Woooooh I got motivated to post tonight and this happened to be on my television screen. It should be in English on Friday Night Fights with ole scarface Teddy Atlas but Radio Canada has the Canadian rights so ill have to catch this in French. Off we go.
Round 1:
First round is pretty standard. Urango walked Herman down and try's to land while Herman uses the jab to keep Urango a a distance. as the round progresses Urango closes the distance and shows his superior punching power. He def lands more power shots and i feel he takes the first round Urango 10-9.
Round 2:
Urango with some nice body work to start the round. Herman drops his hands and pays a lil later in the round eating a combination he probably should have been able to defend. He answers back and there are some nice exchanges. Another round i fee was controlled by Urango despite Herman finishing a little stronger than the first round 10-9 Urango
Round 3:
Herman back to using the jab more this round. seems like a wise decision.huge uppercut from Urango and he drops Herman hard. He makes it but its not looking good. Urango is throwing everything now but Herman is surviving. Urango should be careful not to blow his wad. Down again and he answers the count. Herman looks to survive and he does. 10-7 Urango. Hes just straight overwhelming Herman
Round 4:
Urango is an angry man. hes stalking the hurt Herman and hes going to make it tough for him to survive. Herman gets caught when he shouldn't IMO. Hands are too low.Herman is doing well for the 2nd half of this round penetrating Urango's defense to arguably steal the round. Urango throws some bombs at the end but Herm catches them all on the gloves. 10-9 Herman
Round 5:
Herman using his hand speed to land crisp combos on Urango. He needs to stay off the ropes if he wants to win. Urango is getting wider and Herman seems to be finding his groove finally. Urango lands a few power shots but overall Herman controls where the fight is fought and lands some crisp combos to take the round. Herman 10-9
Round 6:
Another tough round to score. Herman is backing up as usual but he does slip shots and land his nice combos. Hes gonna have to do this for the rest of the fight. Urango is always coming forward landing thudding shots that even if blocked will accumulate I'm sure. 10-9 Herman
Round 7:
Urango working hard to the body now. Smart move. if you take Herms gas tank from him he cant run away. Urango goes back to head hunting a lil. Herman makes a mini comback towards the end of the round but its not enough. they have a nice exchange at the end of the round. Urango 10-9
Round 8:
These rounds are all pretty similar. Urango plods forward and throws heavy shots to the body and head while Herman tries to fend him off and fire back. He doesn't land enough in return to win the round in my opinion. 10-9 Urango
Round 9:
Again much the same. Urango works the body hard this round and chases Herman. Near the end Herman lands some hard shots and may hurt Urango a little but not anything to stop the Urango onslaught. The round ends. Urango 10-9
Round 10:
Herman is looking a little stronger this round. Urango looks like he may be losing a little steam on his movement and punches. Lots of holding going on this round. Heavy body shots from Urango. Herman is landing cleaner shots now. Urango def losing a lil zip. But he keeps coming and winning the round. Herman is looking much better than i thought he would at this point in the fight. 10-9 Urango.
Round 11:
Herman looks very worn down now. Urango coming forward as usual. Again lots of holding and inside fighting. Both guys are very tired. Urango 10-9
Round 12:
Herman needs to knock him out to win this. Urango needs to just hold on and survive for 3min and he has this in the bag. You never know what the judges will say but i don't see any way Herman is winning this. Urango coming hard now really pushing his punches but he wont stop. More holding from both guys. Herman getting off good
on the inside towards the end. You could maybe give that to Herman but too little too late. 10-9 Herman
Friday, January 30, 2009
Saturday, January 10, 2009
A day of catch-up
I, like most people, cannot watch boxing every day. Or MMA, for that matter. Need to throw different activities into the mix lest I destroy my life. However, because I skip so many shows, I often need a "catchup day" to start watching many of them, often in repetition. The snow gave me good reason to do just this. The basic theme? John Duddy. No, really.
-JOHN DUDDY vs. SHELBY PUDWILL (3/16/06): Pudwill was a lousy fraud and got beaten violently, dropped early in round one with a left hook to the chin and he never recovered. Between the Pierre and Campos fights, so people were still somewhat willing to buy into Duddy.
-JOHN DUDDY vs. DUPRE STRICKLAND (5/18/07): Strickland had an impressive record (as did many Duddy opponents) but it lacked any substance. He was knocked down on an off balance shot in the first and lost every single round of the fight on my card and that of the judges. A horrible fight in which Strickland ran and Duddy's lack of actual punching power made it impossible for him to slow down Strickland. Strickland did nothing to win.
-JOHN DUDDY vs. ALESSIO FURLAN (7/24/07): Duddy's return to Ireland, a necessary move to remotivate him and keep him from going stale with the NY fanbase. A lot is said by the RTE announcers to hype him, and he lives up to it in some sense. Duddy drops him in the first and then out throws him most of the fight, with Furlan winning only the 5th. Furlan was given a ton of credit for a career journeyman, and much was made of his survival for 11 rounds against Sylvester. Duddy stops Furlan with less than 20 seconds remaining in round 10 after the second knockdown of that final round. Furlan made sure to land a few solid rights on Duddy, but being a weak puncher, nothing truly came of it.
