Looks like Matias-Ponce for the IBF 140 title may happen after all...

5'7 vs 6'2. Could be interesting.. Don't know much of Palmetta but Shango can be bullied in close if he wants to give that a shot. Long time away. Good to see James bouncing back

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Originally Posted by TitoFan

5 foot 7 versus 6 foot 1.5 inches??

Damn... I hate these fights. :-\

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;D His feet are as a wide as he is tall.

Not sure how long James can keep this movement up. Palmetta has a little spring upward on his hooks.

I must say... Jamal doesn't impress me at all. He'd get his doors blown off by any of the top welters.

i have jamal ahead by three points after five rounds

Good 5th Shango but easily forgets his height. Palmetta needs the reckless stationary James, he's sponging a bit in 6th.

Fun 7th. Palmetta needs to read the room aka arena and kick in the door. James doing well to keep him on the end (mostly :-X) and broomstick box him well.

6-3 territory going into final round. First time James put him backwards and square.

jamal should win this wide

Yeah, no question about it.

all three judges give it to jamal very wide

James sums it up basically with 'I could see things but I couldn't get off' :-X. tough self critic really. Going to be a rocky road if 147 ever decides to fight, but he did adjust and fight his height to strengths down the stretch.

Ok... ready for the Main Event. :)

Wow. It's like Santa Cruz but with power ;D. Man is awkward chop shots and Matias there underneath.

first to jeremias

Oh Matias got him there with a right uppercut! Ponce rode thru but he's going for broke.

second to subriel

WTF?? Matias was standing still in Round! :o :o :( :(

Talk about grabbing a round back. Matias rocked him 3 times. Very sharp last exchange

Good evening.

I'd like to see the Argie win but Matias just shook him a couple of times at the end of the second. The Argie will have to find more power or just slow down and pick some powerful punches otherwise he's going to get sparked. Can't see him keeping this pace up for twelve rounds.

third to jeremias

Matias starting to tee him up off of accepting exchanges. Ponce all balls but now he's getting ripped underneath, levels separating. Entertaining scrap!

Subriel getting his legs under him.

YES!!

even after four

jeremias down in the fifth, survives

And DOWN GOES PONCE!!

stopped in the corner

Yeah baby!

And the NEW...

I think the Argie's corner had a strategy there. Go all out from the first bell and see if they could blow him out and if it failed pull their guy if possible before he got sparked. I normally always just back the underdog in big fights and I was here but he can fuck off in future fights. I suppose his corner knew what was coming and pulled him before he took some damage but this is the fight of his life eh. If he's not willing to go out on his shield for the chance to win in the biggest fight of his life he can fuck off. He'll have a long way back from this with promoters after quitting like that. No promoter is going to want another main event to end like that so he's going to struggle to get one. No fucking way he gets a rematch. No idea what Jim Gray was on about there, I don't think Showtime will be desperate to show this fucker again anytime soon.

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I think the Argie's corner had a strategy there. Go all out from the first bell and see if they could blow him out and if it failed pull their guy if possible before he got sparked. I normally always just back the underdog in big fights and I was here but he can fuck off in future fights. I suppose his corner knew what was coming and pulled him before he took some damage but this is the fight of his life eh. If he's not willing to go out on his shield for the chance to win in the biggest fight of his life he can fuck off. He'll have a long way back from this with promoters after quitting like that. No promoter is going to want another main event to end like that so he's going to struggle to get one. No fucking way he gets a rematch. No idea what Jim Gray was on about there, I don't think Showtime will be desperate to show this fucker again anytime soon.

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I was surprised at the stoppage, TBH. Of course Matias had all the momentum... but yeah... this was Ponce's day in the sun. Go out in true warrior fashion and win the fans over. I'm sure a lot of them were disappointed in how it ended.

Me? I'm ecstatic to have a new champion. ;D

subriel has forced his last four opponents to retire, matching loma's run. how good would a regis prograis v subriel matias fight be?

I dunno I thought Ponce was a spent shell prior to stoppage ;D. Prograis and Matias seems a needed and great no-brainer. Isn't Prograis bit of a free agent? Great contrast. Prograis timing and that 5 star "drunken master" thing he does would give Matias major fits. But Prograis can also have some flat spots in front of a busy power type. They're small, but they are there. Yet another BIG fight we need.

Matias is a bad bad man
140 is heating up