Coleman vs. Arnaoutis

by BabyBull1289 on Dec 4, 2009 2:41 AM EST Comment 6 comments

Anyone watch this less than thrilling fight? I only watched it because I had money on Coleman (Arnaoutis is shot). Now, it was an awful fight and a close fight. I admit I may have had some bias but I scored the fight a draw. Some of the rounds I gave both guys could have gone either way.

Sam Rosen and the normally solid Wally Matthews talked about this fight as though it was a complete whitewashing by Mighty Mike. Matthews had it 118-110 and Rosen had it 119-110. They raved about Arnaoutis' movement (decent) and jabbing (less than impressive). Last I checked, jabbing and movement don't alone win you a fight. I thought Coleman's defense was very good (ring generalship) and he also landed the harder shots, granted they were often looping rights (clean, effective punching).

I'm happy to cash my ticket but was anyone else taken aback by the announcing? Or am I the idiot and this was the robbery of the century?

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I watched

I had Mighty Mike winning all but 4 rounds. Coleman won the first two, but I thought it was pretty one-sided after that.

Coleman was gassed after 8, can’t break an egg to begin with and couldn’t score points. It’s one thing to have no power, it’s another to have no power and land no punches.

Neither guy is impressive, but Mike’s jab was snapping Coleman’s head back down the stretch, and Coleman’s face told the story about his defense.

Coleman landed the harder shots? They guy has 4 KOs in 20 fights. He doesn’t turn his hips, like at all, when he throws punches. He might as well be sitting down in a chair while he punches.

I had it the other way in a one-sided fight.

"Yes Gina, I am a Wise Cracker"

by lcollins1 on Dec 4, 2009 11:38 AM EST reply actions

At least the undercard was fun last night. What an awful main event. I did, however, find it enjoyable that they still called it a Contender fight night when they had sold the date.

by jcarr71 on Dec 4, 2009 12:14 PM EST reply actions

I had Arnaoutis winning 116-112, but do think the commentators oversold his dominance. Still, Arnaoutis was robbed. Main event was terrible.

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by SC on Dec 4, 2009 2:08 PM EST reply actions

Coleman

I could not watch the fight but being from Baltimore we are happry that Tim got a win, I have seen most of his fights and I think he will have a solid carreer with top level competition.

by the auctioneer on Dec 5, 2009 9:24 AM EST reply actions

Hey Brad, how you doing, amte?

"If you sit there and watch a person take about an hour to tie his shoestrings, then you realize that whatever problems you got ain't that significant"
---Vernon Forrest 2006

by The Midnight Rambler on Dec 18, 2009 3:49 PM EST up reply actions

A lead in to a chapter called "The Upset" in my second book

When World War Two ended, I can recall exactly where I was. When JFK was assasinated, I knew where I was. When 9/11 occurred, I also knew exactklly where I was. And when Mike Tyson was knocked into Japanese dreamland by Buster Douglass, I also knew where I was. It was that big of an upset.

Arguably, there is nothing more thrilling than an upset. For some, it means shocking disappointment; for others, it is sudden and pleasant surprise. Kirkland Laing shocked Roberto Duran but himself was later shocked by Buck "Tombstone" Smith. Lloyd Honeyghan did it to Donald Curry. Douglas’s KO of Tyson perhaps was the greatest
upset in boxing history. George Foreman‘s KO of Michael Moorer in 1994 was one for the ages, but then Moorer turned the tables on Vassiliy Jirov tens years later. Limited Louis Monaco stopped Kevin McBride in 1997, but McBride himself stopped Mike Tyson eight years later. More recently, Brian Vera pulled one off against a heavily favored Andy Lee.

"If you sit there and watch a person take about an hour to tie his shoestrings, then you realize that whatever problems you got ain't that significant"
---Vernon Forrest 2006

by The Midnight Rambler on Dec 18, 2009 3:53 PM EST reply actions