I've never been more disgusted watching a fight...

[Executioner]

than I was watching Direll-Stevens, that was fucking retarded...every little movement Stevens made and Direll would run out of the way as fast as he could, showboat and than run some more and popshot with his powder-puff punches.

Was anyone else completely irritated by this fucking joke?

[brooklyn1550]

It was a disgrace

[brooklyn1550]

Thank god, I fell asleep. I did not care too much about HBO card anyway. June 23rd, that is what I am waiting for..

:good Hatton-Castillo should be fun

[nervousxtian]

He dominated the fight. Won every round in my book. It wasn't as bad as everyone made it seem, but the crowd booing has a terrible effect on perception, and the commentators cracking on the fight didn't help either.

I wish Dirrell would sit down a bit more on his shots, he did a few times and mixed it up 2 or 3 times the whole fight, and was successful.. why he doesn't do it more is beyond me.

I still think he has the style to beat a LOT of guys out there, but just not in a style you want to watch, ala B-Hop, Winky, PBF, etc.

[pipe wrenched]

Executioner- I completely agree with you. TERRIBLE!! But I was equally disappointed with how ref. Cotton would not allow Ndou any chances to fight in close. They wouldn't even be near a clinch and all you heard all night was "stop, stop, stop, stop, stop!!!" I ain't never seen no shit like that before either. Even my wife was like " why won't he just let them fight?" Cotton killed any chance Ndou had to win. All in all that was easily one of the crappiest HBO shows I may have ever seen.

[GazOC]

I think the fault lies more with Stevens, he didn't cut the ring off or take any chances to force Dirrel into exchanges. At least in Dirrels defence you could say his tactics were winning the fight, Stevens was fighting badly and and losing.

I don't think either should have been on an HBO card...

[brooklyn1550]

I still think he has the style to beat a LOT of guys out there, but just not in a style you want to watch, ala B-Hop, Winky, PBF, etc.

B-Hop, Winky, and Mayweather don't run the way he did. They are all masters of their craft and boxing virtuosos who will be remembered as greats. Dirrell is fast and has great reflexes, but he really just runs around the ring. Stevens has no head movement and his footwork is sub-par, so he couldn't get inside of Dirrell. Get a guy with some skill, power, and the ability to get inside, and Dirrell will be beat.

[mightyd40]

i stopped watching during the middle of the fight and was kinda just chillin with some friends.....i was bored out of my mind with this fight

[fatcity]

Lost interest after third round.Went into kitchen and after downing a couple of pints watched from the 8th on.What a mistake.That will be one of the shortest reigns for an HBO card in the history.It was as advertised on HBO-B.A.D.!

[salsanchezfan]

Those were strictly prelim kids, or at least should be. Shame on HBO for showing that trainwreck.

The guy running was bad enough, but Stevens was just completely clueless. Not an iota of an idea how to cut the ring, no bodywork, nothing. Pathetic.

[J_Roth]

Stevens should have cut him off better. In the clinches he wouldn't even really try to fight. Direll was pissing me off tho. That stick your arms up and run is pussy. I like boxers. Some compared his style to B-hops. Not even close. B-hop doesn't fight scared.

[Shotgun]

Did you see Spinks-Mayorga? That was much worse, at least Dirrell hit Stevens with some effective punches and didn't resort to falling down so the ref would save him when he got cornered

[SOUTHERMOST]

Lousy card 2 good runners it looked more than a track meet I think Cotto's replay saved the night.

[audio101]

I thought it was funny when Lewis said he would pay to see him fight again, then a few seconds later the fight ended and the entire crowd started booing like crazy. I believe Lewis has never said a bad thing about anyone or anything, is his role on HBO to kiss as much ass as possible?:patsch

[C.J.Rock]

lewis is a fucking moron. ive been listening to this guy for too long, and everytime he says the same old tired shit. lewis doesent have the same passion for boxing/commentating that a merchant or kellerman have(i have no idea why he does it).

