I forgot where I read it this morning but according to source he [Guzman] had to go to the hospital last night because of dehydration and needed fluids back into his body.

Don’t know if its real or not, but I sure hope it isn’t. If it is — FUCK!

Unanimous decision (119-109, 119-109, 118-110). He’ll probably defend the WBA 140-pound title against Dmitriy Salita on the Calzaghe-Jones undercard.

Half an hour until the show kicks off proper, but the pay-per-view is up and running, and we’ll be here!

It is pathetic that Guzman, a world/championship class fighter. just ruined the card. He ran his mouth for months to Campbell and now he is in a hospital due to his incompetency when preparing for the biggest fight of his career.

It is hard to get into this fight(Casamayor/Marquez) knowing that Lampley isn’t calling the PPV.

He is the best in the business. He went irate when Cortez stole a KO from Soto and tore the Nevada offical a new hole. I have much respect for someone that will go that far to make it known what his opinion is. Max has had some good rants as of late. He ripped the judging in the last HBO BAD.

It is a pretty lackluster PPV but I want to see Ortiz again. He looks like a stud.

Fuck you.

Mario Lopez? WTF…. get rid of him.

Mario is TERRIBLE.

Casamayor is always in an exciting fight? Sure… A/C

El Duque time… nice…

Garcia/Perez up first….

Anyone seen any of these two guys before?

I don’t blame him after so much training

What did Nate say? anything noteworthy?

God I hate Cortez… Fair but Firm… that is accurate? lol…

Well what Nate said is pretty damning. He is supposed to be a world class fighter. It is unacceptable that he miss weigh by more than 3.5 lbs. He was closer to the junior welterweight limit than lightweight limit.

Ah shit, it’s Joe Cortez.

Garcia caught upstairs with a hook, then a sneaky counter left. Garcia with an uppercut. Lots of circling and trading to start. Garcia looks TOO loose. Perez kind of seems more concerned with surviving the round than scoring at intervals, but then he does counter when Garcia throws. He’s sticking the jab in when he feels like it, as Garcia offers no resistance.

Body shots from Garcia. Perez is pressing the action a bit, but lands nothing of note. Fairly close round to start the night’s action.

Garcia 10-9

They’re having some audio troubles with the commentary mics. The ol’ underwater effect.

Nice sharp left from Perez counters a bunch of missed shots from Garcia. Garcia is landing well-timed body shots, which might add up quickly. Perez reaching with a jab, while Garcia is doing absolutely nothing but. Big right from Perez.

Perez digs to the body. Let me tell you something, he’s beating Garcia early in this fight, and I think fairly decidedly so. Garcia has stopped punching, and is just absorbing shots from the veteran. Perez is kicking Garcia’s ass this round, in fact.

He’s slipping in a nice counter left, which looks lazy but is popping Garcia without any trouble. Right hand from Perez. What the hell is Garcia DOING this round? If anything more serious had landed, that would be a 10-8.

Perez 10-9
Perez 20-18

Perez looks impressive. He is just throwing and landing everything. He is a
step quicker.

OK, let’s see if Julio Garcia has decided to fight. Yep, shows right away. Now they trade, throwing heavy shots at center ring!

Another minute in, and I think we’re seeing Perez win another round. Nice left from Perez. There’s a chopping right from Garcia. Garcia is way, way too willing to back off and try too hard to figure out what his next move will be, all while Perez is dancing and sticking. Body shot from Garcia.

Snapping jab from Perez. That might’ve been the best looking jab he’s thrown yet, sharp and accurate. Left and a right from Perez. Combined with the Browning fight, this is making me wonder how much fire Julio Garcia has. He seems to have no sense of urgency whatsoever, no desire to hurt Perez, and at times, no desire to even fight him.

Perez 10-9
Perez 30-27

Watching Garcia’s footwork, he really does look like a guy that has no real desire to be in there. When he doesn’t land a shot, he stumbles away and fully resets himself. Meanwhile, Perez continues to score, a body shot and then some jabs. Clash of heads, and Cortez calls time.

