I'm glad I'm not actually looking forward to this or anything.

Now the stream is stalled.

Eight-rounder.

Wait... "Too Much" Johnson?

Johnson has a big height advantage, and comes out looking to use it, firing straight shots from a distance, and trying to uppercut Medina when he comes inside.

Medina wants to slug, which is probably his only hope. Medina with a nice body shot, and Johnson returns the favor. For a super middle, I really like Johnson's build.

WHAM! Medina goes down on a VICIOUS body shot. He's not getting up.

Right to the liver. He wasted him.

Marcus Johnson KO-1

What a fucking idiotic question. Of course he says yes, but if you put Johnson in with any top tenner at 168, it'd be lights out.

Leroy is from Michigan City -- I LIVE NEAR THERE WOOOO

He's going to get smoked.

And down goes Rootin' Tootin' Newton. He'll fight on.

Rootin' Tootin' tries to tackle Jackson or something.

Rootin' Tootin' Newton is about to get fuckin' creamed.

Down he goes again -- uhh, no, they wave it off. He takes a knee and they don't call it a knockdown.

Jackson jumps right back on him. Rootin' Tootin' Newton isn't even fighting back. They should really stop this.

This is like a really uneven streetfight.

RIGHT HAND!

GOODNIGHT!

John Jackson KO-1

That was a SHOT.

It was clear what was going to happen at about 0:04.

Fuckin' since when? This broadcast is making up its own rules.

Big straight left from Alexander just misses, as Callist dances around Alexander, shimmying in a circle around the entire ring. Callist keeps getting caught off balance as he lazily wanders in after he circles. It's like duck duck goose but he gets punched as soon as he says GOOSE!

Alexander has quicker hands, that's for sure. Callist misses with a humming right hook. This was a pretty simple round.

Alexander 10-9

Alexander lands a body shot and gets popped upstairs. Alexander is actually not defending well off of the punch and getting hit with some stuff that could be a problem.

You know, it would appear as though if Callist was willing to really engage, he might actually be able to beat Alexander, whose defense has been spotty so far and whose punches aren't consistently getting home. Instead, Callist has spent the first two rounds occasionally countering and little else.

Alexander 10-9
Alexander 20-18

Not much of a fight, though not bad or anything. Alexander is landing better shots and staying busier and clearly winning the fight. This actually reminds me somewhat of Cherry-Ferguson from the Mayweather-Hatton undercard. It's OK action, but we're not looking at punchers here.

Jab, jab, jab, jab, jab, jab, jab, and then Alexander tries to load up on a left hand. Callist is getting dominated.

Alexander 10-9
Alexander 30-27

Bob Sherman has a real hard-on for Alexander. I expect the same treatment for Spinks later on.

"Call your friends! Tell them that the championship fight is still coming! Tell 'em they can get it free on the intanet! Lotta people might not know!"

If I called my friends and told them to watch Cory Spinks fight, I'd have a lot of apologizing to do in the morning.

Alexander dominates another round. This kid is really talented.

Alexander 10-9
Alexander 40-36

Callist's punches have no snap, it seems. He's eating jabs like a true professional, though.

Really, this has become decidedly one-sided.

Alexander 10-9
Alexander 50-45

Alexander swarms on him again, and again Callist grabs and shoves his way off the ropes. Callist now looks awful -- weak, unfocused, even disinterested. He's winging some flashy hands low haymaker shit, but there doesn't look like there's anything on them, even when they happen to land.

Callist is doing lots of cutesy dancing B.S. -- I don't know why, he's not winning a single round so far.

Bob Sherman takes the old position of a promoter's pet broadcaster trying to defend what is essentially a foregone conclusion fight with a crowd getting restless.

He also doesn't understand that they aren't booing the fight, but Callist's dancing shit.

Alexander 10-9
Alexander 60-54

Good body work from Alexander, as Callist continues to literally look like he doesn't care about being here anymore. Alexander is unloading on him at center right, and he looks like he might be punching himself out.

Callist gets hit with another good shot, and he's hurt. He's not throwing any punches back. If he was on the ropes, a referee might stop this one.

And Alexander chops away with more right hands. He has killed Callist this round. Either Callist is monstrously tough -- and the six times he's been knocked out disagree with that notion -- or Alexander REALLY isn't a puncher. Like, even less of one than most people believe.

Alexander 10-8 without a knockdown
Alexander 70-62

That was as one-sided a round as you can get without a knockdown.

Slower pace this round, as Alexander might have worn himself out. Yet even without doing much he's winning the round, because Callist is doing even less. To call Callist's performance tonight "counter-punching" is an insult to counter punching.

Again, if Callist has a Plan B, the time has come and gone to use it.

Alexander 10-9
Alexander 80-71

First half of the round was all Alexander, second half was all Callist running away.

Alexander 10-9
Alexander 90-80

When he does punch, it's entirely ineffective. So whatever. Maybe just fall down or stop.

