BoxingSpecialist2
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Sad and disappointed to see Lebedev lose. But you know, that's life and we can't win them all. White boxers hold about 33% of all world titles in the sport of boxing, the largest of any race, and that's an amazing achievement, especially compared to the 1980's or 1990's. We can't win them all though, and at times, results like this happen. That's boxing, and that's life in general.
I give full credit to Lebedev tonight, he gave his all and it was a brave performance. I thought he was winning the fight, 97-93, or maybe 96-94 at the time of stoppage. Jones had a big round 5 and Lebedev was hurt bad but showed remarkable resolve to win rounds 6, 7, and 8. Lebedev landed some huge punches, but Jones had a great chin and took them well.
Lebedev was fighting with a closed eye from round 5 onwards, and obviously that impacted his ability to fight to his best. I do think that had Lebedev not injured his eye, he would possibly have won the fight.
Jones is extremely tall (he looks 6'4", or 6'5", thats massive for a cruiserweight), has extremely long arms because of his height, and he showed an excellent chin. Lebedev hit him with everything but the kitchen sink and this guy just kept walking forward. Even though Jones won, he took by far the worse punches in the fight. Lebedev must have landed 30 or 40 flush hooks and left hands on his chin.
The British commentary was horrible, bunch of wigger try hards who had the fight even at time of stoppage 95-95 and were clearly favouring the Negro.
As a final point, I hope that Lebedev heals his eye OK! I think the reason he lost the fight was his eye. Its unlucky and unfortunate. He couldn't see the punches coming and it severely impacts your fight when you have one eye closed. Actually, in the interest of his health perhaps the fight should have been stopped sooner.
Had I been in Lebedev's corner, I probably would have stopped the fight earlier. His eye was badly banged up and it's not worth it to injure yourself over a fight. I hope Denis is OK and makes a good recovery!
Lebedev gave a brave performance and I think the result would have been different had he not injured his eye.
I give full credit to Lebedev tonight, he gave his all and it was a brave performance. I thought he was winning the fight, 97-93, or maybe 96-94 at the time of stoppage. Jones had a big round 5 and Lebedev was hurt bad but showed remarkable resolve to win rounds 6, 7, and 8. Lebedev landed some huge punches, but Jones had a great chin and took them well.
Lebedev was fighting with a closed eye from round 5 onwards, and obviously that impacted his ability to fight to his best. I do think that had Lebedev not injured his eye, he would possibly have won the fight.
Jones is extremely tall (he looks 6'4", or 6'5", thats massive for a cruiserweight), has extremely long arms because of his height, and he showed an excellent chin. Lebedev hit him with everything but the kitchen sink and this guy just kept walking forward. Even though Jones won, he took by far the worse punches in the fight. Lebedev must have landed 30 or 40 flush hooks and left hands on his chin.
The British commentary was horrible, bunch of wigger try hards who had the fight even at time of stoppage 95-95 and were clearly favouring the Negro.
As a final point, I hope that Lebedev heals his eye OK! I think the reason he lost the fight was his eye. Its unlucky and unfortunate. He couldn't see the punches coming and it severely impacts your fight when you have one eye closed. Actually, in the interest of his health perhaps the fight should have been stopped sooner.
Had I been in Lebedev's corner, I probably would have stopped the fight earlier. His eye was badly banged up and it's not worth it to injure yourself over a fight. I hope Denis is OK and makes a good recovery!
Lebedev gave a brave performance and I think the result would have been different had he not injured his eye.
