Cotto Retires Mayorga

Miguel Cotto vs Ricardo Mayorga - WBA Super Welterweight Title

Ricardo Mayorga now needs a job. Well thats what he said in his post fight interview on Showtime after Miguel Cotto stopped him in 12 exciting rounds at the MGM Grand. Mayorga was also man enough to admit that all the acting pre fight was just to sell tickets and that Cotto was the better man who punched very hard.

Regarding Mayorga's retirement , i think its the perfect time as he can only fight in small spurts. This suited Cotto who was able to win most of the rounds with his jab. The Puerto Rican icon also never fell for any of the challengers shenanigans , he stayed calm and picked his shots when needed. On my card i had Cotto winning 5 of the first 6 rounds with only the 2nd being close enough to merit Mayorga with a share. Cotto was landing the better punches and was more frequent with them.

The challengers best round was the 7th as for once he was able to maintian a constant pace and push Cotto back. I also gave the challenger the 8th and 9th purely on workrate but it was to be Mayorga's last stand as Cotto regained his composure and began to control the fight again in the 10th and the 11th.

Cotto fought at a un-hurried pace , i actually think he looked slow in the fight , not punch wise but overall movement. The 154lb limit seems to be one weight too many?? but he is a titlelist and there are big fights out there for him to take namely Sergio Martinez or Saul Alvarez.

What happened in the 12th remains a wee bit of a mystery because when Cotto had floored Mayorga the challenger immediately clutched his left hand. Replys showed there was minimum contact with the hand. Mayorga continued though for about 20-30 seconds but then asked the ref to stop the fight as he was in too much pain not by the punch but by the pain in his hand.

It certainly was a weird ending to a weird type of fighter that is Mayorga.

Below as always is my scorecard along with the boxing fans forums scores , TV , written press and boxing websites scoreson the fight.

Round 1.....Cotto 10-9
Round 2.....Draw 10-10
Round 3.....Cotto 10-9
Round 4.....Cotto 10-9
Round 5.....Cotto 10-9
Round 6.....Cotto 10-9
Round 7.....Mayorga 10-9
Round 8.....Mayorga 10-9
Round 9.....Mayorga 10-9
Round 10...Cotto 10-9
Round 11...Cotto 10-9

TOTAL.....107-103.... MIGUEL COTTO

MIGUEL COTTO WINS BY 12TH ROUND TKO

Judges Scores : Duane Ford...107-102.....Cotto
                        Jerry Roth......107-102.....Cotto
                        Chris Wilson..107-102.....Cotto


TV , Fans Forums , Written Press and Boxing Websites Scores

Al Bernstein (showtime)........108-101 Cotto
Antonio Tarver (showtime)...108-101 Cotto

Diego Martinez (showtime press).......108-101 Cotto
Kieran Mulvaney (showtime press)....108-101 Cotto
Lance Pugmire (showtime press)........107-102 Cotto

Graham Houston (boxingmonthly)......108-101 Cotto

LA Times......107-102 Cotto

Kevin Iole (yahoo)..........107-102 Cotto
Steve Cofield (yahoo).....108-101 Cotto

Dan Ambrose (boxingnews24.com).....107-102 Cotto

Boxrec Forum....8-0 in favor of Cotto...cards...106-103 , 119-110

Budweiser Forum...2-0 in favor of Cotto but left no cards

Livefight.com.....11-0 in favor of Cotto....card...107-102

Boxingscene Forum....5-0 in favor of Cotto...card...108-101

Eastsideboxing Forum....14-0 in favor of Cotto...cards...108-101 x 9 , 106-103 x2
................................................................................107-102 x 3 , 109-100

Unification Beckons For Burns

Ricky Burns vs Joseph Laryea - WBO Super Featherweight Title

Two Voluntary defences out of the way , One big unification fight to come. That was the story of Saturday Nights SKY Sports main event where Ricky Burns made his 2nd successful title defence against Joseph Laryea. Fighting again at the Braehead Arena in Glasgow although not as big a crowd due to poor pricing (£50 was the lowest price for a ticket) Burns displayed the attributes that took him to that shock title win over Roman Martinez last September by totally outworking his Ghanaian challenger making his corner throw in the towel before the start of the 8th round.

Before the fight Laryea had made all the the threatening noises by mimicking that he was going to break Burns neck but in all honesty after 5 rounds Laryea was beginning to wilt as the Scottish champion began to dominate the fight.

The first few rounds were close with the taller Laryea being able to out jab Ricky but the champion still was winning the rounds due to the combination punching and body work. Round 3 was the first clear round for the champion as he began to work off his jab and land much more of those slashing right hands. The 4th many felt including the SKY commentators that Laryea had won the round. Not on my card though as i still felt that Burns was landing the cleaner blows.

Laryea's title challenge began to wilt late in the 5th as he began to slow down due to the high volume of punches still being thrown by the champion. The 6th was a dominating round for Burns as he stepped up the pace again , jab , right hand , left hook to the body and a left hook up top slammed into Laryea time after time. It was the same story in the 7th where Burns was now landing at will and it was clear that Laryea didn't have the same energy as in the first 4 rounds. I feel that it was just a matter of time before Laryea was totally gassed and Burns would have been announced the winner but the Ghanaians corner pulled their man out before the 8th round citing a broken right knuckle??.

The job was done and now Ricky can now look forward to a big summer showdown vs IBF Champion Mozonke Fana.

Below as always is my scorecard along with the fans forums scores , TV , written press and boxing websites scores on the fight.

