Bad Left Hook

Villanueva 10-9. Bit of a tough round, both had there moments, nothing too wild happened.

wonder how tarver feels about ward being there

jake_ash - January 20, 2012 reply

Perhaps hopeful that next time they won’t make him come to a show for no real reason.

Golly, that ws a nice series of punches.

Ruiz is on the verge of getting stopped

I guess that’s where cute will get you.

Villanueva vs Ruiz Round 2

Villanueva starting with some big charges this round. Good shots with both hands. Ward offers the incredible insight, “You can see that Villanueva’s hands are heavy. Maybe that’s where the knockouts come from.” Perhaps, yes!

Ruiz is getting tagged in there this round. BIG rights! REALLY clean one shakes the hell out of Ruiz, and he’s desperately hanging on. A minute to go in the round and Ruiz is in a bad way. Left hook to the body from Villanueva. Another right hand. And another! And down goes Michael Ruiz!

He’s getting creamed now. He can’t hold Villanueva off, and Villanueva appears to have the quicker as well as heavier hands. Ruiz is lost. Another right when we come back. Ruiz trying his best to stay out of there, but he’s not going to last a lot longer if this keeps up. Escapes the round, but that’s about all he does.

Villanueva 10-8
Villanueva 20-17

10-8, 20-17 Villanueva. He was just plastering Ruiz that round.

Villanueva turns on the punch machine

Ruiz just contemptuous of Ruiz posing any danger.

Chuck Giampa trending on Twitter. Outstanding.

i googled him and the first couple of results weren’t pretty.
him having chavez ahead of whitaker on the card going into 12th…

jake_ash - January 20, 2012 reply

Yeah….They should get this lad out of there. He’s eating a lot of very clean shots

Ruiz has the right idea trying to land in between, and is even connecting some of the time, but he just doesnt have the pop to really trouble Villanueva

Well, Mora’s been invisible so far, that’s something.

SETH MITCHELL VS BABY JOE MESI MAKE IT HAPPIN PEEPZ GET HIM OUT OF THE OFFICE AND BACK IN THE RING

briggzy - January 20, 2012 reply

….

Villanueva vs Ruiz round 3

Left hook from Villanueva. Ruiz trying to counter, but Villanueva clearly has no regard for his power or anything. Ruiz landing more this round. Doing better. Villanueva not going out of his way to be stupid or anything, either. Nice to see.

Villanueva with a right hand. Villanueva imposing his will again in the final minute, and he’s landing some good body shots there too.

Villanueva 10-9
Villanueva 30-26

10-9 Villanueva, 30-26 same. But Ruiz did at least steady himself that round.

Villanueva vs Ruiz Round 4

Villanueva has this fully under control. Ruiz is really looking for a way to get into this fight, but he’s having an awful time with the matchup. Villanueva too big, too strong, and a good offensive boxer overall, too. Not just brute strength. Puts punches together well, doesn’t get overly reckless. Willing to counter as well as lead.

Ruiz is hanging in there. Decent fight.

Villanueva 10-9
Villanueva 40-35

Hahahahaha – fake Gus commentary on the terrible Ortiz-Berto promo.

Villanueva 10-9, 40-35 same. The problem is even when Ruiz is doing “well”, he’s still losing

bingo

Did I just glimpse a ballet-ishtutu on that round card girl? Odd

You know how they say some people have a face built for radio? Giampa has a vocal presence built for silent movies.

unfortunately, yes.

Yep.

Villanueva vs Ruiz Round 5

YES LET’S GO TO CHUCK GIAMPA

Ruiz landing a few but Villanueva still mostly controlling. Villanueva does leave himself open when he throws in combination, and I mean really leaves himself open. Right hand from Villanueva, hook after. Ruiz was having a little success this round but Villanueva is taking it in the final minute it appears. Ruiz misses a home run left hand.

Villanueva 10-9
Villanueva 50-44

Gus johnson is an abomination

battle axe of doom - January 20, 2012 via mobile reply

he’s better than Giampa.

10-9, 50-44 Villanueva

Villanueva vs Ruiz Round 6

This is rinse, repeat at this point. Ruiz is really working his ass off to stay in this fight and is trying to win, but he’s just the lesser fighter.

Villanueva 10-9
Villanueva 60-53

Yeah, both men are trying, but Ramos doesn't have enough punch to make this an interesting fight

10-9, 60-53 Villanueva

Good stoppage

Sam5001 - January 20, 2012 reply

Villanueva vs Ruiz Round 7

Villanueva going for the KO in the first minute of this round. He’s really destroying him. Mora looking closely, and he steps in. Ruiz was throwing, but he doesn’t complain about the stoppage. He was getting battered.

