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BarryWashington wrote:i remember on ESB these posters were talkin about him.

heres what they said :

Lupe Pintor vs Eijero Murata

Excellant fight this real contrast of style and had alot of drama. Murata came out positivly and really out manuevered Pintor and landed hard jarring shots especially his right hand that really shook Pintor. Murata just kept moving and landing his shots. In the 5th and 6th Murata looked to start to tire but still took the rounds. The pace slowed in the 7th as Murata took a break and Pintor landed some good counters to take a very close round. At this point I was thinking Murata will start to tire and Pintor will come on like Margarito vs Cotto. It seemed Murata's workrate was what Pintor was bothered about.

The 8th, 9th and 10th were a return to the pattern as again Murata moved around and landed his hard right hands on Pintor who just couldnt seem to time him properly.

Although in the 11th it all changed. Murata elated by his sucess decided to trade with Pintor and shook him early, sensing his advantage he pounced on Pintor who engaged in an inside war and looked and Pintor landed some jarring uppercuts and soon Murata was all round the ring as Pintor punched desperatly (but still completly composed and unfazed) but Murata showing his grit weathered the storm. Perhaps both needing a rest the pace slowed and Pintor again took it with good counters in a very close round. Murata amazingly recaptured his earlier form and took the 13th round with his controlled boxing.

The 14th was the clearest round of the fight as Pintor punched Murata round the ring and a stoppage looked possible as Murata took a hiding and survived a doctor inspection for a closed right eye. But try as he might Pinto couldnt finish off his prey. Like Lazurith Murata came back amazingly and outboxed Pintor to snatch the final round.

I disagreed with the Draw result and felt Murata got it, it would be interesting to see if anyone else has seen this bout as it is excellant. Although Murata's early rounds were close I did think his right hand won them for him.

Pintor: 7,11,12,14*
Murata:1,2,3,4,5,6,8,9,10,13,15
Total: 145-139 Murata (11-4)
*= 10-8 round

Pintor DRAW Murata

Yes Greg, I've seen this fight. I also had Murata taking it, though I recall having it pretty close. Felt like Pintor came on strong at the end but too late.

For what it's worth my Pintor-Murata card:

Lupe Pintor vs. Eijiro Murata: 143-142 Pintor
Murata: 1,4,6,9,11, 12 and 15.
Pintor: 2,3,7,8,10,13 and 14 ( 10-8 ).
Round 5 even.

It's quite different from yours G, but I did feel when watching it that there were lots of contentious rounds, so that you have it quite different to me is not really a shock.

Murata is a very underrated fighter. Gave Jeff Chandler a good stoush too. Arguably he beat both Pintor and Chandler, and yet you don't hear much about him.

Kind of a more rough around the edges version of Chang he was....

Murata I thought wa smore of a traditional boxer than Chang, although some similarities.

It was a close fight I thought Pintor did better when the pace slowed and Murata kept a pretty good pace. Very underrated figher IMo goign to keep my eyes open for him.

What did you think of the fight?

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Originally Posted by natonic
Yes Greg, I've seen this fight. I also had Murata taking it, though I recall having it pretty close. Felt like Pintor came on strong at the end but too late.
I thought a closer card could be in order, how good did you think the fight was?

I thought it was a really good fight. As Sweet_Scientist said, Murata is a bit underrated. He gave Chandler 2 really good goes (with the 3rd being a bit one sided). I haven't watched the Chandler-Murata fights recently but my recollection is that Pintor-Murata was a little better styles mesh and therefore a more entertaining fight. Close fight but must've been tough to swallow for Murata not to get that decision in his home country.
I seem to recall back in the day that Pintor with his WBC (Mexican) alignment and Pedroza with his WBA (Panama) alignment always got AT LEAST a fair shake on the scorecards. Not to suggest that the Pintor - Murata draw was a robbery.

BarryWashington wrote:hm. i haven't watched a chandler fight in maybe a year or two. i cant remember when i first discovered him but once i did i fell in love with his career & style