Lennox is/was a fighter a world champion he knows from experience what its like in the ring. He's been hit hurt and had to fight back.
Tell me how much ring experience do Merchant or Kellerman have??? NONE ZERO NADA. Larry has been a good commentor now he's just entertainment to see him struggle through his monolgues is hilarious Kellerman??... If his knowledge of boxing matched his ego he'd be an encyclopedia. He is a big headed biased bore nothing more nothing less

[castle]

than I was watching Direll-Stevens, that was fucking retarded...every little movement Stevens made and Direll would run out of the way as fast as he could, showboat and than run some more and popshot with his powder-puff punches.

Was anyone else completely irritated by this fucking joke?

yes reminded me of when Junior Witter fought Zab Judah Witter done the exact same never even had a close round

[brooklyn1550]

lewis is a fucking moron. ive been listening to this guy for too long, and everytime he says the same old tired shit. lewis doesent have the same passion for boxing/commentating that a merchant or kellerman have(i have no idea why he does it).

Lewis can be good some nights and not so good on others. I would rather have George Foreman or Roy Jones doing some commentating, but HBO will never hire them again.

[Shpion]

than I was watching Direll-Stevens, that was fucking retarded...every little movement Stevens made and Direll would run out of the way as fast as he could, showboat and than run some more and popshot with his powder-puff punches.

Was anyone else completely irritated by this fucking joke?

I was so irritated, I was about to cancel the HBO channel. And if HBO put this f**king PBF wanabe - Direll again, I will definetly cancel and ask for a refund.

[Ayatollah]

Stevens, goes "booh" and Dirrel would jump 10 feet back LOL

[AG11]

Dirrel is garbage. I never want to see him fight again.

[Rock0052]

shut up faggot.

Ring experiance =/= commentating ability. Lewis has no business commnetating, he's slow witted and not very intelligent.

I didn't watch the Stevens fight, but he was pretty good in the Malignaggi one- he's the only guy that caught that Lovemore kept stepping on Paulie's foot to try and pin him down, and the other announcers acted like he was crazy until they showed footage of it. To me, that's an insight that not alot of guys would've caught. I think Lewis is improving.

[pit]

Those were strictly prelim kids, or at least should be. Shame on HBO for showing that trainwreck.

The guy running was bad enough, but Stevens was just completely clueless. Not an iota of an idea how to cut the ring, no bodywork, nothing. Pathetic.

shame on HBO how ?!?! Steven and Direll are considered two of the best prospects at 168 derell undefeated and steven one defeat that he avenged

.. I still thinks stevens in to short for the devision and should fight at 160 or 154 but he is a power house with serious pop..The fight was just a physical mismatch , Derell a speed figher at 6'2 and stevens a stocky body punching power puncher at 5'8.. there styles are just a bad match up this early in there careers give them both another year before we past judement.

[brimey]

I thought it was an excellent fight. Back and forth action and two guys fighting to win on their own without the judges help. I had some non boxing friends over- I mean non boxing fans before last night! We topped it off by watching spinks taylor again. What a night it was!

[salsanchezfan]

shame on HBO how ?!?! Steven and Direll are considered two of the best prospects at 168 derell undefeated and steven one defeat that he avenged

.. I still thinks stevens in to short for the devision and should fight at 160 or 154 but he is a power house with serious pop..The fight was just a physical mismatch , Derell a speed figher at 6'2 and stevens a stocky body punching power puncher at 5'8.. there styles are just a bad match up this early in there careers give them both another year before we past judement.


........Perhaps you're right in that any pairing could conceivably be a barnburner. Every fight is a roll of the dice I suppose, but I disagree about the futures of these guys, particularly Stevens. He didn't show anything more than the most rudimentary skills, and clearly came in with no fight plan.

Power's a nice thing to have; it's also another thing altogether to know how to fight. I won't hold my breath on that one.

[pit]

........Perhaps you're right in that any pairing could conceivably be a barnburner. Every fight is a roll of the dice I suppose, but I disagree about the futures of these guys, particularly Stevens. He didn't show anything more than the most rudimentary skills, and clearly came in with no fight plan.

Power's a nice thing to have; it's also another thing altogether to know how to fight. I won't hold my breath on that one.

cool...... but in steven's defense I think he's used to having fighters come to him because he is a little guy in a tall guy's weight class, but for the most part his fights are pretty entertaining but as you saw even at his hight disadvantage his power is respected enough that Derell would not dare stand in front of him .. I just hopes he moves down to 160 were he will be more evenly match physically .. I say don't sleep on steven's give him another year..

