he has all the tools to do what he did last time, and I think Lopez will stop Loma next time.

That said, of all the fights for Lopez at 135, I like that one the most. Haney and Garcia are both very flawed in their own ways. Haney has no power, is inconsistent as a ring general and doesn't seem to have the best chin either. He's too focused on being Floyd Mayweather, when he could probably get the most out of his talent if he went his own way and forged himself his own style. Garcia has like no chin, and nothing more than a hard hitting left hook merchant. Lopez has every he needs to beat both with a steady jab and a hard cross-counter.

 

I wouldnt say he has no chin. Amir khan has no chin, Zab Judah has no chin. I think Garcia just got hit with a punch he didnt see on the button and somehow I think thats even worse. His defense is a bigger problem. The fact that he was able to get off the canvas and come back and stop Campbell shows that he doesnt have a china chin.

 

watched caveman lee vs locicero. really good brawl! had never watched before.

 

I rewatched Marciano-Walcott 1 last night.

Doesn't need much explanation. All time classic war, culminated with perhaps the best right hand ever landed in the sport's history.

 

Also randomly I rewatched Dariusz Michalczewski vs Nestor Giovanni. That fight was pretty much all DM. Ended in a pretty sweet one punch left hook off the jab.

 

Classic fight with a great 5th round.

 

Top 5 all-time heavyweight fight imo.

 

Rewatched Alfonso Zamora vs Soo Hwan Hong.

Zamora's best career performance. He was a wrecking ball, and Hong was quality.

 

Also rewatched Kassim Ouma vs JC Candelo for the first time in MANY years. Ouma's best performance.

 

I liked Ouma as well. Not sure of the first time i saw him but maybe on FNF? One of those guys who was very entertaining but you could tell wouldn't have long a lasting career even without a step-up in competition.

 

Gonna try and get through these while I'm sat in isolation. Should be a fun way of passing the time.

Julio Cesar Chavez vs Edwin Rosario
Julio Cesar Chavez vs Jose Luis Ramirez
Julio Cesar Chavez vs Juan Laporte
Julio Cesar Chavez vs Hector Camacho
Julio Cesar Chavez vs Mayweather II
Julio Cesar Chavez vs Mario Martinez
Julio Cesar Chavez vs Sammy Fuentes

 

I've got the Martinez and Ramirez fights left, which I'll watch tonight or tomorrow. I couldn't be arsed scoring the Camacho fight, but I always enjoy watching how he cuts off the ring in that one. And anybody whose bodywork techniques I nick in an open stance is a friend of mine. This fights a treasure trove of them.

 

I watched Jeff Chandler vs Julian Solis 1 last night - which I uploaded.

Chandler gradually broke Solis down to win the title.

I wonder if Solis' fight with Jorge Lujan exists on film. I could never find it.

 

I just checked my Lujan boxset and it wasn't there.

 

watched the chandler fight too. also watched taylor vs. meekins.

 

Taylor-Meekins i had on VHS once upon a time, but haven't watched in years. I just uploaded it. I'll actually rewatch it tonight.

 

found it on your channel. decent quality.

 

Badou Jack vs. De Gale. De Gale knocks Jack down. Then Jack comes forward the rest of the fight. Thought Jack clearly won.

 

Yep, Jack clearly won that fight

 

Rewtached Loris Stecca vs Leo Cruz.

Good fight, and good title-winning performance by Stecca:

 

Good little fight that one. I had it dead even going into the 12th.

 

Rewatched McGuigan-Pedroza tonight.

Barry would easily be the best featherweight in the world in 2021.

 

Also rewatched Sanchez vs Lil Red Lopez 1. First time I had watched it in many years.

Sanchez's second best performance behind the Gomez fight. He lit Lil Red up something terrible.

Sal was a bad muthafucka, he really was.

 

I think ive changed my opinion back to what it once was. Sanchez beats Arguello at 126 in a great fight.

Arguello has the edge at 130.

 

watched arce vs. ler. and vazquez jr. vs. mijares. ko of mijares was impressive and definitive in a fight vazquez jr. looked like he was maybe going to lose, although it was early.

 

I also watched Zarate vs Jorge Torres last night. This was pre-title winning Zarate.



Zarate was a tremendous technician, which he really doesn't get enough credit for.

 

Rewatched Nelson vs Gomez.

Great war that really doesn't get enough recognition. Nelson proved to be far too strong for Bazooka, but Gomez, as he always did, showed amazing heart and went down swinging.

Nelson would also beat every featherweight in the last 35 years imo.

 

Also rewatched Arguello-Olivares for the first time in years. Truly one of the greatest all time featherweight wars. That Arguello left hook that ended things was the shortest left hook I've ever seen.

 

Just rewatched Arguello-Kobayashi, and what struck me straight away about this younger version of ETM was that he was much less comfortable on his feet. He was jittery, his base often broke and he seemed to unnecessarily bring his feet together and stray away from the methodicism which made him so successful later on. He was rawer, relied on his physical superiority more and his defence wasn't particularly advanced. He shelled up and retreated to the ropes with a high-guard as Kobayashi wailed away at him. He did show he could use the guard effectively, but he didn't show another defensive plane. He ended up improving his guard by reinforcing it with parries as he moved up, but he didn't have that here. His ring generalship wasn't as absolute as it would later be and his jab wasn't as refined either IMO. His right hand and left uppercut were both excellent, but his left hook and bodywork were lacking.

It was an incredible performance and showed his ridiculous physical attributes, but at FW, he was a farcry from the technical perfection he'd become just four pounds north.