Review: 2013-08-23, nice and close fight between Argenis Mendez and Arash Usmanee: it gets three stars. Compubox punching statistics showed that Mendez landed a total of 314 of 876 punches (36% accuracy rate) compared to 276 of 1119 for Usmanee. Argenis Mendez (21-2-0, 11 KOs) entered as the No.2 super featherweight in the world while Arash Usmanee (20-1-0, 10 KOs) entered as the No.53. Mendez vs Usmanee is valid for the IBF super featherweight title (Mendez’s first defense); first event promoted by the new “Iron Mike Productions”, the new Promotional Company owned by Mike Tyson (and founded by Garry Jonas). Watch the video!
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Date: 2013-08-23
Where: Turning Stone Resort & Casino, Verona, New York, USA
Division: super featherweight (130 lbs, 59.0 kg)
Title: IBF super featherweight title
Mendez’s previous fight: Juan Carlos Salgado vs Argenis Mendez 2
Usmanee’s previous fight: Rances Barthelemy vs Arash Usmanee
Mendez’s next fight: Argenis Mendez vs Rances Barthelemy
Usmanee’s next fight: Raymundo Beltran vs Arash Usmanee
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did anyone else think that usmanee was actually landing a lot of the shots the announcers said he missed (especially in the early rounds)? not saying he won, but it was definitely closer than they would have you believe.
Yes I did Ryan
BUT I had him loosing the fight by 2 rounds. Teddy was very annoying. Guess the Mike T thing had him jacked up.
Didnt like the ref. Mendez is good but
I would have taken a point for stiff arm/forearming.
did anyone else think that usmanee was actually landing a lot of the shots the announcers said he missed (especially in the early rounds)? not saying he won, but it was definitely closer than they would have you believe.
Yes I did Ryan
BUT I had him loosing the fight by 2 rounds. Teddy was very annoying. Guess the Mike T thing had him jacked up.
Didnt like the ref. Mendez is good but
I would have taken a point for stiff arm/forearming.
The fight was very good and both boxers did a great job. However, in my opinion Mendez was the winner. His technique is excellent and outclassed Ushmanee which indeed put in the fight the bigger effort.
I guess the judges were prone to help Ushmanee this time because in his fight with Rances he was really robbed.
The fight was very good and both boxers did a great job. However, in my opinion Mendez was the winner. His technique is excellent and outclassed Ushmanee which indeed put in the fight the bigger effort.
I guess the judges were prone to help Ushmanee this time because in his fight with Rances he was really robbed.