As chants of "Po-po, Po-po" filled the Fox Theatre arena during the final two rounds of Saturday's lightweight bout, Acelino Freitas - the Brazilian boxing legend known as Popo -- and Zahir Raheem each sensed that the fight was up for grabs.
With a final flurry, both men tried to make the fight their own, but in the end the decision was left to the judges, who scored it for Freitas in a split decision.
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Ron Borges: Freitas vs. Raheem Recap
Zahir Raheem lost a split decision to Acelino Freitas for the simplest of reasons. He lost because he didn't do enough. He held too often, threw to infrequently, didn't land enough significant punches and wasn't as elusive as expected. Read More
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Compubox Pre-Fight Analysis
On paper this one looks like the boxer (Raheem) vs. the puncher (Freitas). We know Raheem won't be looking to slug with Freitas, who's been inactive and may look to box with Raheem in the early rounds. He's not going to win that way, so look for Freitas, who's been down six times in his career, to shake off the rust and step up his attack in the middle rounds. Read More
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Freitas-Raheem: At The Crossroads
Their careers have taken radically different paths, yet suddenly they find themselves converging at the same point in time at a crossroad akin to a log bridging water between banks. One will continue on, the other will wind up treading water, which in boxing is about as bad as drowning. Read More
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