Wednesday 30 May 2012

June Fights Covered by Fight Score Collector

Here is the fight list for June that i will be covering for the Blog. I start of with a UK domestic match up featuring Brian Rose the British 154lb Champ before heading to Vegas the next week covering the 3 world Title fights on the Pacquiao vs Bradley Bill. The week of the 16th i will be scoring the British 122lb showdown between Quigg and Monroe before covering the next instalment of Julio Cesar Chavez Jnr. My month finishes on June 30 when the much awaited UK rematch between Groves and Anderson happens.

If i can i will be adding my scores on these fights but i wont be doing a full report on them....Bundrage vs Spinks , Ortiz vs Lopez , Sotto vs Matthysse , Rhodes vs Rabchenko , Adamek vs Chambers and Pavlik vs Sigmon.


The June List

Sat Jun 2nd - (Sky Sports) - Brian Rose vs Kris Carslaw - British 154lb Title

Sat Jun 9th - ( HBO) - Manny Pacquiao vs Timothy Bradley - WBO 147lb Title

Sat Jun 9th - (HBO) - Mike Jones vs Randall Bailey - Vacant IBF 147lb Title

Sat Jun 9th - (HBO) - Guillermo Rigondeux vs Teon Kennedy - WBA 122lb Title

Sat Jun 16th - (Sky Sports) - Scott Quigg vs Rendall Monroe - WBA 122 Title Eliminator

Sat Jun 16th - (HBO) - Julio Cesar Chvaez Jnr vs Andy Lee - WBC 160lb Title

Sat Jun 30th - (Boxnation) - George Groves vs Kenny Anderson - British 168lb Title

Sunday 27 May 2012

Legend - Froch Batters Bute in 5

Lucien Bute vs Carl Froch - IBF Super Middleweight Title



Well he did it it again. Britain's ultimate warrior Carl Froch pulled off the upset in front of his own Nottingham fans by battering long reigning champion Lucien Bute in just 5 rounds. Froch now becomes a 3 time world champion at 168 and now has a resume that i think surpasses and other fighter at this weight past or present.

The crowd for the challengers homecoming was electric and Froch certainly never let them down with this one sided beating. After a slow opening round which could have went either way , the Cobra began to take over the fight as he was able to force the champion to the ropes and land his bombs. Bute just couldn't get his jab going , certainly nowhere near needed to keep Froch coming forward. Bute was hurt at the end of the 2nd round as he was caught with the wild hooks by the challenger.

Round 3 was the beginning of the end for Bute as although he was catching Froch with some shots coming in...Froch was walking through them. Again Bute was hurt but this time badly half way through the round  he managed to survive but right at the end he was nearly stopped as the Cobra pinned him on the ropes clubbing him with left and right hooks. Bute slowly walked back to his corner as the crowd went wild. Many fans and press etc scored this round a 10-8 for Froch...that's how much the challenger dominated the champion in this round.

Bute never recovered , Round 4 was just as bad for the Romanian / Canadian as Froch was still catching him at will rocking the champion on more than 1 occasion. As the 5th round started i hadn't given Bute a round , Froch was putting up the performance of his career , this was punctuated only 1.05 into the round when the ref stopped the fight as Bute was slouching down the ropes after another Froch barrage. Eddie Hearn Froch's manager got that excited that he was already in the ring celebrating with the Cobra not noticing the ref was still counting. It didn't matter though as the fight was over Froch the underdog totally destroyed Bute with a performance that matched Hatton vs Tszyu , Lewis vs Ruddock and Benn vs McClelland.

Below as always is my scorecard along with all the Press and Fans scores i was able to collect.

Fightscorecollector Scorecard

Round 1.... 10-9 Froch
Round 2.... 10-9 Froch
Round 3.... 10-9 Froch
Round 4.... 10-9 Froch

