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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 4370914, member: 289"] I got home from the football game and tuned in to catch the end of the Shakur Stevenson- Robson Conceigao fight. It seemed like a pretty competitive fight with RC energetically going after Stevenson, who took a couple of good shots and even fell down to a slip at one point. The announcer talked about a 4th round knockdown, (of RC), and how a doctor had to have a look at him after the 7th round but he re4ally didn't look the worse for wear. Stevenson had also had a point deducted from his total for a foul. But the scoring was one-sided in Stevenson's favor. I decided to take a look at a replay today: [MEDIA=youtube]lhU6YEE1_Ww[/MEDIA] I graded it 119-108, giving Stevenson every round except the 8th, which I had as a tie and the 9th, which became a 9-9 tie with the point deduction. RC was what they used to call a 'cutie', holding his hands down, positioning himself to throw punches from odd angles, stepping on Stevenson's foot a couple of times, (he's a righty, Shakur a lefty). It didn't confuse Shakur, who stood right in front of him and hit him with jabs, hooks, uppercuts and body shots that were far more direct that RC's looping punches. Eventually Rc gave up on the low guard think and put his hands up to protect his face. That's when Shakur nailed him with a body punch at the end of the fourth round, causing RC to sag while Shakur phut his arms on him. It looked to some as if RC had been pushed down but he went down due to punch. The You-Tube version doesn't show any of the between the round action so the doctor's visit and what occasioned it is not there. The impressive thing about RC was that his energy level never lagged. He was still game and going at it to the end and he scored some shots on Shakur. But they didn't have much impact and many more were blocked or avoids. As the commentator says, "He saw them coming from across the street". The problem with Shakur continues to be a lack of power. In this fight, that could have bene because of his struggles to make the weight. He lost his junior lightweight tiles because of it. But he's now 19-0 with 9 knockouts, a low percentage for a top fighter. He's now going to leave the junior lightweights and fight as a 135 pounder against the big names in that division and the results should be interesting. [/QUOTE]

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