HBO B.A.D. 11/29 Thread

GS Warriors 1 · Post #1 » by **GS Warriors 1** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 7:24 pm

Broadcast starts at 10p EST/PST from Ontario, California.

Main Event:

Verno Phillips(42-10-1, 21 KO's) vs Paul Williams(35-1, 26 KO's), 12, for interim WBO junior middleweight title

Undercard:

Cristobal Arreola(25-0, 22 KO's) vs Travis Walker(28-1-1, 22 KO's), 12, IBF heavyweight title eliminator

Blame Rasho · Post #2 » by **Blame Rasho** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 7:35 pm

Interesting match ups... big size difference between the fights

Phillps biggest win was vs Kosta at 140 and now he is facing a guy who could be a middleweight in Williams. I expect an early KO. I believe Phillips is 5'7 and Williams is um... 6'2...

Arreola vs Walker... All I know about Walker is that he is tall, 65 and got a raw deal on Showtime on his only loss. Arreloa is a big hitter but I don't really think too much of him. He does let his hands go so he creates exciting fights but he isn't a top heavyweight.

Here is the clip that I was talking about

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umcMn8r2TJw

Carnage · Post #3 » by **Carnage** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 12:00 am

Once Williams comes out on top this evening, I hope fighters like Margarito take notice and fight this man.

Blame Rasho · Post #4 » by **Blame Rasho** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 12:16 am

Carnage wrote:Once Williams comes out on top this evening, I hope fighters like Margarito take notice and fight this man.

Margarito will not fight him... big risk and no reward...

He wants to fight Cotto after Mosley... it is where the money is...

GS Warriors 1 · Post #5 » by **GS Warriors 1** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 7:18 am

Entertaining fight between Walker and Arreola.

Walker dropped Arreola in round 2 but Arreola came back to drop Walker twice later in the round and finished him off with a left hook in the beginning of round 3. Arreola is now the #2 contender for Wladimir's IBF belt. He's going to have to improve his defense and conditioning or else its going to be a long night.

Paul Williams impressed me. He had a bad cut over his eye from an accidental headbutt but still dominated the fight and didn't let it bother him. He looked real good at 154, albeit against a smaller fighter. Margarito just might have to fight him at some point.

markdeez33 · Post #6 » by **markdeez33** » Mon Dec 1, 2008 7:07 am

Excellent card tonight. Paul showed he had HEART tonight, but I still think he needs a better trainer. I've been in his camp, personally, and seen everything hands on. He does NO mit work and his trainer is more of a manager/overseer than an actual hands-on trainer. That head butt was crucial and Paul maintained leverage in the match and proceeded to make Phillips quit on the stool.

The Walker/Arreola fight was the fight of the night for me. It was action-packed and jaw dropping. Everyone I was with thought Arreola was out, but I said he was going to get back up and win. When he actually did, everyone was asking me how I saw it. Arreola is a superb puncher and he will always have a puncher's chance. We call it "wounded animal syndrome", Arreola was hurt and he swung for the fences and connected. Excellent match.

I would've liked to have seen a fight between the two we got, but it was still a pretty good B.A.D card