Fights You Watched Today

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  1. George Crowcroft

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    It occurred to me I'd never seen more than a single round of Valero in my life and figured why not, I'd watch this one myself.

    It really was an awesome fight. Valero was a whirlwind with a magnet for leather. His hand speed really impressed me here, although in terms of being touted as an elite fighter, I didn't see it. The guy was essentially Bazooka Limon with a faster hands and a worse chin. I doubt he'd have even beat Limon, but my God what a fight that would've been.
     
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    Watched Joichiro Tatsuyoshi v Sirimongkol Nakornthon Parkview (if that's his name) from back in 1997.

    Brutal fight. My kind of fight.

    Need to see more Tatsuyoshi now.
     
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    Exactly.

    He was absurdly overrated, but he was exciting.
     
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    Jesus of montreal WBC Silver Diamond Emeritus Champ

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    I see him more of a southpaw gatti. No defense, good speed and power, swinging recklessly
     
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    I think Gatti's fundamentals were a lot better than either Limon's or Valero's. The way Valero threw his wide hooks really reminded of Limon or Rabanales. It's the fact he threw it and barely bent his elbow, I think.
     
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    Valero would have stopped Gatti imo.

    But he would have been undressed by an elite guy.
     
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    Jesus of montreal WBC Silver Diamond Emeritus Champ

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    Its a 50/50 fight imo. Valero defense was so terrible i could see him walking into a bomb from gatti
     
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    Valero vs Corrales would have been fun while it lasted, but I have no doubt that Chico would have taken his head off at some point.
     
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    figueroa vs. arakawa

    omar figueroa is just fun to watch. he's an accurate puncher. and never stops. eben when he dominates he is so aggressive his fights are compelling.
     
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    Figueroa was a bum.
     
  11. George Crowcroft

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    Frank Fletcher was a bum, he was still fun to watch.
     
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    "was?" he just fought in may.
     
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    watched parker vs. andy ruiz. am i the only one who thought ruiz won easily? parker is so underwhelming.
     
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    Rewatched Taylor-McGirt.

    Never gets old. This will always be one of the best virtuoso performances in history. Especially in a title-winning performance.

    Damn. Picture the beating Mel would have put on Fimo.
     
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    I watched Davis-Gamboa today. Jesus wept, Tank looked poor. Gamboa by that point was a nobody too.
     
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    Crawford's win over Gamboa aged well.

    You can see the huge gap between Bud's ability and that of Tank and Haney.
     
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    Yeah he's all wrong for him. Not so hard hitting he'd take him out but too fast and strong enough to not worry about singles. That's why I don't Fimos style whether his him or somebody else deploying it.

    I watched Commey vs Lomachenko.

    I think Loma is a little bit of a box bot. I L see repetition in him.
     
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    I think he was a bit stronger. He'd have given Robinson a better fight, might well have beaten him.
     
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    Valero would have stopped both Gatti and Robinson imo. Manfredy too.

    But put Valero in with a Casamayor, Corrales, Castillo? I think he gets stomped by all three.

    I also think Stevie Johnston would have beaten the crap outta Valero.
     
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    I wouldn't go that far.

    Gamboa didn't win a second against Haney or Tank while Bud had a lot of trouble early on with Gamboa.
     
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    I did another rewatch of Taylor-Chavez and Leonard-Duran 1.

    Leonard-Duran 1 was without question the better fight, minus the dramatic ending of Chavez-Taylor.
     
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    I agree but I think round 10 of Chavez-Taylor was the best round of either fight.
     
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    Superman vs Zod lol
     
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    I just watched Kelly Pavlik vs Edison Miranda, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Prior to the stoppage, I had Pavlik ahead by a couple points (57/55), and my God, what a war. It's weird how you almost never hear this one mention as a great MW fight, when Pavlik's next fight is often regarded as one of the best. I'd take this one over Pavlik-Taylor I anyday of the week. Quality, quality stuff.
     
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    Haven't seen it since it happened, but i recalled it being very one sided
     
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    Xplosive X-MOD Bad Motherfucker

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    Taylor-Pavlik 1 was a much, much better fight. One of the best middleweight title fights ever.

    JOM remembers correctly. Pavlik-Miranda was a beating more than it was a war. Miranda got mugged from the jump.
     
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    It wasn't. I watched both yesterday. Miranda vs Pavlik was an all-out war. Sure, Pavlik was in control but he was still taking bombs and wobbled on multiple occasions. Taylor vs Pavlik is one of those fights that gets overrated. It's like Chiquita-Carbajal I, you've seen it once and you've seen it a thousand times. I prefer the constant action of that over a fight where the knock-downs make up most of the action.
     
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    I've seen Pavlik-Miranda quite a few times. Fun to watch, but lacked the drama of and back and forth of Taylor-Pavlik because again, Miranda was never in the fight. He got battered.
     
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    Miranda absolutely was in the fight early. He hurt Pavlik bad. I prefer clean exchanges and high pace action. Taylor vs Pavlik gets predictable after you've seen it once. And you're saying Miranda got battered like Taylor also didn't get his shit kicked in.
     

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