Bad Left Hook Live Boxing Results and Commentary: Allan Green v. Tarvis Simms

This is sort of a sleeper card that slipped under a lot of our radars, but it’s actually a pretty interesting night of boxing. Some family is visiting me this weekend in NYC, but I hope to see you all later for the liveblog if I can slip away. It’s lucky for me the card starts late.

Here’s to Green proving that he should have been in the Super 6 (I feel he was overlooked) and not just being an alternate. Green is a threat and his Miranda fight wasn’t a good gauge of his ability, he was sick. The guy had part of his colon removed………Let’s get it Allan!!!

simms is not undefeated. he lost his title to alcine a couple years ago.

But beat nobody particularly special in doing so…

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/boxing/8286091.stm

This probably means he’ll call out Wlad.

Weird to see Curt Menefee here, hope he does well.

Allan Green considered retiring when the Super Six was announced. Boo hoo. Accept a fight with someone then. It partly pisses me off because I think he’s good enough to compete with these guys and he just won’t, and then he makes a million excuses.

Green DOES have a lot of options. He just doesn’t take them.

so whats with the lack of BLH’ers? its fight night people

He should. I mean I have nothing against Victor Villereal, but Johnson has a serious future.

Gerald: Judge!
Gary: Referee!

Ooooooooooklahoma

Hey guys, what’s up? Been looking forward to these fights tonight.

Johnson shoots a quick right counter over the jab of Villereal, but doesn’t land. Villereal swinging shots, but there’s a really sharp right from Johnson, again a counter. The ring is really small — about 16 feet says Farhood. Almost a playful left hook counter by Johnson. Hard jabs, nasty lead right. He’s so much faster than Villereal it’s not even funny. Villereal is staying in the pocket and looking to make it a dogfight, though, give himi that. He’s got guts. And he’s getting tagged for those guts.

Jabs landing, rights landing. That’s a really nice jab. Body shot backs Villereal up. Villereal hurt on a left. He’s just beating the crap out of Villereal, who has no business in there with a guy as good as Johnson. He’s barely missing at all. Villereal will survive the first round, but that’s about all he does.

Johnson 10-9

Considering how barren it is right now, especially

Jacobs
Korobov
Golovkin
Guerrero
Porter
Wade
Johnson
Lara potentially

Lead right by Villereal, doesn’t get there, and it’s back to getting hit. Good, straight shots, pumping a nice jab, working the body some, mixing his punches up. I mean he’s obviously about five classes above Villereal, but he’s just doing his work. Throwing in combination, working off the jab. Farhood and Tarver praise Johnson’s poise. Villereal can’t find distance, can’t land punches, but he’s really staying in there and trying. There’s nothing on his punches and he’s getting destroyed out there, but he’s game. He’s throwing less and less, though. And another easy round passes.

Johnson 10-9
Johnson 20-18

might play half-life for a while. is this the opening bout that you’re RBR’ing right now?

Right hand lands for Villereal, and he targets the body with both hands. Better work in the opening moments of the round by Villereal, actually moving out instead of just getting slapped around. He can’t land the left hook after the jab at all, though. Actually he can’t land much at all after the jab. There’s a shot to the hip on a right hand by Villereal. Body work inside by Villereal. Johnson with a jab. Right hand from Johnson as he looks to make a last-minute charge to take the round, because Villereal has done a lot of the better work this round. Yeah, Johnson opens it up and starts landing at will again, turning Villereal, using the jab, to the body again. Villereal with a really loopy left hook. Johnson kind of steals the round, but really it’s more that he decided to stop taking a breather and use his skills. Couple of good shots near the bell.

Johnson 10-9
Johnson 30-27

Villereal looks like a man with a broken spirit. As Curt says, “Johnson just stands in one spot and does what he wants.” BIG right by Johnson, and Villereal is really taking some good punches now. He’s got a chin for sure. Marcus has stopped 14 of 17 opponents so far and this guy is hanging in there. Quick lead right, then a left behind it, and now some shots to the body. Villereal trying to tie up Johnson’s left arm and then land as many pot shots as he can, before they get free and Johnson starts laying into him again. Johnson leans on him inside and digs in some lefts to the bread basket.

