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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 4675684, member: 289"] I was doing various chores in and around the house and decided to put on the ESPN and DAZN fights, although I didn't bother trying to score them. Nick Ball, 5-2, 17-10 (10KOs), the #11 featherweight, per Boxrec took on 5-8 Ludumo Lamati, 21-0 (11), the #33 feather, (indicating that the quality of his opposition was lesser). Lamati had an obvious size advantage, although Ball was very muscular (Lamati wasn't bad in that respect). But Lamati was totally unable to take advantage of his height and reach. Ball just marched in and clobbered his with short punches, in combination, treating Lamati like the heavy bag for 12 rounds. The ref finally stopped it in the 12th round. Lamati's corner had talked about quitting after 11 and they made the wrong decision. Lamati collapsed in the ring and had to be taken out on a stretcher and sent to the hospital. There have been no updates as of this writing, 5 hours later. You come into the ring undefeated and full of dreams and you leave and on a stretcher. Mick Conlan of Belfast (5-8, 18-1, 9-1 #19) took on the new IBF featherweight champ, Luis Alberto Lopez (5-4, 27-2, 15, #4), who beat Josh Warrington for the title in Leeds on 12/10 and now beat Conlan in Belfast with a 5th round KO. Lopez has a strange style, throwing his punches from the hips. He loves looping right hands and uppercuts. You would think that would leave his wide open to counters but Conlan for some reason, adopted a left-handed style which left his fists too far away to stop Lopez's attack. Lopez came into the ring looking supremely confident and fought with a big smile on his face. Conlan had an arena full of singing supporters but he seemed tense, feeling the pressure to come through for his fans. It ended when Mick ducked into an uppercut and was down on the canvas for several minutes. But he was able to get up intime to congratulate Lopez on his victory and he looked as if the pressure had been released, even if it wasn't with the result everyone wanted. Over on DAZN was still another featherweight bout, as Leigh Wood, (5-7 26-3, 10-2 #6) who lost the WBA title to Maurico Lara (listed at 5-7 but seemed like the smaller man, 26-2-1, 19-1 #2) on a left hook in the 7th round of a fight Wood had been winning on 2/18/23. He totally dominated this fight, using excellent footwork and a good jab to maintain his distance. He floored Lara in the second round, (a combination of stepping on his foot and hitting him with a punch). Lara did very little after that and lost on two cards 118-109 and 116-111 on the other. 118-109 seemed more accurate. The WBC champion is Rey Vargas and the WBO champion is Robeisy Ramirez. I don't know how they'd do to Lopez and Wood because their opposition today was rather inept. I had to wonder fi any of them might someday be facing Naoya Inoue. I don't think it would be a pleasant afternoon. [/QUOTE]

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