Matthew Villanueva TKO-7

Good job by Russell Mora in this fight.

Patrick L. Stumberg - January 20, 2012 reply

Never thought I'd see THAT sentence written in earnest...

Fair’s fair. He was totally invisible and made the right stoppage.

Good stoppage

Mora does something right!!!

Very disappointing

round card girls. Who designed those outfits…Lasy Gaga?

FrankinDallas - January 20, 2012 reply

Very weird.

lazy gaga?

jake_ash - January 20, 2012 reply

typo….meant Lady…but she might be lazy.

FrankinDallas - January 20, 2012 reply

Too bad for Ruiz, he’s got the moves, but he’s way too physically weak.

yeah, he's never going to do anything with his physique and lack of strength

yeah good stoppage thought mora did a fine job

moidadabum - January 20, 2012 reply

thx chuck

This kid looks 12

Nobody can talk right on Shobox tonight. Even the announcer’s F’ing up.

The whole thing is just a mess. As long as the fights are good, it stays funny and avoids being absurd, at least.

Joel looks like he’s 10 years old

battle axe of doom - January 20, 2012 via mobile reply

Joel looks like he’s 10 years old

battle axe of doom - January 20, 2012 via mobile reply

Is that Dracolich reffing?

Yes. Combined with Mora first and Cortez next, we’re one Nady away from the All-Star team.

ha

yes

DEEP WATERS!!! It’s like Teddy Atlas is here in spirit.

Good rd of action

Diaz vs Robb Round 1

Diaz really has a lot of talent. Very much looking forward to see what happens here. Robb isn’t a total pushover by any means.

Diaz with a right. Robb trying to work in cautiously from outside. Heads come together, but they go through it. Right hand from Diaz. Robb trying to get to the body, and boy, he’s showing his superior ability early. Robb might have to just go for broke.

Well, they’re fighting. Diaz with a left hook and a right hand. He looks quicker and stronger. Man, for a 19-year-old kid, Diaz has some huge arms for 130ish pounds. Looks like he’ll develop into a big, strong lightweight or 140.

Diaz 10-9

Diaz 10-9. Fun round.

diaz a little sharper

I like these two. Fun round.

Robb might have to get lucky. Diaz the better boxer. good fight so far.

agree, but

it’s the sort of fight with a lot of potential for Robb to get lucky, because they’re both standing in and hammering away.

Like, say , there

damn

big sweeping rt

Very nice shot there

Sam5001 - January 20, 2012 reply

Holy shit!! Lucky strike!

this is good shit

robb ripping that body

damn good rd

!!!!!

GUY!!!!

Eddie Gonzalez - January 20, 2012 reply

well alrighty!

Diaz vs Robb Round 2

This is a nice matchup so far. Diaz throwing his left more to start this round. Robb BIG RIGHT HAND AND DIAZ IS DOWN! He can shake his head but he’s wobbly as all hell. Oh my!

Diaz with a right hand now! Robb trying to bully him. Hell yeah this is a fight. ANOTHER good right from Diaz. Diaz blowing his nose or something briefly. Robb just WINGING shots to the body now. Diaz backing down. Uppercut Robb, Diaz throws another right hand.

Oh doctor, we got us a good fight. Diaz RIPPING with right hands and he hurts Robb, but Robb survives and rips back to the body! RIght hand Diaz! Goddamn yes.

LEFT HOOK by Diaz catches Robb. Right hand Diaz. Goddamn! Goddamn! Diaz came back so well in this round I’m going 10-9.

Robb 10-9
19-19

10-8, 29-28 Robb. Excellent round, more of that please.

19-18, obvs

Well Wow!! That was fun!

That was a damn goof round….Buy my God, these guys are fighting like idiots

hurt him

Oh my, I love this fight!

That was the furthest thing from a flash knockdown, Andre. Get with it.

mean rt hand

give him a chance vic

Mercy count?

Hi guys

I’m liking this round

IRodC - January 21, 2012 reply

this can’t go the distance

No, it can’t.

Diaz vs Robb Round 3

Big right hand from Diaz! Now he’s pouring it on! Robb takes a knee! Here we go again as Robb comes back. Diaz with some body work. Diaz calming himself down. Robb to the body. Left hook from Robb, but not a lot on it. Right hand from Diaz has some mustard.