Johnson 10-9
Johnson 40-36

I think this building has now played Uncle Kracker AND Kid Rock, making this pretty much my least favorite boxing venue ever.

how’s curt so far?

BIG shot by Villereal lands and seems to catch Johnson totally off-guard, but he recovers well and goes back to work. That might’ve been the best Villereal can do. 1-2 from Villereal, right at the end of it falls just shy. It seems like Johnson might have gotten lazy this round. Two jabs from Victor, three from Marcus. Johnson missing near the end of the round. Best punch of the round was from Victor, but overall Johnson takes it again, even though he got smacked pretty good.

Johnson 10-9
Johnson 50-45

finally this dude goes down. shit

Pretty much a foregone conclusion at this point, and the only thing I’m wondering is whether or not Johnson is going to go at him and look for the KO, or whether he’s decided he’s just not going to take this guy out without taking too many risks. Johnson continues to dominate. Good right hands landing at will and DOWN GOES VILLEREAL ON A LEFT HOOK AT THE END OF A COMBO! Great shots. Six seconds left. Right hand, LEFT HOOK BOMB LANDS! Ooh, Villereal barely survives the round.

Johnson 10-8
Johnson 60-53

Seriously? He moves NOTHING like Toney.

He’s pulling it back too quickly, so it’s not having nearly as much effect as it sounds like it should have.

No matter what happens here, and I know this is damning with faint praise, but Victor Villereal has a future in the “Gimme Rounds” Opponent business.

Tarver compares Johnson to a young James Toney. They’re pretty much absolutely nothing alike, even when Toney was a young dude, so there goes my trying to be nice about Tarver. That’s up there with Lennox comparing Andre Dirrell’s pathetic running performance against Curtis Stevens to Muhammad Ali.

Two left hooks, BIG right, BIG left hook. Villereal just stands there and ties it up. Go down, dude. I mean he’s getting torn up in there and he will not back down. Villereal gets out of another round.

Johnson 10-9
Johnson 70-62

Johnson storming out fast. I think he does badly want the KO. Villereal is clinching his arm again inside. Referee Gary Ritter has barely said anything the enitre fight. Really clean fight. Right hand by Johnson. He’s pressing for the KO. Johnson laying in good shots, about a minute left. Villereal doesn’t look like he’s gonna fold. BIG right hand lands. Villereal stays up, ties up, and we move on. Sharp right lands again. Left hook lands. Left hook lands again. Final ten seconds … Villereal makes it, but loses big.

Johnson 10-9
Johnson 80-71

Johnson goes back to his corner commenting on Villereal’s toughness. No shit.

“Being an amateur prodigy myself…”

Just for official’s sake:

80-71
80-71
80-71

Marcus Johnson via unanimous decision

This Showtime sob story for Allan Green is starting to really get on my nerves. It’s just not honest in any way. He’s talked a ton and backed down from every potential big fight over money, while having no fanbase and no drawing power whatsoever.

This might be a long night.

antwone smith is the dude who yells out BAH after every punch right?

watch him get his ass kicked

Classic

i think tarver is going to say smith looks like a young iran barkley

But it looks like Crawford is in a different class than Smith

crawfords shoes look more like bowling alley shoes

Crawford firing the jab off to start the fight. Tarver: “I like Harry Crawford.” Well that’s nice. Someone tell Harry Crawford, whoever that is.

Crawford showcasing some really nice handspeed in the first minute, and Antwone is having trouble getting in. Some slow start, and then there’s a big right from Crawford. These guys are both boxers first, that’s for sure, but Crawford, with a size advantage here, looks like he’s ready to test Smith’s chin with speed and some big power shots, and he is way, way faster.

