Robert Easter vs. Rances Barthelemy - April 27, 2019
Re: Robert Easter vs. Rances Barthelemy - April 27, 2019
i heard it was a war
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Re: Robert Easter vs. Rances Barthelemy - April 27, 2019
I just watched it.
Had it 115-113 Easter. But could have been the same score for Bart.
These guys don’t show that they want a title.
Had it 115-113 Easter. But could have been the same score for Bart.
These guys don’t show that they want a title.
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Re: Robert Easter vs. Rances Barthelemy - April 27, 2019
That’s about the best that could be said Saturday night about an utterly forgettable lightweight title bout between Robert Easter Jr. and Rances Barthelemy. When it mercifully concluded, Showtime’s Jimmy Lennon Jr. announced a perfectly appropriate result – a split draw.
Judge Tim Cheatham scored their dreadfully dull 12-rounder 115-113 for Easter. Judge Eric Cheek scored it 115-113 for Barthelemy.
The third judge, Glenn Trowbridge, had it even (114-114). While the judges weren’t in agreement, their unremarkable bout undoubtedly lacked action, so much that there was barely a clean punch landed in numerous rounds.
The WBA world lightweight title remains vacant because neither Easter nor Barthelemy won the main event of Showtime’s tripleheader from The Chelsea inside The Cosmopolitan.
The 28-year-old Easter (21-1-1, 14 KOs), of Toledo, Ohio, expressed disappointment that he wasn’t able to become a two-time lightweight champion. He was the aggressor for most of their bout, but he couldn’t connect enough to earn a clear victory.
“I feel I did enough to win this fight, but the judges saw it differently,” Easter said. “They saw it a different way.”
The 32-year-old Barthelemy (27-1-1, 14 KOs, 1 NC) is a right-handed boxer, but the Cuban-born Las Vegas resident competed almost exclusively from a southpaw stance over the final 10 rounds. He troubled Easter earlier in their fight with that look, but Easter adjusted and didn’t absorb many flush punches during the second half of their bout.
Barthelemy spent most of the fight moving backward, keeping out of Easter’s punching range.
“Rances is a crafty fighter, an elusive fighter,” Easter said. “I tried to take the fight to him, but he wouldn’t take it. It was hard to land my shots.”
The unofficial CompuBox statistics indicated just how few punches were landed during this fight. CompuBox credited Easter with connecting on just 54-of-415 total punches, still two more than Barthelemy (52-of-328).
Barthelemy had the slight edge in power punches (36-of-104 to 33-of-134). Easter edged Barthelemy in jabs (21-of-281 to 16-of-224).
“We were prepared for a different Robert Easter, the one that attacks,” Barthelemy said. “But he didn’t show up, so I couldn’t deliver my strategy.”
Nevertheless, Barthelemy believes he won.
“I landed the cleaner and more accurate shots,” Barthelemy said. “I feel I threw more punches. I was the busier fighter. I won the fight. I think this was a missed opportunity for me. I really feel I won this fight.”
The 12th round, like virtually every prior round, was devoid of action. Easter pressed the action and Barthelemy backed away from him, as if he believed he had done enough to beat Easter.
A right cross by Easter connected early in the 11th round and backed Barthelemy into the ropes.
Easter finally blasted Barthelemy with a straight right hand about 50 seconds into the ninth round. The rest of the round mostly mirrored the first eight, in that neither fighter could cleanly connect with shots.
Easter attacked Barthelemy early in the eighth round and pushed him back into the ropes. That drew a roar from a crowd clearly dissatisfied with a lack of action to that point in the fight.
Easter didn’t attack for long in the eighth round, though.
The seventh round unfolded the same way as many of the previous rounds. Easter couldn’t land anything clean on Barthelemy, who landed one overhand left to Easter’s head.
Barthelemy continued to elude Easter’s punches throughout the sixth round. Barthelemy landed a couple lefts to Easter’s body in that round as well.
Barthelemy landed a left to Easter’s body about 30 seconds into the fifth round. A looping left up top by Barthelemy made Easter move backward several seconds later.
Easter landed a right hand with about 30 seconds to go in the fourth round, one of the few flush blows in that round. Bayless warned Barthelemy for landing a low left hand just before the fourth round ended.
Barthelemy turned southpaw early in the third round. He showboated, but he had as little success from a left-handed stance as he did from his orthodox stance during the first two rounds.
The second round was almost as uneventful as the first round. Barthelemy did land a right hand to Easter’s body, but other than that, there wasn’t much action in the second round.
Barthelemy and Easter each spent the first round attempting to establish his jab. Neither fighter landed that punch with any regularity in those first three minutes, which lacked action.
