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