Did we just see the Fight of the Year?
By Robert Przybylo
BPrzybylo@opubco.com
I didn’t watch the live telecast of Joseph Agbeko and Yonnhy Perez, too busy watching Oregon destroy USC. As a Notre Dame and Oklahoma fan, always nice to see the Trojans get touched up.
But I caught the West coast replay. Boy, am I glad I did. I have to watch it again to fully dissect it, but it was one heck of a scrap.
For the record, I gave it to Perez because of the questionable 10th-round knockdown. I didn’t give him a 10-8 round because of it, but it did switch a 10-9 to Perez instead of Agbeko for a finaly tally of 115-113.
Those 117-110 and 116-111 cards for Perez were crazy, but you just shrug your shoulders at this point.
What I loved most about this fight was both men from the opening bell decided it was going to be a war.
Nobody was going to give an inch, and we were going to be in that proverbial phone booth for 12 rounds. Agbeko looked so dominant against Vic Darchinyan this summer, but Perez was ready to go toe-to-toe.
My only complaint is that nobody was ever really hurt, so it can’t be an all-time classic. It can’t be something like Diego Corrales-Jose Luis Castillo or Irsrael Vazquez-Rafael Marquez. Instead, it’s more going to remind me of Paulie Ayala-Johnny Tapia.
A great fight, maybe Fight of the Year. Great shots landed by both fighters but none of them actually making an impact. In a fight like that, you can always make an argument one way or the other. Hope it leads to a rematch. They’ve earned the payday.
Regardless, a pleasant surprise on a night where I wasn’t looking for an entertaining tilt.
Unlike this weekend where I am expecting Chad Dawson to bring the goods against “the ageless wonder” Glen Johnson. If Dawson wants to remain “one of my boys,” I need to see a complete performance from him. He’s got so much potential, just want to see him put it all together.
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Get that clicker hand busy as to go along with that bout will be Fedor against Brett Rogers on CBS. CBS has hyped this up pretty good in the last week.
As of today, I think Fedor wipes the floor with Rogers. But I’m willing to listen to a Rogers fan as to why I should give their boy a chance.
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