The first round was indicative of what was to come over the ensuing 11 rounds.
For Easter, the draw denied him in his bid to bounce back from a decisive defeat to Mikey Garcia in his last fight. Garcia won their 12-round lightweight title unification fight by unanimous decision July 28 at Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Barthelemy also failed to become a two-time lightweight champion. Like Easter, he once owned the IBF 135-pound championship.
Judge Tim Cheatham scored their dreadfully dull 12-rounder 115-113 for Easter. Judge Eric Cheek scored it 115-113 for Barthelemy.
The third judge, Glenn Trowbridge, had it even (114-114). While the judges weren’t in agreement, their unremarkable bout undoubtedly lacked action, so much that there was barely a clean punch landed in numerous rounds.
The WBA world lightweight title remains vacant because neither Easter nor Barthelemy won the main event of Showtime’s tripleheader from The Chelsea inside The Cosmopolitan.
The 28-year-old Easter (21-1-1, 14 KOs), of Toledo, Ohio, expressed disappointment that he wasn’t able to become a two-time lightweight champion. He was the aggressor for most of their bout, but he couldn’t connect enough to earn a clear victory.
“I feel I did enough to win this fight, but the judges saw it differently,” Easter said. “They saw it a different way.”
The 32-year-old Barthelemy (27-1-1, 14 KOs, 1 NC) is a right-handed boxer, but the Cuban-born Las Vegas resident competed almost exclusively from a southpaw stance over the final 10 rounds. He troubled Easter earlier in their fight with that look, but Easter adjusted and didn’t absorb many flush punches during the second half of their bout.
Barthelemy spent most of the fight moving backward, keeping out of Easter’s punching range.
“Rances is a crafty fighter, an elusive fighter,” Easter said. “I tried to take the fight to him, but he wouldn’t take it. It was hard to land my shots.”
The unofficial CompuBox statistics indicated just how few punches were landed during this fight. CompuBox credited Easter with connecting on just 54-of-415 total punches, still two more than Barthelemy (52-of-328).
Barthelemy had the slight edge in power punches (36-of-104 to 33-of-134). Easter edged Barthelemy in jabs (21-of-281 to 16-of-224).
“We were prepared for a different Robert Easter, the one that attacks,” Barthelemy said. “But he didn’t show up, so I couldn’t deliver my strategy.”
Nevertheless, Barthelemy believes he won.
“I landed the cleaner and more accurate shots,” Barthelemy said. “I feel I threw more punches. I was the busier fighter. I won the fight. I think this was a missed opportunity for me. I really feel I won this fight.”
The 12th round, like virtually every prior round, was devoid of action. Easter pressed the action and Barthelemy backed away from him, as if he believed he had done enough to beat Easter.
A right cross by Easter connected early in the 11th round and backed Barthelemy into the ropes.
Easter finally blasted Barthelemy with a straight right hand about 50 seconds into the ninth round. The rest of the round mostly mirrored the first eight, in that neither fighter could cleanly connect with shots.
Easter attacked Barthelemy early in the eighth round and pushed him back into the ropes. That drew a roar from a crowd clearly dissatisfied with a lack of action to that point in the fight.
Easter didn’t attack for long in the eighth round, though.
The seventh round unfolded the same way as many of the previous rounds. Easter couldn’t land anything clean on Barthelemy, who landed one overhand left to Easter’s head.
Barthelemy continued to elude Easter’s punches throughout the sixth round. Barthelemy landed a couple lefts to Easter’s body in that round as well.
Barthelemy landed a left to Easter’s body about 30 seconds into the fifth round. A looping left up top by Barthelemy made Easter move backward several seconds later.
Easter landed a right hand with about 30 seconds to go in the fourth round, one of the few flush blows in that round. Bayless warned Barthelemy for landing a low left hand just before the fourth round ended.
Barthelemy turned southpaw early in the third round. He showboated, but he had as little success from a left-handed stance as he did from his orthodox stance during the first two rounds.
The second round was almost as uneventful as the first round. Barthelemy did land a right hand to Easter’s body, but other than that, there wasn’t much action in the second round.
Barthelemy and Easter each spent the first round attempting to establish his jab. Neither fighter landed that punch with any regularity in those first three minutes, which lacked action.
The first round was indicative of what was to come over the ensuing 11 rounds.
For Easter, the draw denied him in his bid to bounce back from a decisive defeat to Mikey Garcia in his last fight. Garcia won their 12-round lightweight title unification fight by unanimous decision July 28 at Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Barthelemy also failed to become a two-time lightweight champion. Like Easter, he once owned the IBF 135-pound championship.