Round 1....Burns 10-9
Round 2....Burns 10-9
Round 3....Burns 10-9
Round 4....Burns 10-9
Round 5....Burns 10-9
Round 6....Burns 10-9
Round 7....Burns 10-9

TOTAL....70-63 RICKY BURNS

RICKY BURNS WINS BY RTD END OF 7


TV , Fans Forums , Written Press and Boxing Sites Scores

Billy Nelson - Burns Trainer.....Burns 70-64


Glen McCrory (sky).....69-64 Burns
John Rawling (sky).......69-64 Burns
Jim Watt (sky)..............69-64 Burns
Barry McGuigan (sky)..70-64 Burns
Bob Mee (sky).............69-64 Burns

Graham Houston (boxmonthly)....69-64 Burns

Ian McNeily (boxrec)...69-65 Burns

Boxrec Fans Forum.....9-0 in favor of Burns...cards...70-63 x 4 , 70-64 , 69-64

Eastsideboxing Fans....12-0 in favor of Burns...cards...69-64 x 4 , 70-63 x 2 , 70-64

Budweiser Fans Forum..2-0 in favor of Burns...cards...69-65 , 70-63 (thebud)

Saddoboxing Forum.....5-0 in favor of Burns...card...70-63

Boxingscene Forum....6-0 in favor of Burns but there were no cards

Martin Hannan (the Scotsman paper)....70-63 Burns

Dan Risk (boxingnews24.com)......69-(61)??? Burns

Worldboxing.net.....69-64 Burns

Tom Gray (secondsout.com).....70-63 Burns

A Mighty Effort

Saul Alvarez vs Matthew Hatton - Vacant WBC Light Middleweight Title

The headline says "a mighty effort" well they are not my words but the words of legendary fighter Roy Jones Jnr who was mentioning on HBO the effort displayed by Matthew Hatton who never gave up in his brave title challenge against 20 year old Mexican superstar Saul Alvarez.

On reflection of the scoring , this fight was all one way ( the 3 judges scored 119-108) but Hatton was competitive although thoroughly out gunned by Alvarez. The wonderkid won this fight handily but a lot more questions will now be asked as the new champion failed to knock out Hatton who is really a welterweight.

Everybody expected this fight to be a knockout for Alvarez probably after Hatton putting up some minor resistance but as the fight went on Alvarez began to get a little bit annoyed that he couldn't land that KO punch. The Mexican really does dig his punches in , his stand in front of you style will no doubt land him in exciting fights , add this to that he is quite easy to hit and you can see why he is being touted as the next big star. Against Hatton whenever Alvarez wanted he upped the pace and battered the brave Brit around the ring.

This was an easy fight to judge because of the way Alvarez was picking his punches , the difference in power though was telling as Hattons punches did no damage whilst Alvarez repeatably hurt Hatton especially to the body. Many gave Alvaez every round although he did lose a point for hitting on the break in the 7th.

All in all it was a decent performance by Alvarez but many who were watching i feel were expecting more especially the KO. Hatton though will walk away from this with huge credit and possible another shot on HBO , how about Hatton vs James Kirkland??? Kirkland returned on the undercard and won by a knockout.

Below as always is my scorecard along with the boxing fans forums scores , written press , TV guys and boxing websites scores on the fight.

Round 1.....Alvarez 10-9
Round 2.....Alvarez 10-9
Round 3.....Alvarez 10-9
Round 4.....Alvarez 10-9
Round 5.....Alvarez 10-9
Round 6.....Alvarez 10-9
Round 7.....Draw 9-9........Alvarez deducted 1 point for hitting after call of break
Round 8.....Draw 10-10
Round 9.....Alvarez 10-9
Round 10...Alvarez 10-9
Round 11...Alvarez 10-9
Round 12...Alvarez 10-9

TOTAL......119-109 SAUL ALVAREZ

Judges Scorecards : Jack Reese..... 119-108 Alvarez
                               Raul Caiz Snr...119-109 Alvarez
                               Joel Scobie.......119-109 Alvarez

SAUL ALVAREZ WINS BY UNANIMOUS DECISION

TV , Fans Forums , Written Press and Boxing Websites Scores


Harold Lederman (HBO).......119-108 Alvarez

Jim Watt (SKY)......118-110 Alvarez

Dan Rafael (ESPN).....119-108 Alvarez

Graham Houston (Boxing Monthly)....119-108 Alvarez

Budweiser Forum....3-0 in favor of Alvarez...cards...119-109 , 118-109 for Alvarez

Boxing Asylum Forum....3-2 in favor of Alvarez...cards...114-113 , 115-113 Hatton?

Eastsideboxing Forum...22-0 in favor of Alvarez...cards...119-108 x3 , 119-109 , 117-110

Boxrec Forum .....14-0 in favor of Alvarez..cards...119-108 x 4 , 117-108 , 118-109

Boxingscene Forum...17-0 in favor of Alvarez...cards..119-108 x 2

Badlefthook...4-0 in favor of Alvarez..cards... 118-109 , 118-110 Alvarez

Livefight forum...10-0 in favor of Alvarez but no cards were left

Theboxingtruthradio...1-0 in favor of Alvarez....119-109 Alvarez

Redemption For Sykes

Gary Sykes vs Carl Johanneson - British Super Featherweight Title

Another main event on Sky TV another excellent fight. Gary Sykes and Carl Johanneson deserve immense credit for a very good and close fight last night in Huddersfield. Sky Sports must also be happy as so far this year  every main event has given the boxing fans well matched contests.

Sykes vs Johanneson was probably the closest fight this year to judge although the BBBof C judges did an excellent job by all agreeing that Sykes had done enough to retain his title. The champion started with his usual high tempo as the older and more experienced Johanneson couldn't keep up with his younger upstart. Johanneson though was landing body punches even though he was losing the first few rounds but as the fight began to reach the middle stages the constant pressure from the Leeds man began to tell as he was beginning to nail Sykes and slow him down.

The young champion rallied in the 7th and 8th rounds as the former champion began to  slow down himself , Johanneson had been landing big shots but none like the one punch kayo suffered by Sykes in his last fight vs Gray Buckland in the prizefighter format. That was to change though early in the 9th when Johanneson landed a massive overhand right that knocked Sykes to the ground. Johanneson then put everything into finishing the champion but Sykes showed that he has learned from his shock defeat by covering up well and grabbing hold of Johanneson. In the last 30 seconds of the round it was Sykes who was firing the punches as the older former champion had run out of gas. I feel this was the turning point in the fight as Sykes had proven to himself that he could come through a big crisis.

After 9 rounds i had it 86-85 Johanneson , the problem though was that in trying to finish Sykes Johanneson had used up too much energy. Sykes who is 5 years younger then began to use his famous work rate again and was able to out punch Johanneson in the last 3 rounds. This i feel is where the fight was won as on many cards the fight was very close until Johanneson's long career began to catch up on him.

After the fight Sykes promoter Frank Maloney said that he is hoping for a match between Sykes and new European Super Featherweight champion Ermano Fegatilli who dethroned Steve Foster Jnr last week.

