PAUL WILLIAMS SHUTS OUT NOBUHIRO ISHIDA
Paul Williams dominated Nobuhiro Ishida this pass Saturday. Williams (41-2, 27 KOs) stayed busier than Ishida (24-7-2, 9 KOs), of Osaka, Japan, throughout the entire fight, throwing 934 punches to his opponents 671. The consistent performance brought Williams a very convincing victory. His work rate and volume punching proved too much for Ishida.
“It feels real good,” said Williams. “Ishida is a tough fighter but we put in good work and we’re going to make it back to the top of the game.”
Tavoris Cloud Wins Controversial Split Decision Over Gabriel Campillo
Following the telecast’s co-feature, SHOWTIME analyst Al Bernstein said, “How this fight could be scored 116-110 on a judge’s scorecard is beyond comprehension. It’s one of the most egregious decisions I’ve ever seen.” The crowd echoed this sentiment with a cacophony of boos from the 4,599 in attendance following the announcement of the decision for Cloud over Campillo.
Cloud (24-0, 19 KOs), of Tallahassee, Fla., started impressively with two knockdowns in the first round. He floored Campillo (21-4-1, 8 KOs), of Madrid, Spain, with a right hand and then referee Marc Nelson ruled another knockdown when Campillo used the ropes to stay up following another shot by Cloud.
Unfazed by the 10-7 first round, Campillo regained his composure and began to turn the tide. Cloud suffered a cut above his left eye in the fourth round as Campillo surged. The Spanish fighter was more active and accurate than his opponent, landing 148 power punches compared to Cloud’s 71.
By the 11th and 12th rounds, Campillo was beginning to showboat but Cloud had no answers. As the final bell rung, Campillo raised his arms in victory and kept them up until ring announcer Jimmy Lennon Jr. announced that Cloud had successfully defended his title.
“I feel like I won the fight,” said Cloud. “I knocked him down a few times and was the aggressor throughout. I wanted to put him away but sometimes you get it and sometimes you don’t.
“I wanted to stay busy and be aggressive. I did that. He was a busy fighter, and that’s what the crowd here in Corpus Christi responded to. The difference is I was landing the power shots, and that’s what the judges responded to.”
“I’m disappointed,” said Campillo. “This was one of the best fights of my career but this is not the first time it’s happened to me. He won the first but after that I dominated. I won the fight no question.”
Chris Arreola KO’s Eric Molina
The televising of preliminary boxing bouts on SHOWTIME EXTREME started out with a bang as Chris Arreola (34-2, 30 KOs, 1 ND), of Riverside, Calif., stunned Eric Molina (18-2, 14 KOs), of Raymondville, Texas, with a first-round knockout just 30 seconds shy of the bell. Molina caught Arreola early with a right but it only seemed to wake the sleeping giant as Arreola responded with a barrage of punches that ended with a flush right to the temple. Molina hit the canvas and stayed there until the count of ten in the heavyweight bout scheduled for 12 rounds.
“I wasn’t hurt so much but it was a nice clean right hand and the way he came at me, I could see every punch coming,” said Arreola. “I was blocking and blocking and waiting for my punch. Once I swung out of the ropes I knew it was my time to work.
“I’m a commodity, a big Mexican commodity. I’m willing to do whatever it takes to become the first Mexican heavyweight world champion.”
Whenever you see Don King in a boxing ring and he is backing any particular fighter, and then you hear the television commenter mention that two of the judges are somewhat unknown and have neither ever judged a title fight (as was the case in the Cloud/Campillo match), then you can be assured of one thing, and that is that the fighter opposing the Don King fighter will, in all likely-hood, need to knock the Don King fighter out-cold in order to walk out with a victory. There are somethings that never change, and Don King has had judges in his pocket for as long as I can remember that crook being involved in the fight game. And the only reason that you don’t hear the veteran ringside commentators at Showtime say exactly the same thing I just said is because of King’s influence with the network. It’s a disgrace that a man like that still has the power that he yields in the sport. Money is his power, and shame on everyone that ever has, and continues to let the scum like Don King ruin a great sport, careers, and lives. Don’t be fooled and just blame poor judging for the Cloud/Campillo scoring outcome. There are lots of bad judges out there that shouldn’t be at any ringside, but in this case , two of them were owned by one of the biggest crooks the sport has ever known. It will not be a sad day for boxing when Don King is finally gone….
Yeah johnny, Williams won but it wasn’t a very impressive. He basiclly won it the way he wins most of his fights, he throws a lot of punches and simply out scores the other guy but he doesn’t exactly do a lot of damage.
Cloud lost that fight clear as day, something must be done about the judging situation but sadly this will continue. I remember saying to myself once the final round ended that they were gonna rob Campillo, I felt disgusted as soon as that bell rang, Campillo put it all out there almost getting demolished in one round then completely turned it around only to get robbed. Williams did what he needed to but I think can think of people ( Lara and Martinez come to mind) who would beat him. He’s still a contender but he’s got little in the tank. Arreola also did what he needed (against another over-matched opponent ) but unlike Williams he did it strongly.
Cloud lost that fight and another foreign fighter gets robbed after a strong performance. This crap just keeps happening and it got to stop, the commissions got to do something about this kind of stupidity. Any idiot could judge some of the fights that these judges mess up; unbelievable. This is why life long fans like myself are getting sick of putting in the effort to find,watch, and pay for fights. Boxing has become as bad as basketball. I hate to say this but i’m really starting to losing the Love for this sport.
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