Hey SC
Just to let you know about Rogie’s fight.

Going into the eight round the doctors had been checking on his eye. Sensing that they were going to stop it, Eamonn Magee said to him “you have to fucking get him this round son”. So Marty went out swinging and rocked him really badly. Sexton turned his back on him and lay against the ropes. Rogie kept throwing and the ref pulled him away and started complaining about hitting him on the back of the head. Now, in my opinion should you turn away and stop defending yourself that is grounds for a stoppage. Anyway they restarted the action and Rogie continued to pressure and hurt him. Then Martin stopped fighting for a moment, and sexton threw a few jabs while his hands were down. The ref then brought him to the corner and the fight was stopped.

I thought the reason Rogan stopped was because Sexton spat out his mouth guard, but maybe it was because he was waiting for him to step in. Either way it felt very unfair on him.

For the record, i think the swelling on his eye was caused by a headbutt because it swelled up massively in a very short period of time. I may be a little biased on this, but i definitely felt Martin got shafted tonight. There was other meddling from the ref i didnt like. Several times he stepped into split them when Rogan was building momentum. Sexton was being let away with way more in there.

Marty is a class act, so he gave all the credit to Sexton and didnt make a fuss over it, but he did mention he was upset with how it was handled.
 There looked like a huge crowd there tonight, so i would definitely say there will be a rematch.

Could anyone please do a RbR of the fights on ESPN tonight. My roomate did not pay his cable bill and they pulled the cable today. So I won’t be able to see my favorite heavyweight Kevin Johnson.

Brian Kenny thought Antonio Tarver looked excellent last week? He must have been watching RJJ II and not his second fight with Dawson.

Johnson and Vargas in the ring now.

I became a fan after the first time I saw him fight. He beat Bruce Seldon pretty good and I came into the fight rooting for Seldon and his comeback. Johnson’s jab was pretty good and Seldon got whipped and basically gave up.

Vargas pins Johnson against the ropes and works a bit. Johnson snapping his patented jab. Vargas with a two punch combination. Johnson playing defense. Close round. Vargas was slightly busier.

Vargas 10-9

But got stopped in the 5th

Vargas winging shots. Johnson with the earmuffs on. Johnson really does have a good jab and he’s using it effectively now. Johnson lets Vargas look good when he gets on the ropes. Uppercut by Vargas as KJ lingers on the ropes. Johnson may have done just enough to win that round but he looks far from great.

Johnson 10-9

19-19

Vargas with powershots while Johnson is against the ropes. Johnson does some rare work on the inside. Johnson looking lethargic tonight. Body-head combination by Vargas. Good countershot by Johnson. Double jab by Johnson. Hard right hand by Johnson. He’s coming on a bit. Left hook by KJ. Triple left hook by Johnson. Best sequence of the fight! Vargas takes a knee as the bell hits. Johnson with the quick hands there went to work and hurt Vargas.

10-8 Johnson

29-27 Johnson

Sounds nice.

When you put money on a fight, what means do you use? I’m looking to bet on my first fight soon.

Vargas bouncing and hits a left. Johnson using both hands to the head. Johnson winding up the right hand and snapping Vargas’s neck back. Vargs is complaining of an ear injury. Dr. Tessitore diagnoses it as a ruptured eardrum. Jab, jab by Johnson. Pawing the left hand and keeping Vargas at length. Hard right hand by Vargas. Uppercut by Vargas. Left hook by KJ. The left hook looks like a good second punch for Johnson to complement the jab.

10-9 Johnson

39-36 Johnson

Teddy gave the second to Vargas. Johnson blocking shots. Jab, jab by KJ. Right hook grazes Vargas. Not much doing this round yet. Body shot by Vargas. Johnson’s handspeed is superior here but Vargas is working more this round. They trade hooks. Johnson with two vicious left hooks! Impressive punch. Vargas goes down against the ropes. He loses the mouthpiece. Sharp punching by Johnson put him down again! Johnson looking for the kill. Sharp jab snaps Vargas’ head back. Big straight left but Vargas barely survives.

10-8 Johnson

49- 44 Johnson

Vargas says he can’t hear. The corner is saying it will stop it if he is in trouble again. The left hook is really reigning down on Vargas. Johnson extremely patient. Vargas loses the mouthpiece again. He’s bloodied. Vicious uppercut by Johnson. Another left hook. Vargas holding on. Sharp left hook by KJ. 3 punch combination by Johnson. Vargas is hurt against the ropes and the towel comes in from Vargas’ corner! A jab-jab-right hand combo hurt Vargas.

Kevin Johnson TKO 6

Impressive performance. I’d have liked him to up the work rate, but you can’t argue with the results — a dominant TKO victory against his best career opponent.

Gotta give the man some props. He looked pretty good. I didn’t know he had that left hook to go with the jab. I’d still say his lack of workrate and power will prevent him from reaching the top but I’ll watch his next fight.

I think he is being more aggressive. I’d say he’s better than Eddie Chamber right now who is a similar type of fighter.

A Chambers fight would be intriguing. Devin Vargas is no Sam Peter, even at Peter’s worst. I think Chambers would be the favorite but it would be a close SD type decision.

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Anyone who gets the chance should watch Rogan v Sexton, it was absolute classic. Two top grade heavyweights who would give anyone a run for their money, fighting like warriors, landing bombs galore. The pendulum kept swinging backwards and forwards, then in round 8 I saw something I have never seen in boxing. Rogan hammered Sexton with several concussive shots, he was seconds away from finishing the fight, but Sexton spat his gumshield out and Rogan just froze. It was, as Jim Watt said “sportsmanship gone mad”. As soon as Rogan lowered his hands and just stood there like an idiot (no offence), Sexton landed a combination on his head, a few free shots and managed to clear his head. Then the doctor demanded a look at Rogans left eye, which was completely closed. How many fingers? As if, doctor. Rogan couldn’t see a damn thing out that eye and the contest was cruelly ended. I say cruelly because the fight was so refreshingly compelling for a heavyweight fight.
Should the fight have been stopped though? I think his eye was a mess and you have to be conscious of sightbeing lost. Some are saying robbery.
The referee did have a bad fight and if anyone has ever been more deserving of a rematch, it’s Rogan. And it is a very attractive propsect.