Below as always is my scorecard along with the fans forums scores , TV , written press and boxing sites scorecards.

Round 1.....Sykes 10-9
Round 2.....Sykes 10-9
Round 3.....Johanneson 10-9
Round 4.....Johanneson 10-9
Round 5.....Johanneson 10-9
Round 6.....Draw 10-10
Round 7.....Sykes 10-9
Round 8.....Sykes 10-9
Round 9.....Johanneson 10-8
Round 10...Sykes 10-9
Round 11...Sykes 10-9
Round 12...Sykes 10-9

TOTAL.....SYKES 115-113

Judges Scorecards : Steve Gray .....116-112 Sykes
                               Mark Green.....115-112 Sykes
                               John Keane......115-113 Sykes

GARY SYKES WINS BY UNANIMOUS DECISION

TV , Fans Forums , Written Press and Boxing Sites Scores


Glen McCrory (SKY).........114-113 Sykes
Ritchie Woodhall (SKY)......Sykes by 2 points
John Rawling (SKY)............Sykes just ahead

Bob Mee (SKY).......114-113 Sykes

Graham Houston (boxing monthly)....116-111 Sykes

Andrew Wake (Secondsout.com)....Sykes by 5 points

Ian McNeilly (boxrec.com)....115-114 Sykes

Alexy Sukachev (boxingscene.com).....114-114 Draw

Worldboxingnews.net.....114-113 Johanneson

Boxrec Forum - 8-0 in favor of Sykes...cards...116-113 , 115-113 , 114-113 , 117-112

Boxingasylum - 2-1 in favor of Sykes...cards...116-112 , 115-112 for Sykes

Budweiser Forum - 2-0 in favor of Johanneson...cards...114-113 , 115-114

Eastsideboxing forum - 15-0-1 in favor of Sykes...cards...116-114 , 115-112 , 114-113
                                    116-113 x 2 , 115-113 x3 , 116-112 x 3 , 114-114 draw

Body Blow - Fegatilli Upsets Foster Jnr

Steve Foster Jnr vs Ermano Fegatilli - European Super Featherweight title

Britain suffered its first real boxing defeat of the year last night when Belgian Ermano Fegatilli dethroned Salfords Steve Foster Jnr at the Reebok premier suite in Bolton. The Challenger Ermano became only the 2nd fighter in Belgian history to win the European title.

Immediatley after the fight the Foster camp blamed the defeat on a virus which sapped Steve Jnr energy???. Maybe there is a bit of truth in this because from round 6 onwards Foster severely tired and the light hitting Fegatilli was able to floor the champion 5 times. The fight started quite even both fighters probably winning 2 of the first 4 rounds. Fegatilli did look a little faster although Foster Jnr seemed to be landing the harder shots especially to the body.

The 5th was Fosters Jnrs biggest round and he dominated the Belgian and then looked like taking over the fight but when the 6th started Foster jnr seemed to lack energy and was content to sit on the ropes whilst Fegatilli blasted away. Now as mentioned before Fegatilli isn't a big puncher (5 kos in 22) tell you that but he was beginning to repeatably hurt foster to the body. I had the fight even going into the 9th but then the fight began to go sour for the champion as Fegatilli dropped him with a vicious body shot. Foster took an 8 count and survived the round.

Body shots then floored Foster 3 times in the 10th. Foster was very lucky there wasn't a 3 knockdown rule as the fight would have been over but now he was way behind on the cards (i had it 96-90) and his corner were very close to throwing in the towel. The 11 th went the same way for Fegatilli as he floored Foster Jnr again , this time it did look that Maurice Hope in Fosters corner was going to end the fight but he gave his fighter the benefit of the doubt which when using the "virus" claim could have been dangerous for Foster.

Credit where credits due. Foster came out in the 12th clearly still hurt but he pushed himself forward throwing punches and won the round. Fegatilli seemed to play it safe as he knew with 5 knockdowns he had the fight in the bag. It was a great effort by the Belgian and a great bit of bravery by Foster Jnr to see the fight out.

The judges had this fight closer than many on TV and on the boxing forums sites etc. My full scorecard is below along with Eastsideboxing member (put em up). As always i have added the scores from all the boxing sites , TV etc

BOXINGSCORECARD                                                 PUT EM UP

Round 1.....10-9 Foster jnr..............................................10-9 Foster Jnr
Round 2.....10-9 Fegatilli.................................................10-9 Fegatilli
Round 3.....10-9 Fegatilli.................................................10-9 Fegatilli
Round 4.....10-9 Foster Jnr.............................................10-9 Fegatilli
Round 5.....10-9 Foster Jnr.............................................10-9 Foster Jnr
Round 6.....10-9 Foster jnr............................................. 10-9 Foster Jnr
Round 7.....10-9 Fegatilli.................................................10-9 Fegatilli
Round 8.....10-9 Fegatilli.................................................10-9 Fegatilli
Round 9.....10-8 Fegatilli.................................................10-8 Fegatilli
Round 10...10-6 Fegatilli.................................................10-6 Fegatilli
Round 11...10-8 Fegatilli.................................................10-8 Fegatilli
Round 12...10-9 Foster Jnr.............................................10-9 Foster Jnr

TOTAL.....115-108 FEGATILLI....................................116-107 FEGATILLI

Judges Scorecards : Franco Chiminale... 114-110 Fegatilli
                               Soren Saugmann ..  114-109 Fegatilli
                               Arnold Golger.........114-109 Fegatilli

ERMANO FEGATILLI WINS BY UNANIMOUS DECISION

TV, Boxing Forums , Websites and Written Press Scores

Glen McCrory (sky)..... 116-107 Fegatilli
Bob Mee (sky).....  115-108 Fegatilli
John Rawling (sky).... Fegatilli won clearly

Alexey Sukachev (boxingscene)...115-108 Fegatilli

Boxingscene forum...4-0 in favor of Fegatilli , 1 card of 117-108 was posted

Eastsideboxing forum ...9-0 in favor of Fegatilli , cards..116-107 , 115-108

Boxrec forum...9-0 in favor of Fegatilli , cards..116-107 , 116-110 , 116-108

Budweiser Forum...3-0 in favor of Fegatilli , cards..119-110 , 117-108 , 115-108

Boxing Asylum forum...1-0 in favor of Fegatilli , card...115-108

Saddo Boxing Forum...2-0 in favor of Fegatill although no cards were left

Sturm Stops Hearns And History

Felix Sturm vs Ronald Hearns - WBA Middleweight Title

In Germany on Saturday night Defending WBA Champion Felix Sturm stopped the son of the Legendary Tommy Hearns by 7th round knockout. Ronald Hearns was hoping to emlulate his father who won the middleweight title 24 years ago by battering Juan Roldan in 4 rounds. Although really a Light-middleweight Ronald Hearns was given a surprise chance against the German champion maybe on the back of his surname?.

