Big Wins for Diaz, Juarez; Khan KO'd in One
On the undercard, hometown judging was going to save super featherweight Rocky Juarez from defeat against Jorge Barrios until Juarez took matters into his own hands in round eleven. Barrios outworked Juarez in round after round before being dropped by a Diaz combination late in the eleventh. Barrios easily beat the count but blood was gushing from a nasty cut on the right side of his lip and the fight had to be stopped. Barrios more than doubled the punch output of Juarez and should have been ahead on points at the time of the stoppage - even though he was unnecessarily penalized two points for low blows that were actually on the beltline. This time, however, the judges were favoring the hometown hero as Juarez was actually ahead at the time of the stoppage: 96-92, 95-93, 94-94.
Elsewhere: Up-and-coming lightweight sensation Amir Khan was shockingly knocked out in the first minute of his fight with unheralded Breidis Prescott. Prescott knocked the previously undefeated Khan down with a left hook shortly after the bout began and then finished him off with another left hook just 54 seconds into the fight.
Former heavyweight champ Oleg Maskaev outpointed Robert Hawkins over ten rounds in the first boxing card to be staged at Red Square in Moscow, Russia. Maskaev, in his first fight since losing his WBC title to Samuel Peter, won by a wide margin on all three scorecards: 100-92, 100-90 and 100-90.
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first…i never believe Juarez can knock barrios out i really though barrios is really big for a superfeather weight division compared to the smaller Juarez …congrats to Juarez for his impressive performance last night.
holy **** how could one of the judges have scored that fight for Katsidis??? and Katsidis corner was really confident he was winning the fight by insane instructions given. Makes me wonder. Oscar De La Hoya promised Katsidis it would be scored fairly, i wonder if there was any other instructions given to judges to keep it close on the cards???
It was only a matter of time for it to happen and thankfully it occurred last night in the first round.The over hyped fighter of the last two years was exposed by his fragile chin and will at last have to learn his craft rather than going for the fast buck that Frank Warren and his family thought would be the only option,Amir Khan is no where as good as the gullible non boxing experts that joined the bandwagon since his silver medal days dreamed he would be,its no disgrace to lose,he has to concentrate on the skills he has, and understand it was never about being the next ‘Floyd Mayweather’,another problem he will face is making the weight as he matures,in reality he is just another prospect and there are shades of the ‘naz myth’,once exposed could never be a force or feared…and what happened to the original A force?..oops another over rated prospect who will have to meet his old mate David Haye to be taken seriously,that might sell tickets..PS. WATCH THE JAB KHAN ATE BEFORE THE KNOCKOUT
jonnie of brixton..
Another ‘magic’ score? Katsidis took one round, one maybe even, and a judge has him winning 7-5? The guy got beat up, and I have no idea what fight the judges saw. I have high def TV, maybe live, the punches look harder, but I doubt it. I feel like you gotta win big to take a title, but Diaz almost got robbed in his own house.
katsidis was awarded point coz of not stoping..ya’ll just jelous you aint aussie…watch the lightweight and middleweight coming up…daniel geale the next middleweight champ of the world