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diddy wrote:How were those cards that close?!? He scored 3 knockdowns. Wow. He may have lost without them. Wtf is that ? He won 10-11 rds.

Other than the last round, during which Stevenson was being a douchebag, I gave Bika maybe 1 more round.

The scores were bizarre. I thought Bika won two rounds at best.

Well at least judges had the right guy winning.
They were extremely generous to Bika.
Once again Bika gives a top boxer some tough minutes while going the distance but is clearly defeated.

Where are the people at who insisted this a good matchup when it was made?

Blodhemn wrote:Where are the people at who insisted this a good matchup when it was made?

You cant fix stupid, especially in boxing fan circles.

diddy wrote:

Blodhemn wrote:Where are the people at who insisted this a good matchup when it was made?

You cant fix stupid, especially in boxing fan circles.

Some of it is probably intentional to bring in more views and bets on Bika.

It's a bit mean to call people stupid and very easy after the event. Everyone is entitled to an opinion. At least the people who called a Bika win were brave enough to put their necks on the line before the event. Respect to them for that.

The necks of their fingertips?

Ian1973 wrote:It's a bit mean to call people stupid and very easy after the event. Everyone is entitled to an opinion. At least the people who called a Bika win were brave enough to put their necks on the line before the event. Respect to them for that.

Take a look around. Called them stupid well before it began. No monday morning QB here.

diddy wrote:

Ian1973 wrote:It's a bit mean to call people stupid and very easy after the event. Everyone is entitled to an opinion. At least the people who called a Bika win were brave enough to put their necks on the line before the event. Respect to them for that.

Take a look around. Called them stupid well before it began. No monday morning QB here.

You wouldn't call them stupid if Bika would've won. It's an OPINION people give and they are entitled to give one. One of these days someone will stick their neck out and they'll be proved right.

Personally, I couldn't see Bika beating Stevenson but I'm not going to belittle anyone that had a different view.

The evidence clearly suggested this wouldn't be a good fight and I'm not sure what some posters were seeing that led them to believe otherwise, though I suspect certain people recognized this but supported the fight as part of their pro-Haymon crusade. I've said it many times now, but Bika is slower, less skilled, doesn't punch nearly as hard, isn't a puncher himself, hasn't won in nearly two years, doesn't have a notable win at the weight, and widely lost his last fight--being stun multiple times in addition to the KD he suffered in the first Dirrell bout.

To top it off he's failed to beat every reigning world champion he's faced, but hey.......it's a good fight and Bika is a very live dog!

crusader wrote:The evidence clearly suggested this wouldn't be a good fight and I'm not sure what some posters were seeing that led them to believe otherwise, though I suspect certain people recognized this but supported the fight as part of their pro-Haymon crusade. I've said it many times now, but Bika is slower, less skilled, doesn't punch nearly as hard, isn't a puncher himself, hasn't won in nearly two years, doesn't have a notable win at the weight, and widely lost his last fight--being stun multiple times in addition to the KD he suffered in the first Dirrell bout.

To top it off he's failed to beat every reigning world champion he's faced, but hey.......it's a good fight and Bika is a very live dog!

Thought the Haitian looked unimpressive in there, though I was surprised he looked younger than his 35-yr old opponent. Almost no right hand to speak of. How could he fight this long without being taught to use his right hand properly? Kovalev will wear him down and wreck him.

diddy wrote:

Blodhemn wrote:Where are the people at who insisted this a good matchup when it was made?

You cant fix stupid, especially in boxing fan circles.

Thanks. I felt it was an intriguing match-up leading up given Bika's grit and experience. Stevenson showed a little lack in focus at points, but overall did a good job, and answered some questions I had of him.

What questions did he answer?

I thought it was an average performance which showed that while Stevenson has a good left hand he's very predictable and meaningful right hand power shots are virtually absent from his offense.

crusader wrote:What questions did he answer?

"How many left hands can Adonis land against a slow, open, smaller target?"

Which I'm sure was on many fans' lips prior to this bout.