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Re: Robert Easter vs. Rances Barthelemy - April 27, 2019
Punches Landed/Thrown Per Round
Absolute abysmal. For a lightweight fight, or any fight.
3 minutes is a long time IN THAT RING. And these 2 combined just about landed double digits each round.
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FIGHTER RD. 1 RD. 2 RD. 3 RD. 4 RD. 5 RD. 6 RD. 7 RD. 8 RD. 9 RD. 10 RD. 11 RD. 12
Easter 2/34 8/42 3/41 7/33 3/25 4/29 2/37 5/34 5/31 5/44 7/30 3/35
Barthelemy 3/25 4/28 1/25 5/28 6/32 6/27 3/26 4/22 6/30 6/30 5/29 3/263 minutes is a long time IN THAT RING. And these 2 combined just about landed double digits each round.
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Re: Robert Easter vs. Rances Barthelemy - April 27, 2019
God that was fvcking awful!! I had it 116-114, that was with 2 even rounds, but in fairness each round could have been scored for the other guy. Horrible fight.
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Re: Robert Easter vs. Rances Barthelemy - April 27, 2019
116-114 to who?Fightnight Scores wrote: ↑28 Apr 2019, 08:32 God that was fvcking awful!! I had it 116-114, that was with 2 even rounds, but in fairness each round could have been scored for the other guy. Horrible fight.
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Re: Robert Easter vs. Rances Barthelemy - April 27, 2019
Sorry, to Easter
Re: Robert Easter vs. Rances Barthelemy - April 27, 2019
Barthelemy is a pure spoiler in the ring. His fights are generally rotten, IMO.
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Re: Robert Easter vs. Rances Barthelemy - April 27, 2019
It was what I expected. Tactical, slow.
Plenty of posing. Short on punches.
Somehow I decided that 7-1 underdog (I'm still wondering how oddsmakers arrived at that lopsided line) had done enough to warrant a 115-113 decision.
But a draw was probably correct. Nobody really deserved that fight or even the vacant regular title.
I guess they'll have to do it again.
Can't wait.
Plenty of posing. Short on punches.
Somehow I decided that 7-1 underdog (I'm still wondering how oddsmakers arrived at that lopsided line) had done enough to warrant a 115-113 decision.
But a draw was probably correct. Nobody really deserved that fight or even the vacant regular title.
I guess they'll have to do it again.
Can't wait.
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Re: Robert Easter vs. Rances Barthelemy - April 27, 2019
Those stats are positively Broner-esque.
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Re: Robert Easter vs. Rances Barthelemy - April 27, 2019
Gatti v Ward Rnd 9 had more landed punches than ENTIRE world title fight
Robert Easter and Rances Barthelemy fought out a split draw on Saturday night with one of the lowest outputs seen in world title fight history.
Easter and Barthelemy missed out on claiming the vacant WBA lightweight championship in a fight which saw just 106 punches landed in the whole fight.
That’s an incredible statistic of almost NINE punches per round hitting the target.
COMPUBOX: It was a fight that resembled Fischer-Spassky (chess) far more than than Arturo Gatti versus Micky Ward. But this was the thinking-man’s fight.
Also, it turned into a nightmare for the judges to score because neither man was able to land ten total punches in any given round and the margin of separation was almost non-existent.
The gap between the pair was never more than four punches (8-4 Easter in round two) and was one or zero in six of the rounds.
he most combined punches landed in a given round was 12 in rounds two (8-4 Easter), four (7-5 Easter) and 11 (7-5 Easter). Scoring: 115-113 B, 115-113 E, 114-114.
To put the fight into perspective, Gatti-Ward had 110 punches landed in the ninth round alone, which was more than the whole Easter-Barthelemy fight put together.
SUMMARY
(Samuel Rosenberg): Neither man really engaging the other as the clash of styles resulted in a more technical fight. With neither fighter really landing much of note throughout the course of the fight.
The fight was Barthelemy’s return to 135 pounds after a couple of fights in higher weight classes where he did not fare so well. He came into the fight after taking his first loss last year against the Belarussian native Kiryl Relikh for the 140-pound title.
Easter averaged 34.6 punches per round to Barthelemy’s 27.3 (far below the 59.4 lightweight average). Easter led by just 54-52 overall and 21-16 jabs to counterbalance Barthelemy’s 36-33 lead in power connects.
It was a defensive tour de force in that Barthelemy led 16%-13% overall and tied at 7% in jab accuracy (Barthelemy led 35%-25% in power accuracy, probably because he prevailed 33-20 in body shots).
The CompuBox round-by-round breakdown of total connects had Barthelemy ahead 6-5-1 with the last round even with three total connects each.
Robert Easter and Rances Barthelemy fought out a split draw on Saturday night with one of the lowest outputs seen in world title fight history.
