Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. decisions John Duddy in San Antonio
by Scott Christ on Jun 27, 2010 12:51 AM EDT
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Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. remained unbeaten with an unanimous decision victory over "Irish" John Duddy tonight in San Antonio, winning on scores of 116-112, 117-111 and 120-108. Bad Left Hook scored it 115-113 for Chavez, and no one was surprised that Junior got one shutout card among the three officials.
Chavez (41-0-1, 30 KO) was faster than Duddy (29-2, 18 KO) the entire fight, and able to land better at range. Duddy's defense was back to the "old" levels, as he couldn't get out of the way of a lead right, a left hook, a jab, or any other punch Chavez threw at him.
It's the biggest win and best performance of Chavez's young career, but hardly one that should get anyone more excited than they were before. Duddy is extremely limited and while brave, bravery can only get a guy so far. Chavez did something Billy Lyell already did, and something Walid Smichet deserved to have credit for doing. Any possible shred of hope anyone had for John Duddy being more than a knockaround guy in boxing should have gone out the window tonight. He's just not good enough. He's got a reputation as a good TV fighter, and given that he's not much of a risk for anyone with good skill, he won't struggle to find fights as long as he wants them, but he's never going to be a legitimate contender, which everyone fair already knew.
The undercard was as expected. A quick recap of those fights:
- Marco Antonio Barrera UD-10 Adailton de Jesus (100-90, 99-91, 98-92). This was fought at 140, with Barrera coming in at 141 and de Jesus at 138. I have no idea what Marco Antonio Barrera thinks he's going to do at 140 or 135, but based on this performance, it won't work. Barrera's reflexes are very bad at this stage, and if I didn't know any better, I'd have chalked this up as some mediocre fighter doing a Marco Antonio Barrera impression. De Jesus was sorely outclassed even by the old Barrera.
- Raul Martinez TKO-7 Gabriel Elizondo. Elizondo gave it his all, but was down three times before the referee stopped the fight. Decent TV fight, expected result.
- Tomas Villa UD-8 Salvador Sanchez. If Sanchez had a bubble, there it goes. Villa clearly won the fight and was even surprisingly rewarded with a fair decision.
- Jose Benavidez KO-1 Josh Beeman. Beeman's nobody, and blue chip prospect Benavidez finished him off early with a body shot.
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I was dead wrong on this one
thought Duddy would be able to hurt him.
Crowd was nuts, several large brawls – like all out slugfests with dudes jetting in and throwing club punches. I was pretty nervous because I couldn’t help but cheer for Duddy. I was getting some weird looks and the girl behind me was clapping and shrieking for Chavez so close to my head that my hair moved when she clapped.
Anyway, it was a good fight to watch live, Duddy took a beating, but he stood in there like a warrior.
The undercard was garbage. The Martines fight was ok but only because he was KO hunting from the opening bell. Bob Arum was 10 feet from me. Barrera spent an awkwardly long amount of time thanking Bob for the opportunity. It was kind of bizarre.
"Yes Gina, I am a Wise Cracker"
I was their too
Jr. looked good and all could say is i Told You Jr. would Win. Props to Duddy Tough SOB
How did the Bad Left Hook members scored it?
Bad Left Hook scoring it 115-113 for Chavez? In my opinion this fight was not as close as a one round difference for a draw.
It breaks down per round. Duddy won five rounds, I thought. Chavez won seven. I thought Chavez absolutely won the fight, but won it 7-5, or 8-4 (one round for Duddy I went back and forth). Chavez won clearer rounds and dictated the second half of the fight. The 12-0 official card was ridiculous, but not unexpected given the parties.
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by Scott Christ on Jun 27, 2010 3:15 AM EDT up reply actions
I mean you’re free to disagree. It felt close to me, too, because I felt Chavez definitely won the fight and was the better man. What score did you have?
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by Scott Christ on Jun 27, 2010 3:44 AM EDT up reply actions
I had it 9-3, so I could see it 8-4. I don’t even remember the last time he looked like he had some potential. Almost like he fights to the opponents level.
I also had it 9-3. I really don’t remember five rounds Duddy could have won. I mean there were a lot of relatively close rounds so I guess 7-5 isn’t absurd, but it still doesn’t feel right having watched that fight.
I had it as a maximum of 6 rounds duddy could have won
but actually scored it like 9-3. I felt there were like 2 or 3 (can’t remember) relatively clear duddy rounds, 6 clear chavez rounds, and a few that were closer (but clearly I gave most of them to chavez). Chavez deserved to win. He’s still at best a B fighter.
Bias much?
I mean no offence by this, you’re clearly a fan.
For whatever reason…
"All the time he's boxing, he's thinking. All the time he was thinking, I was hitting him." - Jack Dempsey
by Drunken cutman on Jun 28, 2010 5:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Eh
You can be biased and still score a fight accurately. As a big Ward and Mayweather fan, I still managed to be in line with the official scorecards as I scored their past couple fights.
by Waldo Rastel on Jun 29, 2010 3:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Of course
I never said you couldn’t.
The Mayweather and Ward fights may not be the best examples, as they were very clearly lopsided.
I’m not saying all fans are biased in their scoring, just that this one may well be.
"All the time he's boxing, he's thinking. All the time he was thinking, I was hitting him." - Jack Dempsey
by Drunken cutman on Jun 30, 2010 7:48 AM EDT up reply actions
I don’t know if he’s shot so much as he just isn’t very good, since he’s 26 and all, but now we know he’s better than Sanchez II. I like Salvador II because he tries his best and all and seems to have really pure intentions of carrying on his uncle’s name, but he just ain’t got it.
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by Scott Christ on Jun 27, 2010 5:15 PM EDT up reply actions
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