Carl Frampton v Leo Santa Cruz

[Fenster]

Blimey, some of you had Santa Cruz winning? What? I guess if you gave him all the close rounds I can see a draw - at a stretch.

Frampton countered him all night, held his own in the toe-to-toe exchanges, controlled the distance and constantly landed the most eye catching shots. Terrific fight but there was only one winner.

Can't believe how many people wrote Frampton off beforehand, seemed to me he got written off because the Quigg fight was pony. Ridiculous.

Yep Cruz was missing Frampton countering landing the heavy shot's.
I can't believe how they were thinking Cruz won you got to land clean to score.
Frampton well won that fight Cruz felt the power and he could not impose him self on Carl good fight good rematch but in Belfast.

The people that thought Cruz won are thankfully in a small minority. Fuck knows what they were watching, ironically they'll be the first people to criticise judges or cry about corruption.

[powerpuncher]

Blimey, some of you had Santa Cruz winning? What? I guess if you gave him all the close rounds I can see a draw - at a stretch.

Frampton countered him all night, held his own in the toe-to-toe exchanges, controlled the distance and constantly landed the most eye catching shots. Terrific fight but there was only one winner.

Can't believe how many people wrote Frampton off beforehand, seemed to me he got written off because the Quigg fight was pony. Ridiculous.

Yep Cruz was missing Frampton countering landing the heavy shot's.
I can't believe how they were thinking Cruz won you got to land clean to score.
Frampton well won that fight Cruz felt the power and he could not impose him self on Carl good fight good rematch but in Belfast.

The people that thought Cruz won are thankfully in a small minority. Fuck knows what they were watching, ironically they'll be the first people to criticise judges or cry about corruption.

Ironically enough, if Cruz would have won a decision, you would have been calling it corruption

[Ron Swanson]

Santa Cruz has a rematch clause and he says he wants it now, anywhere.

Frankly I was rooting for Frampton but the more he talks the more I think I will root against him going forward. He says he has no interest in ever fighting Rigo because there is no money in it but in the very next sentence says he would like to fight Gary Russell Jr. GTFOOHWTN, there is no money in fighting Gary Russell Jr, probably significantly less than in fighting Rigo. I really wanted to like this guy but it's impossible when he says such BS. If he'd just say Rigo is too good to make it worthwhile I would say "fair enough" but you can't use no money as an excuse and then say you want to fight a fight that makes less

[Beanz]

Just got a chance to watch it. Great fight. Score cards were a bit wide but that was no robbery. Frampton did well to keep his composure and hold his own against such an experienced and relentless opponent. The Jackal was effective and did what he had to do. He proved he can change and adapt. Not so sure Cruz has the same flexibility.

[Dia bando]

Just got a chance to watch it. Great fight. Score cards were a bit wide but that was no robbery. Frampton did well to keep his composure and hold his own against such an experienced and relentless opponent. The Jackal was effective and did what he had to do. He proved he can change and adapt. Not so sure Cruz has the same flexibility.

Yes Beanz in one .

[Primo Carnera]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7uHN617Ku00
Finally I've got to see the fight! Luckily the commentary was in A foreign language so I watched it with no sound and on my own.I tried not to score rounds 10-10, but 2 of the rounds I had to. I had Frampton winning by 2 rounds 116-114.
I though he boxed beautifully, his footwork was great and how he dictated the fight off the back foot was very smart. I'm always banging on about him being too short to go up the weight, but tbf he looked like he had so much energy at that weight, it's probably ideal for him. Before the fight, I thought he wouldn't stand a chance against Selby, now I'm not quite so sure. I still think Selby, but it's a very interesting fight.
A word for Santa Cruz, he's a very good fighter and the way he fights he's gonna have no trouble making a good living as people are definitely gonna want to watch him. He could easily become a champ again.

[Kirkland Laing]

There's going to be an immediate rematch. There's a rematch clause in the original bout contract and team SC has exercised it. Team McGuigan claim there isn't a clause but apparently there is. Team SC want the rematch in California or Vegas where presumably they expect more favourable judging.

[powerpuncher]

Santa Cruz has a rematch clause and he says he wants it now, anywhere.

Frankly I was rooting for Frampton but the more he talks the more I think I will root against him going forward. He says he has no interest in ever fighting Rigo because there is no money in it but in the very next sentence says he would like to fight Gary Russell Jr. GTFOOHWTN, there is no money in fighting Gary Russell Jr, probably significantly less than in fighting Rigo. I really wanted to like this guy but it's impossible when he says such BS. If he'd just say Rigo is too good to make it worthwhile I would say "fair enough" but you can't use no money as an excuse and then say you want to fight a fight that makes less

The problem is that people think that rigo is a high risk, low reward fight. In reality, it's huge reward type of fight. If frampton wins, it would boost him to a top 10 fighter in the world.

[p4pking]

Alright, I also have Frampton winning 7-5 on a second watch, the fight did look different to me watching live on a stream. I felt like LSC might have swept the second half then, Framptons body language seemed to betray him in a couple of rounds where he landed better stuff watching it back in quality. The 4th and 12th could've so easily gone either way, and the wide scores for Frampton aren't indefensible by any means, would only take one charitable round to him.

1: Frampton
2: Frampton
3: Frampton
4: LSC
5:Frampton
6:LSC
7:LSC
8:Frampton
9:Frampton
10:LSC
11:LSC
12:Frampton

[Fenster]

Ironically enough, if Cruz would have won a decision, you would have been calling it corruption

You obviously don't read much of my drivel as that's the last thing I would have done. My pet hate from boxing fans is crying robbery/corruption after every close fight/officials mistake.