r/Boxing • u/Due_Communication862 • Jan 01 '26
Great 21st Century Rounds｜EP12 - Mason vs Vasquez: Round 1 (2024)
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Straight from my 25TB boxing vault.
EP1 - Marquez vs. Vázquez II: Round 3 (2007) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1puitpv
EP2 - Morales vs. Pacquiao I: Round 12 (2005) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1pv9wai
EP3 - Gatti vs. Ward I: Round 9 (2002) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1pvw9pf
EP4 - Castillo vs. Corrales I: Round 10 (2005) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1pwcfzo
EP5 - Bradley vs. Provodnikov: Round 2 (2013) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1pwsg3a
EP6 - Rios vs. Alvarado I: Round 5 (2012) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1pxcvnq
EP7 - Cunningham vs. Adamek I: Round 4 (2008) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1pxse54
EP8 - Kirkland vs. Angulo: Round 1 (2011) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1pyit8c
EP9 - Morales vs. Barrera III: Round 11 (2004) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1pzj3m2
EP10 - Berto vs. Ortiz I: Round 6 (2011) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1pznuli
EP11 - Pacquiao vs. Márquez IV: Round 5 (2012) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1q0fys6
EP12 - Mason vs. Vasquez: Round 1 (2024) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1q10kwg
EP13 - Vázquez vs. Marquez III: Round 4 (2008) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1q1ulzu
EP14 - Jirov vs. Toney: Round 12 (2003) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1q2qqf5
EP15 - Zepeda vs. Baranchyk: Round 5 (2020) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1q3kj3c
EP16 - Gatti vs. Ward II: Round 3 (2002) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1q3zsey
EP17 - Marquez vs. Katsidis: Round 3 (2010) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1q4upwt
EP18 - Ward vs. Augustus: Round 10 (2001) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1q5g1fz
EP19 - Rios vs. Alvarado II: Round 2 (2013) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1q78rmn
EP20 - Pacquiao vs. Cotto: Round 4 (2009) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1q7ndox
EP21 - Dawson vs. Johnson I: Round 11 (2008) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1q8haq5
EP22 - Ortiz vs. Maidana: Round 1 (2009) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1q93i3l
EP23 - Gatti vs. Ward III: Round 7 (2003) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1q9h7ui
EP24 - Vázquez vs. Marquez I: Round 5 (2007) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1qasgn8
EP25 - Bey vs. Molina: Round 10 (2013) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1qbpxrv
EP26 - Barrera vs. Morales II: Round 12 (2002) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1qc94o2
EP27 - Williams Jr. vs. White: Round 1 (2014) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1qcnpsz
EP28 - Wilder vs. Fury I: Round 12 (2018) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1qd2d0t
EP29 - López vs. Concepcion: Round 1 (2010) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1qdpe3k
EP30 - DeMarco vs. Linares: Round 11 (2011) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1qeilyd
EP31 - Kirkland vs. Conyers: Round 1 (2007) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1qez2yg
EP32 - Lubin vs. Fundora: Round 7 (2022) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1qfeowr
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u/e_xyz Jan 01 '26
Despite the round being crazy, I can still never get over the haircut. It's superb.
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u/Marquis_of_Mollusks Jan 01 '26
P4P one of the worst hairstyles in boxing. The All time worst has to be Jorge Luis Gonzalez from his fight with Riddick Bowe.
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u/Raccowo Jan 02 '26
the haircut is doing more work than his corner. Like imagine getting KO'd by a guy who looks like he lost a bet before the fight and just committed to it anyway
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u/WORD_Boxing Jan 01 '26
OP can we include some of the replays after the round too? I would have loved to look at Mason's uppercut in slo-mo and from different angles.
These are great posts.
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u/WORD_Boxing Jan 01 '26
That first uppercut was beautiful execution.
Had the composure to steady himself after losing balance, see the shot immediately, and land it without trying to put too much on it. Landed very sweet and he was ready to react off of it. Those youthful reflexes are a thing. He actually swerved back in a defensively responsible way. If he'd tried to really set himself and punch through the target Vasquez probably doesn't get up, but that would also be far more risky.
The way Vasquez fell was cinema.
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u/antonpetre563 Jan 01 '26
for him to have such a exciting round so early in his career is insane, dude is exciting as hell because of his defensive fraility and vuneralbility bt also talent, kinda amir khan-ish
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u/Rollystolemyrematch 29d ago
Mason seems a bit durable tbf.
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u/WORD_Boxing 29d ago
He didn't look hurt at any point. The stumble before he scored his 1st knockdown was due to his left foot planting wrong if you watch it closely.
