Posted: 17 Apr 2007, 09:36
I think very few people would agree that Valuev was outclassed.... it was a close fight....
I agree with your card, but disagree with your second paragraph. I gave Valuev the 6th, 10th and 11th - I missed one and two.Final Fight wrote:Chaagev outclassed him. It was only rounds 8, 10 & 11 that Valuev was in control.
God knows how you score rounds for a big guy whose jab is missing while the small guy moves to keep his unbalanced & counters with landing lefts all night.
What I disagree with is this "Landing lefts all night" for two reasons.
1) He made about 4 sporadics attacks a round, charging and throwing single shots. Did he throw enough to dominate any of the rounds, no... although he won most on my card - I can see why someone might have scored it to the big guy.
2) I actually was quite impressed with Valuev's defense, his hands were low but he was moving his big head and slipping shots at the last minute (ala Eubank) pretty well. As he got tired though, Chagaev landed cleaner.