Lee vs. Vera

I finally watched the fight. It was a bad stoppage. Yes, Lee was eating leather. Yes, it looked like he was about to go down any time now, but he didn't and he kept throwing punches. He actually wasn't even staggering.

Lee was trying to get the highlight reel ko and instead got tkod. He could have thrown combos and tko'd Vera. I saw very good offence from Lee, just that Vera could walk through his punches. Vera was too strong, and Lee tried to ko him.

Great fight, bad stoppage. If Lee made it through the round you know Manny would have had him boxing the next couple. Lee got beat mentally by fighting Vera's fight and trying to outtough him.

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Originally Posted by luvfightgame

I finally watched the fight. It was a bad stoppage. Yes, Lee was eating leather. Yes, it looked like he was about to go down any time now, but he didn't and he kept throwing punches. He actually wasn't even staggering.

Lee was trying to get the highlight reel ko and instead got tkod. He could have thrown combos and tko'd Vera. I saw very good offence from Lee, just that Vera could walk through his punches. Vera was too strong, and Lee tried to ko him.

Great fight, bad stoppage. If Lee made it through the round you know Manny would have had him boxing the next couple. Lee got beat mentally by fighting Vera's fight and trying to outtough him.

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That is EXACTLY the point I made in my "Lyle was right" thread, which compared how Andy Lee fought vs Vera to what Wladimir Klitschko did vs Sultan Ibragimov.

I think the tipping point really came before the fight with how bad Pryor Jr. did....Manny was in the corner then and he IMO could have been put in a mood where he wanted to show that his fighter could do something terrific and it got him TKO'd.

That being said, as a fighter you have to know yourself and Andy Lee should have felt how Vera took his punches and known better than to go toe to toe with him....he hit him whenever he wanted to he just gave out of gas.


The stoppage was bad, I would have agreed had it been stopped earlier because Lee was taking some big shots but when the fight was finally stopped it was anti-climactic and Andy Lee seemed to have weathered the worst.

Initially I must admit I haven't see the entire fight.

However, this loss for Lee is far from the end of the line.
Lee was not "exposed" as such nor was he actually knocked out.
What weaknesses he did display were all as a result of his youth and inexpierience.

I've always been fond of Lee and some may think I'm making excuses for him, but I do feel this is merelyy the start of a long succesful journey for Lee.

Vera didn't feel Lee's power and Lee never adjusted into boxer mode. A rookie mistake.
Similarly to Katsidis against Casamayor, Lee was found lacking in terms of ring knowledge.

This problem will be rectified with expierienced.

Lee was schedule to fight again next month, but following this stoppage I FEEL HE SHOULD POSTPONE, HIT THE GYM AND COME BACK STRONGER.