As the fight started Hearns looked loose and let his shots go but most of them were jabs that were hitting the champions arms. Sturm has a style similar to Arthur Abraham where he walks forward with hands held high around his face picking shots. What was apparent even this early in the fight was that Sturm was very accurate with his punches as he constantly caught the challenger when Hearns stopped his jab.

Round 2 again followed the same pattern with Hearns throwing more punches but not landing and Sturm picking his shots well. Hearns was constantly on the back foot and didn't have the power his father had to stop the champion getting close. The 3rd was harder to score , i had it 10-10 as Hearns began to land more with the jab but again was getting caught himself. It was the battle of the jabs withe very few right hands.

Sturm had a decent 4th as he continued to back the challenger up and catch him at will. To his credit though Hearns began the 5th much better and seemed to hurt the champion with a right to the body that made Sturm back up for the first minute and a half of the round. Sturm did come back late in the round  but it wasnt enough to even get a share.

The pace quickened in the 6th with the champion closing the distance much much quicker ,  right hands bounced of the challengers head and it only seemed a matter of time before Sturm got his victory as Hearns simply doesn't have enough pop on his punched to really make a dent.

 The end came in the 7th although a bit premature Hearns took a huge right to the head and seem to be a punch from going down before the ref (Raul Caiz jnr) jumped in and stopped the fight. It was far to early to stop the fight although there wasn't much of a complaint by Hearns or his camp. The champion moves on to bigger fights and NOW must move away from Germany for tougher fights as the quality of his challengers has not been great.One fight id love to see is Sturm vs Martinez but in all honesty i cant see it happening as Martinez will probably end the Germans Title reign probably by knockout.

FELIX STURM VS RONALD HEARNS

http://www.boxing-core.com/videos/_Felix_Sturm_vs_Ronald_Hearns_Part_1_of_2?vid=10002635

http://www.boxing-core.com/videos/_Felix_Sturm_vs_Ronald_Hearns_Part_2_of_2?vid=10002636

My scorecard is below along with the usual boxing fans scores from the forums and websites.

Round 1.....10-9 Sturm
Round 2.....10-9 Sturm
Round 3.....10-10 Draw
Round 4.....10-9 Sturm
Round 5.....10-9 Hearns
Round 6.....10-9 Sturm

TOTAL...59-56 Felix Sturm

FELIX STURM WINS BY 7TH ROUND KO

Boxing Fans And Websites Scores

Boxrec...7-0 in favor of Sturm with the only card being 60-55 Sturm

Eastsideboxing....8-0 in favor of Sturm with the only card being 59-55 Sturm

Boxingscene...9-2 in favor of Sturm with the only card being 60-54 Sturm

Fightfrancise (uppercutter)..had it 58-56 in favor of Hearns????

Experience Over Workrate - Theophane Lifts Title

Lenny Daws vs Ashley Theophane - British Light Welterweight Title

A Fight of Two Halves , that was the tale of the exciting British Light welterweight scrap that took place at Wembley Arena between Lenny Daws and Ashley Theophane. The fight as expected started at a brisk pace as the champion Daws used his non stop style to knock Theophane out of his game plan. Although sometimes scrappy there was no doubt that the champions work rate was what gave Daws an early lead. I had it 58-56 to Daws after 6 whereas Steve Bunce covering the fight for Premier Sports had the champion 5-1 up in rounds.

The second half of fight would become different though as Theophane began to time his punches alot better and his early body work began to slow Daws down. When the fight reached the 9th round it still looked like the champions workrate would see him through until a wicked combination of body punches and a big right had changed the fight around. Theophane was now in the ascendancy , Daws was badly hurt and soon after had to take a second count although to his credit he survived the round and ended up firing back at the American based Theophane.

With the fight just about even (i had it 85-85) after 9 rounds it looked as if all the experience gained by Theophane in the American gyms was showing as the challenger paced himself perfectly. I had him winning 2 of the last 3 rounds to cap a fine come from behind win. Both guys though deserve immense credit as it provided the fans with an excellent Mick Hennessy promoted main event.

Below as always is my scorecard along with all the boxing fans  , TV , written press and boxing websites scores.

For the 2nd week on boxingscorecard i have a guest this time from http://www.boxrec.com/ who has kindly supplied his scorecard for me. Thanks to (Alexpaterson) for doing this.

BOXINGSCORECARD                                          ALEXPATERSON

Round 1.....Daws 10-9..............................................Daws 10-9
Round 2.....Daws 10-9..............................................Daws 10-9
Round 3.....Theophane 10-9......................................Theophane 10-9
Round 4.....Daws 10-9..............................................Daws 10-9
Round 5.....Theophane 10-9......................................Daws 10-9
Round 6.....Daws 10-9..............................................Theophane 10-9
Round 7.....Draw 10-10............................................Theophane 10-9
Round 8.....Daws 10-9..............................................Theophane 10-9
Round 9.....Theophane 10-7......................................Theophane 10-7
Round 10...Theophane 10-9......................................Theophane 10-9
Round 11...Daws 10-9..............................................Theophane 10-9
Round 12...Theophane 10-9......................................Daws 10-9

TOTAL...114-113 THEOPHANE............................115-111 THEOPHANE

Judges Scorecards: John Keane...... 115-112 Theophane
                              Dave Parris........115-111 Theophane
                              Howard Foster..115-111 Theophane

ASHLEY THEOPHANE WINS BY UNANIMOUS DECISION

TV And Boxing Fans Scores

Steve Bunce (Premier Sports)... 114-112 Theophane

Boxrec Fans...5-1-1 in favor of Theo with cards 115-111 , 113-113 and Theo by 2 or 3

Eastsideboxing fans... 9-0 in favor of Theo ,  cards 116-110 , 115-113 , 115-111 , 117-109

Boxingscene fans...2-0 in favor of Theophane , 1 fan had Theo up by 1

Alex Sukachev (boxingscene)... 115-111 Theophane

Budweiser Boxing fans... 2-0 in favor of Theophane with both scoring 114-111

Hearns The History Maker

Virgil Hill vs Thomas Hearns - WBA Light Heavyweight Title

On a warm summers night in Las Vegas Thomas "The Hitman" Hearns won the last of his 6 world titles by upsetting defending champion Virgil Hill on a unanimous decision. After 5 rounds of the fight it looked like native of North Dakota would remain champion as on my card anyway was out jabbing the Legendary Hearns.

