Quote Originally Posted by Majesty View Post
I didn't have it a wide margin by any stretch. Especially after rewatching the fight. Like I said the night of the fight Lara didn't do himself any favors. There were some rounds that he seemed to be coasting just waiting on his one shot to snap williams head back.

There was a bunch of scenarios where he didnt do much but coast and when he'd hold a lot, or when he'd just stand on the inside and let Williams get off on him. This kind of thing cost him in the long run. He seemed like he was trying to win the fight on that one straight left hand and sometimes he didn't do it enough. The rounds he stayed with it in, he did particularly well and won them more convincingly than Williams did. But I can't give Lara an entire round for 3 left hands when he lets Williams continuously work him on the inside the rest of the round and coast. I had Lara winning the first time but was also pretty swayed by the sympathy the announcers gave, I watched the fight again that night not scoring it but feeling Lara didn't do himself any favors, and I watched the Sunday morning replay and had Williams winning.

I think Lara lost the fight more than Williams won it, he didn't step on the gas when he had such an open target in front of him, some rounds he won was devastating because when he poured it on you could see the gap between him and Williams, but he seemed more often than not intend on looking to land the one left hand and then coast, and when he coasted was when Williams worked him. And that ultimately apparently cost him.
You know I agree with you on a lot of points. I still have Lara winning though but Lara taking breaks and not throwing and backing away a lot did hurt him. But I mean Williams shots were almost worthless he was just throwing garbage so I can not give him too much credit