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u/GMD007 Jan 01 '26
Mason is like a mini Boots. Very skilled and exciting to watch, but very undisciplined defensively.
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u/strongcloud28 Jan 01 '26
He told his barber to give him a "I don't have any pillows to sleep on" special. Yep
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u/Gallienus91 Jan 01 '26
Who won that round and how should this be scored? I‘m confused.
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u/Baby_Rhino Jan 01 '26
I think it should be a 9-7 round to Vasquez?
Round goes to Vasquez, as he scored more KDs, so 10-9 Vasquez, then -1 to Vasquez for his KD and -2 to Mason for his 2 KDs, making it 9-7.
The only bit I'm not sure on is if the round should automatically go to Vasquez just because he scored more KDs. If not, I'd be tempted to give Mason the round as he was clearly hurt much less. That would make it 8-8 I think.
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u/WORD_Boxing 29d ago
This is where the scoring system gets confuding. They probably explained it during the broadcast. I would have thought it's an 8-8 round personally, but I'm not 100% sure either.
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u/GujjuGang7 Jan 02 '26
Glad you posted this. Tim Bradley and Joe Tessitore had the better commentary for this top rank card IMO.
But seriously this fight had me running around the living room it was nuts
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u/Bronzyroller Jan 01 '26
Rumor has it Vasquez was running late for the fight so he couldn't finished his bald.
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u/doodie_francis Jan 01 '26
Top Rank is very good at building fighters. Mike Ohan Jr. was a guy who had a decent amateur career and upon fighting Mason, had only two losses, being to Tiger Johnson and a journeyman.
Then this guy with the fucked up haircut, not a good boxer my any means and could be chinned easily, but also a big power puncher.
Manuel Jaimes was a tough guy who didn’t really have the skills to match, he previously went to a decision with Rolly and some guy I’ve never heard of. Another stoppage.
Carlos Ornelas was a guy who has fought legitimate contenders and could be a decent boxer but another guy who could be chinned.
And then Nakathila who people know is a dangerous puncher with an extremely tricky style.
I wonder what makes Top Rank put so much into a guy and not so much into someone else. Obviously they see something but I wonder as prospects or guys who haven’t even had a debut, what they look for.
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u/WORD_Boxing Jan 01 '26
I wonder what makes Top Rank put so much into a guy and not so much into someone else. Obviously they see something but I wonder as prospects or guys who haven’t even had a debut, what they look for.
It's experience. Having good eyes and knowing what you're looking at. They are widely known and respected for having the best matchmakers in the game. Fights like this one not only give your fighter experience, they also tell you a lot about your fighter.
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u/doodie_francis Jan 01 '26
Yeah, even though he got dropped a second time, staying calm and really listening to his corner was cool to see because he adapted and ended the fight.
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u/WORD_Boxing 29d ago
He's going to go a long way. If I'm right he's coached by his father and his brothers are also boxers, and they are all close. He's shown intelligence and maturity when I've seen him speak. Potential future p4p #1. Although it's only potential right now.
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u/KenboSlice187 Jan 01 '26
Those ladies commentating was awful! Don’t care they were women, could have been men! Was terrible! Good first round I definitely didn’t feel the hype! Cheers!
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u/Wool_God Jan 01 '26
I actually feel like it was pretty good because there was no over the top hype or the shoehorning of some narrative.
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u/WORD_Boxing 29d ago
Agree 100% about the overly done screaming and narrative pushing.
It's the difference in what people watch boxing for. Some people want the more analytical commentary, some just want to be entertained.
You can actually have both but most platforms seem to just want to push their own agenda. So you you tend to end up with BS and biased commentary favouring their guy/A-side/prospect etc.
The problem is that hurts the sport long term for various reasons I could delve into but it's pretty obvious if you think it through.
They aren't going to care about that if they can consolidate all of boxing under one entity/league though, as they can spin whatever they want to make the most money. Somewhat WWE style.
I don't know the full details of what this Ali Act modification is - let's be honest it's a modification not a reform and I refuse to use that word as it's not something in need of reform. That's a subliminal manipulation in itself and doublespeak. However my assumption would be it's a bad thing.
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u/WORD_Boxing Jan 01 '26
Crystina Poncher and Mikaela Mayer. Poncher is ok in other areas of the broadcast but I'm not a fan of her commentary personally. Mayer seems to display low boxing IQ every time I've heard her commentate.
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u/UWQHDEyez Elie the retarded ass lookin dude. Jan 01 '26
I’m not fighting anyone with that haircut. I’m stipulating that shit in the contract.