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

[skanksta]

seems like we have lopez-abe up first

Ya we were always gonna get that first, Shirley.
Can Lopez get the 1st stoppage, can Abe land odds of 7/1...?

[margaret thatcher]

ooh abe's right eye f@cked up already, not sure what did it, rare to see such swelling 2 rounds in

[margaret thatcher]

lopez not really hurting abe so far, but no way is that eye lasting 12

[skanksta]

This Doctor wants to stop it...

Damaged over both eyes. What's the point..?

[margaret thatcher]

fight is like lopez trying to swat a pesky fly. he's managing to do it, but fly keeps buzzing and occasionally making him miss wildly

[margaret thatcher]

if abe didnt have his eye f@cked up he could probably go 12 like this, but the eye is looking bad and other one is puffy now

[margaret thatcher]

fight going into the 8th! surprised it's lasted this long tbh

[margaret thatcher]

and lopez misses about every punch in that final flurry, ref was obviously getting edgy about a stoppage, cant blame him tbh

[margaret thatcher]

abe with a good chin, took plenty but never really visibly hurt . some decent movement and angles, but badly outgunned

[skanksta]

seems mean to call Abe disappointing when he showed so much grit fighting on, but even w/o the injury(s) he offered nothing to beat Lope.

[margaret thatcher]

his normal style of boxing is a lot of movement, powerless arm punchees and point scoring from long range. against someone with so much more fire power, who made him hesitant to open up, he just became a spoiler using that approach.

[margaret thatcher]

ford cumin in now

[margaret thatcher]

is ford with eddie still? theyve hyped him more than otabek, who is with top rank

[margaret thatcher]

both guys fast with the hands and legs, feeling out a lot of bouncing. otabek a bit more aggresive, landed a decent left

ford reminds me a lot of floyd in the face

[skanksta]

OK looks a bit special.

Ford none too shabby, close 1st ?

Probably OK 10-9.

[margaret thatcher]

otabek with a good 2nd, getting in more left hands. ford looks a bit tense still

[skanksta]

"he ain't got shit" is terrible cornerwork...

[margaret thatcher]

all otabek so far, he hurts ford near the end of the third

[Monzon83]

Coach Anthony off YouTube there with Ford. That's a hell of a jump.

[Monzon83]

First time I've seen Otabek, very good fighter.

Like to see him be more offensive, he looks the harder puncher in there.

[skanksta]

Ford steals the 4th with a last seconds flurry ?

3-1 OK.

[margaret thatcher]

one of those rounds where he did better than before, but still otabek round for me

[margaret thatcher]

ford with a decent 5th, but otabek wins the 6th

[margaret thatcher]

ford doing better when he walks him down

[Monzon83]

This is a closer fight than I thought it would be. Ford is a live dog in this.