Reporters on press row scored the fight much closer, though. My scorecard read 115-113 for Toledo. Botile did not seem to eager to land really hard shots all night. Maybe this is due to the fact in his last fight he put Paul Ingle in the hospital for dozens of days last year. He didn't like the same Botile we all know and watch.
Many fighters are never are the same after a castrophe in the ring.
Gabe Ruelas was a lot safer and more cautious in his fights following the death of Jimmy Garcia in 1995. Mancini was never the same after the Kim tragedy and Mbulelo Botile was a little gun shy tonight. Lewis was staggered away from danger and maintained his footing enough to survive the round. In the second, Lewis was blasted with a straight right hand from Mahone, but was back in the fight with a sweet left hook that caused Mahone to stumble backward. Neither man seemed too eager to throw anything less than bad-intentioned punches, and in the third, Mahone has Lewis trapped once again in a corner and tried his best to drop Lewis, but could not.