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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 5128195, member: 289"] I watched the DAZN card tonight. It featured both "Big Babys", Anderson and Miller, unfortunately not fighting each other, (the loser would have to get a new nickname). Anderson faced a Tree trunk of a fighter from the Congo, Martin Bakole, who absorbed Anderson's combinations as if he was shoeing away mosquitos. Bakole showed some hand speed of of his, great accuracy and jolting power. He knocked down Anderson at the end of the first round and would likely have knocked him out at that juncture except for the bell. Anderson managed to survive until 5th when Bakole knocked him down twice more before the ref stooped it. The "Real Big Baby" said he was going home to spend some time with his daughter. Big Baby Miller slugged it out with Andy Ruiz. Two big fat guys whaling away ineffectually for 12 rounds. I had Miller winning 118-111, (one round even) but the judges had it 116-112, 114-114, 114-114, the second majority draw of the evening, (the other was between the #783 welterweight in the world and #946). I guess it was appropriate. Ruiz said that "We've got to do this again", to a chorus of boos. A fighter named Jose Valenzuela took on Pit Bull Cruz, (super light weights), in a fight on a whole different level that Miller-Ruiz. It was like Ali-Frazier, with the much shorter Cruz bobbing and weaving and throwing big hooks while Valenzuela when back and forth in front of him, stuck him with stiff punches and combinations. Valenzuela won a split decision, 116-112, 113-115, 116-112. The main event dis appointed a lot of people because it was too strategical. Bud Crawford was facing a fighter, (Israil Madrimov) too much like Bud Crawford. They never figured out each other. Both were hesitant to throw punches because they didn't want to expose themselves to counter punches. As the fight went on, they engaged more and more but it never became a slugfest. The result was 12 rounds that were hard to grade. DAZN's grader had Bud behind much of the fight. Shawn Porter had it for Bud, big. I graded it 117-112, 8 rounds to 3 with one even. But each round was very competitive. I think Madrimov has quite a future in the middleweight division - if he can get fights. Crawford failed to dominate and that caused people to question his going up in weight. Porter advised him not to try to fight Canelo Alvarez because "there limits to size". But I think Crawford's problem was that he was facing a guy who could make anyone look bad. [/QUOTE]

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