Now theres something you don't see , Hearns getting out-jabbed. Infact in watching my Thomas Hearns career set i don't think I've seen anyone beat the Hitman in terms of jabs but that what Virgil Hill did in the rounds he won. Hill always had a great jab which served him right through his career. Its a pity he had not much else especially a right hand. In this fight at the old Caesars Palace it was the right hand that won the fight for Hearns and the failure of Hills right that made the difference.

Everybody knows what the right hand is to Hearns and in the middle part of the fight he started to dominate by rocking the champion more than a few times. I had Hearns winning 6 ,7 ,8 and 9.which put him a few points up going down the stretch.

A young Freddy Roach was in a frenzy trying to tell Hill to let his punches go as he could see the title disappearing. Hill did rally on my card picking up 2 of the last 3 rounds but it was not enough.

Below is my scorecard along with some fight fans scores from different boxing forums. This fight was very hard to find scores on the net even checking the archive of boxrec , boxscene etc left not much to go on. Thanks goes out to the fans who scored this fight.

THOMAS HEARNS VS VIRGIL HILL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQ82E7qZclk Round 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gj6lljyi05g Round 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbfx6s-sLq4 Rounds 3 , 4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVxLXBbnHiI Rounds 5 , 6

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zuv_cvT7D20 Rounds 7 , 8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPuhthkh92c Rounds 9 . 10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVvcctWgVvw Rounds 11 , 12

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEZW0k5fQ3A Judges Scores

Round 1.....Hill 10-9
Round 2.....Even 10-10
Round 3.....Hearns 10-9
Round 4.....Hill 10-9
Round 5.....Hill 10-9
Round 6.....Hearns 10-9
Round 7.....Hearns 10-9
Round 8.....Hearns 10-9
Round 9.....Hearns 10-9
Round 10...Hill 10-9
Round 11...Hearns 10-9
Round 12...Hill 10-9

TOTAL.....115-114 Thomas Hearns

Judges scores: Chuck Giampa 116-112 Hearns
                       Jerry Roth        115-113 Hearns
                       Art Laurie        115-113 Hearns

THOMAS HEARNS WINS BY UNANIMOUS DECISION

TV And Boxing Fans Scores

Freddie Pacheo (showtime) 115-113 Hearns

Eastsideboxing fans : 6-0 in favor of Hearns and only card posted was 116-113 Hearns

Boxrec fans : 3-0 in favor of Hearns with scores of 116-111 Hearns twice

Boxingscene fans : 1-0 in favor of hearns although no card was left

Boxingasylum fans: 1-0 in favor of Hearns , fan had Hreans up by 2 points

Crolla Looks A Million Dollars

Anthony Crolla vs John Watson - Vacant British Lightweight Title

His nickname is "million dollar" and Anthony Crolla certainly looked a million dollars by moving up in weight at late notice to win the Vacant British Lightweight Title by dominating John Watson. Crolla delivered the knockout blow in the 9th round as Watson fell apart from a big right hand.

The fight was quite easy to score. I had it 78-74 or 6-2 in rounds to Crolla as he made a fast start winning the first 3 rounds. I thought Watson came back well in the 4th and 5th as he more than matched Crollas workrate. At that time i thought Watson was going to dominate as his body attacks seemed to slow Crolla down.

From rounds 6 through to the stoppage Crolla began to dominate again scoring the more cleaner blows. The 9th round was the biggest round of the fight as Crolla hurt Watson a few times before knocking Watson down with a big right hand to the temple. The ref waved the fight off straight away which was an excellent decision as for a few minutes there was a worry about Watson as he lay on the canvas. Thankfully the excellent ringside doctors and safety team were able to allow Watson back to his feet and walk back to his dressing room.

Going round the boxing forums everybody that posted had Crolla ahead although i only managed to obtain about 8-9 scorecards, It was an easy fight to score as Crolla basically dominated most of the fight.

Like always below is all the collated scores from the boxing forums , TV and boxing sites along with my scorecard.

New to the boxingscorecard is a friend from budweiser boxing (the budweiser) who has also scored this fight , his card is also below

BOXINGSCORECARD.................................THE BUDWEISER

Round 1.....Crolla 10-9......................................Crolla 10-9
Round 2.....Crolla 10-9......................................Crolla 10-9
Round 3.....Crolla 10-9......................................Crolla 10-9
Round 4.....Watson 10-9...................................Watson 10-9
Round 5.....Watson 10-9...................................Watson 10-9
Round 6.....Crolla 10-9......................................Crolla 10-9
Round 7.....Crolla 10-9......................................Crolla 10-9
Round 8.....Crolla 10-9......................................Crolla 10-9
Round 9.....Crolla wins by KO...........................Crolla ahead 78-74 at stoppage

TOTAL....78-74 Anthony Crolla

Judges Scorecards at the time of stoppage were...78-74 , 78-75 , 78-75 For Crolla

ANTHONY CROLLA WINS BY KO IN THE 9TH ROUND

Boxing Fans and TV Scores

SKY TV - Jim watt...78-74 Crolla , Richie Woodhall had Crolla 3-4 points up.

Boxrec - 2-0 in favor of Crolla , 78-74 and 78-75 were the scorecards.

Budweiser Boxing - 2-0 in favor of Crolla , 78-74 , 77-75 were the scorecards.

EastsideBoxing - 5-0 in favor of Crolla , scores ranging from 79-72 to 78-75.

