Andy Lee won the fight he was robbed! Ha ha ha!

[beenKOed]

I have not seen the fight and thought Quillin would win easy but reading the reports Quillin got knocked down in the 7th and Lee in 1st and 3rd. So it seemed a good fight.

It was a very good fight! Plenty of action and close rounds. I thought Lee was going to get steamrolled after the first round, but Andy (a genuine tough guy) fought himself back into the fight.
After Quillin went down in the 7th you could see a change in Lee and a shift in momentum. I'm not saying Quillin stopped fighting, slowed down, or anything like that. It just looked like Lee really started having fun after Quillin went down.
Good fight and a pleasure to watch. IMO

Hopefully I will see it but I really thought Andy Lee was a one hit wonder and was lucky to win the title and would lose it very soon. He has proved me wrong and staying with Quillin means he is a world class fighter.

Think a lot of people were of the same mind about Lee, I know I was. It just goes to show how good Steward was at spotting future winners.
One thing about both the co-mains that impressed and surprised me was the lack of foul language and trash talk. I know it was because they were on free tv in a great time slot, but I've noticed a change with Haymon cards and fighters. They seem to be reigning in the foul language and trash talk.
Haymon wants everyone to be able to watch boxing without hearing all that foul language, which will mean more viewers and more money. The reason could be simpler. I read Haymon holds his mother's opinion in high regard and that she disapproves of boxing, so maybe she got him by the ear one day and told him if he's going to be involved in boxing he's going to have to clean it up some. Lol. Probably not, but it would make a great story! Never doubt a mother's influence.

[Fenster]

The draw was about right. Take away the bogus knockdown though and I thought Lee won

It was a good fight for one with such a poor punch output.

[powerpuncher]

It was a close fight. A draw was definitely reasonable. Lee has for sure gotten better. I remember a few years back I thought he was a completely average fighter. He is now a pretty solid fighter. This is the best that I've ever seen him fight. I'm surprised that he could do so well. I thought that quillin was going to easily win. Lee definitely surprised me.

[mikeeod]

Was a good fight and the draw was a fair decision. Neither would stand a chance against Golovkin at this point and most likely never will. I will always wonder why Lee didn't use his right jab more frequently. He started using it sparingly late in te fight and landed it almost at will. I think if he uses it more and earlier in the fight it breaks Quillin down and stops him late.

[Ron Swanson]

So everyone is in agreement MW is weak and nobody can challenge GGG. Yet many still want GGG to waste more years proving what we all already know and have known for 2 years. Mind numbing

[SlimTrae]

Quillen had his chance to prove he was up there with him. Not a style of fights. Anyone who draws with Lee isn't top level. No offense to Lee, a good fighter, nowhere near great.

[Ron Swanson]

Quillen had his chance to prove he was up there with him. Not a style of fights. Anyone who draws with Lee isn't top level. No offense to Lee, a good fighter, nowhere near great.

It's not just now. Middleweight has been thin on talent for a long long time. There was Roy and Bhop, then only Bhop for a long long time. Then JT came along as a brief but incandescent addition. Now there is GGG and journeymen. And Cotto who has absolutely no business at 160. So basically there is GGG and that's it. Andrade is probably the 2nd best middleweight and he isn't there and doesn't belong there. He's at 54 begging for anyone to fight him.

[Spicoli]

Quillen had his chance to prove he was up there with him. Not a style of fights. Anyone who draws with Lee isn't top level. No offense to Lee, a good fighter, nowhere near great.

It's not just now. Middleweight has been thin on talent for a long long time. There was Roy and Bhop, then only Bhop for a long long time. Then JT came along as a brief but incandescent addition. Now there is GGG and journeymen. And Cotto who has absolutely no business at 160. So basically there is GGG and that's it. Andrade is probably the 2nd best middleweight and he isn't there and doesn't belong there. He's at 54 begging for anyone to fight him.

I don't think Boo boo has the chin for middleweight and as far as I know he has yet to step up. Be interesting to see him step up though, a year off is doing him no good.

[ykdadamaja]

Lee didn't impress me as much as Quillen depressed me. Quillen is average now. I really felt he had "it"... now he is just another name, no title, a questionable draw on his record, and now he has lost all monetary value to him that he had built up prior to dodging Korobov.

That fight with Korobov started all of this. Lee has some grit... while Lee did not deserve to win out right, Quillen didn't deserve to win either. Especially when he came in overweight and dumped thee very same belt he was fighting for again with Lee, who won the title off of the guy Quillen was supposed to fight.

Get my drift??

Quillen's stock has gone down. Way down. He has to rematch Lee and knock him out. No question!

[SlimTrae]

Lee didn't impress me as much as Quillen depressed me. Quillen is average now. I really felt he had "it"... now he is just another name, no title, a questionable draw on his record, and now he has lost all monetary value to him that he had built up prior to dodging Korobov.

That fight with Korobov started all of this. Lee has some grit... while Lee did not deserve to win out right, Quillen didn't deserve to win either. Especially when he came in overweight and dumped thee very same belt he was fighting for again with Lee, who won the title off of the guy Quillen was supposed to fight.

Get my drift??

Quillen's stock has gone down. Way down. He has to rematch Lee and knock him out. No question!

I never felt he had it- Never spoke of him here or anywhere- But if he was matched right- I felt he could win a few bouts.

[chris6878]

draw was perfect. How much more did quillin weigh as compared to lee?

[corvette]

draw was perfect. How much more did quillin weigh as compared to lee?

Nah..

Quillan won and you know it.

[beenKOed]

The draw was about right. Take away the bogus knockdown though and I thought Lee won

It was a good fight for one with such a poor punch output.

You are right about the low output. One of the broadcast crew (can't remember who) said it was developing into a sharpshooting contest, and I remember thinking that's an accurate description.
I really got sucked into the fight after Lee got up in the first. He was hurt bad and I started hoping he would last and maybe come back to win.
Lee put on a great performance, hell they both did, Quillin got up too, anyway it takes two to make a good fight when it goes the distance.