HUGE right from Diaz hurts Robb badly! Robb retreating! Diaz laying it on now! Drakulich getting close — Robb slips to the mat. They’re calling it a knockdown. Goddamn it. It wasn’t as far as I could tell.

Robb fighting crazy now. LEFT HOOK DIAZ! Robb survives the round and lands a left hook at the bell.

Diaz 10-8
Diaz 29-27

10-7 (2nd KD looked shaky though), 28-26 Diaz

This is a little diamond in the rough

cyke - January 21, 2012 reply

this is fucking NUTS

Why the hell did he separate them?

Probably FOTY so far for this young season.

No question it’s early FotY.

Yeah, I said that with hesitance because I don't follow the Asian boxing scene very closely.

And it seems I am always forgetting some fight over there.

If Robb wins this, it’s credit to his body work. That’s what’s keeping the playing field level

yeah, he’s been ripping that body hard

Diaz vs Robb Round 4

GUY ROBB COMING OUT FAST! I expected Diaz to come out! Robb with two big left hooks! He’s got Diaz on the ropes, and now they’re broken up. Man Robb is pressing him big time to start this round. Robb with body work. Robb putting him on the ropes constantly. Big hook from Diaz off the ropes!

Robb with a nasty shot to the body. Diaz is tiring a bit. He’s had all of 10 rounds before this fight. Right hand Robb. Right hand Diaz, and he storms with a combo! Right hand Diaz stings him! Both bloodied. Robb with a left hand! Diaz with a right!

Holy shit this fight rules.

Robb 10-9
Diaz 38-37

Diaz throws mean combinations

Robb 10-9, 38-37 Diaz (I think — my math is shaky)

Great fight… all I ask is for guys to let their hands go… and god bless them… they are doing that.

my stream took an absolute shit on me

i gotta wait til comcast airs it out here at 11..

Eddie Gonzalez - January 21, 2012 reply

Diaz vs Robb Round 5

Left hook Diaz but Robb is POURING IT ON with the body shots and left hooks of his own. Diaz is reeling a little bit. He’s really tired. He might still have enough power to close this thing at some point, but right now Guy Robb looks stronger.

Robb willing this round like he did the last. Sneaky right from Diaz catches Robb. Nick this round to Robb, but could have gone to Diaz. Just feel like Robb’s pressure pushes him.

Robb 10-9
47-47

10-9, 48-46 Diaz

There is something to be said when you are able to back up a fighter when your face is torn to shit that just makes you lean towards giving him a round.

I;m worried that bad KD in the 3rd is going to be decisive on the cards

that would suck

man

me too… was an obvious slip

Eddie Gonzalez - January 21, 2012 reply

Diaz vs Robb Round 6

BIG RIGHT HAND BY GUY ROBB AS THE ROUND STARTS! They’re winging again! They are just drilling each other now. Diaz landing hard shots, but Robb starting to absorb them much better than earlier. Diaz’s power has faded.

Left hook from Robb. Diaz with a left hook moments later. Robb is dictating this fight right now. Right hand Diaz. Fight has slowed down a bit this round. still a good round.

Robb 10-9
Robb 57-56

Robb 10-9, 57-56 Diaz

That tutu thing the ring girl is wearing is really weird

It’s different for sure. Nice colors.

They’re weird, but sort of cute.

BAD

Diaz vs Robb Round 7

Man this is just a grueling battle now. I’m actually impressed by how much conditioning Diaz IS showing, all things considered. And ring awareness.

Diaz with a nice combo off the ropes with about a minute left. Robb is losing his way. Diaz flurrying in a big way! DRAKULICH STOPS THE FIGHT? WHAT?! WHAT?!

Joel Diaz TKO-7

Diaz with some good work there, but a bit early on that stoppage methnks

a little quick, but big complaints from RObb

no complaints

Less than thrilled about that stoppage.

I thought it was fair

Patrick L. Stumberg - January 21, 2012 reply

Can't say I agree with that one...

Bit early, but not horrendously so.

Hah! i did think Diaz would take it, though I had my doubts in the middle.

great fight. great heart by both guys. they aren’t young fighters anymore. stoppage seemed a bit early

jake_ash - January 21, 2012 reply

We can’t have nice things. Great fight.

If the next fight has 1/20th of the action of this fight… well then tonight will be a good fight.

WTF?!!?!?!?!?!?

fuck boxing… smh

Eddie Gonzalez - January 21, 2012 reply

That stop seemed early, but there was a lot of damage done. I’m not upset by it.