* AS MENTIONED EVERY FAN ON EVERY FORUM HAD CROLLA WIINING ALTHOUGH MOST NEVER PRODUCED A SCORECARD.*

WAR - Booth Beats Arthur

Jason Booth vs Jamie Arthur - British ,  Commonwealth Super Bantam Titles

In the hardest fight of the year to judge so far Jason Booth rebounded from his world title defeat last year to win Jamie Arthur's Commonwealth Super Bantam title adding to Booths own British crown. This match was not covered as much as i expected on the fight forums for some reason but both guys must deserve huge credit as they took this fight at 3 weeks notice.

Frank Maloney can also be pleased as his 2 boxing shows in the early part of the year have thrown up very good main events (the other being McDonnell vs Jamoye). Boxing fans can also look forward to a rematch as Maloney told Sky Sports that he had no problem for a return but just after Jason Booth challenges for the vacant European Title.

When the fight started it looked like Booths world title shot had taken too much out of him as on my card and on most boxing sites cards Arthur took 3 of the first 4 rounds. The middle rounds were the hardest to score in the fight before Booths experience and work rate began to tell as he dominated the latter stages. Booths late pressure is obvious what swung it on the judges scorecards although i dont think the 117-112 score by Marcus McDonnell by fair to Jamie Arthur.

If Frank Maloney can update his website then i will be able to stick a link to the fight for those who missed it but as always my scorecard is below along with the boxing fans forums scores and Sky TV experts views.

Round 1.....Arthur 10-9
Round 2.....Arthur 10-9
Round 3.....Arthur 10-9
Round 4.....Booth 10-9
Round 5.....Arthur 10-9
Round 6.....Booth 10-9
Round 7.....Booth 10-9
Round 8.....Booth 10-9
Round 9.....Booth 10-9
Round 10...Booth 10-9
Round 11...Arthur 10-9
Round 12...Booth 10-9

TOTAL : 115-113 Jason Booth

Judges Scores : Ian John Lewis..........115-113 Booth
                        Richie Davies.............115-114 Arthur
                        Marcus McDonnell....117-112 Booth

JASON BOOTH WINS BY SPLIT DECISION

TV And Boxing Fans Scores

Sky TV - Jim Watt 116-113 Booth , Bob Mee and Richie Woodhall had Booth 3 up with 1 round left
               Glen McCrory though Booth had won

Boxrec - 4-2 in favor of Booth , only card posted was 116-115 Arthur most had Booth by 1-2 points

Livefight - 2-0 in favor of Booth , only card posted was 115-114 Booth

Budweiser Forum - 1-0 Booth but fans said a very close fight

Boxingscene - 2-0 Booth , only card posted was 116-112 Booth

Tiberi Tames Toney But Not The Judges

James Toney vs Dave Tiberi - IBF Middleweight Title

Browse around boxing forums and websites etc and you will find many threads dedicated to controversial decisions. The Toney vs Tiberi fight features quite alot on every forum as it was considered one of the worst of the 90s. Before watching and scoring this fight for the blog i had only read about this fight in the old 90s American boxing magazines. It wasn't until a member of the boxrec forums pointed this fight out that i actually watched it and then saw how Dave Tiberi was robbed but then retired.

The 3 main boxing websites i used for my research had hundreds of posts on this fight but didn't leave many scorecards although in total i got around 6-7. The overall thought was that Tiberi was robbed. Id say that about 80-85% of the fans thought that Tiberi won and won clearly. Fans who thought Toney won only saw him a winner by 1-2 points.

Thanks again to the member of boxrec (oliverfennell) who pointed me to this fight as it was a total war. Tiberi really went for it and should have got the title. Toney years later admitted that Tiberi had won as his swarming non stop punching style gave the champion so many problems.

I had Tiberi winning by 3 points but it should have been 4 as the ref in his first world title fight took a point off in the 6th for a low blow (8-4 in rounds). It was reported that Toney was weight drained for this fight but you cant take anything away from Tiberi who never took a backward step.

As mentioned Tiberi retired after this fight in a kind of protest. He was offered big money to come back but he kept his word and stayed out of the ring. An interesting story to come out of this fight was that 2 of the judges (William lerch and Frank Garza) who both scored for Toney were not Licenced in New Jersey?? so how this result stood is a mystery.

My scorecard is below but i only have fans forums views on this fight as i found it very hard to get any press , boxing mags etc to print a score in google search.

JAMES TONEY VS DAVE TIBERI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3g_qAfepILA Toney - Tiberi.... part 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqNSrAko7p0&feature=related Toney - Tiberi....part 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEUO0jKbYIs&feature=related Toney - Tiberi....part 3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffwIl6NqdrE&feature=related Toney - Tiberi....part 4

Round 1.....Toney 10-9
Round 2.....Tiberi  10-9
Round 3.....Tiberi  10-9
Round 4.....Tiberi  10-9
Round 5.....Tiberi  10-9
Round 6.....Toney 10-8.......ref deducts point from Tiberi for low blow
Round 7.....Tiberi  10-9
Round 8.....Tiberi  10-9
Round 9.....Tiberi  10-9
Round 10...Toney 10-9
Round 11...Toney 10-9
Round 12...Tiberi 10-9

TOTAL....115-112 Dave Tiberi

Judges scores : Frank Burnette 117-111..... Tiberi
                      : William Lerch 115-112........Toney
                      : Frank Garza  115-111.........Toney

JAMES TONEY WINS BY SPLIT DECISION

Boxing forums and fans scores

Boxrec - lots of posts on this fight but only a few cards , 117-111 or 116-112 for Tiberi

Boxingscene - again lots of posts , 116-112 , 114-113 , 117-110 Tiberi , 114-114 by 2 posters

Eastsideboxing - plenty of posts saying Tiberi won , most favored 115-111 , 116-111 Tiberi

Alex Wallau - ABC - did the commentary on the fight and had Tiberi up by 3 going into the last round
                                

Big Fight - Terrible Ending

Timothy Bradley vs Devon Alexander - WBO , WBC Light Welterweight Titles

They say styles make fights ?? well that certainly was the case on Saturday night at the Silverdome in Michigan USA when Tim Bradley and Devon Alexander fought to an unsatisfactory ending ,  Alexander made all the right noises to quit in the 10th round therefore the fight going to the scorecards.