Perez with an uppercut. Garcia has absolutely no passion whatsoever. This is really troubling to watch a guy look so much like he has no interest in fighting. He occasionally lets his hands go, but seems to have no intent. Perez is fighting. Garcia is present in a fight.

Left hand stings Garcia, and now he’s warned for a shot to the back of the head. Well not formally warned. He landed a more serious back of the head blow earlier with no notification from Cortez.

Three-punch combo from Perez puts an exclamation point on another round for the vet.

Perez 10-9
Perez 40-36

I have a shutout for Perez.

What… Cortez didn’t DQ him? lol

If this goes to the cards, Garcia is going to want to turn it up now. He’s losing badly. This isn’t even a competition so far.

Garcia throws a hard body shot, but it strays low. Just barely, but low is low. Garcia with three jabs and a right. Garcia with a two-punch combo. Now he seems like he’s actually fighting. His corner told him he was losing and that he needed to punch more. Good thing he’s not trained by Brendon Smith.

Another body shot seems to go low, but Cortez says nada. Garcia backs down again as Perez throws on him. Left hook falls short for Garcia, who is having his best round and still seems to be losing.

Long right puts Garcia on his bicycle once again. This is almost bewildering.

Perez 10-9
Perez 50-45

It looks like Garcia just came to cash in a check. He is just there with no real passion like you said.

You know it isn’t even a competitive fight.

Perez comes out with a left upstairs and a left to the body. More jabs. Right hand from Perez, and he follows up with more work. Garcia isn’t doing shit. Let’s be honest. He’s offering nothing. He’s here for reasons I can’t explain while watching him do his job.

Nice body work from Perez, who continues to push Garcia around. Frankly speaking, this is awful and one-sided. I feel bad for Danny Perez — he deserves a better opponent.

Perez continues to pepper him with shots, nothing big, no bombs, but scoring blows that are going to give him round upon round come time for that final bell in round ten. Garcia is fighting like a flat-out bum. He does come back a smidge at the end of the round, but not even close to enough.

Perez 10-9
Perez 60-54

My main concern right now is that they’re going to rob this poor bastard.

When commentators talk about a puncher’s chance and repeatedly say “you have to throw it to land it,” you know the fight isn’t going as planned for one guy. Perez seems to want to goad Garcia into a fight, which Garcia isn’t too keen on. The boo birds are coming out a little bit.

Nice left by Garcia, and Perez reacts with machismo showmanship. Perez may lull himself to sleep. Garcia with a nice combo. He might be taking a round as Perez seems to have become overly confident in Garcia refusing to duel.

Pretty jab from Perez, and he closes the round out strong. Perez does seem a little fatigued.

Garcia 10-9
Perez 69-64

Perez looks fresh this round, so the theory that he sandbagged the seventh might prove true. He lands a couple of nice shots, and their heads come together again moments later.

Perez with an uppercut inside. Combo by Perez, Garcia fails to counter. Again the heads touch. Double hook from Perez. One-two from Garcia. Body shot from Perez.

This is the goddamnedest thing. Really, it’s pretty damned dull, but it’s so interesting just from a psychological standpoint. Two to the head, one to the body. Perez continues his domination. Garcia is completely uninspiring.

Perez 10-9
Perez 79-73

You know it is bad… when they tell you think of your family …

myboxingfans.com…lol

Perez’s corner insists he just box and stay out of Garcia’s wheelhouse. Garcia’s corner urges their man to score a KO. “We can’t leave here defeated. Think of your family!”

Garcia even comes off his stool late and lazy to start this round. Perez works the jab. Garcia JUST misses a right hand that could’ve been a tide turner. He’s throwing heavier stuff, but not exactly pushing the action onto Perez’s head. Perez turns on a right from Garcia and eats it easily.