Same thing, and he wasn’t complaining about it.

good test for diaz

I thought Robb looked worse in round 3 than when he stopped it, but definitely took a lot of punches throughout the fight. Would’ve liked to have seen Robb having a chance to stay in there.

Maybe he saw something we didn't. Robb didn't complain.

It was fine. They’re young pros. Let him fight another day.

Rgondeaux up next?

yes

Giampa is terrible. He can’t speak.

Get a English translator…hahaha

Rig's left hook to the body is meaaaan.

Not a Rigondeaux fan. Rooting for Ramos for sure.

OK, this has far exceeded expectations so far. Please don’t screw it up main eventers.

I’m trying to prepare myself to be happy with the night as it was in the first two fights. I still have very low hopes for the main event. Not a fan of either guy, really.

The second fight was the night for me. Can’t expect miracles, unless you thrive on disappointment.

It is kinda funny… the more I see Rigodeaux, the more I appreciate old man Casamayor when he was younger.

You got to lower your expectations as a boxing fan nowadays to be happy… so if there is one half decent exchange per round… I will be happy

Fuck that. I’ll be happy with good fights. I’ll not be happy with bad fights. I don’t have to lower my expectations. I don’t owe anyone that. If they give me bad fights, I’m calling it a bad fight.

Watching Antonio Tarver so you don’t have to…

I’m not a fan of watching either guy really, but I think Rigondeaux will rip him to shreds. Don’t rate Ramos at all.

Ramos is lucky he won a belt.

We’ll find out tonight………………..expecting Rigo to shine

Oh good, we’re announcing that Floyd Mayweather is here. Not showing him or anything.

HAHAHA…

IT'S TIME

toooooooooooooooo
thrrrrrrrrowdown!

quick, trademark that phrase…..

jake_ash - January 21, 2012 reply

Rigo aggressive

yes sir

Cortez gave Ramos an additional 3-4 seconds there.

I think.

Ala the Montreal ref…

yep

Ramos vs Rigondeaux Round 1

Rigondeaux coming out faster than expected, throwing a wild left hand. He looks locked in mentally. Right hand Ramos is a bit short, and he eats a left hand counter down the pipe. That was lightning coming back.

I don’t know if it’s just me, but Ramos looks a little intimidated to my eye.

Ramos not doing much of anything. Rigondeaux isn’t either, to be fair, but what he’s throwing looks more harmful and serious. Left hand by Rigondeauxl and another AND RICO RAMOS IS DOWN! 30 seconds left in the round. Cortez waits forever to get Rigondeaux to move two feet.

Rigondeaux coming at him again, just WINGING LEFT HANDS! Rigondeaux absolutely giong for the kill.

Rigondeaux 10-8

10-8 Rigandeaux. This is the happy-making RIgandeaux. He really has the talent to do this.

Well where was that all this time?

The de-classing has begun much earlier than I expected.

10-8 Rigo

I like aggressive Rigo

Has anyone been able to discern a Ramos strategy yet? This is pathetic, and I don’t throw that word around lightly.

And speaking of pathetic, Pete Rose!

Ramos vs Rigondeaux Round 2

Ramos looks exactly as he did against Shimoda, except Rigondeaux isn’t as interesting or exciting as Shimoda. Ramos looks like a guy lucky to be here.

Ramos is doing nothing. Rigondeaux also did very little. Round stunk.

Rigondeaux 10-9
Rigondeaux 20-17

Well that is the type of round I expected.

Rigandeauz 10-9, 20-18. What have we learned so far?

1) Rigandeaux can be a dominant, exciting fighter who presses the action when he wants to.

2) He doesn’t always want to.

20-17

10-9 Rigo, 20-17

I spoke too soon. That’s the Rigo we know and are incredibly apathetic about.

Rigo truly “plays to the score,” to quote a baseball phrase. If Ramos isn’t going to be aggressive, the fight is going to continue to be a fairly boring 1-0 style shutout.

agreed

yes indeed

I really don’t want to watch 9 rounds of awkward fencing.

Good Olympic comparison. I really do believe in Rigo, but he is the permanent b-side. Without someone pressing him…you get this.

When people open up and have a go, he tends to look fantastic. But, if people are just happy to survive in there with him, this is what you get alright.

Ramos vs Rigondeaux Round 3

Ugh, Ramos is a mental trainwreck. He’s got no confidence. He does nothing.

Two lefts to the body from Rigondeaux. Ramos drew commentary praise a couple minutes ago for daring to throw a right hand.

Rigondeaux 10-9
Rigondeaux 30-27

Fight sucks as I expected. Crowd has turned.

