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COMMENTARY ON HAYE-VALUEV FIGHT
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*By John A. Bardelli*
November 7, 2009
I've just finished watching several of the early rounds and the last three
rounds of the Valuev - Haye fight. Well, ...
Boxrec.com is a site I frequently link to and do research at. It is one of the best online resources for boxing and I'm incredibly glad that we have it, BUT it is not infallible. You have to figure with that many facts and pages of information, something will get screwy from time to time. Example:
Researching a favorite of mine whom I consider one of the great fighters of all time, Johnny Tapia, I check out his page on Boxrec. Now, I know they edit these things and add to weaker pages or clean up some sloppy bits and pieces, so they might change it but at the time I am writing this, Johnny Tapia's bio page has a very interesting Amateur Achievements section. It says exactly this:
''Amateur achievements
1983 National Golden Gloves light flyweight champion
1985 National Golden Gloves flyweight champion
1990-94 drug and alcohol abuse''
Gentlemen, drug and alcohol abuse is not the kind of amateur achievement you officially list. Besides, he wasn't even an amateur during those years.
BE's Punchers Spotlight goes to Edison Miranda. Miranda is just 28 years old and has been fighting since 2001. He is known as being a top middleweight contender who:
*Fought current undefeated IBF Middleweight world champion, Arthur Abraham - twice. His two fights with Abraham did not make friends out of the men. In the first fight, Miranda broke Abraham's jaw and was deducted two points for blatantly headbutting, as well as three more points for low blows at different times. He lost a decision and unsurprisingly, given those circumstances. In the second, Abraham knocked Miranda out in the fourth round after putting him down three times in a row.
* Fought current WBC Middleweight world champion, Kelly Pavlik. He was knocked out in the seventh round.
Though he is known mostly for these three losing fights by the boxing public, he is clearly a highly rated fighter, having not lost any others.
Impressively, the Colombian fighter has notched 27 knockouts in 31 victories. More impressively is how quickly those fights went by.
*17 of 27 up to this point ended in the first round. His career started with four 1st-rounders in a row.
*3 of 27 ended in the second round.
*4 of 27 ended in the third.
That's a grand total of 24 of his 27 knockouts that have been against fighters that didn't make it past the first three rounds. The other three ended in 5, 7 and 5. Lastly a statistic of only 5 of his fights, win or lose, which went the scheduled distance. If you see a Miranda fight, you can almost bet you're going to see somebody get knocked out. That's an action fighter.
Miranda's last fight was at Super Middleweight and it was one of the aforementioned 3-round knockouts. His knockout rate is just under 80% overall. Both fighters to knockout Miranda, Pavlik and Abraham, are notoriously hard hitting themselves. No shame in that for Miranda. Here are two videos of Edison and his crushing right hand. Enjoy and gosh I hope Miranda and Taylor can meet now that they're both Super Middleweights.
Edison Miranda VS Willie Gibbs - 1st round knockout Video URL:
Edison Miranda knocking David Banks through the ropes - 3rd round:
