I remember the prediction thread for this fight, nearly 8/10 predictions were for pulver to get the KO, these opinions coming from general users and also established fighters as well.
Now Gomi comes in and stands with pulver all day long and blasts him to the canvas and we have all the american contigent on board saying that it was only a matter of time before Gomi lost.
I've never seen Gomi so dominant, the only thing i saw that really bothered him was the pulver jab but apart from that Gomi took him apart with fast accurate hooks and concusive body shots and then finally ending it with a KO.
It was a great fight and Jens looked decent but lets forget our bias for once.
Gomi was 2 big. u just seen why in boxing there is a different weight class almost every 5 lbs. Pulver was the better skilled striker. Size matters in striking.
Catagory Weight
Strawweight up to 105 pounds
Light Flyweight over 105 to 108 pounds
Flyweight over 108 to 112 pounds
Super Flyweight over 112 to 115 pounds
Bantamweight over 115 to 118 pounds
Super Bantamweight over 118 to 122 pounds
Featherweight over 122 to 126 pounds
Super Featherweight over 126 to 130 pounds
Lightweight over 130 to 135 pounds
Super Lightweight over 135 to 140 pounds
Welterweight over 140 to 147 pounds
Super Welterweight over 147 to 154 pounds
Middleweight over 154 to 160 pounds
Super Middleweight over 160 to 168 pounds
Light Heavyweight over 168 to 175 pounds
Cruiserweight over 175 to 195 pounds
Heavyweight all over 195 pounds
It seemed Gomi just piled on Pulver when standing, they'd exchange and instead of having a pause to readjust, Gomi just kept coming and coming, shot after shot. Maybe this threw Pulver off.
were you at the weigh-ins john kerry? i was. pulver walked in at 158 or so. gomi cut to 160. i heard he was about 175 2 days before the fight. gomi fought a great fight but the size helped.