Bad luck not paying money for that

Ok I taped the Manfredo fight twice. Both times something happened so I lost the tape. First time it was snowed out. The second time my tvo stopped recording after 1 minute of the first round. I had 2 weeks of Friday nite fight scorecards ready to blog and my wife cleaned up the family room and I don't see them. Oh well... Also I made it past last night without caving in and buying that Pay-Per-View... The question is if I can make it past next week... urgg... I really wanted to watch the Viloria... and Chavez... but I can't proliferate that... BUT if there was a reason to buy that it was to support Margarito. They tried to sell the fight to HBO and SHOWTIME but both passed. They also tried to get him on the Klitcho undercard but then the guy retired so he said he would do it ppv and take a loss if he had to just to get this guy a fight. I give him (Arum?) credit for at least putting together an interesting card. I don't know what happened but the undercard almost lured me in.

FNF 2-10-2006 preview

Donald Camarena vs. Paul Malignaggi for Camarena's WBC Continental Americas junior welterweight title

Boxers

Camarena name Malignaggi 16-1 (9) W-L-D (ko's) 20-0 (5) 23 Age 25 ? Height 5'7" 107/1080 Rank 44/1080

Notes: Know nothing about Camarena. Malignaggi I have seen fight. Not too much power but decent skills. If I remember right he throws a tun of punches. Camarena appears to be making a step up for this fight.

Emanuel Augustus vs. Emmanuel Clottey, welterweights

Boxers

Augustus name Clottey 31-25-6 (16) W-L-D (ko's) 23-6 (14) 31 Age 31 5'7" Height 5'7" 68" Reach 68" 74/1080 Rank 40/1080

Notes: No nothing about Clottey except he beat Mohamad Abdulaev who is a decent fighter.

Augustus is crazy throws punches from any angle... will clown around and bounce and throw punches from his hips... sometimes it looks like he is Dance-boxing.. like he is a marianette...(sp)

Jesus Perez vs Vincente Escobedo

Boxers

Perez name Escobedo 24-12-2 (14) W-L-D (ko's) 8-0 (8) 33 Age 24 5'6" Height 5'8" 132.5 lbs 133 68" Reach 74"

Knowledge of Fighters: None

Prefight Bias: None

Watched: Taped. Watched it live and didn't score it. Watched it again today to score it. Did not rewind and rewatch any rounds

Press and Commentator Scores

Teddy Atlas 49-46 Escobedo at time of stoppage

My Card

Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Total
Perez	10	9	10	9	9	-	-	-	47
Escobedo	9	10	9	10	10	TKO	-	-	48

Notes:

Round 3: Tough round to score for me.

My 6 year old daughter also scored the fight... intersting enough she was decisive on the first 2 rounds... as soon as the bell rang she told me the color of the trunks of the winner... Round 3 she said, "They both did good, give them both a point." Here is her card

My 6 year old daughter's card

Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Total
Perez	10	9	10	9	9	-	-	-	47
Escobedo	9	10	10	10	10	-	-	-	49

Jose Luis Castillo vs. Rolando Reyes

Boxers

Castillo name Reyes 53-7-1 (47) W-L-D (ko's) 26-3-2 (16) 32 Age 27 5'8" Height 5'10" 138 lbs 138 69" Reach 72"

Knowledge of Fighters: I watched both Corrales vs Castillo fights. No knowledge of Reyes

Prefight Bias:I was pulling for Corrales in both fights. I have nothing against Castillo. I feel very neutral about these fighters.

Watched: Taped. Watched first 5 that nite and the rest the next morning

Ref: Lawrence Cole

Judges:

Ray Hawkins (Dalas, TX) 116-111
Jesse Reyes (Plano, TX) 117-110
Gale Van Hoy (Dickinson, TX) 119-108

Press and Commentator Scores

Showtime commentator (Al Bernstein ?) 118-109
Matt Aguilar 117-110
Roberto Carrillo 116-116 with three 10-10 rounds
Ricardo Trujillo 116-112

My Card

Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
Castillo	10	10	10	9	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	118
Reyes	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	109

Notes:

Round #7: 1 point taken from Castillo for a low blow (3rd of fight)

Round #8: Castillo won the round but didn't do to much. Reyes landed two clean punches at the end of the round and I bet some of press row and perhaps other judges gave Reyes the round for that. I can't ignore that Castillo dominated the other 2:50 in the round and landed more punches in the round... came forward and dictated the fight.

Round #9: BORING... lost a bit of interest so if Reyes did something that made him deserve the round I missed it. I gave the round to Castillo because he was the agressor... I probably should have scored this 10-10.

Jose Armando Santa Cruz vs. Edner Cherry, lightweights

Boxers

Cruz name Cherry 21-1 (12) W-L-D (ko's) 19-3-2 (8) 25 Age 23 5'10" Height 5'9" 133.5 lbs 131.75 70" Reach 69"

Title:Cruz's NABF Lightweight Title

Knowledge of Fighters: None

Prefight Bias: If I was just watching this fight I would lean towards wanting Cherry to win the fight.

Watched: Taped. Watched it basically live but paused it on occasion. I did not rewind and rewatch parts of the fight.

Ref: Rocky Burke (New Mexico)

Judges:

Ray Hawkins (Dalas, TX) 115-112
Jesse Reyes (Plano, TX) 117-110
Gale Van Hoy (Dickinson, TX) 114-113

Press and Commentator Scores

Showtime commentator (Al Bernstein ?) 115-112
Matt Aguilar 115-113 Cherry
Roberto Carrillo 114-113 Cruz
Ricardo Trujillo 115-113 Cherry

My Card

Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
Cruz	9	10	8	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	9	10	115
Cherry	10	9	10	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	10	9	112

Notes:

Prefight: Cruz looks fit. Cherry very muscular

Round #3: Wanted to score it 10-9 because despite the 2 punch knock down Cruz domintated the round. I scored it 10-8 because despite Cruz controlling the round before and after he really didn't do anything significant.

Round #5: Cherry looks afraid

Round #8: Almost Knockdown. Cherry is arm weary and couldn't finish him off.