-JOHN DUDDY vs. PRINCE ARRON (10/20/07): Simply no way Nevada or NY would ever accept this fight. Arron is beyond overmatched and while he lands a pretty decent combination in round 1, Duddy simply piles over the stringbean with a few knockdowns. Arron is really looking for a soft spot on the canvas in round 2 when a solid slap on the inside puts him down and forces a ref stoppage.
-JOHN DUDDY vs. HOWARD EASTMAN (12/8/07): Eastman looked good here, which is perhaps not the strongest complement to Duddy's skills. Lots of right hand uppercuts landed clean and Eastman as counterpuncher seemed to have the answer to Duddy's forward movement all night long. Earlier in his career, Eastman obliterates Duddy. At 37, it is a close fight due to Duddy's ability to soak up punches while throwing his own. I had it Eastman 96-94 but the ref scores it that way for Duddy. Eastman really ran out of gas in the 6th and just sorta coasted in from there. The announcers again put over Duddy's success and popularity in the US (hah!) as well as Eastman's ability.
My thoughts with Duddy is that he probably gets a bad wrap. He didn't look bad with Eastman, who is very awkward. Alternately, a 37 year old Eastman shouldn't be competitive with a guy constantly brought up in world title bout talks. What I found most hilarious was watching these shows, you see several prospects as good or better than Duddy (Macklin, Quillin, Moore), and whatever momentum you imagine building for Duddy gets blown up. Duddy is what he is, which is Mickey Ward with good management.
-JOHN DUDDY vs. DUPRE STRICKLAND (5/18/07): Strickland had an impressive record (as did many Duddy opponents) but it lacked any substance. He was knocked down on an off balance shot in the first and lost every single round of the fight on my card and that of the judges. A horrible fight in which Strickland ran and Duddy's lack of actual punching power made it impossible for him to slow down Strickland. Strickland did nothing to win.
-JOHN DUDDY vs. ALESSIO FURLAN (7/24/07): Duddy's return to Ireland, a necessary move to remotivate him and keep him from going stale with the NY fanbase. A lot is said by the RTE announcers to hype him, and he lives up to it in some sense. Duddy drops him in the first and then out throws him most of the fight, with Furlan winning only the 5th. Furlan was given a ton of credit for a career journeyman, and much was made of his survival for 11 rounds against Sylvester. Duddy stops Furlan with less than 20 seconds remaining in round 10 after the second knockdown of that final round. Furlan made sure to land a few solid rights on Duddy, but being a weak puncher, nothing truly came of it.
-JOHN DUDDY vs. PRINCE ARRON (10/20/07): Simply no way Nevada or NY would ever accept this fight. Arron is beyond overmatched and while he lands a pretty decent combination in round 1, Duddy simply piles over the stringbean with a few knockdowns. Arron is really looking for a soft spot on the canvas in round 2 when a solid slap on the inside puts him down and forces a ref stoppage.
-JOHN DUDDY vs. HOWARD EASTMAN (12/8/07): Eastman looked good here, which is perhaps not the strongest complement to Duddy's skills. Lots of right hand uppercuts landed clean and Eastman as counterpuncher seemed to have the answer to Duddy's forward movement all night long. Earlier in his career, Eastman obliterates Duddy. At 37, it is a close fight due to Duddy's ability to soak up punches while throwing his own. I had it Eastman 96-94 but the ref scores it that way for Duddy. Eastman really ran out of gas in the 6th and just sorta coasted in from there. The announcers again put over Duddy's success and popularity in the US (hah!) as well as Eastman's ability.
My thoughts with Duddy is that he probably gets a bad wrap. He didn't look bad with Eastman, who is very awkward. Alternately, a 37 year old Eastman shouldn't be competitive with a guy constantly brought up in world title bout talks. What I found most hilarious was watching these shows, you see several prospects as good or better than Duddy (Macklin, Quillin, Moore), and whatever momentum you imagine building for Duddy gets blown up. Duddy is what he is, which is Mickey Ward with good management.
OTHER STUFF:
-Peter Quillin had two fights on these shows. He was outrageous wild against Willie Cruz, just throwing shit everywhere. Fast forward to the Victor Paz fight and he's much, much more controlled. Viewing him versus Duddy, there's a marked difference in technique, hand speed, movement, hell, everything. He deserves some accolades.
-I might have seen Pawel Wolak/Troy Browning but forgot about it. He made Anthony Little look horrible with nothing but sheer offense, but I can't say I'm shocked to know that he lost to Ishe Smith in the last year. Zero pretense of defense.
-I've seen plenty of Paul McCloskey now. Good fighter with all the punches, but a lack of head movement means he probably won't progress beyond the Commonwealth level. He's beaten Garnica, and that deserves some respect in my eyes. Not much power, though.
-Haughian/Grassellini I is a tough ass fight to score. I actually had it wide for Haughian and was surprised as hell to see the italian winning the fight. Very competitive bout with both men throwing and blocking everything coming back. Kinda liked it. Haughian looked good against O'Connell as well.
-Can someone explain why anyone likes Joe Greene? One punch at a time, slow, inactive, holds. He's beaten nobody good. Here against Brian Norman he gave away the first two, and he ain't superman.
-Haven't seen Macklin in a minute but boy oh boy did he look good against Furlan. Just bashed him in. Great body punching.
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