Yeah, Smith is a grunter. That sounds gross. Crawford round.

Crawford 10-9

crawford looks like a young junior jones.

ok im done

two nice rabbit punches by crawford

Smith complains to the ref loud enough for the entire world to hear “don’t let him hold me ref”

glad i don’t have showtime. something about the phrase “smith’s a grunter” disgusts me

If Smith can starting landing some good shots to go with a solid defensive first round overall, this could wind up a really interesting fight to score.

Crawford starts with the speed again. Left hook by Crawford, and now he’s really firing everything he’s got. Hey, rabbit punches! These are some emotive boxers. Crawford ducks a double jab, then appears to consider a gutwrench suplex. Crawford dominating in punch output, not landing great and not landing a lot that’s clean, but Smith just can’t match what Crawford’s putting in, or if he can match it, he’s not showing anyone.

Crawford 10-9
Crawford 20-18

someone should watch a giovanni rabisi fight. he sang when throwing punches. he made a “AHhulalalalala” sound with every throw

But knot starting over his left eye.

That said, I gave Smith that round.

Hey, headbutt. Smith with a couple jabs and a nice right hand. Smith trying his best to land when he gets any openings, and he’s landing a little to the body. But there’s a body-head combo from Crawford. Smith has a pretty good welt over his left eye from the headbutt. Tarver: “It’s either a elbow or either a headbutt.”

Much better round for Smith, even with the unfortunate welt. Yeah, that thing’s gonna get pretty damn big.

Smith 10-9
Crawford 29-28

Smith’s trainer doesn’t even have an enswell.

Smith’s trainer doesn’t even have an enswell.

And Crawford looks pretty gassed.

Good left hook counter by Crawford. Tarver gets all over the trainer for not having enswell. Fuck it, he’s right. It’s moronic. Now they’re turning this into a goddamn fight out of nowhere. These guys are just screaming and punching and now they’re leaning again, nevermind. Smith is really coming back into this fight something fierce, and Crawford looks…tired. Smith with a HARD body shot that shakes Crawford up. He’s still throwing big shots, but he’s not using hte jab, trying to lean on Smith now, and not working enough. Wow, he’s straight up leaning and doing nothing to end the round. Even fight now, and going Smith’s way.

Smith 10-9
38-38

Where he’s clearly the less talented guy, but he still not only finds a way to hang, but even to win (potentially).

Crawford throwing, but the best shot is from Smith, a right hand counter right off the chin. Kind of a back-and-forth round in some ways, but Crawford is clearly tiring, clearly discouraged, and Smith looks very fresh. By pure skill, Crawford has it all over Smith, but Smith is the better fighter right now. Great combinations from Smith. Crawford badly misses a lunging, obviously gassed left hook. He might not last a whole lot longer, just on fatigue. I think I’m REALLY starting to like Antwone Smith.

Smith 10-9
Smith 48-47

“You a bad mothafucka n*gga, bad bad man.”

Campbell tries pulling a Nate Campbell, sticks his chin out, then gets knocked down.

Idiot.

stupid ref. step in when a guy goes down you retard

this is over

He’s chicken dancing all over the ring

smith is a horrible finisher. hes missing shots by a mile and half

Crawford probably took 40 shots in a row and he didn’t even put his hands up

this ref is HORRIBLE

just gave crawford a nice 20 seconds after he intentionally spit out his mouth piece

Crawford’s corner is telling him, “Finish this fight like a fuckin’ champ!” They know this is going the wrong way and fast.

Tarver: “I just wanna take my hat off to both trainers.” One of them doesn’t even have enswell.

CRAWFORD WOBBLED, AND HE’S DOWN! He tried to do….something. Showboat? He was jelly legged. This isn’t gonna last. Smith is just ALL OVER him. Crawford is doing some drunken weaving and he’s just not going to make it out of this round. 1:45 left to go and Smith is hammering him. Rights and lefts, the referee has a decision to make. Crawford isn’t really defending himself, he’s not punching, this is ugly to watch.

