I just finished seeing a replay of the Oct 4th replay of the WBO super flyweight fight between Fernando "Cochulito" Montiel and Luis Melendez. what a magnificent fight. Melendez is a huge puncher who had the champ Montiel's faced battered. Neither man backed down and Melendez's huge punch countered by Montiel's inability to defend against the over the top right made for high drama. The champ dropped Melendez in the 6th and the fight seemed over at that point. BUT 30 seconds into the 7th Melendez rocked the champ and seemed on the verge of victory. However Montiel came back with never ending hooks to the body and combinations to the head all which took its toll on the challenger. The challenger was hit with a vicious left to the body and he could not recover. It was a great fight to watch.
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have not watched the kessler Calzaghe fight yet but my bro tells me it was a fight which pitted two masters against one on another.
I said it before and I will say it again, Calzaghe is a freak of nature. What a phenomenal athlete to be fighting at that level at his age.
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