Pavlik/Espino & Soto/Chavez Thread

[Violent Demise]

They actually could have marketed this fight better. Like they've said there's a great backstory to Espino, if they'd instead given up on Pavlik as the down to earth hero & had him as the bad guy to Espino's Rockyesque backstory, I think there would be more widespread interest.

There was no way possible they could turn Espino into any type of crediable opponent. So they didn't even try

[JazMerkin]

They actually could have marketed this fight better. Like they've said there's a great backstory to Espino, if they'd instead given up on Pavlik as the down to earth hero & had him as the bad guy to Espino's Rockyesque backstory, I think there would be more widespread interest.

There was no way possible they could turn Espino into any type of crediable opponent. So they didn't even try

Maybe not to us, but to your casual fan it might have worked. Top Rank's PPVs are always hideous. At least this one has Cermeno/Valdez, the Cotto/Jennings & Pavlik/Rubio double bill was one of the worst I've ever seen.

Chavez should be nowhere near a ring, even if I did think he beat Diaz last time out. He just isn't there any more & I don't think he's been the same fighter since Leavander Johnson.

[Spicoli]

Think this will be a hard scrap for as long as it last .WAR SOTO .Chavez looks geared up.

[Spicoli]

Or maybe not.What is Chavez weighing these days...man.Sure that not Vargas in there ?Those long arms are going to murder him

[Greig]

Chavez lively but eating leather - like his whole career.

[JazMerkin]

Chavez looks so slow no & he's a shadow of his former self. A very dim shadow. Which of course as I write that means he has his best spell of the fight. Still Soto outboxed for most of it so 10-9 Soto.

20-17 Soto

[JazMerkin]

Chavez got that round close, he looked to have hurt him early, but you've got to give it to Soto just for the cleaner punching throughout.

30-26 Soto

[Greig]

Chavez in his his face. Soto going to have lo lift.

[Greig]

Soto looking a little weary after three?

[Spicoli]

Chavez using anything available to him,getting gritty but he might as well be hitting Soto with pillows.

[Youngblood]

Chatroom anyone? I gonna go check sit in it if anyone else wants see ya there.

[Spicoli]

Yeh he does.Soto gave that round,sacrifices huge advantage and uppercut happy,too much

[Spicoli]

Fooking Chavez needs a helmut....Soto needs to settle down and crank rights

[bzkfn]

Gotta love Chavez. The guy is never in a dull fight.

[Gandalf]

Great move by Chavez, almost pushed Soto out of the ring!