BAD SCORING MARS GREAT EFFORT BY EX-MARINE
San Francisco, CA– The HBO semi main event Saturday ended in controversy in the minds of more people than just HBO’s Harold Lederman, as Vyacheslav Glazkov won a Unanimous Decision 12 over Steve Cunningham. Harold had it 115-113 (7-5 rounds) for Cunningham (28-7, 17 KOs).
THE “LOOK OF DEATH” BEFORE DECISION
But the people that mattered, Sylvain Leblanc 116-112 (8-4 rounds), Alex Levin 115-113 and Pasquale Procopio’s116-112 for Glazkov were stunning considering the body language in the ring as Team Glazkov looked as they had just been told of a death in their family.
HAVING WINNING LOTTERY TICKET STOLEN
Thus, when the winner was announced, the quite “stunned” Team Cunningham was as dejected as a guy who won the Powerball Lottery and somebody swindling him out of his winning ducat. .
HOW CAN YOU LOSE WITH A BLACK JACK?
Imagine being Cunnigham having a Black Jack 21 in hand, while Glazkov would stand at 17. OK, if you grasped that the Cunninham-Glazkov fight apparently denied the man holding the superior cards a win. Cunningham landed 180 of 649 (28%) while Glazkov got home with 144 of 441 his pitches or 33%.
SOME RIGHTS GOT THROUGH ON KOVALEV
Although most boxing pundits will walk away from the Sergey Kovalev TKO 8 Jean Pascal ultra impressed with Sergey, he showed leaks. The Canadian resident Pascal landed a few pretty good counter rights, but that was about all of the offense he could muster.
CANADIAN FIGHTER ALMOST INTO CROWD
With Sergey on the attack and right before the bell ending round three sounded, Pascal almost fell through the ropes. The referee moved in and issued an eight count. Jean landed those telling right hand counter shots in round four and for the next three, it was more entertaining than any fight in the last couple of weeks on TV as Kovalev wobbled Pascal in round eight and cracked him a few more good times, mainly with rights. Referee Luis Pabon stopped it at 1:03 of round eight.
BERTO WINS ON SPIKE TV BOXING DEBUT
In what was impressive to some, and easily predicted t others, Andre Berto (30-3, 23 KOs) captured the interim WBA welterweight (147) title with a beat down of the smaller Joseito Lopez (33-7, 18 KOs) who has stopped thrice now.
BERTO HAD STEROIDS IN SYSTEM PRIOR
Before I get to the first $64,000 question #1, Berto was too big and strong for Lopez who will fight anybody at just about any size. Now, Berto was caught with some Steroids in his system a couple, three years ago. He sure looked bulkier than your average welter Friday.
CAN YOU ANSWER $64,000 QUESTION #2?
Keith Thurman defended the WBA world welterweight championship last Saturday on NBC when he all but routed Robert Guerrero in a fight that went the route. Floyd Mayweather is listed as the WBA welterweight super champion. And isn’t there only an interim of the regular champ is hurt?
THREE WORLD TITLES AT ONE WEIGHT
What else can one say but, the World of Bunco & Anarchy, the WBA, it operates with reckless impunity and there is no one that will call them on it. The WBA system of crowning titleholders reminds me of EBay when the vendor is selling three of the same items to the three highest bidders.
SHO BOX FRIDAY HAD UNBEATENS ON TOP
Antoine Douglas (17-0-1, 11 KOs) KO 6 Thomas “Cornflake” LaManna (16-1, 7 KOs) in Westbury, NY. Douglas owned “Cornflake” throughout and got an early questionable knockdown call. Antoine then rolled off two more real knockdowns before it was stopped by referee Harvey Dock at 2:44 #6.
Pedro Fernandez
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