Lamont Peterson deserved the victory tonight in his fight against Danny Garcia. Peterson frustrated Garcia and was seemingly the victim of some bad judging.
Danny Garcia MD 12 over Lamont Peterson
Lamont Peterson was able to control the action in the early
going with his jab and movement.
He was frustrating Garcia, who at one point motioned Peterson to stop
moving. I heard Garcia say in the
postfight that he was running. Let
me tell you, there is a difference between running and moving and Peterson was
moving. He was also punching. At the end of the fight, you can
tell Peterson was punching by looking at Garcia’s face. The second half of the fight is where
Peterson started to sit down a little more on his punches and become the
aggressor. Very surprised to see
him backing Garcia up in the second half of this fight. While Ringside Reporter had this
fight scored 117-111, the judges saw it differently. 114-114, 115-113 twice for Danny Garcia. This was a bad decision. According to the IBF, Peterson will now
be stripped of his IBF title because he lost the fight.
Andy Lee Draw with
Peter Quillin
Peter Quillin started fast by knocking Andy Lee down in the
first round – he nearly had him out.
He floored again in the third, but the replay showed Quillin was clearly
stepping on the feet of Lee at the time of the knockdown. Andy Lee, a notorious slow starter,
really started to come alive in the second half of the fight. Lee was landing the harder shots down
the stretch and even managed to put Quillin down for the first time in his
career in the 7th round.
This was by far the fight of the night as both men fought with
everything they had and left it out there. The judges scored this fight a draw with the following
scores: 113-112 Lee, 113-112 Quillin, and 113-113. Ringside Reporter had the fight scored 114-111 Quillin. The interesting thing about the
knockdown in the third – one of the judges scored the round 10-9, not the usual
10-8. Had the judge scored it a
10-8 round – Quillin wins the fight.
Errol Spence Jr. TKO
4 over Samuel Vargas
From the outset, it’s apparent in this fight that Spence is
just in a different class than Vargas.
Vargas was knocked down by a sharp right hand in the second. Spence took his time and put in quite a
few body shots and Vargas was very lucky to get out of the round. The body shots from Spence told the
story in this fight. He seemed to
set everything up with body shots. Spence ended the fight in the 4th with a big
flurry and the referee had seen enough.
The ref did a great job because Vargas really had no chance in this
fight. He was game, but just
outclassed.
Marcus Browne TKO
6 over Aaron Pryor Jr.
Around here, we always root for the Cincinnati fighter. Aaron Pryor Jr. didn’t actually turn
pro until he was 27. So, it was
going to be an uphill battle for Pryor Jr. Browne seemed to hurt Pryor early, but Pryor hung in
there. Browne was the aggressor
throughout the fight and Pryor seemed to have no answer for this. As tall as Pryor is, I would love to
see him use his jab more, but it seems to be absent from his arsenal. Pryor Jr. was not offering up much
resistance and the doctor decided to stop the fight at the end of round 6
because Pryor Jr. was having some vision problems. I think it may be a good time for Pryor Jr. to step back and
evaluate his career after this fight.
I think the best part of the telecast was when Ray Leonard
said “I always wanted to fight Aaron Pryor.” Yeah right.
Trust me – I love Ray Leonard, but he wanted no part of Aaron.
Felix Diaz UD 10
over Gabriel Bracero
Even though Diaz was favored to win Bracero was definitely
game. It wasn’t a close fight, but
Bracero definitely had his moments.
At the end of the day, it was a unanimous decision victory for Felix
Diaz.
Other fights on this card:
Luis Collazo TKO 2
over Christopher Degollado
Ryan Burnett KO 1
Stephon McIntrye
Prichard Colon TKO 9
Daniel Calzada
