R4- Louis gets Walcott on the ropes and starts to unload with some success. Though not landing anything clean, Walcott fights his way off the ropes. A right and a check hook later land for Louis, who seems to have woken up after the knockdown.
R3- Love seeing Walcott get up close with zigzag type footwork and head movement. After baiting Louis by showing him his back, he puts him down for the third time in two fights with a perfectly-timed cross. Louis is up right away and avoids any real danger after. Just like their first fight, Walcott has established a four point lead in the first three rounds.
R1- Unlike their last fight, this one has great camera quality. Hardly any of the first round is on film, but Walcott is outjabbing a plodding Louis and confusing him with his footwork and feints.
R15- Out of urgency, Louis starts to apply more pressure, but the dancing Walcott draws blood from his nose with a jab. This only makes Walcott target the nose more with ones and twos. To the dismay of everyone including Louis, the belt remains his in a shocking split decision. Louis tried to leave immediately after the fight. While that does not necessarily make the decision wrong since it is subjective and officially decided, one would have a very hard time making a case for Louis winning this fight, even with the lack of footage. Matter of fact, there’s no way to make a case for this being close either. The fact that this was a fifteen rounder, which gives Walcott three extra rounds to prevent as much as a draw helps solidify it as one of the worst decisions of all time. It is not Louis or Walcott’s fault that they fought when Louis was clearly past it, but Walcott was the much sharper man this night, in every category. Despite being robbed of a championship and his signature win, nobody can take this great performance away from Walcott. I am happy he would get another shot, and even happier that Louis would convincingly settle the score second time around.
R14- Walcott is sticking and moving with the jab. During the one exchange that breaks out, Walcott wins it by rolling under a shot and smoothly coming back up with a left hook.
R13- Main thing notable on the existing footage is a slip by Walcott. From what can be read, they had a pretty close exchange of jabs, edged by Walcott, who did more with the right hand in the round.
R4- Louis gets Walcott on the ropes and starts to unload with some success. Though not landing anything clean, Walcott fights his way off the ropes. A right and a check hook later land for Louis, who seems to have woken up after the knockdown.
R3- Love seeing Walcott get up close with zigzag type footwork and head movement. After baiting Louis by showing him his back, he puts him down for the third time in two fights with a perfectly-timed cross. Louis is up right away and avoids any real danger after. Just like their first fight, Walcott has established a four point lead in the first three rounds.
R2- Walcott continues to potshot the jab at Louis, who still has not figured out his movement and feints.
R1- Unlike their last fight, this one has great camera quality. Hardly any of the first round is on film, but Walcott is outjabbing a plodding Louis and confusing him with his footwork and feints.
R15- Out of urgency, Louis starts to apply more pressure, but the dancing Walcott draws blood from his nose with a jab. This only makes Walcott target the nose more with ones and twos. To the dismay of everyone including Louis, the belt remains his in a shocking split decision. Louis tried to leave immediately after the fight. While that does not necessarily make the decision wrong since it is subjective and officially decided, one would have a very hard time making a case for Louis winning this fight, even with the lack of footage. Matter of fact, there’s no way to make a case for this being close either. The fact that this was a fifteen rounder, which gives Walcott three extra rounds to prevent as much as a draw helps solidify it as one of the worst decisions of all time. It is not Louis or Walcott’s fault that they fought when Louis was clearly past it, but Walcott was the much sharper man this night, in every category. Despite being robbed of a championship and his signature win, nobody can take this great performance away from Walcott. I am happy he would get another shot, and even happier that Louis would convincingly settle the score second time around.
R14- Walcott is sticking and moving with the jab. During the one exchange that breaks out, Walcott wins it by rolling under a shot and smoothly coming back up with a left hook.
R13- Main thing notable on the existing footage is a slip by Walcott. From what can be read, they had a pretty close exchange of jabs, edged by Walcott, who did more with the right hand in the round.
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