TOTAL : 40-36 Froch at the time of Stoppage

CARL FROCH WINS BY 5TH ROUND KO


Boxing Press , Boxing Sites and Fan Forums Scores


Ryan Bivins (Badlefthook) - 40-35 Froch
Scott Christ (Badlefthook) - 40-35 Froch

FightersRated.com - 40-35 Froch

Danny Flexen (Boxingnews mag) - 40-35 Froch

Worldboxingnews.net - 40-36 Froch

Thaboxingvoice Radio - 40-35 Froch

Steve Kim (Maxboxing) - 40-35 Froch

Matthew Mojica (The Fightsource ) - 40-36 Froch

Boxing Tribune - 40-36 Froch

Michael Woods (TheSweetScience) 39-37 Froch

Fightnews.com - 39-36 Froch

Jeff Powel (the Mail newspaper) - 40-36 Froch

Dan Rafael (ESPN) - 39-36 Froch

Terry Dooley (Boxingscene) 39-37 Froch

Tom Gray (Secondsout.com) - 40-36 Froch

Matt Christie (Boxingnews mag) - 40-37 Froch

Steve Lillis (Boxnation) - 40-37 Froch

Jake Donovan (Boxingscene ED) - 39-36 Froch

Proboxing-fans ( ED Jake) - 39-36 Froch

Paddy Cronan (Onthegrindbxing radio) - 40-36 Froch

David Payne (boxingwriter.co.uk) - 40-37 Froch

Saddoboxing Forum - (all for Froch) - 40-36 x2 , 39-37

BoxingAsylum Forum - (all for Froch) - 40-36 x3 , 40-35 , 39-37 , 40-37 , 39-36

Livefight Forum - (all for Froch) - 40-35 x2 , 40-37

FightHype Forum -  40-36 Froch

Fightjudge Forum - 39-36 Froch

Ringnews24 Forum - (all for Froch) - 40-36 , 40-35

Doghouseboxing Forum - 40-36 Froch

Boxrec Forum - (all for Froch) - 39-36 x2 , 40-36 x2

Eastsideboxing Forum - (all for Froch) - 40-36 x6 , 39-37 x3 , 39-36 x2 , 40-35 x2

Boxingscene Forum - (all for Froch) - 40-36 x6 . 40-35 , 39-37 , 39-35 , 40-34




Sunday 6 May 2012

43-0 Mayweather Wins Again...

Miguel Cotto vs Floyd Mayweather Jnr - WBA Light Middleweight Title


Floyd Mayweather won this boxing match but both fighters have came out of this fight with immense credit as finally the fans had a big fight that was a GOOD fight. I have to say that i was surprised how close i scored this 115-113 Mayweather as i felt that Miguel was too slow to really get near Floyd and do any damage...How wrong was I ??.  Maybe Cotto has got better or maybe Floyd is beginning to fade?? what isn't a maybe was how easy Cotto got near the "Pretty Boy" and was able to let his shots go.

From rounds 1-4 i thought Floyd looked as good as ever , amazing defence , smart counters , great jab and so hard to hit on the inside. I had Mayweather 3-1 up at this point but Cotto was allowed to come back into the fight with smart pressure (please see the Mayweather vs Castillio 1 ) fight to see what i mean. On the HBO broadcast the fans actually cheered as between rounds the cameras showed Floyd bloody faced. After 6 i had the fight even. Mayweather was slowing down and letting Cotto bully him to the ropes , what made some of these rounds hard to score was that Mayweather again was excellent stealing shots on the inside as Cotto banged away...what did you like..the flurry's and the landing of more shots or the harder single body shots of the champion??.

After 9 i had Cotto ahead , i had scored on the pressure he was putting on Mayweather. Mayweather being the legend that he is never panicked as he began to come off the ropes and land those long pot shots. With 2 rounds left i had the fight even 95-95 BUT it was only in the last 30 seconds of round 11 that i made up mind that Floyd had won this round. It was a very even round , one i thought of giving a EVEN round but Mayweather being the great finisher landed 2 decent combinations. In a fight this close....that's what won Floyd the round...on my card any way.

The last round basically put a rubber stamp on this very good fight. Both came out trying to gain the advantage , first Cotto tried to push Mayweather to the ropes although this time Mayweather who was a little fresher was able to spin away and land his jab. The biggest punch of the fight was landed half way through the round when Mayweather caught the champion with a perfect right uppercut , surprisingly Mayweather never went for the kill maybe knowing that the round and the fight was just about secure.

The fans and the press in the articles etc i have read really enjoyed this fight ,  i think because they didn't expect it to be as competitive. I have collected over 200 fightscores from the fan forums , press etc and I'm quite surprised how some people saw the fight. The press seemed to score quite wide for Mayweather where the fans though the fight was close although scores of 115-113 , 116-112 and 117-111 were the ones that cropped up most.

Below is my scorecard along with all the scores i collected.

Fightscorecollectors Scorecard

Round 1.... 10-9 Mayweather
Round 2.... 10-9 Mayweather
Round 3.... 9-10 Cotto
Round 4.... 10-9 Mayweather
Round 5.... 9-10 Cotto
Round 6.... 9-10 Cotto
Round 7.... 10-9 Mayweather
Round 8.... 9-10 Cotto
Round 9.... 9-10 Cotto
Round 10.. 10-9 Mayweather
Round 11.. 10-9 Mayweather
Round 12.. 10-9 Mayweather

TOTAL: 115-113 Floyd Mayweather

Judges Scores : Robert Hoyle...... 118-110 Mayweather
                         Patricia Jarman...  117-111 Mayweather
                         Dave Moretti....... 117-111 Mayweather

FLOYD MAYWEATHER WINS BY UNANAMOUS DECISION


Boxing Press , Boxing Sites and Fan Forums Scores

Paddy Cronan -  (Onthegrindboxin radio) - 117-111 Mayweather
Suge Green - (Onthegrindboxingradio) - 114-114 Draw

