Otabek Kholmatov vs Raymond Ford | ESPN - March 2, 2024

[margaret thatcher]

round 3 - geff did his best job yet of staying off the ropes, bryce struggles when he's moving like that

[margaret thatcher]

bryce's pressure drops in the 4th, more of a settled boxing match now, another round leaning geff for me

first two rounds could feasibly go the otther way though, so cards could be all over still

[skanksta]

Mills is basically Babic.

[margaret thatcher]

good 5th! both looking tired now, geff in particular has floppy body language, but still the more accurate of the two. mills should push it 100 percent to see if geff has the tank for it in the final round

[margaret thatcher]

true, unforunetly for bryce he doesnt have cabbage's power though

[margaret thatcher]

credit to both guys, they fought their arses off!

geff not quite as big or strong in close, but his extra skill and fluidity won it for me. espn talking up a mills win, but after the 2nd i didnt see him pressure effectively or trap geff for very long

[margaret thatcher]

60-54x2
58-56

all mills lol. home town ny boy wins

[skanksta]

2x 60-54 is very harsh.

Although you couldgive either a UD if you liked their style - very close.
Really good stuff.

[margaret thatcher]

there were close rounds and it coulda been scored a number of different ways, but to me ngayot defo took 3 and 4. 2 cards of 6-0 is just

[skanksta]

Quite.
No judges ever seem to randomly "like the style" of the away fighter do they..?

[skanksta]

Bad cut !

[skanksta]

KD !

[margaret thatcher]

ooh both bleeding

[skanksta]

3 bad cuts !

[margaret thatcher]

jeez, a round and a half in and we have 3 cuts already

[margaret thatcher]

this last cut is beyond bochicha's hairline, so we cant see it.....

[margaret thatcher]

after a looong inspection, fight continues

[skanksta]

fight stopped ? NC ?

Gotta be a rematch - was close, eventful, great stuff while it lasted...

[victor-romeo]

Didn't like that stoppage..those cuts where not to the point that fight should have been stopped, Norman aint going no where...

[margaret thatcher]

ooof, so unsatisfactory. ya shoula be a rematch

[margaret thatcher]

well, the one cut we cant even see. that seemed to be the one the dr cared most about

[victor-romeo]

I don't think he was in danger from the cut in hairline , didn't look like going to bleed to death at that point all though it looked ugly the blood did, I think the guy was too much of real doctor and not a fight doctor..

[margaret thatcher]

seems like we have lopez-abe up first

[skanksta]

Well we get time to see Jake Paul and Nico Ali Walsh...

[margaret thatcher]

nah straight on to the titles baby