just watched it as you would assume... Merchant quote after fight coverage word for word..
"I was thinking of this as like a Poker game, Roy Jones had accumulated stacks and stacks of chips over the years. But, Antonio Tarver had the best whole cards, the best draw, and he won the fight. Sometimes what you did all of you life doesn't matter in the moment- and tonight he (jones) fought an old mans fight, he was afraid to really let it go, even as he somehow admitted. But if he is satisfied with what he did and if thats the best he can do, I think now officially it can now be said we have seen the last of Roy Jones" well merchant was wrong.
But if you are commissioned to judge the fight, you have to deduct a point any time the referee does. It's the same with official knockdowns. They are not open to interpretation. If the ref says it's a knockdown, you have to score it as one. Same with point deductions.
I was expecting Algieri to have a better close range game, but he proved to be a very one-dimensional fighter. Horrible stalking and that overhand right had too many telegraphic elements on it. Khan just did his job well...swarm hell upon his opponent, move away and then re-engage.
The most relevant aspect I would highlight: Khan definitely can be timed. To Algieri's credit, he was able to counter Khan on several occasions with clean punches that made some rounds to seem close. If a Mayweather fight was to happen, maybe Khan's chances aren't as good as I once thought
As commentators and Virgil Hunter noticed - Algieri fought "out of his character", which was really the only option to have any success in this fight. If he fought his usual outside-boxer fight, he would be totally outclassed, so I'm really impressed with Algieri's gameplan and its execution. Still I feel Khan clearly deserved a win, however thanks to this quite suprising tactics of Chris it was much closer fight than I expected.
The other thing is, that Algieri looked huge, I mean - I've seen him in numerous fights before and he was big 140, but it was surprising to me how big Algieri looked compared to quite a big welterweight like Amir.
just watched it as you would assume... Merchant quote after fight coverage word for word..
"I was thinking of this as like a Poker game, Roy Jones had accumulated stacks and stacks of chips over the years. But, Antonio Tarver had the best whole cards, the best draw, and he won the fight. Sometimes what you did all of you life doesn't matter in the moment- and tonight he (jones) fought an old mans fight, he was afraid to really let it go, even as he somehow admitted. But if he is satisfied with what he did and if thats the best he can do, I think now officially it can now be said we have seen the last of Roy Jones" well merchant was wrong.
But if you are commissioned to judge the fight, you have to deduct a point any time the referee does. It's the same with official knockdowns. They are not open to interpretation. If the ref says it's a knockdown, you have to score it as one. Same with point deductions.
? really, more of that
Oliver McCall vs. Larry Holmes
I was expecting Algieri to have a better close range game, but he proved to be a very one-dimensional fighter. Horrible stalking and that overhand right had too many telegraphic elements on it. Khan just did his job well...swarm hell upon his opponent, move away and then re-engage.
The most relevant aspect I would highlight: Khan definitely can be timed. To Algieri's credit, he was able to counter Khan on several occasions with clean punches that made some rounds to seem close. If a Mayweather fight was to happen, maybe Khan's chances aren't as good as I once thought
As commentators and Virgil Hunter noticed - Algieri fought "out of his character", which was really the only option to have any success in this fight. If he fought his usual outside-boxer fight, he would be totally outclassed, so I'm really impressed with Algieri's gameplan and its execution. Still I feel Khan clearly deserved a win, however thanks to this quite suprising tactics of Chris it was much closer fight than I expected.
The other thing is, that Algieri looked huge, I mean - I've seen him in numerous fights before and he was big 140, but it was surprising to me how big Algieri looked compared to quite a big welterweight like Amir.
Overall - fun fight to watch.
Foreman beats Joe Frazier... again. Just not as fast.
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