
Originally Posted by
Hop
A few more bits from me:
- Hopefully I've not become spoiled, but none of these three fights really excited me all that much.
- The second fight (Donaire/Darchinyan) was the best, and oddly - since he lost - I thought Vic had the best outing of any fighter of the evening. Nice effort (though ND seemed 'not all there' to me til the end).
- Never been the fan of trainer Robert Garcia that others are, but I thought last night was the best I've seen from him. Before the 9th round he leveled with his fighter and finally lit a fire under him. Basically he told Nonito straight up that he needed a knockout. Finally, then, we saw the Donaire of old.
- Thought I would be happier with Mikey Garcia's performance than I was (been quite high on him in the past). Yes, he got it done, but w/o much in the way of excitement. Plus he went down in the 2nd. You can call his approach "patient", or you can perhaps call his style a little "lackluster". Hadn't felt that way in the past, so perhaps it will be different next time. Still, he's certainly good, and maybe it had something to do w/his debut at 130.
- I don't like being too critical, but I'm going to say that as great a boxer as Roy Jones Jr. was, I have grown a bit tired of his commentating. I don't find his comments particularly enlightening -- even though I typically have great respect for those who have actually been there (like Roy). I definitely prefer Malignaggi (or Hopkins), myself.