Thank god the judges scored this fight correctly as they gave Tim Bradley a unanimous technical decision after 10 rounds. I watched the fight originally on a stream and scored 98-92 to Bradley but when i got home i watched the fight again , this time scoring 97-93 Bradley. One round of a difference.... the 6th.

This fight was difficult to score as most of the rounds were very close. I went for the come forward fighter in Bradley as it seemed Alexander was always backing off and not throwing enough punches. Fight fans around the world mostly had Bradley winning but there were a few that had the fight a draw. One or two even had Alexander winning??

Punch stats for the fight actually had Alexander out landing Bradley so it goes to show how sometimes these stats can be so wrong when just about everyone had Bradley winning by 2-4 points.

Like always my scorecard is below with all the fans scores , written press scores , TV scores and boxing website scores etc etc etc

TIMOTHY BRADLEY VS DEVON ALEXANDER

http://www.boxing-core.com/videos/_Timothy_Bradley_vs_Devon_Alexander_Part_1_of_3?vid=10002526&tid=107  part 1

http://www.boxing-core.com/videos/_Timothy_Bradley_vs_Devon_Alexander_Part_2_of_3?vid=10002527&tid=107   part 2

http://www.boxing-core.com/videos/_Timothy_Bradley_vs_Devon_Alexander_Part_3_of_3?vid=10002528&tid=107   part 3


Round 1.....Bradley 10-9
Round 2.....Bradley 10-9
Round 3.....Bradley 10-9
Round 4.....Bradley 10-9
Round 5.....Alexander 10-9
Round 6.....Alexander 10-9
Round 7.....Alexander 10-9
Round 8.....Bradley 10-9
Round 9.....Bradley 10-9
Round 10...Bradley 10-9.....this round was only 1 min old due to the head clash.

TOTAL.....97-93 Timothy Bradley

Judges scores : Tom Miller....... 96-95 Bradley
                       Duane Ford.......97-93 Bradley
                       Omar Mintun.....98-93 Bradley

TIMOTHY BRADLEY WIND BY UNANIMOUS TECHNICAL DECISION AFTER 10

TV Boxing sites and Fans scores

HBO - Lederman 87-84 Bradley after 9 rounds
            Merchant 96-94 Bradley

SKY - Jim Watt 86-85 Bradley after 9 rounds

ESPN - Dan Rafael 97-93 Bradley

World Boxing News - 95-95 Draw

Ben Thompson (Fighthype) - 97-93 Bradley

Javier Rosas Jnr (boxingtalk) - 97-94 Bradley
Greg Leon (boxingtalk) had it a draw but with no card

George Elsmssar (bragging rights corner) - Bradley 98-92

Boxrec fans - 9-1 in favor of Bradley with most scores being 97-93

Boxingscene - 17-0-3 in favor of Bradley with most scores 97-93 or 96-94 , The draw was 95-95

Eastsideboxing - 12-1 in favor of Bradley with most scores 97-93 or 96-94

Budwieser forum fans - 3-0 in favor of Bradley with again most score 97-93

Bad Left Hook - 98-93 Bradley

Controversy And Lost Respect In Las Vegas

 Oscar De La Hoya vs Felix Trinidad - WBC , IBF Welterweight Titles

In one of the last great fights of the 90s boxing superstars Oscar De La Hoya and Felix Trinidad finally got into the ring together. Many were expecting a modern day Leonard vs Hearns but what we ended up with was one very controversial fight which is still talked about today on the boxing websites and forums but also a fighter losing some of his fans and respect because of the way he finished the fight.

Oscar De La Hoya was the fighter who lost some respect , on course for his biggest victory he threw it away but running away from Felix Trinidad in the last 4 rounds and therefore blowing the fight. De La Hoya lost  part of his fan base that night as the Mexican fans began to turn their back on the Goldenboy because they feel a boxing warrior should fight till the death (and I'm not kidding when i mean death).

Going round the boxing forums and collating the scorecards from various press agencies i was a bit surprised with sheer number of fans and writers that favored De La Hoya in this fight. I though it was a very close fight because of the way De la Hoya ran in those final 4 rounds. My scorecard just like it did when i watched the fight live read 115-114 Trinidad although i have no problem with the draw.

Many of the rounds were very close . The 8th round was the only round i scored even as i felt that both fighters scored equal amount of jabs and right hands. The DVD i have of this fight is actually a recording on HBO which shows how the judges were scoring it round after round. The 8th round was scored 2-1 to Trinidad by the judges although HBO judge Harold Lederman scored the round to De La Hoya. It really was a tough round and fight to judge.

This fight is very hard to find online because HBO have probably banned it from certain sites so i have only a link to a mega upload thread which has the fight from http://www.boxingscene.com/.

My scorecard is below like always along with boxing fans forums scores , tv and written press scores etc etc etc

OSCAR DE LA HOYA VS FELIX TRINIDAD

http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/showthread.php?t=407322&highlight=hoya+trinidad

Round 1.....De La Hoya
Round 2.....Trinidad
Round 3.....De La Hoya
Round 4.....Trinidad
Round 5.....De La Hoya
Round 6.....De La Hoya
Round 7.....De La Hoya
Round 8.....Draw
Round 9.....Trinidad
Round 10...Trinidad
Round 11...Trinidad
Round 12...Trinidad

TOTAL... 115-114 Felix Trinidad

Judges Scores : Glen Hamada 114-114 Draw
                         Bob Logist 115-114 Trinidad
                         Jerry Roth 115-113 Trinidad

FELIX TRINIDAD WINS BY MAJORITY DECISION

TV , Boxing Sites And Fans Scores

HBO - Harold Lederman 114-114 , Larry Merchant 115-114 De La Hoya

Boxingscene fans - 33-6-8 (w l d) in favor of De La Hoya with most scores ranging from 115-113 to 116-112 some even went a wide 117-111....the fans who scored Trinidad had it 115-113 or 115-114

Associated Press - scored 115-113 De La Hoya

Boxrec fans - 22-6-1 (w l d) in favor of De La Hoya again with most scores 115-113 or 116-112 some had it tighter 115-114....fans who picked Trinidad score by 115-114 or 115-113

NY Times - scored for De La Hoya but left no scorecard.