After this, I never want to see Miguel Callist fight again.

Alexander 10-9
Alexander 100-89

Rinse, repeat. It happens two more times.

"Devon Alexander would love to finish this thing off."

I'd love it, too.

This slaughter job can't end fast enough.

Alexander 10-9
Alexander 110-98

DOWN GOES CALLIST! He smiles and shimmies and does all that stuff, and pretends he wasn't knocked down. He's just coming off terribly tonight. The guy doesn't fight and showboats like he's hot shit.

Alexander knocks him back again, but doesn't really follow up. If I was Devon Alexander, I wouldn't even pursue the rest of this round. Why bother? This this is beyond in the bag. I know that wouldn't win any fans, and since I'm a fan I'm glad Alexander won't do that, but hey.

Callist grabs onto the top rope to stop himself from going down again.

20 seconds left.

The rest of this round was so one-sided that I'm knocking an extra extra point off of Callist's score. That was a hideous performance he just turned in.

Alexander 10-7
Alexander 120-105

"Good show! Good show!"

My ass.

DEVON ALEXANDER VIA UNANIMOUS DECISION

So Alexander leaves with two more meaningless trinkets after an utterly dominant performance. He ripped Callist apart.

Spinks isn't landing much of any note, laying back a lot and just sort of waiting. Sherman thinks Spinks won the round. I disagree.

Phillips 10-9

Nice left hook from Phillips, ignored by Sherman in favor of Spinks' straight left that landed at the same time. Two more good rights from Verno, but Spinks is landing some stuff that is scoring, even if he's not going to hurt Phillips no matter what he does.

Phillips warned for a low blow. To be fair, this is a lot more exciting so far than Taylor-Spinks was. Phillips came to scrap, and he's doing what he can with a very good opponent.

Tough round to call.

Spinks 10-9
19-19

Phillips with a nice right hand, but Cory is doing a good job of countering everything Verno lands, too. Verno's looking a little tired already. Chasing Spinks is not easy work.

Phillips misses a home run uppercut, and Cory Spinks is settling into his familiar groove at this point.

Spinks 10-9
Spinks 29-28

Yep, it's a Spinks fight.

Spinks 10-9
Spinks 39-37

Phillips' corner got on him for not jabbing between rounds, and he's still not doing it. He's just lunging in.

The crowd is booing the fight. In Spinks' hometown. So he might not even be able to draw flies in St. Louis anymore. Sherman doesn't like it. "This is how Cory Spinks fights." Well, that doesn't mean people have to like it.

I actually thought Phillips grabbed this round, too, but Bob Sherman is just all about Cory Spinks.

Phillips 10-9
Spinks 48-47

I also realize I seem like I'm hating on Colonel Bob. I'm not, really. I think he's a good PBP man. He could use a color commentator to work with, but he does a fine job soloing, too.

I wonder if Bob is scoring all those flicking right hands that are a foot away from landing for Spinks?

That was another round of boxing between Cory Spinks and Verno Phillips. The crowd is REALLY starting to show their distaste.

Spinks 10-9
Spinks 58-56

Fuck it -- this fight sucks. It's your average Cory Spinks experience. I'm tired of trying to be nice about this.

Phillips nails Spinks with a good shot, but Spinks comes back and lands multiple punches. I also don't want to sound like I'm blaming this entirely on Spinks. Phillips' gameplan is a little weird.

BIG shot from Phillips rattles Spinks' cage. A few good punches, but Phillips loses another fairly close round.

Spinks 10-9
Spinks 68-65

Eighth round is more of the same. Spinks is winning fairly handily.

Spinks 10-9
Spinks 78-74

Phillips finally seems to hurt Spinks with a hard right hand, and he stings him a few more times. Spinks tried to mix it up, and Phillips wins that fight. Cory moving smokes Verno -- Cory standing still can get in trouble, because Phillips does not fear his power.

Phillips 10-9
Spinks 87-84

The action dies again in the first two minutes of this round, and it's up for grabs with a minute to go.

After some action in the ninth, the tenth is a bum round.

Spinks 10-9
Spinks 97-93

Back to the usual Spinks-won round. He's got this in the bag. And we're about to enter the last championship round of Verno Phillips' career.

Spinks 10-9
Spinks 107-102

Phillips trips on Spinks' foot, and appeared to get punched on the way down. But it's rightly ruled a trip.

I don't know why Spinks is standing and trading with Phillips this round. Maybe he doesn't think Phillips can hurt him either and wants to put on a decent 12th round show.

Either way, Phillips is winning the round by landing some nice, clean shots. But we're not going to get a miracle KO.

Phillips 10-9
Spinks 116-112

Big boos at the bell.

VERNO PHILLIPS VIA SPLIT DECISION

What the fuck?

Oh boy.

I never wanted to be put into this position, but Cory Spinks just got robbed.

Bob Sheridan did score it way, way too wide for Spinks, but I did not see that coming.