Quote Originally Posted by LegendBoxing65
I felt the stoppage was a little late with Miranda. His cornermen could have called it a day and come back and fought again. But this way Miranda might never recover his confidence or his skills.
It's weird because I had mixed feelings at that point. One part of me was saying save this guy before he really gets hurt, come back to fight another day. While the other part of me was still holding out hope that Miranda might land that one shot while Pavlik was moving forward and turn things around. I felt that Pantera just missed with a few big punches (credit to Pavlik for making him miss). More so than the fact that Miranda had a tough time fighting going backwards was the fact that he had difficulty timing Pavlik.