My Darling Clementine, Scott you’re retarded. hahahahaha thanks man I needed that.

Starting fast, good deal.

Stiff left to the stomach from Albert right away. Kirkland is just swarming him, usual stuff from him, and no fear of Albert, who’s just trying to cover up and weather the storm. He’s doing a good job making Kirkland miss so far. But we’re not even a minute in.

And down goes Eromosele Albert, caught hard on the inside and he’s hurt. he’s going to go down for good soon.

Another hard shot, and down again, and they call it off.

Wow. Kirkland is a beast. That offensive attack is so hard to fight back against.

James Kirkland TKO-1

Two short lefts on the inside, pinpoint stuff that put Albert down the first time. The second appeared to be an accumulation of punches, plus the fact that Albert’s legs weren’t under him. If you ranked killer instinct pound-for-pound, Kirkland would be top 10 already. He is vicious.

I don’t really root for fighters during fights I’m scoring, or at least I try not to, but I just really like Richar Gutierrez (he says there’s no D in his name, which is good to know). I’m hoping he at least makes a great showing for himself, and I really think he can beat Angulo. This should be a hell of a fight.

Is that Kimbo Slice w/ Angulo?

Ten-round fight.

Both come out throwing jabs, and Angulo lands a hook to the body. Already they start to mix it up with some vigor. Angulo throws a high right over the top of a jab from Gutierrez. Gutierrez warned for something, either a low blow or holding and hitting. Weekes got in there fast.

Gutierrez with an uppercut. Nice shot from Angulo, and he starts trying to work the body. Another uppercut from Gutierrez, that one mostly blocked. They’re fighting rough on the inside. Left from Gutierrez pops Angulo, and he misses a roundhouse right hand moments later.

Yeah, this looks like it’s oging to be a good one. Big punch exchange, then both back up a bit. Angulo to the body and head, Gutierrez with a hard counter right upstairs. And another right, and there’s an uppercut that looks like it might’ve shaken Angulo a bit. This is a hell of a first round.

Angulo backed down again. He’s being tested, no doubt about that. This one might steal the month of May if they keep up like this. Angulo with a big flurry at the ten second mark, great stuff. Great round.

Gutierrez 10-9

Uppercut from Gutierrez sneaks through again. That’s been a very effective punch so far. Gutierrez with a sloppy left, then he takes a hard right to the body a few seconds after. This is a great style meshing.

Angulo warned for a low blow.

Lazy left hook from Gutierrez, and Angulo is doing a lot of backpedaling. Angulo with HUGE SHOTS to back Gutierrez up, and Gutierrez gives a little back. Good chins being shown so far. Angulo unloads and hurts him with a hook to the body, following a right up top.

Back to the body with two digging shots, one for each side. Gutierrez is getting popped pretty routinely now. Looks like Angulo has found a soft spot in Gutierrez’s D, which isn’t terribly hard to find.

ANOTHER uppercut lands from Gutierrez. These two are throwing lots of punches, good punches, both standing toe-to-toe. Lovin’ it.

Gutierrez eats a hard left, and this was an Angulo round to be sure. He punctuates it with a right at the bell.

Angulo 10-9
19-19

Angulo trying to work behind the jab now, with Gutierrez moving more. Hard shot by Angulo, Gutierrez comes back with some solid stuff of his own. Angulo with a nice combo. This is a hell of a fight.

Another combo by Angulo, and he is taking firm grasp of the momentum here. Another body shot, and Gutierrez is getting tagged. Gutierrez is missing badly and looks a little bit lost. Gutierrez with a right, and Angulo with a shot to the body and a big left to the head. Gutierrez looks slower than he did earlier—a lot slower, in fact. Both are working very hard to make this an action fight, and God bless ‘em for it.

Angulo is in firm control right now, recovering from a rough first to take two rounds convincingly.

Angulo 10-9
Angulo 29-28

Angulo looks pretty good. I think he’s been doing nice body work and he doesn’t seem to be too worried about Gutierrez hurting him.

CompuBox has Gutierrez throwing 68 punches a round, Angulo at 115.