If Garcia was expecting a pushover, I guess he’s been surprised. He’s trying a little, but not enough. One right hand lands from Garcia, then nothing more. Garcia with a hard left to the ribs, but Perez isn’t deterred, and has yet to be backed down. When Garcia hits him, he keeps coming forward. Tough round to score in a lot of ways, but I think Garcia eked it out on a few hard shots.

Garcia 10-9
Perez 88-83

The numbers say domination, so I don’t expect this cards to be close. I have only given Garcia 2 rounds heading into the last round.

Garcia corner: “There’s no more time. No more time for anything. … You can’t stop!”

The stats say Garcia landed only four punches last round, so maybe I saw that one quite wrong. Hey, I’m not infallible. Perez slapped and smothered, which rarely impresses me.

Still, this fight has been all Danny Perez, one way or the other. He doesn’t even look good. He’s fighting like a guy that would get his ass kicked in by someone who fights like Garcia is supposed to. Nice combo from Perez, and now he’s stupidly slugging it out. Another good combo from Perez. His shots don’t have a lot of sting on them, but that beats the nothing that Garcia has offered.

Garcia with an uppercut, Perez comes back with a flurry. Story of the fight. 10 seconds left.

Perez will finish by throwing to the body, and throwing upstairs. Garcia complains about another head clash.

Perez 10-9
Perez 98-92

Total domination. If they rob this guy, it’s a freakin’ travesty.

Speaking of cuts… I expect Marquez to get cut during his fight.

100-90
99-91
97-93

DANNY PEREZ VIA UNANIMOUS DECISION

As lopsided as it deserved to be. Great scoring.

Paulie…..!!!

First he says that Perez-Garcia was entertaining, and now he’s trying to say that Malignaggi-N’dou II was exciting. This guy is insulting to the fans of the people that bought this show in every way.

Moretti was the guy who scored the fight for Katsidis… and he got this fight correctly.

Thankfully this won’t last 12. OR WILL IT??

Mario Lopez is an idiot. It is cool that he loves boxing, don’t talk about fights you have not seen.

I say a 4th round KO for Ortiz.

Jay Nady is tall… random comment I know.

Who weighs more? Duran or Vargas?

Ortiz stays patient, stalking Arrieta around the ring. Fast combo, doesn’t quite get in. Arrieta did make one quick charge a few moments ago, but now he’s back to circling away from Ortiz. Nice right by Ortiz, and he backs Arrieta into the ropes, which Arrieta escapes quickly.

Ortiz knocks Arrieta back with a left, bulling him into the ropes, which Arrieta bounces off of to get back to center ring. Ortiz with a couple more quick shots near the end of the round.

PBP man needs to stop saying “Or-tez” immediately.

Ortiz 10-9

Arrieta takes a left, stumbles, and falls. Delayed fall. So Arrieta takes the standing eight and continues on.

Nice body shot from Ortiz, who is getting Arrieta to throw bombs with him, which would seem to favor Ortiz. Arrieta is already swelling a bit around the eye. Ortiz looks like he wants to make this a short night of work. The difference in the two 21-year old fighters we’ve seen tonight is immense.

Uppercut from Ortiz. “Vicious” is a good nickname for him, even if he is an easy-going cat. His work inside can be brutal. RIPPING body shot from Ortiz, a right hook dead into the ribs. Arrieta, bless him, is willing to trade when he has no other option. He’s not turtling.

Ortiz 10-8
Ortiz 20-17

Early one-two from Ortiz is downright nasty, sending Arrieta staggering. I don’t think this one has much longer to go. Arrieta is now backing away from Ortiz, trying to stay the hell away from him.

We’re watching a real solid prospect toy with a regional veteran, and not a very good one, at that. This is a physical mismatch of the first order. Ortiz is strong, sturdy, and confident. Arrieta? Not as much.

Ortiz 10-9
Ortiz 30-26

I want a 4th round KO….lol

Wicked combo from Ortiz, and Arrieta hangs on. Back to the same combo, and Arrieta goes down again. Just under two minutes left.