Steve Kim - (Maxboxing.com) - 116-112 Mayweather

Steve Lillis - (Boxnation) - 116-112 Mayweather

Dougie Fischer - (Ring Magazine) - 116-112 Mayweather

Dan Rafael - (ESPN) - 116-112 Mayweather

John Chavez - (Boxingtruth radio) - 115-113 Mayweather

Kevin Iole - (Yahoo.com) - 115-113 Mayweather

Proboxing-fans.com Jake  - 115-113 Mayweather

Boxingsocialist.com - 117-111 Mayweather

JakeNDAbox - (Boxingscene) - 117-111 Mayweather

David Coldwell - (Promoter) - 116-112 Mayweather

Eric Raskin (Press) - 118-110 Mayweather

Associated Press - 116-112 Mayweather

Mike Sloan - (Secondsout.com) - 116-112 Mayweather

ESPN.com - 116-112 Mayweather

Kevin Mitchell - (Guardian Uk newspaper) - 116-113 Mayweather

Tim Smith - (New York Dail News) - 117-111 Mayweather

Denzil Stone - (Onthbeak.com) - 118-110 Mayweather

Ben Thompson - (Fighthype.com) - 118-110 Mayweather

Robert Morales- (Long Beach Press Telegram) - 117-111 Mayweather

John J Raspanti - (Doghouseboxing.com) - 117-111 Mayweather

The Sweet Science.com - 117-111 Mayweather

S.I.com - (Bryan Graham) - 116-112 Mayweather

Harold Lederman - (HBO) - 117-111 Mayweather

WorldBoxingnews.net - 118-110 Mayweather

Max Kellerman - (HBO) - 116-112 Mayweather

Steve Bunce - (Boxnation) - 116-112 Mayweather

Kieran Mulvaney - (ESPN) - 116-112 Mayweather

Tom Gray - ( Secondsout.com) - 117-111 Mayweather

Saddo boxing fans - (all for Mayweather) - 115-113 x2 , 116-112 , 117-111

BoxingAsylum fans - (all for Mayweather) - 117-111 x6 , 116-112 , 115-113 , 118-110
                                                                   ( **115-113 Cotto**)

Livefight fans - (all for Mayweather) - 117-111 x2 , 118-111 x2 , 118-11- x2 , 118-112 , 116-112

Fighthype fans - (all for Mayweather) - 116-112 x6 , 116-110? , 117-112.....**(114-114 Draw)**

Fightjudge fans - (all for Mayweather) - 117-111 x6 , 118-110 x3 , 116-112 x3 , 115-113 x2

Doghouseboxing fans - ( all for Mayweather ) - 115-113 x4 , 116-112 x2 , 117-111 , 118-110

Ringnews24 fans - ( all for Mayweather) - 116-112 x3 , 117-111 x2 , 116-113 , 118-110 , 115-113

The sweetscience fans - (all for Mayweather) - 116-112 x2

Boxrec fans - (all for Mayweather) - 117-111 x4 , 116-112 x3 , 118-111 , 117-112 , 116-113
                                                       115-113

Eastsideboxing UK fans (all for Mayweather) - 116-112 x6 , 115-113 x5 , 117-111 x3 , 115-114 x2
                                                                        117-112 , 115-112? , 116-111?

Eastsideboxing Gen Forum - ( all for Mayweather) - 116-112 x8 , 118-110 x6 , 117-111 x5 , 119-110
                                                                                115-113 x3 , 119-109 , 118-111

                                          (for Cotto and Draw) -** 115-113** , **114-114** , **115-115**

Boxingscene fans - (all for Mayweather) - 115-113 x12 , 117-111 x11 , 116-112 x11 , 118-110 x8
                                                               118-114 , 116-113

                          (all for Cotto) - 116-114 , 118-110 , 115-113 x2 , 116-115 , 117-111



Tuesday 1 May 2012

May Fights Covered By Fight Score Collector

Here's the list of fights i will be covering in May. Please note that this list is smaller than usual this month - only 5 fights. My Wife and i are expecting our 2nd baby to make an arrival sometime in the first 2 weeks in may. I will still be covering the big fights eg: Mayweather , Khan and Froch but i will also be covering a few domestic UK matches. Regarding the bigger fights i will be missing out this month eg: Canelo , Huck etc i will still post my score along with every fight i judge this month..A NEW but simple new feature on Fightscorecollector.


FULL LIST

Sat 5th May - (Boxnation) - Miguel Cotto vs Floyd Mayweather - (WBA Light Middleweight Title)

Sat 12th May - (Channel 5) - Kid Galahad vs Josh Wale - (WBC International Super Bantam Title)

Sat 19th May- (Sky Sports) - David Price vs Sam Sexton - (British Heavyweight Title)

Sat 19th May - (Sky Sports) - Lamont Peterson vs Amir Khan - (WBA IBF Light Welter Title)

Sat 26th May - (Sky Sports) - Lucian Bute vs Carl Froch - (IBF super Middlerweight Title)