Angulo unloads with a flurry that starts at the body and works its way up, which he’s done a few times. Gutierrez nearly walks into a knockout shot right cross, but it glancingly lands. Gutierrez is trying to load up with a big shot or two, but Angulo’s pressure has begun to overwhelm.

No clinching—always love to be able to note that. These two came to fight.

Angulo with another superb combo, this all to the head and stopping Gutierrez in his tracks. We’re seeing less trades and more of Angulo just beating Gutierrez to the punch. Gutierrez backed into the ropes, and he’s starting to get beaten up. Now Gutierrez bulls Angulo into the ropes, but he takes another hard body shot for his troubles. Good shot upstairs. Angulo looks excellent right now.

Angulo 10-9
Angulo 39-37

Angulo is laying a beating on Gutierrez at this point. Lots of solid body work, quicker hands than you might suspect

OH BOY
GUTIERREZ DRILLS ANGULO AND KNOCKS HIM BACK

Angulo survives! What a left hook by Gutierrez. Angulo is still shaky. Gutierrez may have gotten himself back into it with one punch, but as Lennox notes, he’s just not setting anything up with a jab, and it looks like Angulo will be able to get his legs back before anything substantial comes in.

Vicious right hand from Angulo, a chopping beauty of a shot. Gutierrez is hurt and getting whacked. Angulo has him on a last stand, and he’s putting the punches together. Gutierrez is taking BOMBS from Angulo and staying up. He’s also doing what he can to fight back. This is a damn good fight.

49 seconds left in the round. More good stuff from Angulo, and Gutierrez will just not fall. Nice left hook, and my God, how is Richar Gutierrez staying up?!

RIGHT HAND!

Tony Weekes steps in and stops it before Gutierrez can even fall.

Max: “That’s a case of Gutierrez’s chin and heart working against him.”

Questionable stoppage, but he was getting pounded on.

Alfredo Angulo TKO-5

That was a damn good fight. Damn good.

good stoppage IMO, he was getting rocked…

They get the Buffer “let’s give these sons of bitches a hand!” treatment. They deserve it.

I really don’t think this one is going to last too long. Hope you’ve got plans other than this show.

Jimenez eats a left quickly, but paws with a couple of jabs. And here comes Gamboa—man, that is hand speed. One-two combo lands. Gamboa warned for a headbutt, it was on a charge and accidental.

Jimenez is trying to land nice counter shots, and he did get a left in. But Gamboa is just so fast. Doubling up with the left, slipping punches beautifully. Gamboa opens up, and Jimenez does get a couple shots in.

One-two from Jimenez—he’s not getting killed yet. Gamboa throws leather again, and he rocks Jimenez, who pounds his chest and showboats. Gamboa is a lot better than Jimenez, who isn’t fighting scared, to his credit.

Gamboa 10-9

Gamboa clearly has no fear of Jimenez’s power, and he’s starting to use his legs now too, throwing Jimenez off his rhythm and trying to catch him with a big one, I’d think.

More pure aggression out of Gamboa, who drills Jimenez with a left hook. He looks like Roy Jones or Naseem Hamed right now, almost toying with Jimenez. Hands low, throwing shots out of nowhere.

Gamboa 10-9
Gamboa 20-18

Jimenez’s face is showing the marks of Gamboa’s fists, and I think this is a matter of minutes.

Another couple of hard, hard lefts from Gamboa, almost effortless power shots. Jimenez is really trying to stay in this fight, but the level of natural, pure talent here is pretty big, and Jimenez is a fine fighter.

Part of me wishes Gamboa would turn this up and put it away. The outcome is clear. The better fighter is obvious. Jimenez is getting pounded.

Gamboa 10-9
Gamboa 30-27

And as I wish, Gamboa starts throwing with fury. RIGHT HAND JIMENEZ!

Gamboa goes down! That was what Max has been talking about all night, he got caught with a counter shot on the button.

And now Gamboa is angry. Left to the chin by Jimenez, and that hurt Gamboa too. Hmmm…

Hook to the body by Jimenez, who has gained some real confidence knowing he can put Gamboa down. Jimenez rushes him with another left hook, that one gets picked off. Tide just turned a little.