Arrieta is now trying to bum rush Ortiz, which will get him knocked out soon. He’s eating hard shots, and I think he’s bleeding near both eyes. There’s a big one over the right eye. Arrieta is getting TAGGED! Ortiz is on him like white on rice, if you will.

Again, though, bless Arrieta, he’s fighting back as best he can. The cut’s bothering him. Arrieta is now in pure survival mode. And he will survive this round, if barely.

Ortiz 10-8
Ortiz 40-34

But he’ll keep going.

With one nice knockdown in the 9th Bradly won by UD

The Bradley/Cherry fight is over…

knockdown…

Stoppage by Nady… good call by him.

Ortiz comes out throwing heavy shots right after the bell. Sharp right jab hurts Arrieta again about a minute in. Two body shots, right and then left. Ortiz is just doing his work.

Uppercut barely misses. Arrieta charges in, and takes a hard right from Ortiz. Arrieta slips after making Ortiz miss most of a flurry. WICKED left hand! Arrieta goes down again!

And Jay Nady will stop it. Good stoppage. Nady took a hard look into Arrieta’s eyes and decided that no more was needed.

VICTOR ORTIZ TKO-5

I hated the HBO promo… esp given that they had Pacman/Marquez this year.

I want Forrest to win but he looked shot last fight, so I think Mora will win. I hate Mora. Hate his style, hate his personality, hate his ego. Yeah…. enough said….

Can we all agree that every boxer is their own worst critic?

Traver is above his own criticism.

MArio is back…

Hatton is looking great? He looks like a fatass.

But he’s killing me with his big fake smile, his uninformed, stupid opinions, and that haircut.

FM is training him how to defend himself from a check hook.

“Sergio Mora faced the biggest challenge of his STORIED CAREER…”

REALLY?!

They just gave a promo that the most anticipated match up of the year is Tarver vs Dawson

…fuck outta here!!!!

that if Forrest wins, then Mora never beat Forrest at all. Ever.

Honestly does Tarver have photos of the Showtime executives doing things they aren’t suppose to do?

This is a really horrible presentation tonight. It makes you appreciate how great HBO is.

Even the music sucks animal parts….

Oh shit… they turned off the lights.

Knowledgable, work well together. They have no standout qualities and can’t call a big fight like Lampley or Steve Albert, but they’re fine. Everything else is pretty well sub-standard.

Forrest do us all a favor and end this fight quickly given that Mora his featherfisted.

The production values are pathetic for a PPV

Let’s cut the shit, guys: the Vernon Forrest that beat Shane Mosley will not ever be showing up again.

Forrest needs to go all Mayorga on Mora if he wants to win.

LOL at Vic.

People are actually cheering Mora… damn… didn’t expect that.

They didn’t touch the gloves…

Boring….

Mora’s doing his gimmick, shifting around, duckin and a-dodgin. Forrest is staying square. Mora with a shot to the body. Pretty cautious opening round.

Forrest barely misses a big left hook. Another body shot from Mora. Dracula warns Mora to keep the punches up. Then says nothing about a low shot.

God, can’t you guys FEEL the EXCITEMENT?

“Well, the end of the first round, and I don’t think anybody won it.”

Well said.

Mora 10-9 on the strength of a couple body shots

Buddy McGurt isn’t an excellent trainer. I remember him for more losses nowadays.

Long right from Forrest scrapes Mora, and Mora clinches up. I’m more interested in what round Buddy gets frustrated and goes, “Don’t you wanna hit this motherfucker?! You gotta hit this motherfucker, BAY-BEE! C’mon, champ! Beautiful! Beautiful beautiful beautiful, baby baby!”

Well this sucks, just like the first fight did. Mora shakes and shimmies around the ring, and Forrest bobs his shoulders a lot. Vernon is winning this round by default.

Couple of rights from Forrest. That carries the calling action through the last minute and a half.

