archiving pt 4

Ouma/Martirosyan was a great fight. Shame the co-main was cancelled when one of the fighters didn't get on the plane, but the opener was more competitive than the shutout on the cards shows. Ouma at 147 looked better and will be a stiff task for any young prospects or even title level guys

Paul Williams vs. Sergio Martinez

round 1 10-9 Martinez
round 2 10-9 Martinez
round 3 10-9 Martinez
round 4 10-9 Williams
round 5 10-9 Williams
round 6 10-9 Williams
round 7 10-9 Williams
round 8 10-9 Martinez
round 9 10-9 Williams
round 10 10-9 Martinez
round 11 10-9 Martinez
round 12 10-9 Williams

114-114


Same scorecard as the previous two posted. Would love to see this as an undercard to Pacquiao/Mayweather to help drum up interest.

Stuff I've put off watching forevah:

Tarvis Simms/Allan Green

Round 1: Green
Round 2: Green
Round 3: Green
Round 4: Green
Round 5: Green
Round 6: Simms
Round 7: Green
Round 8: Simms
Round 9: Green
Round 10: Green

98-92, Green. I thought rounds 7 and 3 were the closest in the fight, and I ended up giving both to Green. Simms won round 6 and 8 as a southpaw, but abandoned it in round 9 and returned to it in round 10. Odd choice to wait till the 6th round to give Green the look he's most uncomfortable with.

Malignaggi/Diaz I

Round 1: Malignaggi
Round 2: Diaz
Round 3: Malignaggi
Round 4: Diaz
Round 5: Diaz
Round 6: Malignaggi
Round 7: Malignaggi
Round 8: Malignaggi
Round 9: Malignaggi
Round 10: Malignaggi
Round 11: Malignaggi
Round 12: Malignaggi

117-111 Magic Man, I thought 5, 6, and 12 were closest. Really surprised rewatching this because I went in looking for Diaz rounds and found very, very few. Totally out of his element after the 5th. From that point on, even rounds in terms of effective punching (and there were a couple) had to go to Paulie; He was controlling the pace of the fight, the location, when engagements happened, etc. It was the very essence of ring generalship.

Watched this fight in my hotel room last weekend. Great scrap, actually. Erdei is woefully underpowered and undersized for this weight class and this fight showed it. Even with Adamek, Mormeck, and Haye gone, there's at least 4-5 guys at the weight who will blow him away.

I like Antonio DeMarco. He does a lot of things right and very few wrong. He's also getting to the top end the right way; eliminating the fractional contenders and doing so in impressive fashion. And let's be honest; 135 is a mess with lots of old guys hanging on and a lot of young guys who haven't really stepped forward. He's beaten guys every bit as good as the people Katsidis and Valero have beaten.

Meanwhile, the main event. I am fine with the 116-111 card due to the crappy headbutt call. Its probably what I'd have down as well. Montiel/Perez would be great, but my expectations are naturally very low about that happening.

Also, off TV: Williamson looks to finally be done in by Ray Austin. God only knows what we'll have to see now with Austin being a mandatory.