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I thought Rubio was far more active than Chavez and outlanded him despite what punchstats lying propaganda said.

However, Chavez punches looked a lot harder, even though neither man hurt each other.

Rubio won a good 5 rounds, but had poor body language and looked like the loser.

Terrible fight really.

Vasquez hung tough with Donaire, can hold his head up high. Tough little bugger.
I really find myself at odds with the HBO crew. Aside from Merchant they all seem to find a testicle to hang from and kind of stick with it unless the fight is so one sided that they are forced to see it somewhat different.

I look at Lederman's scorecards and just shrug. I don't remember him being as off as he seems to be these days.

On the whole though I quite enjoyed the fights, but I didn't enjoy what they were saying. Steward is all over the place these days and seems to be forgetting how to finish a sentence that he starts.
They are bias to the point of it being sickening. They overly praise the house guy and don't want to give any credit at all to the underdog. In fact they often talk right over the parts of the fight where the underdog is having is greatest success.

Ledderman is absolutely useless, though he was somewhat fair in the Donaire fight.

I think Emmanuel Steward is just bored these days. He looks like he's ready to fall asleep watching ringside.

Great presentation, often great fights from HBO, but just terrible bias.