well......an o.k.weekend....losers with trabant(split nod at home) and branco as a substantial dog.....and had a small loser on raheem....don`t get me started on this one...hit the over in fraza and delgado(thanks b.l.) and took a tough loss on a small dog play with delgado that i thought i had in the bag...more horrible,lazy reffing in that one...
hit the over in suleymanoglu....the under with reid/cintron by a hair.....hit the trabant over..and the hedge with diaz and sim......and still have several open parlays....and a flat on soliman tomorrow night...
raheem wasn`t winning that fight under any circumstances....i`m getting very tired of inept,biased reffing....that guy should be banned from boxing....
1)yes,raheem was holding behind the head....juarez is at least 2 inches shorter than raheem....and is constantly boring in...raheem can`t fight inside with juarez so he ties him up....do i like this type of fighter?....no....does it happen all the time...of course...the ali reference by the hbo crew was dead on....
i believe that starting in the 10th,that raheem knew he couldn`t win by decision,so he was trying to get disqualified to bring more attention to what was going on....because by the tenth,he was effectively out of the fight....as much by the ref`s antics as by anything that juarez was doing....
the ref had no idea how to break fighters....you don`t stick a hand in and expect them to separate in a tough fight...you work a little and get between them...separate them physically so no one can get off a cheap shot on the break....
he was focused on raheem the whole fight...it was a disgrace....
yes,raheem held behind the head...but,the ref was obviously doing everything in his power to assist juarez...you`d have to be blind or biased not to see it....
short of a stoppage,raheem wasn`t winning this fight...period...
i can`t imagine what i`d say if i`d had real money on this....
a disgrace...
diaz fought one hell of a fight....was much quicker than i thought he`d be....but,part of that was because i underestimated sim`s immobility and the shocking amount of rigor mortis that has set in for someone drawing breath....he was wooden...as a friend said to me previously,"stiffer than pinnochio`s dick".....
i still think diaz is a big go against vs. another top american fighter...outside of houston....
but he did exactly what needed to be done vs the wooden indian...great job....i feel lucky to hit the hedge....sim looked in some trouble several times late....great matchmaking by the duva team.....
and a great choice of ref in the fight they stood to lose....
the absolute best fight of the weekend was an unlined fight pitting 28-5 gerson guerrero vs 22-2 jair jimenez(superflyweights....jimenez stepping up in weight) on telemundo friday night........the fight of the year for me by far.......guerrero by a much wider margin than was possibly warranted...was a hairline fight and could have gone either way...the scoring disparity was a disgrace....but both guys were unbelievable...guerrero`s power shots vs the smaller jimenez volume punches....and they were solid shots....not pitty pat punches....non-stop...without losing quality technique...incredible stamina,toughness and will...
honestly,one of the best fights i`ve seen in years....ashamed somebody had to lose....guerrero finished stronger and almost stopped jimenez in the 12th....
my fight of the year,so far...
hit the over in suleymanoglu....the under with reid/cintron by a hair.....hit the trabant over..and the hedge with diaz and sim......and still have several open parlays....and a flat on soliman tomorrow night...
raheem wasn`t winning that fight under any circumstances....i`m getting very tired of inept,biased reffing....that guy should be banned from boxing....
1)yes,raheem was holding behind the head....juarez is at least 2 inches shorter than raheem....and is constantly boring in...raheem can`t fight inside with juarez so he ties him up....do i like this type of fighter?....no....does it happen all the time...of course...the ali reference by the hbo crew was dead on....
i believe that starting in the 10th,that raheem knew he couldn`t win by decision,so he was trying to get disqualified to bring more attention to what was going on....because by the tenth,he was effectively out of the fight....as much by the ref`s antics as by anything that juarez was doing....
the ref had no idea how to break fighters....you don`t stick a hand in and expect them to separate in a tough fight...you work a little and get between them...separate them physically so no one can get off a cheap shot on the break....
he was focused on raheem the whole fight...it was a disgrace....
yes,raheem held behind the head...but,the ref was obviously doing everything in his power to assist juarez...you`d have to be blind or biased not to see it....
short of a stoppage,raheem wasn`t winning this fight...period...
i can`t imagine what i`d say if i`d had real money on this....
a disgrace...
diaz fought one hell of a fight....was much quicker than i thought he`d be....but,part of that was because i underestimated sim`s immobility and the shocking amount of rigor mortis that has set in for someone drawing breath....he was wooden...as a friend said to me previously,"stiffer than pinnochio`s dick".....
i still think diaz is a big go against vs. another top american fighter...outside of houston....
but he did exactly what needed to be done vs the wooden indian...great job....i feel lucky to hit the hedge....sim looked in some trouble several times late....great matchmaking by the duva team.....
and a great choice of ref in the fight they stood to lose....
the absolute best fight of the weekend was an unlined fight pitting 28-5 gerson guerrero vs 22-2 jair jimenez(superflyweights....jimenez stepping up in weight) on telemundo friday night........the fight of the year for me by far.......guerrero by a much wider margin than was possibly warranted...was a hairline fight and could have gone either way...the scoring disparity was a disgrace....but both guys were unbelievable...guerrero`s power shots vs the smaller jimenez volume punches....and they were solid shots....not pitty pat punches....non-stop...without losing quality technique...incredible stamina,toughness and will...
honestly,one of the best fights i`ve seen in years....ashamed somebody had to lose....guerrero finished stronger and almost stopped jimenez in the 12th....
my fight of the year,so far...
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