Melindo vs Estrada: A Mock Analysis POSTED ON JULY 29, 2013 By Jeremiah Vistro boxpipe.wordpress Two days past the war between Milan Melindo and Francisco Estrada but the smokes have yet subsided surrounding the great battle in Macau on a fight card dubbed as Fist of Gold 2. The fight delivered great joy to those who follow the sport of boxing but left some scratching their heads with the strange scorecards by the judges. The scores: 118-109, 117-109, 118-109 all for Estrada, which made some ask, what fight were those judges watching? We do not intend to discredit Estrada from his victory as he was the clear winner after 12 rounds, but the wide margin is too incredible to believe. So lets play a game and pretend to be boxing judges. As non-boxing experts we will try to analyze the entirety of the fight and give weight on clean punches landed and effective aggression as basis of our judgment. From the get-go of the fight it was already a tight contest. Estrada is getting Melindo to trade in exchanges, he just can’t get to Melindo before he gets to him. Estrada was utilizing his jab but Melindo was stalking him all over the ring. They would get into furious exchanges but Melindo always comes out the better of the two and even wobbling Estrada on some occasions. Melindo was getting the better of the exchanges on all of the rounds of the 1st half, so if you are scoring the fight based on clean punches and effective aggression, you have a 60-54 card in favor of Melindo. Round 7 and the pace has not changed dramatically but saw Melindo miss more probably because he was already nursing a cut he got from accidental clash of heads from the previous round. Estrada capitalized on the damage then on and fired jab after jabs on the bleeding cut of Melindo in the 8th. Estrada known for finishing strong in the championship rounds, started peppering Melindo with crisp combinations which Melindo gallantly answered by throwing his own, only this time Estrada was getting the better of the exchanges. Round 10 saw Melindo missing his target more often with his left vision hindered by blood flowing from his cut, Estrada now appears to have full control of the fight. Estrada steadily tagging Melindo almost willingly and the latter having trouble to see the punches coming, boom and the big Estrada right decks Melindo in the 11th. The twelfth and final round was almost the same story but Melindo finished the fight on his feet and as Larry Merchant tweeted Estrada closed the show like a champ. So now we have Estrada grabbing rounds 7 and up with him getting a 10-8 round in the eleventh and Melindo getting none. Add the scores of the 2nd half and we have a 60-53 card in favor of Estrada. Let’s make that clear, we have a 60-54 in first half, 60 for Melindo and 54 for Estrada and on the second half we have 53 for Melindo and 60 for Estrada. Combine the scores for Estrada and we will have 114 for Estrada and if we do the same to Melindo we will come up with 113. So in our score cards we have it 114-113 UD win for Estrada with the knockdown proving to be the distinguishing factor, otherwise it would have been a draw. Again we are just playing a game and we do not have to take seriously what has come out of our judgment and analysis. The judges are scoring it as it happens round by round and do not have the privilege of a replay. They might have also scored the fight for Estrada for his work rate, activity and volume punching. Finally the position of their seats might have given them a better (or worse) angle and saw the fight on a different vantage point. As we said earlier we do not intend to discredit Francisco Estrada from his victory, he deserved to win and he played the perfect fight plan, Melindo however also deserves to be credited as he showcased not only excellent boxing but a big fighting heart, and the judges? Be the judge. boxpipe.wordpress/2013/07/29/melindo-vs-estrada-a-mock-analysis/
Posted on: Mon, 29 Jul 2013 15:22:46 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015