Whoa Nelly!
HBO had 2 great fights tonight.
One great truth came out of the main event:
Randy Neumann should never again be allowed to referee a fight. He did a truly pathetic job in officiating the Wladmir Klitschko vs Samuel Peter fight. He called one obvious shove a knockdown, and he allowed Peter to rabbit punch and "hold and hit" all through the fight. It was disgraceful.
My conditional prediction was dead-on. It went the distance, and, despite 3 knockdowns (one which was obviously a shove, and another that came from a "hold and hit"), Klitschko clearly won the fight. Peter tested Wladmir's chin, but he wasn't able to move well enough to cut off ring, allowing Wladmir to move and jab. Wladmir has been accused of lacking heart, but he showed a lot of heart tonight. Peter also showed heart and great power, and if he adds speed and endurance, he could likely take Wladmir in a re-match. Peter will certainly improve with experience, and I hope to see him fight again.
The Miguel Cotto vs Ricardo Torres fight on the undercard was one of the best fights that I've seen in a while, with two guys who fought like wildcats. Cotto scored a brilliant knockout, but the guys exchanged knockdowns, and the fight could have easily went the other way.
One great truth came out of the main event:
Randy Neumann should never again be allowed to referee a fight. He did a truly pathetic job in officiating the Wladmir Klitschko vs Samuel Peter fight. He called one obvious shove a knockdown, and he allowed Peter to rabbit punch and "hold and hit" all through the fight. It was disgraceful.
My conditional prediction was dead-on. It went the distance, and, despite 3 knockdowns (one which was obviously a shove, and another that came from a "hold and hit"), Klitschko clearly won the fight. Peter tested Wladmir's chin, but he wasn't able to move well enough to cut off ring, allowing Wladmir to move and jab. Wladmir has been accused of lacking heart, but he showed a lot of heart tonight. Peter also showed heart and great power, and if he adds speed and endurance, he could likely take Wladmir in a re-match. Peter will certainly improve with experience, and I hope to see him fight again.
The Miguel Cotto vs Ricardo Torres fight on the undercard was one of the best fights that I've seen in a while, with two guys who fought like wildcats. Cotto scored a brilliant knockout, but the guys exchanged knockdowns, and the fight could have easily went the other way.
posted by Paul at 11:19 PM
1 Comments:
I agree. Two Great fights. The Cotto fight was pretty amazing. Klitschko was a little too "Muhammed Ali" for my taste, but he did what he had to do to win. I think if Peter EVER laid one good solid punch on Wlad, it would have been over though.
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