A real tough card to watch from Vega's injury to a sluggish, amateurish fight as the main event. First, the stoppage should have come sooner as Vega turned his back on his opponent, period. The ref's should halt the contest and, at minimum, deduct a point for turning their back during a fight to avoid a possible hit while walking away and an eventual death. I mean, the ref letting Vega turn his back and letting it slide up until Kyoguchi landed a misplaced punch (fortunately for Vega). Clearly Kyoguchi missed a great opportunity to ensure his opponent's hospitalization. Then, it was so difficult to watch such a superior boxer out worked by a slugger. Sure, we've seen Danny Garcia implement this type of boxing style, but sharper boxers have imposed their technique on him. Braekhus was unable to showcase her jab, poise, and footwork that led her to win so many fights and record defenses. Braekhus is an aged boxer and we need to admit we have seen the best of her.
Unless she needs the money, Braekhus should call it quits. Even though she was better conditioned this time, she still couldn’t pull the trigger or land crisp shots like when she was younger. Be sad to see her fighting into her 40s as just an opponent.
Firstly Katie Taylor could barely make 140lbs and so a trip up to 147lbs seems out of the question - Taylor already beat McCaskill so she doesn’t need that fight.
I question the judging on the Ford - Perez fight as imo Ford.
Yes Perez came forwards and often had Ford on the ropes however he wasn’t connecting cleanly most of the time - he was often simply flailing his arms around.
This will be a good learning fight for Ford as he now knows he can’t expect the judges to know how to judge a fight correctly and so will have to make adjustments to make sure that even incompetent judges can’t take the win away from him.
A real tough card to watch from Vega's injury to a sluggish, amateurish fight as the main event. First, the stoppage should have come sooner as Vega turned his back on his opponent, period. The ref's should halt the contest and, at minimum, deduct a point for turning their back during a fight to avoid a possible hit while walking away and an eventual death. I mean, the ref letting Vega turn his back and letting it slide up until Kyoguchi landed a misplaced punch (fortunately for Vega). Clearly Kyoguchi missed a great opportunity to ensure his opponent's hospitalization. Then, it was so difficult to watch such a superior boxer out worked by a slugger. Sure, we've seen Danny Garcia implement this type of boxing style, but sharper boxers have imposed their technique on him. Braekhus was unable to showcase her jab, poise, and footwork that led her to win so many fights and record defenses. Braekhus is an aged boxer and we need to admit we have seen the best of her.
Unless she needs the money, Braekhus should call it quits. Even though she was better conditioned this time, she still couldn’t pull the trigger or land crisp shots like when she was younger. Be sad to see her fighting into her 40s as just an opponent.
Firstly Katie Taylor could barely make 140lbs and so a trip up to 147lbs seems out of the question - Taylor already beat McCaskill so she doesn’t need that fight.
I question the judging on the Ford - Perez fight as imo Ford.
Yes Perez came forwards and often had Ford on the ropes however he wasn’t connecting cleanly most of the time - he was often simply flailing his arms around.
This will be a good learning fight for Ford as he now knows he can’t expect the judges to know how to judge a fight correctly and so will have to make adjustments to make sure that even incompetent judges can’t take the win away from him.