Forrest 10-9
19-19

God everyone is wearing the 60 dollar Afflection shirts

6 punches…. jeez…

They clash heads, and Vernon tries to call Dracula’s attention to it while Mora chases him around. Two lefts to the body from Forrest, and he smacks Mora around upstairs, too. Slappy left from Mora. Uppercut from Vernon. He’s working the jab pretty effectively and setting Mora up, beating the herky-jerky style. Big left by Forrest, stiff jab from Mora. Nice left from Forrest. I think Sergio’s getting hurt a little bit this round. Forrest looks good right now.

Nice round from Vernon, who has the momentum for the moment. Fairly entertaining round, too.

Forrest 10-9
Forrest 29-28

Mora’s attempts to bully Forrest despite having zero power — pretty interesting approach, I’ll give him that. Forrest, though, is out-hustling Mora for the most part, and landing much cleaner shots. Nice uppercut from Forrest, and there he stings Mora with a right. Mora does the bring it on gimmick.

Low blow from Vernon, Dracula warns him.

Double jab from Mora, Forrest with nice body shots and Mora hits a left hook, slap-style. Another strong round for Vernon, though Mora did some good things this round, too.

Forrest 10-9
Forrest 39-37

Nasty right now just right now.

Mora is stupid… he actually thinks he is stronger than Forrest.

I do think the weight issues are plaguing Sergio, who looks far more sluggish than usual. He’s just not moving around with his usual snakiness.

Forrest holds and hits about three times, and Dracula warns for that, too. Forrest seems to go low after, but but Mora stays with him inside and tries to bang away. Great right hand from Vernon! Mora got hurt there. He’s got a small cut under his left eye.

Mora is getting SLAMMED in the final 10 seconds. These two are getting dirty and mean-spirited in there. Mora’s looking out of shape, foolish, and desperate already.

Forrest 10-9
Forrest 49-46

Registered to say that the first two rounds of this fight literally had me in tears, but things seem a little more interesting now.

Mora is buzzed…

Mora hit Forrest from the behind.

Right now, Vernon is inching closer and closer to the level where you can safely say he’s dominating.

I’m not sure exactly what Sergio’s idea is here. Is he just stupid? Is he just out of shape? Is Vernon just in shape and better than Sergio? Probably all three.

TWO big right hands from Vernon. Mora is getting tagged against the ropes! Sergio seems to be clueless right now. Forrest is chopping his tree down and making him watch from the inside of an 89 Escort with two broken doors. Or some other folksy-type shit.

Left lands, right lands, right to the body lands. Forrest is kicking Mora’s ass. Couple of nice body shots from Mora.

Forrest 10-9
Forrest 59-55

“Probably the greatest fight I have ever seen until this next one, fighting sport fans!”

They should stop it and hype it up for 4 AM later this evening

I am yawning here for the love of GOD!

Well that was interesting…

That cheap shot from Mora at the end of the sixth was pretty punkass’d. I hope Forrest knocks him out. For one thing, I’m kinda tired, and for another thing, I want to get to the main event.

Jab jab right from Vernon. He’s owning Mora. Thoroughly, in fact. Beating the crap out of him.

If this keeps up, it’ll end the days of Sergio Mora: Money Fighter. He has no appeal if he loses his “0,” I don’t think, because at that point he’s the Contender dude and nothing more.

Two jabs from Forrest. Another couple of jabs. Mora isn’t accomplishing anything offensively. Vernon is smoking him. Jab-right from Forrest. Mora throws a left, lands it, and eats a right for doing so. LEFT HOOK AND MORA IS DOWN!

He tries to complain that he didn’t go down, that his knee didn’t touch. Dracula counts it out after the bell has sounded, and the fight will go on because Mora is relatively OK.

Movin’ in and out baby! Beautiful!

Forrest 10-8
Forrest 69-63

I think Mora’s shot.