Jimenez 10-8
Gamboa 38-37

I’ll be honest, this has gone longer than I expected. Jimenez is sharper than I thought he would be, and tougher, too.

Gamboa is throwing lots of punches in bunches, but a lot of it is getting blocked. Some of it is blocked by Jimenez’s face, to be sure, but not all of it. Jimenez has stood up to Gamboa and tested him. He could get knocked out, and I guarantee that Jimenez has taught Gamboa a thing or two tonight anyway.

Gamboa is now throwing a ton of shots, has Jimenez against the ropes, and looks like he wants the kill shot.

Jimenez survives it all, and really has Gamboa running for much of this round. This is pretty wack, if you wanna be frank. Gamboa looks like Dirrell against Curtis Stevens right now. Pop, run, pop, run, pop, run. He won the round to be sure, but Gamboa is probably going to face some criticism for the first time.

Gamboa 10-9
Gamboa 48-46

Jimenez catches Gamboa with two nice right hands. Jimenez has made this a pretty competitive fight, much more competitive than we all thought it would be. Good on him. Gamboa is supposed to fight again on June 27 on ESPN2, and I don’t know if he’ll be able to honor that date after this one. I mean that’s a month and a half away.

I’m telling you, Jimenez is now making this fight go. It’s not Gamboa anymore. Jimenez has found a defense against Gamboa, and is landing more shots, and is pressing the action. Good round for Jimenez, didn’t throw as much as Gamboa did but it looked like he was landing better.

Jimenez 10-9
Gamboa 57-56

Lederman has it 58-55 for Gamboa.

There’s a stiff left and here comes Gamboa. He is just throwing non-stop. He’s smothering him in the corner! Referee breaks it. Probably a blessing for Jimenez. There you saw the pure skill rear its head again.

Jimenez with another right hand after more flurrying from Gamboa. A one-two by Gamboa gets in. Jimenez slips—actually Gamboa pushed him while he was off-balance.

Gamboa is back to cockily catching Jimenez with counter shots and leads, and he shoves Jimenez down again. Jimenez is tired and beaten up.

Gamboa 10-9
Gamboa 67-65

The greatest test of the night has come to Yuriorkis Gamboa, which no one expected. I figured this would end early, but Darling Jimenez has made an OK showing for himself.

Good right by Jimenez after Gamboa mostly wins the round again, but it’s just not enough. The knockdown shot he got was perfectly timed and placed, but it didn’t seem to hurt Gamboa too much. And Gamboa has eaten big shots more than a handful of times tonight. Jimenez’s face shows you who’s winning this fight, which is not always the best indicator, but in this one, it’s a good one.

Gamboa 10-9
Gamboa 77-74

Jimenez charges with a three-punch combo, and that wakes Gamboa up. Loads of sharp shots from Gamboa, and Jimenez is getting peppered right now. Jimenez catches him with a left hook, but back to Gamboa throwing punches.

Another round for Yuriorkis Gamboa. Simple as that. He’s still catching Jimenez with shots, not getting hit a lot, and walking through what does land. This is not the supernova performance we saw happening, but that’s why they fight the fights. Darling Jimenez has shown a lot of grit.

Gamboa 10-9
Gamboa 87-83

Jimenez needs a knockout. My girlfriend just compared Jimenez’s face to Rocky Dennis.

And right away Gamboa just jumps on him in the corner. All Jimenez can do is hang on and try to clinch up. Gamboa clearly still wants the KO. More combos from Gamboa. Jimenez is getting blitzed. If he had any design on rushing Gamboa this round to try for the knockout, Gamboa has cut that off at the knees.

Gamboa keeps Jimenez from even punching this round, dominating the action and looking as fresh as he has all night. He’s a hell of an athlete, and has shown he can go 10 rounds fighting strong all the way. That says something, even if the lack of a big KO says something itself.

Gamboa 10-8
Gamboa 97-91

97-92
97-92
99-91

Yuriorkis Gamboa via unanimous decision