Rigandeauz 10-9, 30-26. I miss Rd 1 RIgandeaux

this is a pathetic defense by Ramos

At least Buster Douglas was knocked out at this point.#

#actually loves Buster Douglas.

10-9 Rigo, 30-26

Rigo throws a lovely straight punch to the body. The problem is that he throws two per round, and not much else.

Teon Kennedy just remarked that this is a “bullshit as(s) fight”

I thought Ramos would work harder than this

Hey look! Ramos decided to throw a jab instead of walking around!

Ramos vs Rigondeaux Round 4

Ugh. Still a lousy fight. Ramos throws a punch now and then and it’s news. Not a real punch, with intent, but any punch. Rigondeaux is just better than him, and it’s not close.

Well, there’s a right hand from Ramos, kind of. This is like Rigondeaux in a Lazy River. He’s having a fun vacation and he’ll leave with some souvenirs.

Rigondeaux 10-9
Rigondeaux 40-35

Rigandeaux 10-9, 40-35 same

Was Joe Cortez actually talking about headbutts in a patch of the fight where the two were 5 feet apart? I think he’s getting bored. That’s scary.

About to take some NyQuil. Wonder what’s gonna put me to sleep first?

I want to see Rigo against world class competition asap.

Tysox88 - January 21, 2012 reply

Rigandeaux is doing enough that, if Ramos would meet him halfway, we’d hasve a tolerable fight. But Ramos is doing NOTHING, and Rigandeaux isn;t pressing the issue.

Ramos vs Rigondeaux Round 5

They keep saying that ramos started like this against shimoda as if that inspires hope. Ramos got a lucky KO against Shimoda. That’s basically all he did in that fight. This sucks.

Rigondeaux 10-9
Rigondeauz 50-44

Rigandeaux 10-9,50-44

This is like Aliens vs. Predators

Whoever wins, we lose.

Predators was a pretty good movie… by the way… let me check if it is on HBO.

It was fun

?he’s slowing down?………………how, his 20 punch a rd output

show more of the ring card girl

wicked body shot

Jinx.

Wicked body shot.

thank GOD

Ramos is done.He doesn’t want to be there anymore.

Ramos vs Rigondeaux Round 6

Apparently a headbutt and Ramos is all “ow damn” and blinking. oh rabbit punch I guess. Anyway, Rigondeaux tires of this and flattens Ramos with an enormous left to the body. Ramos makes zero attempt to get up.

Guillermo Rigondeaux KO-6

Rigo can just impose his will on fighters, he just needs a mean streak.

What Rigo needs is a dash of Joel Casamayor in him.

Welp

Right, can we not see Ramos on tv again. Nice one

You won’t for a bit, unless you’re a Solo Boxeo viewer. (And I do often love Solo Boxeo.)

Ramos is an Al Haymon fighter (I’m pretty sure). We’ll see him on TV again.

that is for damn sure… I am surprised that he Rigo actually got this fight to tell you the truth because of Al.

that’s the way to make a statement

Rigandeaux will close a guy out when he senses weakness. But he won’t create it himself.

Wooohoo! It's over!

DanielAM - January 21, 2012 reply

Like I said

His left to the body is from hell

Rigo must have the highest body shot ko% of all time

Tysox88 - January 21, 2012 reply

Micky Ward?

LIIIIIIIIIIIIIVER SHOT

He really loads up on that left hand

I know Rigo is a hard fighter to become a fan of. I’m not really sure why I like him myself, except that it’s something in his skill set. But I will say that, as he steps up, someone with real talent will take the fight to him. And that will be one to watch.

Vs Donaire?

That would be something to see.

Ramos was holding his hands so high, he was just begging to be crushed to the body.

lets see rigondaux-donaire!

jake_ash - January 21, 2012 reply

Rico Ramos Gameplan

Step 1: Wait for a counter punch and land a one punch knockout blow
Step 2: What? Step 1 didn’t work?

Interview should be good… lets see if he speaks gibberish…

Rigo is well-spoken. A life spent largely with the headgear helps, honestly.

Yeah… his accent isn’t bad at all.

Cubans has a nasty accent for Spanish speakers by the way.

what a horrible translator by the way…

Well. This fight had one good moment, apparently, and I had an attempted break-in downstairs apt., and had to go deal with it. All’s well, but I missed the KO.

I came in just in time to miss everything. But at least I have the comments. They’re better than most fights anyway.

DrRck - January 21, 2012 reply

Rigondeuax is very much hatian