Forrest continues beating Mora like a rented mule, now backing him into the ropes and going to work. Forrest is smiling on breaks, totally in control of the fight. Vernon with some rights, and Mora is hurting and reeling. About 1:20 left in the round. Mora could go at any time if Vernon catches him cold. This all comes from Forrest (1) being in shape and (2) having zero fear of Mora’s power, or lack thereof.

Quick video outage, nothing missed.

Nice left from Forrest. Mora tries to rush him, but to no avail.

Forrest 10-9
Forrest 79-72

Mora is totally discouraged.

You could guess the winner of this just looking at the bodies of both guys tonight. Forrest looks solid, sturdy, and well-built. Mora looks frail, almost sickly.

STINGING right hand from Mora appears to hurt Forrest a little bit. I think Vernon took his foot too far off the gas. That’s a big momentum swinger. Mora put all he had into that and it landed square. Uppercut from Vernon, and a hard straight right hand follows. Mora hurt now. Nice body show from Forrest. What looked like it could be a swing back round for Mora disappeared. Jab and a right, Mora’s reeling with 10 seconds left, but he barely hangs on. Mora’s getting manhandled.

Forrest 10-9
Forrest 89-81

Mora comes out swinging for the fences, and I guess that’s really all he has left. He’s not winning a decision tonight. Time to gun for knockout number six!

Forrest starts landing the sharp jab at will again. He’s outclassing Sergio the way I thought he would this summer. It’s also Vernon whose defense looks good tonight, and who’s been the harder man to hit.

Forrest 10-9
Forrest 99-90

I just read this tidbit… “Campbell appeared in the ring briefly after the announcement and promised fans he’d meet them in the lobby and ‘sign anything you want me to sign, and talk about anything you want to talk about, as long as it’s not too kinky, because my wife’s not into that stuff.’” Campbell is a class guy.

Nice right from Vernon again, followed by another double jab. And another.

Stiff jab from Vernon as Mora tries to mount an offense with no success. Jab-right combo, followed with another right from Forrest. Mora with a nice left. Forrest steps away from a lunging right and lands a couple more shots.

Yet another round for Vernon Forrest. This has been his night.

Forrest 10-9
Forrest 109-99

Mora’s O is going to go…

37 year old Forrest looked impressive today.

The only shot Mora has is a knockout. Good luck with those pussywillow swipes of death.

Shady start to the round as they touch gloves and Mora goes RIGHT after him. Two rights from Forrest, just little pot shots. There’s a hard 1-2 by Forrest. Right hand hurts Mora. Left hand hurts him. Wild right misses. Stiff jab, body shot too.

One minute until the “0” goes.

Forrest misses a big left hook, but lands one that follows right after. Another left from Forrest. Mora tagged with another right, but he makes it all 12.

Goodnight, Irene.

Forrest 10-9
Forrest 119-108

It is aa WCB card at best…

Mora avg 7 punches per round.

Forrest with the UD.

If these two fight a rubber match, I’ll puke.

118-109
117-110
119-108

VERNON FORREST VIA UNANIMOUS DECISION
NEW WBC JUNIOR MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLEHOLDER

Booker T called he wants his saying back

I hate Casamayor. He is a dirty rat who doesn’t even speak his native lang correctly.

I miss the HBO scores… I can’t get into the fight. Arg… Mario Lopez.

Casamayor is a cheater…

Bad words being exchanged…lol

definitely

Absolutely

I paid $45 for this because I’m a nutcase. But man…it has stunk.

You know you are a hardcore fan when when you are willing to do such things SC.

In what round does Marquez get cut?

No singing?

We are going to listen to Cuban National anthem? God no….

The Cubans are in Cuba…

The Mexican anthem guy’s hair was majestic.

That girl is always singing on PPVs

Not only is Golden Boy venturing into MMA, but they’re also going to put on joint cards

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=3585638

And everyone over-sings it like they’re 8 years old and trying to get a part in the school Christmas play.

Gets get ready to rumble!!!!!!!!!!

Kinda full crowd.