Right to the body by Smith, two shots land, Crawford’s hands down and he’s eating shots. Totally unable to lift his hands to protect himself. OK, stop the fight, Gerald Ritter. Seriously. What the fuck. LEFT HOOK! Crawford is OUT ON HIS FEET! Someone stop this fight. This is fucking absurd.

They’re replacing his mouthpiece? What the fuck is this.

Crawford goes over and leans on him, and now Smith goes back to stalking and punching. Crawford halfway gets his hands up. Crawford’s eyes are glassy and he’s getting destroyed in there.

The round ends. If they send him back out there they’re nuts.

Smith 10-7
Smith 58-54

The referee warned Crawford between rounds for holding. He didn’t hold much at all. He just stood there with his hands at his knees trying to duck and dodge. This is moronic. The doctor didn’t even go take a look.

But they’re not quite there yet

sounds like OK is much worse than texas when it comes to protecting the fighters.

they banged heads pretty damn hard there

Crawford throws a right. As soon as he gets hit he’s going to get the cobwebs back. He still looks empty-eyed. Crawford is on his bike, trying to throw here and there, but mostly running and trying to find his legs. Smith should really be pressing and he’s not. He’s just circling around and waiting on Crawford. This is a weird fight.

Crawford with a three-punch combo, all blocked, and he clearly put all he had into it. Big fucking headbutt there. I guess Crawford wins this round, which is absurd, but Smith did absolutely nothing.

Crawford 10-9
Smith 67-64

Crawford still isn’t all there. He basically drooled his water out in the corner.

Crawford finding himself a little more now. Smith badly misses a right hand counter. Right hand Crawford. Farhood points out the exact correct thing that I’ll harp on later: Just because Crawford has gotten himself back into this a bit doesn’t mean this fight shouldn’t have been stopped.

Smith has again laid off the gas. Steve says this isn’t going to win Crawford any rounds — I beg to disagree, frankly. He’s won the last two because Smith toasted himself a couple rounds ago, it appears.

Crawford 10-9
Smith 76-74

crawford is doing his impression of sugar ray leonard in his fight with hagler. just running around the ring and throwing meaningless flurries that dont land but gives the impression they are scoring to judges

That was a hell of a knockdown and delayed reaction

crawfords corner is going to get him killed

This is Henry Crawford’s first ninth round, Smith’s second.

Smith coming out to fight this round maybe. Curt is now getting on my nerves. Keeps going back to “showing no ill effects” for Crawford. He’s showing plenty of ill effects. This fight has gotten really bizarre overall in a lot of ways, but I guess it’s interesting. Steve’s right again: Smith is a shit finisher.

Smith with a right to the body. if he can just get busy like he’s doing now, this fight should be in the back for him. Crawford backed down again when they trade. Both are much busier this round and this has become OH SHIT HUGE RIGHT HAND BY SMITH!

AND CRAWFORD GOES DOWN LIKE AN OAK!

They’re going to let him fight on?

Oh God…the bell sounds. He’s out on his feet again. OK, ring doctor?

“Wake up! Wake him up!”

What the fuck? PROTECT YOUR FUCKING FIGHTER

Smith 10-8
Smith 86-82

thank god

Thank God. Crawford was clearly in no shape to continue

Seriously, stop the fight — they do. Thank God. Crawford can’t answer his corner. Good call, guys. Late, but good call.

Antwone Smith RTD-9

If they had let him go out there for the tenth round, everyone that could have stopped it needed to be cracked in the face with a shovel. It was that bad, for anyone not watching. Crawford is all kinds of messed up.

crawfords eyes are somewhere in Bermuda

Gerald Ritter, folks. Laurence Cole might have company.

I guess we’re both right. THe trainer stopped it, but in Oklahoma that’s a TKO.

