LiveBlog! Quartey/Forrest and Ouma/Powell

by Scott Christ on Aug 5, 2006 7:42 PM EDT in Live Boxing Coverage (Round-By-Round)

I'll be blogging and scoring tonight's HBO card, which starts at 10ish eastern. Should be a fun couple of fights, so jump in and score along or just talk about the fights.

We may or may not have something going for the Marquez show on Showtime, too.

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Having trouble with my cable...

I was going to be blogging the Showtime card but my cable is out...yet my cable internet is working. I have no clue whats up...

If by chance I get my cable back in time I'll be blogging what is left of the show.

AIM: Brentbrookhouse get ahold of me any time you want to talk boxing

by Brent Brookhouse @ Bad Left Hook on Aug 5, 2006 9:45 PM EDT reply actions

Looking forward to it

I'm looking forward to reading the live blogging here, as I'm stuck without HBO at the moment.

BTW, I really have no idea what to expect from this fight. My gut says Forrest will win, but my head says anything could happen. I guess that I'll go ahead and call Forrest as winner in a close match--but with the caveat that this isn't one I feel confident in at all.

Now the Toney vs. Peters fight -- that one I have confidence in. Toney will school the slow as molasses bigger man.

by Matt Miller on Aug 5, 2006 10:02 PM EDT reply actions

first round

Feeling out in a way, but both were aggressive enough that it wasn't JUST a feeling out process.

Ouma 10-9

Angie also says Ouma.

by Scott Christ on Aug 5, 2006 10:18 PM EDT reply actions

second round

Angie disrespects the heart of the game.

More of the same from both, I think Ouma looks sharper so far.

Ouma 10-9

Angie says Powell on account of he has blue trunks.

by Scott Christ on Aug 5, 2006 10:20 PM EDT reply actions

third round

I'm going to give this round to Powell. Not for any great reason. All three rounds have been total judgment calls. Powell is starting to land some nice shots, though.

Powell 10-9

by Scott Christ on Aug 5, 2006 10:24 PM EDT reply actions

fourth round

Ouma is just sticking, sticking, sticking. Powell seems a little flustered.

Ouma 10-9

by Scott Christ on Aug 5, 2006 10:27 PM EDT reply actions

fifth round

Ouma is starting to outclass Powell a little bit. Powell is going to need to get this together fast with only five rounds left.

Ouma 10-9

Ouma 49-46 through five.

by Scott Christ on Aug 5, 2006 10:31 PM EDT reply actions

sixth round

Powell looks tired and beaten right now. Ouma is just a better fighter.

Ouma 10-9
Ouma 59-55

by Scott Christ on Aug 5, 2006 10:35 PM EDT reply actions

seventh round

Dull round. Dull, dull round. Powell looks awful at this point.

Ouma 10-9
Ouma 69-64

by Scott Christ on Aug 5, 2006 10:40 PM EDT reply actions

eighth round

This fight has lost me. It's not a debacle or anything close, but I expected a LOT more out of Powell. Ouma is even getting less active now.

Ouma 10-9
Ouma 79-73

by Scott Christ on Aug 5, 2006 10:43 PM EDT reply actions

ninth round

Angie is bored by Powell's uselessness. If any scorecard is close, the scorer is nuts.

Ouma 10-9
Ouma 89-82

by Scott Christ on Aug 5, 2006 10:47 PM EDT reply actions

tenth round

Ouma. Again.

Ouma 10-9
Ouma 99-91 final on my card

by Scott Christ on Aug 5, 2006 10:51 PM EDT reply actions

OUMA/POWELL DECISION

Ouma easy.

by Scott Christ on Aug 5, 2006 10:54 PM EDT reply actions

fight two, round one

Forrest is aggressive, Quartey not so much. Quartey down but I missed the actual punch. I'm a moron!

Forrest 10-8

by Scott Christ on Aug 5, 2006 11:17 PM EDT reply actions

there WAS no actual punch

So that was Forrest 10-9.

by Scott Christ on Aug 6, 2006 4:55 PM EDT up reply actions

round two

Ike is a lot more active this round. I'm giving it to Quartey. Round ended with both guys throwing bombs and missing.

Quartey 10-9
19-19

by Scott Christ on Aug 5, 2006 11:20 PM EDT reply actions

round three

Forrest stunned Ike with an uppercut followed by an extended Quartey headlock. Referee didn't care for that.