Casas beard has needles in it.

Quick trade about 20 seconds in, nobody wins that one. Marquez with a chopping right, two of them in fact. Body shot from Casamayor. Left hook by Marquez just misses. Casa warned early for his tactics. Marquez with a left, eats one right back. Another quick exchange, that one won by Casamayor with a nice combo.

Swinging left by Casa just grazes the jaw. Right by Marquez, counter by Casamayor fires right back. Nice left from Joel. This is no counter-punching, really. These guys are coming forward. First round that isn’t spectacular, but enough to wake you up.

Casamayor 10-9

More punches than expected for the first round…. in my opinion.

Marquez can’t win a technical fight vs Casamayor. He is one of the few guys in this sport that is more technically sound than Marquez.

Nacho advises Marquez to give Casa the first couple rounds, apparently.

Swift left by Casmayor. Another left, this one down the middle. Casamayor looks very fast tonigh. Marquez with a body shot. Marquez is coming up just short frequently. He does it again on a left hand counter attempt. Right down the middle from Marquez is blocked. Exchange, nothing landed. Exchange, little landed.

Casa’s doing his thing defensively, and I think Marquez might just be feeling him out. Marquez with an uppercut and a right hand. Casamayor comes back with a left. Casa isn’t pressing as much this round, going back to his more natural style.

Tight round, hard to score.

10-10, which I hate doing
Casamayor 20-19

Hatton is fatter than Oscar.

Clear low blow by marquez

Marquez to the body, Casamayor counters up top. Casamayor with a left that catches Marquez. HARD right from Marquez on the back end of a combination. Left hand from Casamayor. I really feel like Marquez should turn up the heat. That right hand shook Joel.

Marquez accidentally goes low, no time wasted.

Marquez looks a little more fluid this round than he did in the first two, and Casamayor seems to be trying to adjust to that. Both guys have such good defense and fundamentals that they’re missing a ton, but it’s not boring. This is a close, close fight so far. Nothing has been answered.

Marquez 10-9
29-29

Pretty interesting fight given that they are counterpunchers…

Marquez is letting his hands go more often

The first three rounds of this are making that Forrest-Mora fight look even worse. Or at least making Mora look even worse.

Marquez with a nice combo, then he picks off Casamayor’s counter attempt. Four-punch combo from Marquez! I think he’s finding some holes in Casamyor’s defense. Marquez charges, throwing four punches and grazing on a final uppercut.

Left hand by Casamayor, and another one. Marquez with a right! This is a couple of master pro tacticians in a chess battle. Not unexpected.

Another left from Casamayor. Marquez with a right. Another left from Casamayor. Right from Marquez just misses. Casa blocks three punches. Casa to the body, Marquez with a right counter upstairs. Nice left from Casamayor to finish the round.

I’m likin’ this one!

Casamayor 10-9
Casamayor 39-38

Action fight? I don’t think so…

Oh shit… Winky Wright appearance.

Nasty right by Marquez

After 5… It is Casamayor with the cut… Not Marquez

HOLY SHIT IT’S WINKY WRIGHT!

Short left counter by Joel. Left to the body from Casamayor. Marquez comes in with a combo, but he’s still coming up short more often than he’d like. He can’t quite get inside on Joel. BIG right from Marquez! He stuck that one in like a rocket.

Casamayor has some blood from a cut over his right eye.

Yeah, the cut is getting worse. Hard right from Marquez! Good round for Juan Manuel. This is an interesting, tense battle.

Marquez 10-9
48-48

That cut’s not looking good.

It wasn’t Marquez gettin cut in the 5th.

Marquez goes to work, like he wants to test Joel’s mettle and that cut. It’s very smart, the cut is fugly. We aren’t getting through 12 rounds with that cut.

Marquez seems to be taking the momentum. He’s landing more accurately, and Joel’s speed doesn’t look like it did early on. The cut could have something to do with that, or age, or just the other fella hitting back. Left from Casamayor. Marquez lands a right to head, and a combo inside works out for him. Casa with a left, Marquez counters with a glancing blow.

