I watched the fight tonight with a few of lads from Club Ireland. Overall, it was a decent fight but Jones certainly was not dominant. I had it 6 rounds for Jones, 5 for Tarver, and 1 non-eventful draw. I know there had to be a winner in each round so I had it 6 - 6. One of the judges saw it this way too. How the fcuk does the one judge come up with the 117 - 111 score? Shoc-king. Tarver had Jones Jr. in trouble in the 9th or 10th round but gave Jones Jr. a break by backing off for the rest of the round. RJJ looked like a fighter who was struggling to get his breath with the 22 lbs he had to drop for the fight. He appeared to lack consistent strength in his punches. A lot of straight body blows with only a couple of Theoren's to the head. Tarver is a putz for his post fight reaction("I won that fight. That's the bottom line.") A lot of fans thought he won too. The bottom line is that is was a very close fight, and like Jones Jr. said last week, he only wants to fight Mike Tyson. If he doesn't fight Tyson, he is going to retire, therefore not giving Tarver a chance at a re-match. I think I would watch the rematch.....
Ferdie Pacheco |