Easter and Barthelemy missed out on claiming the vacant WBA lightweight championship in a fight which saw just 106 punches landed in the whole fight.
That’s an incredible statistic of almost NINE punches per round hitting the target.
COMPUBOX: It was a fight that resembled Fischer-Spassky (chess) far more than than Arturo Gatti versus Micky Ward. But this was the thinking-man’s fight.
Also, it turned into a nightmare for the judges to score because neither man was able to land ten total punches in any given round and the margin of separation was almost non-existent.
The gap between the pair was never more than four punches (8-4 Easter in round two) and was one or zero in six of the rounds.
he most combined punches landed in a given round was 12 in rounds two (8-4 Easter), four (7-5 Easter) and 11 (7-5 Easter). Scoring: 115-113 B, 115-113 E, 114-114.
To put the fight into perspective, Gatti-Ward had 110 punches landed in the ninth round alone, which was more than the whole Easter-Barthelemy fight put together.
SUMMARY
(Samuel Rosenberg): Neither man really engaging the other as the clash of styles resulted in a more technical fight. With neither fighter really landing much of note throughout the course of the fight.
The fight was Barthelemy’s return to 135 pounds after a couple of fights in higher weight classes where he did not fare so well. He came into the fight after taking his first loss last year against the Belarussian native Kiryl Relikh for the 140-pound title.
Easter averaged 34.6 punches per round to Barthelemy’s 27.3 (far below the 59.4 lightweight average). Easter led by just 54-52 overall and 21-16 jabs to counterbalance Barthelemy’s 36-33 lead in power connects.
It was a defensive tour de force in that Barthelemy led 16%-13% overall and tied at 7% in jab accuracy (Barthelemy led 35%-25% in power accuracy, probably because he prevailed 33-20 in body shots).
The CompuBox round-by-round breakdown of total connects had Barthelemy ahead 6-5-1 with the last round even with three total connects each.
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Re: Robert Easter vs. Rances Barthelemy - April 27, 2019
It almost, but just barely, made Wlad-Fury seem like the Thrilla in Manila.
It also (almost) made Broner seem like Gatti reincarnated compared to these two.
When's the rematch? Still gotta fill that vacant WBA regular title.
It also (almost) made Broner seem like Gatti reincarnated compared to these two.
When's the rematch? Still gotta fill that vacant WBA regular title.
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Re: Robert Easter vs. Rances Barthelemy - April 27, 2019
Easter-Barthelemy Tripleheader Peaks At 343K Viewers
Robert Easter Jr. and Rances Barthelemy saw a significant drop in viewership from their previous respective Showtime performances.
Considering how their head-to-head battle played out, it’s probably a good thing.
The bout drew an average of 312,000 viewers atop a marketed “Showtime Boxing: Special Edition” tripleheader, hitting a peak of 343,000 viewers at 12:11 a.m. ET, according to data provided by Nielsen Media Research.
Also included on Saturday’s tripleheader, former 140-pound titlist Viktor Postol cruised to a 10-round decision over France’s Mohamed Mimoune. An average of 217,000 viewers tuned in for the contest, which marked the Showtime debut for both boxers.
Peak viewership for the chief support bout wasn’t available at the time this story was posted.
Ratings data also wasn’t available for the evening’s opening contest, with unbeaten heavyweight prospect Efe Ajagba scoring a second-round knockout of Germany’s Michael Wallisch. Both boxers appeared on Showtime for the first time in their respective careers, although Ajagba (10-0, 9 KOs) has been regularly showcased on FOX Sports as part of the “Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on FS1” series.
Robert Easter Jr. and Rances Barthelemy saw a significant drop in viewership from their previous respective Showtime performances.
Considering how their head-to-head battle played out, it’s probably a good thing.
The bout drew an average of 312,000 viewers atop a marketed “Showtime Boxing: Special Edition” tripleheader, hitting a peak of 343,000 viewers at 12:11 a.m. ET, according to data provided by Nielsen Media Research.
Also included on Saturday’s tripleheader, former 140-pound titlist Viktor Postol cruised to a 10-round decision over France’s Mohamed Mimoune. An average of 217,000 viewers tuned in for the contest, which marked the Showtime debut for both boxers.
Peak viewership for the chief support bout wasn’t available at the time this story was posted.
Ratings data also wasn’t available for the evening’s opening contest, with unbeaten heavyweight prospect Efe Ajagba scoring a second-round knockout of Germany’s Michael Wallisch. Both boxers appeared on Showtime for the first time in their respective careers, although Ajagba (10-0, 9 KOs) has been regularly showcased on FOX Sports as part of the “Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on FS1” series.