Quote Originally Posted by shza View Post
Just finished watching. I thought Donaire won 8 rounds to 4. I scored it 116-111. I gave Mathebula 2 and 3 and then a couple in the second half of the fight -- I think 7 and 8. The judges' scorecards were definitely wide but I thought the HBO guys were giving Mathebula more credit than he deserved, given how pitter-pat all of his output was. Decent fight.

Pavlik would get destroyed by Froch, much less Ward. He should be aiming for Arthur Abraham - that's more his level.
That's about how I scored it, 116-112, Mathebula was landing an occasional decent shot and countering well at times, but a lot of his punches were weak jabs that missed the mark. The more effective power punches were primarily coming from Donaire.

As for Pavlik, he may not be quite ready yet for the big dogs @168, I say stay busy like he has been, and work on not getting hit so much. I respect Kelly for putting his life back together, hopefully his story has a happy ending, he's a really likable dude.