Saturday Night's HW Title fight

[Zybomb]

JESUS after watching round 1 i wish i could take this bet back if barrett is going to fight the entire fight like this (just winging haymakers trying to KO Valuev, which will result in him getting killed) I thought he'd use a little intelligence my god.... his style better change comin out for round two.... he cant back up straight geez

Edit: Round 2 a little better, but he's still just throwing wild shots.... use ur head man ??

Edit Round 3.... much better and the type of fight i expected... a lot of clinching, barrett ducking under valuev's slow right hand and a 1-2 grab 1-2 grab type fight.... and much less crazy shots

Round 4 done -- a few more crazy shots thrown , and barrett is telegraphing his big shots tremendously.(and connecting a few....lol) more jab and grab boxing would be nice... 5 more rounds to go till the 10th

Round 5 done -- Valuev hit Barrett flush with a right cross and Barrett took it fairly well. 4 more

Round 6 done -- Barrett connects with a HUGE left hook flush Valuev took it well. Three big crosses for Valuev, all taken well. Exchange of powershots both taken.... Barrett going into the corner/agaimst the ropes too much though.... 3 more rounds till the 10th

Round 7 done -- nothing much in terms of damage (valuev did land a few good right crosses) but barrett is starting to look VERY tired.... he needs to get a wind before some BS will knock him out Im concerned about how he looks in round 8

Round 8 -- Valuev nails a HUGE right hand which stunned Barrett (the ropes may have saved him from going down). Barrett lands a big left hand cross from southpaw position which snaps Valuev's head back. Barrett knocked down on a punch which barely hit him.... it seems to be off balance/ from being exhausted. He finished the round with a few shots though... barrett isnt/wasnt hurt, but he's tired... one more round to go

Round 9 -- Both trade shots. Barrett lands several left hooks flush, Valuev returns counter right hands... Round over... round 10 = Win

Round 11 -- Barrett Knocked down 2x, corner stopped the fight although he got back up... good over under 9.5 =)

[eejit101]

round 3 - alot better defencive play by both, should be a good fight now they have both decided that they remembered how to box

[jillaj]

Was this on ppv?

[Aequitas58]

HBO Boxing.

The fight was a little disappointing. I almost wanted a bigger opponent for Nikolai, but he still got the win.

Good bet Zy - too bad I didn't jump on it w/ you. Hey, was it me, or did it seem like Nik completely opened up in the eleventh round?

[Zybomb]

He did a bit -- i think he saw how fatigued barrett was and wanted a knockout for the US audience. Barrett was knocked down as much from fatigue than the actual shots... and he got that way by throwing ridiculous telegraphed street-brawl type punches the entire fight... everything was looping and nothing short or straight. Funny thing is he did clock Valuev several times flush

[Zybomb]

ur boy Calzaghe is on HBO boxing next week here in the states. I believe it's his HBO debut but dont quote me on it.... the shitty thing is on the same night a huge fight between the other 2 titlists at supermiddle (168) is being held with Markus Beyer and Mikkel Kessler, and that fight is not being shown. (i guess a danish fighter vs a german fighter, neither with US marketability isn;t too big in the states ). I expect Kessler to win and set up a Megafight to unify all 4 168lb titles with Calzaghe....that would be a war....the only issue is a fighter from Denmark vs a fighter from Wales isn't going to go over well in the US (at least with how little they are exposed to the US market) It's too bad though, that'd be a war