NICE 1-2 from Marquez. Yep — he’s taking control of the fight. Woops, there’s a left from Joel. And a right from Marquez. Casamayor is now bleeding from the nose. Marquez is headhunting more than I’d like, but he’s smelling blood. WICKED right from Marquez! And another right lands. Great round for Marquez.

Marquez 10-9
Marquez 58-57

Marquez sticks the right hand in again, and again. Way, way, way low blow by Casamayor. Here he goes.

Casa takes a couple of good shots, but lands a nice left on the inside, too. I think JMM has his number, though. This is very much turning into his fight. The speed advantage has shifted very much.

Marquez with a combo cut off via clinch. Left to the body, left to the jaw by Marquez. Left hook sneaks in again. Casamayor is being repeatedly beaten to the punch. And another round goes to Juan Manuel Marquez. He’s looking very good. Nacho’s advice may have been smart after all.

Hey, it’s Mike Tyson. EVERYONE CELEBRATE THE DEGENERATE!!!

Marquez 10-9
Marquez 68-66

Casamayor’s trying to find a way to get inside and work his magic, but Marquez is now staying away from him and feeling him out. Marquez with a counter right. Left to the body from Marquez after a Casamayor left lands upstairs. Left from Casa, Marquez counter misses.

Casamayor with another left, and I think he’s looking better this round. It may also be that Marquez is laying back a bit more. STIFF left from Casamayor. Marquez fires back. Casa with a left. The commentators are now clearly favoring Marquez, I think. This was a good round for Joel. He snapped Juan’s head back a few times and landed consistently.

Casamayor 10-9
Marquez 77-76

Announce crew is definitely favoring JMM.

Left to the body by Casamayor. Left upstairs lands, and Joel dodges the counter from Marquez. Marquez with a quick jab. Right hook by Casa, but the left follow-up misses badly. Marquez catches Casa coming in with a short blow.

This is really an interesting fight, and I think it’s still very close. Casamayor has shut down Marquez’s momentum enough to get himself back in it for real.

Marquez caught with another counter left. Casamayor is looking elusive again. Casa with a left, Marquez answers with a somewhat sloppy left hook. Right from Marquez is blocked. Short left from Casamayor, judged a combination by the commentary.

I think we’ve got an even fight through the first three quarters.

Casamayor 10-9
86-86

There’s an exchange with Casamayor flailing his arms wildly and landing nothing. Much ado about said nothing.

Short left from Casamayor again. Marquez with a shot to the body. Marquez’s activity HAS slowed down. Marquez and Casamayor catch each other almost simultaneously. BIG right from Marquez! Really great looking punch. Casamayor taunts, and gets hit with a left. Uppercut by Marquez is short. Nice combo by Marquez. He’s back in the swing of things, it appears.

Marquez catches Casa a few more times in the final 15 seconds. Great finish, and another good round for Juan Manuel. I’ll say this — the only rounds I think have been totally clear have been in Juan Manuel’s favor.

Marquez 10-9
Marquez 96-95

This is a tight first minute. Marquez with a right to the gut. Casamayor seems like he can’t find the opening he wants. Straight left from Casamayor. Marquez with a left, then an uppercut, but falls just short on a haymaker right hand.

Casa eats a right. This is still a tough round to score with about 45 seconds left. Very tactical. They start trading, and Casamayor is nailed with a right hand and he is down!

He’s up, and he just wants to hang on. Casamayor takes serious punishment and finally falls! IT’S OVER!

CASAMAYOR IS KNOCKED OUT FOR THE FIRST TIME!

JUAN MANUEL MARQUEZ KO-11

What a finish! Juan Manuel Marquez is your new lightweight champion of the world!

What a great technical fight.

It is impressive to see Marquez get the KO vs a guy who has never been KO’ed. It makes his fights vs Pacman look that much more impressive.