BTW give me Allan Green by TKO 7.

Green TKO 9

Hmm.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXh5GfdYid4

id try to get a away with a nice switcharo mid fight if i were the simms brothers. nobody would know.

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Smoger is the ref!?

What is this, “let someone die in the ring night”???

The mic dropped into the middle of the ring during the round. Never seen that before.

And Simms shows you quickly what he’s here to do: Hug it out. Simms, a southpaw, opens up orthodox. Green with a right to the body, then misses a murderous left hook upstairs, perhaps in part because Simms is really short. Simms at a pound and change under 170 actually looks kind of fat. Not flabby, but sort of beer gut-ish. Green trying to work at a distance, but “working” is hard to do with either Simms brother. Jabs from Green. Simms tying up whenever he thinks he needs to, and he thinks he needs to pretty frequently, apparently. Green misses a big right hand swing.

Green 10-9

This fight is gonna suck.

hopefully green hasnt had a bowl of super colon cleanse before this fight.

Which he is.

10-9 Green

for the punchline

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkt1dj6cdBM

Instead of knock em out tee em up Green. At least he hasn’t stared at his feet yet.

Left hook clips Simms and shakes him a smidge Not much, more off-balance than anything. He is, in fact, going to make this ugly, and Green doesn’t look like he’s here to fuck shit up, so to speak. Lunging left hook by Simms connects. If I were Simms…I think I’d go southpaw.

Simms lands a couple potshots off the ropes. Green is consistently punching over Simms, in part because Simms is a pretty good defensive fighter, and in part because, again, Simms is real fuckin’ short. Simms with a right to the chest. Green snaps a jab and gets his dance on. Yeah, this fight is gonna suck.

Simms 10-9
19-19

I gave Simms that one. Thought he landed the more effective punches.

john david jackson is one of the best trainers today. everyone always seemed to hate his fights. i liked them. his fight with jorge castro is a classic if anyone wants to see a damn good fight and epic end.

Green even got off the stool looking lazy there. My love-hate relationship with Allan Green is starting to turn one way more than the other at this point. Green misses a three-punch combination, and none of it was blocked. Jabs are short, the power shots aren’t getting there. Green with a left hook to the body. Simms with some potshots on the inside. Simms is actually landing his jab a little better than Green is, I think, and that isn’t right at all.

Simms 10-9
Simms 29-28

Not even mentioning that Green was training to face Oganov, a plodding orthodox fighter.

Tarver questions whether Green actually belongs if he’s the replacement in the Super Six

Green is really having a hell of a time landing good, clean punches on Simms. Tarver questioning whether Green REALLY belongs with the Super Six guys, and now maybe they’re going to play the violins for him again. There’s not much different about Tarvis and Travis. They’re both motherfuckers, and I mean that in a nice way. Simms with a nice body shot. Green with a jab in return, then another. Green going to the body some now, and starting to use his athleticism and length. Simms with a couple of hard lefts, and this was another tight round. This one I give to Green close.

Green 10-9
38-38

WTF are they playing Great White or some shit?

simms is really good. much taller, stronger, athletic guy in front of him, took the fight on short notice, etc and hes winning the fight imo and might possibly school green later

Another even round for the first minute and change, and then an overhand right by Green turns the tide a bit — but then Simms just goes back to doing what he’s been doing and staying right in this thing. Tarver: “My southpaw style give EVERYBODY trouble! HAAAA HA HA HA!” I think I’m loving Antonio Tarver as a color commentator, because he’s exactly what you’d expect him to be.

Simms actually outworks Green for the latter portion of the round, and really all Green did effective this round was the one big shot. Simms probably has to really beat the hell out of Green to win this fight, but he’s showing he deserves good fights.

Simms 10-9
Simms 48-47

But Simms came very close to stealing it.

48-47 Simms. The judges probably have it 50-45 Green, which I guess is defensible, since every round has been close.

green is massively massively overrated.

