Ereignisse im Schwergewicht:
Glazkov vs. Cunningham:
Ledermann hatte Cunnigham 115-113 vorne. Auch Dan Rafael ist der Ansicht, dass sich Cunnigham wesentlich besser schlug, als die Punktrichter es gesehen haben. Auch Dan Rafael ist der Ansicht, dass Cunningham gewinnen hätte müssen.
http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id/12492400/sergey-kovalev-outclasses-jean-pascal-tko-victory
Chris Arreola vs Curtis Harper
Das soll, was ich von Bekannten so hörte, ein enger Kampf gewesen sein, in dem sich Arreola mal wieder in einer fast noch schlechterern konditionellen Verfassung als zuletzt präsentierte. Soweit ich von Bekannten gehört habe, wäre ein knapper Sieg für Arreola in Ordnung. Also z.B. die 77:74 und die 76:75 des offiziellen Urteils.
Glazkov vs. Cunningham:
Ledermann hatte Cunnigham 115-113 vorne. Auch Dan Rafael ist der Ansicht, dass sich Cunnigham wesentlich besser schlug, als die Punktrichter es gesehen haben. Auch Dan Rafael ist der Ansicht, dass Cunningham gewinnen hätte müssen.
ESPN schrieb:Vyacheslav "Czar" Glazkov W12 vs. Steve Cunningham
Heavyweight - Title eliminator
Scores: 116-12 (twice), 115-113
Records: Glazkov (20-0-1, 12 KOs); Cunningham (28-7, 13 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: This was a terrible fight and a worse decision. It promised to be an interesting fight with a lot on the line -- a mandatory shot at heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (or Bryant Jennings, if Jennings somehow upsets Klitschko on April 25). Instead it turned out to be a horrible fight with Glazkov getting a gift decision and an eventual assignment against the Klitschko-Jennings winner. If it is indeed Klitschko he faces for the title, he has no prayer. Klitschko will take his head off (and would do the same to Cunningham).
But Glazkov, 30, a 2008 Ukrainian Olympic bronze medalist, will get the opportunity after sleepwalking through a fight so torturous that HBO's unofficial scorer, Harold Lederman, had the line of the night when he blurted out on the air when asked for the score at one point, "This fight stinks!" He was as right as his scorecards usually are.
At least Cunningham, 38, of Philadelphia, a former two-time cruiserweight titlist, tried to make the fight while Glazkov was content to throw one punch at a time and try to tie Cunningham up constantly. Cunningham landed more and threw more, according to CompuBox statistics. Glazkov, whose best rounds came in the final third of the bout, landed 144 of 441 punches (33 percent), and Cunningham got credit for connecting on 180 of 649 shots (28 percent).
Cunningham battered Glazkov's left eye, which was marked up. Glazkov's trainer, Victor Petrochenko, was so concerned that he flat-out told Glazkov he was losing the fight after the sixth round.
In the ninth round, a nice right hand from Cunningham knocked Glazkov's mouthpiece out. Cunningham was making the fight, busting Glazkov up and not getting nearly the credit he deserved from the judges. For what it's worth, Lederman had Cunningham winning 115-113.
Glazkov should go buy some lottery tickets. He is one of the luckiest fighters around. He got a gift against Derric Rossy in August in one of the worst decisions of 2014. In 2013, Malik Scott schooled him yet he got a draw. Now he's 3-for-3 in avoiding his first official defeat. That will come against Klitschko, though, without a doubt.
http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id/12492400/sergey-kovalev-outclasses-jean-pascal-tko-victory
Chris Arreola vs Curtis Harper
Das soll, was ich von Bekannten so hörte, ein enger Kampf gewesen sein, in dem sich Arreola mal wieder in einer fast noch schlechterern konditionellen Verfassung als zuletzt präsentierte. Soweit ich von Bekannten gehört habe, wäre ein knapper Sieg für Arreola in Ordnung. Also z.B. die 77:74 und die 76:75 des offiziellen Urteils.
http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id/12492400/sergey-kovalev-outclasses-jean-pascal-tko-victoryESPN schrieb:Chris Arreola W8 Curtis Harper
Heavyweight
Scores: 78-73, 77-74, 76-75
Records: Arreola (36-4, 31 KOs); Harper (12-4, 8 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: If you like hard-hitting, heavyweight slobberknockers this was your kind of fight. They beat the crap out of each other over eight fun, sloppy rounds in a fight that looked as if it was going to be over in the first round.
Arreola, 34, of Riverside, California (and basically fighting at home), is a former two-time heavyweight title challenger and returning from a left elbow injury. He was a flabby 262 pounds to Harper's chunky 265, the second heaviest of Arreola's career by a half pound and 23 heavier than when Bermane Stiverne knocked him out in their rematch for a vacant heavyweight title in May 2014.
In shape or not, Arreola nearly ended the fight early when he hammered Harper with a right hand 30 seconds into the fight for a knockdown and battered him for the rest of the round. Referee Ray Corona showed great restraint not stopping the bout in the opening round. Harper, 26, of Jacksonville, Florida, collected himself and made it into a competitive fight. He gave as good as he got, especially in the fourth and fifth rounds of a fight that was heavy on toe-to-toe action and saw both fighters rocked and staggered multiple times. If Arreola is serious about making another run at a title, he would be best served by taking his training more seriously than he did for this fight.