Jamie Mcdonnell vs. Tomoki Kameda: The Texas Two Step

By Chris Carlson - 09/05/2015 - Comments

This Sunday afternoon the PBC on CBS will bring boxing fans a rematch between Jamie Mcdonnell and Tomoki Kameda. Their first meeting back in May on CBS was a two-way affair and the second time around has only increased the stakes at hand. Can Mcdonnell have the same continued success he found after coming off the mat? Will Kameda use a smarter game plan rather than head hunting as he found himself doing after scoring the early knockdown?

Jamie Mcdonnell seems a bit distracted heading into the rematch with Tomoki Kameda. Mcdonnell has spoke of future opponents like Scott Quigg and Carl Frampton but can’t afford to look ahead. After all it was a debatable victory Kameda with all three scorecards reading 114-113. That’s not to say that Jamie didn’t fight well enough to deserve the win. But it was a close fight that could have gone to either man or ended in a draw.

Kameda started the fight very well by landing clean punches and looked to be in control somewhat early on. In the third round Kameda dropped Mcdonnell with a hard shot and at that point it seemed it was the start of Jamie’s ending judging by his body’s reaction to the knockdown. Kameda threw caution to the wind in effort of score a defining knockout punch that eventually backfired. In search of the knockout on national television Kameda’s fell in to a trap that many young fighters have falling for in the past. His technique was sloppy as he winged punches to end the fight rather than to win each individual round.

Mcdonnell on the other hand got smacked back in to reality after touching the canvas. He was busy with his jab and countered Kameda with flush shots on the way inside. Mcdonnell was very active as well something he will have to bring with him in the rematch. I personally scored it a 6 to 6 draw round-wise with the knock down by Kameda giving him enough to sneak it out. In the first go round Kameda was the “Al Haymon” fighter and still didn’t get the nod on the cards.

In the rematch neither guy is considered the favorite but if we’re going to go down that road one can assume that Haymon has bigger plans for Jamie, who recently signed on to Haymon boxing. He has a bigger name overseas for some of those U.K. matchups and it’s not like Kameda will be lost without opponents in the Haymon stable at 118.
It’s a flip of the coin outcome and this scribe’s guess is as good as yours. My educated (sounded good) guess is that Kameda will be more focused and measured in his attack. Make no mistake about it I do think Kameda will still be aggressive. I just see him learning from his errors made in their first bout and thus pulling out a hard-earned win. The fight will be entertaining and the pace will only increase as the fight enters the later stages. Mcdonnell will be down on the cards and forced to get out of his counter punching comfort zone.

My Official Prediction is Tomoki Kameda by Majority Decision

Side Note: Anthony Dirrell returns in the main event on CBS against the always dangerous but elderly staged Marco Antonio Rubio. Obviously not a fight that were anticipating so let’s hope we get some decent action or highlight reel KO out of it. Also, Golden Boy unveils their new Estrella TV prospect themed card tonight. If you don’t have Estrella TV the RingTV.com will be live streaming the fights.

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