Simms comes out southpaw, so I guess he’s planning to fight that for the second half. Or maybe they DID do the Killer Bees gimmick with Travis.

Green lunging in with right hands, blocked by Simms. Simms is really shutting Green down with his defense from the southpaw stance, and is landing square shots with regularity. This has really been a shit performance by Allan Green. I’m not saying it’s all his fault — Simms can box. But Green has been crap against a guy he really should physically overwhelm at some point.

Simms 10-9
Simms 58-56

It’s wide open for him…

completely forgot about the RBR after SC said “this fight is gonna suck” after the first round. does it still suck?

67-66 Simms

Green openly asks JDJ what to do with a southpaw between rounds. He doesn’t know. To be fair he trained for a righty and all that.

Right to the body by Green, but it just hits elbow. Simms getting backed down a bit, but there he lands a jab. He’s letting Green stalk, in part I’d guess because Green isn’t pouncing after he stalks. Green with a little right hand near the end of the round. Pretty good round for Green, really.

Green 10-9
Simms 67-66

yea a bon jovi documentary would have been cool back in 1988…

Green continues to hit a lot of elbows and gloves. The commentators are going to cry horrible robbery if Green loses this fight, but it won’t be. And there’s a body shot that sends Simms reeling a little bit. Looks like Simms might be wearing down. Right to the head follows some body shots by Green. Green getting tagged near the end of the round now, and he’s hurt a bit! Simms gets tagged back! And the bell sounds. Well we almost had a good fight for a minute there.

Green 10-9
76-76

da fuck is simms doing? turn to southpaw you dumb shit

Simms isn’t trained to go 10, and he’s just throwing arm punches at this point.

Give Simms a full 6 – 8 weeks to train for this one, he might have pulled off the upset.

Simms eating some shots now from Green, who is fresher and just in better shape. Right hand by Green lands, a short one inside. Not full on though. Simms has gone back righty and it’s a shitty idea, probably. If this fight is as close on the judges’ cards as it is on mine and Brick’s (it’s not) then Simms might be fucking himself over pretty hard right now. Green has taken the last two rounds pretty clearly, and this one. But then there’s a left hook by Simms. Tarver actually makes a good point: If Tarvis Simms was in top shape, he might be really kicking Green’s ass.

Green 10-9
Green 86-85

green looks clueless when simms is southpaw.

But I suspect the official scores will be wider.

10th round ring card gal was a poor man’s Stacy Keibler.

Hey, Tarvis forgot his mouthpiece for 15 seconds. Southpaw again for Simms. This also hasn’t been quite as bad a fight as I feared early on. BIG shot by Simms with the left hand. Green has no idea what to do with a southpaw fighter. Absolutely no idea at all. He just stands there considering his options. Feint? Feint? Punch? Fuck. Feint.

Simms being left-handed is winning him this round on “ring generalship.” Green clearly feels he’s well ahead on the cards and that this thing is in the bag. Given the location, he’s probably right. Simms misses a big left, and they end it trading a bit, then they congratulate one another.

Simms 10-9
95-95

So I had this a draw, but Green is obviously going to win handily. I figure 97-93 is as close as a judge’s card is going to get.

Considering how Green looked with Simms turned southpaw, Bute would DESTROY Green

testify tarvis!

well. I was definitely cheering for Simms. As somebody in the booth said ‘had he been handled differently, who knows where Simms would be’

Simms just said “Talk of the town.” Newkirk, OK? Tarvis’ further rambling indicates he thinks he could beat this guy if he was in shape.

98-92
99-91
97-93

Allan Green by unanimous decision

Yep, 97-93 is as close as it got.

green might have got a decision but he proved to me that he sucks

I’m glad Green is not in the Super Six

and I’m pretty psyched about the Super six

and tarver says green was the most impressive of the night.

lordy lordy

If anyone wants to make it a VERY late night, I think the Tua PPV is about to start.