[Chileno606]

Dirrel= piece of shit


Malignaggi looked like an all-out warrior compared to him. congrats to him for actually boxing very well and getting a good win!

[geppy]

The fight was so pathetic that it was kind of funny. I was laughing at Dirrell, he was dancing around, acting like he is Muhhamed Ali, RJJ or something getting boo'd constantly all night.

[rvk2007]

That is bullshit. I feel bad for stevens. It's not his fault the other guy didn't want to fight. That had to be the most cowardly way a boxer can win a fight. If he wants to do that shit, then go back to amateurs. Stevens is a future world champion and Dirrell isn't going anywhere. Dirrell is scared of Stevens.

[audio101]

I thought it was an excellent fight. Back and forth action and two guys fighting to win on their own without the judges help. I had some non boxing friends over- I mean non boxing fans before last night! We topped it off by watching spinks taylor again. What a night it was!

ROFL

Thanks I needed a good laugh!:rofl

[Dostoevsky]

They should introduce a yellow card system.
If a fighter is exhibiting extreme cowardice and is making no attempt to actually fight, a warning should be given to the fighter to engage,if the warning is ignored the fighter will be given a yellow card 1 point deduction and 10% of the fighters pay reduced, after 3 yellow cards are given the fight is waved of and the fighter refusing to fight will be DQ'd for cowardice and have 30% of his pay reduced.

I believe this system will encourage fighters to actually fight and not run around the ring posing at one another.

The card system should only be used in extreme purposes like in the fight tonight.
I would not expect to see someone like Judah or Mayweather to receive a card or any other type of fighter that fights in that type of style.

[nervousxtian]

I didn't compare Dirrells style to B-Hop, I just compared him having an almost unwatchable style to the almost unwatchable at times styles of B-Hop, Winky, and PBF.

Now someone is gonna tell me that B-Hop is exciting, but they're a fucking moron, so it doesn't mean shit. B-hop has a shit for entertainment style.

[Dostoevsky]

True that,i though he showed guts in the cotto fight though......he did run a bit too much for my liking but he fought well.

[Vantage_West]

yes reminded me of when Junior Witter fought Zab Judah Witter done the exact same never even had a close roundi wanna bring up a point here.
zab was the best fighter in the world practically and a very green fighter in witter who had only 15 wins....actually only 15 fights hadnt even won a british title and he was dragged in to a fight with a big boxer puncher looking to show him self off.....i would run longers:rofl :rofl i swear. im swallowing my pride i dont care.

witter said he tried to nick it form him by hitting and running and dont get tagged with any shots at all so he would win technically.

[bigeddie27]

than I was watching Direll-Stevens, that was fucking retarded...every little movement Stevens made and Direll would run out of the way as fast as he could, showboat and than run some more and popshot with his powder-puff punches.

Was anyone else completely irritated by this fucking joke?

definetly a boring fight. For me, I know its a boring fight when i start to lose my attention to the tv and start doing other shit. like making food, go to my computer, etc. I remeber I did that in that particualr fight from like the 4th round to the end. terrible.

[sues2nd]

He dominated the fight. Won every round in my book. It wasn't as bad as everyone made it seem, but the crowd booing has a terrible effect on perception, and the commentators cracking on the fight didn't help either.

I wish Dirrell would sit down a bit more on his shots, he did a few times and mixed it up 2 or 3 times the whole fight, and was successful.. why he doesn't do it more is beyond me.

I still think he has the style to beat a LOT of guys out there, but just not in a style you want to watch, ala B-Hop, Winky, PBF, etc.

No....it was that bad.

And the style he fights should NEVER be compared to Hopkins, Winky and Floyd.

[GazOC]

It's that bad I can still remember watching it. Fucking awful!!

[BlueApollo]

:bump

I like the "yellow cards for cowardice" post. :rofl

[jimmie]

than I was watching Direll-Stevens, that was fucking retarded...every little movement Stevens made and Direll would run out of the way as fast as he could, showboat and than run some more and popshot with his powder-puff punches.

Was anyone else completely irritated by this fucking joke?

Ive seen worse but he lost my respect for him that night and I hope Hanshaw takes care of him Friday so me and you and everyone else dont have to worry about the track meet star.