Boxingforum fans - 6-2 in favor of De La Hoya again scores from 115-113 to 116-112

Boxingchronicle - 116-112 De La Hoya

LA Times - Steve Springer 115-113 De La Hoya , Tim KawaKami 115-113 De La Hoya
                 

Jamie McDonnell In Early Fight Of The Year

Jamie McDonnell vs Stephane Jamoye - European Bantamweight Title

Sky Sports got their boxing season off to a great start last night with an early candidate for fight of the year. Jamie McDonnell successfully defended his European Bantamweight Title against tough Belgian Stephane Jamoye winning on a majority points decision.

Going around the major boxing forums i found that just about everybody had this fight very close with scores of 114-113 or 115-113 being scored for both fighters. One thing i noticed was that on the "worldwide" parts of forums and non British websites they seemed to all favor jamoye. British websites and forums disagreed and mostly thought that McDonnell had done enough to defend his title.

My scorecard read 115-112 to McDonnell , slightly wider than most although i think my scoring of the 12th round to McDonnell changed my card from being like many a 114-113 score. I though that the Belgian started the round well and won the first minute but McDonnell responded and for me won the final 2 minutes of the round. I also believe that the point deduction for McDonnell in the 11th (fully deserved after repeated warnings) made this fight a lot closer.

McDonnell vs Jamoye full fight - thanks to Frank Maloneys youtube website

http://www.youtube.com/maloneypromotions#p/a/u/2/YvwZBqMXiu4 rounds 1-4

http://www.youtube.com/maloneypromotions#p/a/u/1/mvTiZRsWXYk rounds 5-8

http://www.youtube.com/maloneypromotions#p/a/u/0/rl0h5DE4aBA rounds 9-12

Below is my Scorecard and the official judges scores. I have also added the Sky TV scores along with the average scores from the major boxing websites.

Round 1.....Jamoye 10-9
Round 2.....Jamoye 10-9
Round 3.....McDonnell 10-9
Round 4.....Jamoye 10-9
Round 5.....McDonnell 10-9
Round 6.....McDonnell 10-9
Round 7.....McDonnell 10-9
Round 8.....McDonnell 10-9
Round 10...McDonnell 10-9
Round 11...Jamoye 10-8
Round 12...McDonnell 10-9

TOTAL...115-112 Jamie McDonnell

Judges scores : Esa Lehtosaari 115-113 McDonnell
                      : Juergen Langos 114-113 McDonnell
                      : Christophe Fernandez 114-114 Draw

JAMIE MCDONNELL WINS BY MAJORITY DECISION

TV , Boxing sites and Fans scores

Sky TV - Jim Watt 115-114 McDonnell , Bob Mee 114-113 McDonnell , Spencer Oliver has McDonnell by 1 round as did Adam Smith

East side boxing - (general forum) the fans voted 5-2 in favor of Jamoye with most common scores of 114-113 or 115-113

East side boxing - (British forum) the fans voted 8-1-1 in favor to McDonnell with most common scores of 114-113 or 115-113

Boxingscenes Alexy Sukadev scored the fight 115-113 McDonnell

Boxrec - (British forum) the fans voted 5-0-1 in favor of McDonnell again with scores of 114-113 and 115-113

Ian McNeilly also of Boxrec had the fight 114-113 McDonnell

Livefight fans voted 2-1-1 in favor of McDonnell

Badlefthook - fans voted 2-0 to jamoye with scores of 114-113 and the widest i saw for Jamoye 115-112

Andrew Wake of Secondsout.com thought that McDonnel won but didn't give a score

Biggest Robbery In Boxing

In this boxingscorecard blog i will be judging lots of boxing fights past and present and putting my scorecard on it. I will also when i can add video links to the fight. Another theme i hoping to put on boxingscorecard is the scores from the fight fans that frequent numerous boxing sites and forums to gauge if the REAL boxing judges scored a fight correctly AND if i did the same. With all the TV and Internet exposure i will also put the scores of the  EXPERTS (don't laugh) from SKY , HBO , ESPN, BOXING MAGAZINES etc and many many more boxing websites.

I hope you will enjoy my blog as I've been meaning to do this for some time. My first live fight of 2011 to be judged will be the European Bantamweight title fight between champion Jamie McDonnell vs Stephane Jamoye. This fight will be on SKY SPORTS on Saturday 22nd January starting at 8pm.

Below is a template of how this blog will be presented. The headline above "Biggest Robbery In Boxing" is a fight that i think is the worst judged fight in history. It is between champion Jose Luis Ramirez and Pernell Whitaker. The fight took place in France way back in 1988. My scorecard is followed by the judges scores , boxing 88 mag score and scores from some fight fans on boxrec.com and boxingscene.com. I have also added youtube links to the fight itself so feel free to watch the fight and comment on the terrible scoring.

PERNELL WHITAKER VS JOSE LUIS RAMIREZ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7_zauncYT0&feature=&p=FCF3DAE9FC906679&index=0&playnext=1 PART 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2edhFZMxaso&feature=related PART 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xdy3L8mzKls&feature=related PART 3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bNswknO8xU&feature=related PART 4

Round 1.....whitaker 10-9
Round 2.....whitaker 10-9
Round 3.....whitaker 10-9
Round 4.....whitaker 10-9
Round 5.....whitaker 10-9
Round 6.....ramirez   9-10
Round 7.....ramirez   9-10
Round 8.....whitaker 10-9
Round 9.....whitaker 10-9
Round 10...whitaker 10-9
Round 11...whitaker 10-9
Round 12...whitaker 10-9

TOTAL.....118-110 Pernell Whitaker

Judges scorecards : Harry Gibbs......... 117-113 whitaker (the only sane judge there)
                              Newton Campos...118-113 ramirez
                              Louis Michel..........116-115 ramirez

RAMIREZ WINS BY SPLIT DECISION.

boxing 88 score....118-111 whitaker
boxrec ave scores.117-111 whitaker or 118-110 whitaker
boxingscene ave....117-111 whitaker or 118-110 whitaker
Angelo Dundee.....had whitaker winning easily although in the commentary he doesn't give a scorecard
Dave Shipman (saddo boxing) said only the whitaker - chavez fight scorecard was worse than this