Forrest 10-9
Forrest 29-28

by Scott Christ on Aug 5, 2006 11:24 PM EDT reply actions

my cable went out

Goddamn it. Super. Great. Fantastic. Sorry guys.

by Scott Christ on Aug 5, 2006 11:26 PM EDT reply actions

Damn

This sucks missing this.

by Matt Miller on Aug 5, 2006 11:28 PM EDT reply actions

No!

Cable went out! What? Pardon me while I do my Howard Dean imitation:

YEEEAARRRGGHHH!

by Matt Miller on Aug 5, 2006 11:30 PM EDT reply actions

Round 6

I have Quartey up 5 rounds to 1 after 6...

I gave Forrest Round 4

by Kevin Gonzalez on Aug 5, 2006 11:38 PM EDT reply actions

By the way...

Quartey didn't go down in Round 1. That was a slip.

by Kevin Gonzalez on Aug 5, 2006 11:38 PM EDT reply actions

Round 7

Pretty even round. Quartey landed a flurry in the last 10 seconds, but Forrest seemed to do a little more boxing. I'll give it to Vernon.

5-2 Quartey

by Kevin Gonzalez on Aug 5, 2006 11:42 PM EDT reply actions

Round 8

Forrest came out boxing again, and he dominated the first minute or so of the round. But Quartey landed some hard shots, and started working the jab again. I think Ike did enough to get this one.

6-2 Quartey

by Kevin Gonzalez on Aug 5, 2006 11:45 PM EDT reply actions

Round 9

Forrest boxes, but loses his balance pretty often. Another hard low blow by Forrest. There's a point deduction. Quartey comes back pretty strong, finishes the round well. Round for Quartey, plus the deduction makes it

88-82 Quartey

by Kevin Gonzalez on Aug 5, 2006 11:50 PM EDT reply actions

That's it

Pretty even round. I'll give Forrest the benefit of the doubt, but Quartey still wins the fight in my eyes

97-92, with the point deduction.

Good fight, though it was to be expected with these guys. It was pretty competitive throughout. Quartey was definitely the aggressor, landing more consistently throughout. Forrest didn't use his height advantage, or work his jab as well as he should have. He looked off-balance at some points too.

by Kevin Gonzalez on Aug 5, 2006 11:55 PM EDT reply actions

And Forrest Wins

Okay, this is bullshit.

by Kevin Gonzalez on Aug 5, 2006 11:56 PM EDT reply actions

Forrest by UD

The crowd is chanting bullshit, and, well, so am I. Fucking Melvina Lathan does it again. Am I blind here or what?

Quartey outlanded Forrest, and landed his shots at a much higher percentage.

Hmmm... this is kind of fucked-up.

by Kevin Gonzalez on Aug 5, 2006 11:57 PM EDT reply actions

ok

my cable came back and internet went down. Thanks for taking over Kevin.

This decision was absolute bullshit.

by Scott Christ on Aug 5, 2006 11:59 PM EDT reply actions

Wow!

I have been following a similar thread at Dogpound, and everyone seems in agreement that this is crap.

by Matt Miller on Aug 6, 2006 12:01 AM EDT reply actions

Interviews...

Sometimes Larry Merchant is the man. He just told Vernon Forrest he should thank the judges.

Ike Quartey is so shocked he can't even speak. He thinks he won the fight, easily.

5 minutes after the fight has ended, the crowd is still chanting bullshit. And the American dude won.

Personally, I thought Ike beat Oscar back in the day, and THAT one was much closer. This one was just ridiculous; it wasn't even close, really. Fuck boxing. Quartey won this fight.

by Kevin Gonzalez on Aug 6, 2006 12:03 AM EDT reply actions

What I want to know is...

How the fuck did ALL THREE judges score it so badly? Seriously. It seems almost conspiratorial.

by Matt Miller on Aug 6, 2006 12:05 AM EDT reply actions

Wow...

just watched a replay of the fight. That is one of the worst decisions I've seen in a long time. Sometimes its hard to justify being a boxing fan when you have to deal with BS like that.

AIM: Brentbrookhouse get ahold of me any time you want to talk boxing

by Brent Brookhouse @ Bad Left Hook on Aug 6, 2006 9:57 AM EDT reply actions