By Bill Calogero

Eddie “Too Fast” Chambers came away with a majority decision win over Calvin Brock Friday night. The bout was broadcast live from the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, Washington on Showtime’s ShoBox series. It was their 100th show.

In a fight that seemed to expose Calvin Brock as being a very average boxer at best, Chambers was able to use his much superior hand speed to control the fight. Despite being the much smaller man, (Chambers weighed in at 213 ½ pounds, Brock at 241) “Too Fast” was the aggressor from start to finish.

The first round was clearly a “feel-out” round for both fighters. Calvin Brock used his jab and on my scorecard won the round based on the simple fact that he threw more punches.

The second round was almost a carbon copy of the first except I feel that Chambers began using his own jab more and it was much more accurate. In addition to his jab finding it’s target on a consistent basis, they were also snapping Brocks head back as they landed. By the end of the round, Calvin already had swelling over his eye.

Following the advice of his corner, Brock worked the body for the start of the third round. He took advantage of Chambers defensive style, which had his hands up high, exposing his mid-section. It was a close round but I gave this one to Brock.

In the fourth, Brock continued his extremely slow and methodical approach to fighting Eddie Chambers. He was plodding along, landing punches, but nothing that ever seemed to hurt or even bother Chambers. On my card, the edge went to Brock for this round only because of the volume of punches he threw. Eddie seemed to be waiting.

As soon as the fifth round started, Chambers began showcasing his hand speed advantage, landing snappy jabs followed by short, quick and powerful rights mostly all to the head of Calvin Brock. Speed kills and Chambers easily won this round on my scorecard.

In my opinion, the sixth round was the closest of the fight. Both fighters threw and landed punches, but Chambers’ shots were definitely more meaningful and he continued to be the aggressor giving him the edge on my scorecard.

The seventh round had Brock start out fast, throwing punches in bunches but he faded within the first minute. Chambers landed a solid right hand that seemed to stun Brock, sending him backwards, but in no apparent danger. Eddie also showcased his double and triple jab followed by his quick right both to the head and body of Brock to take the round on my scorecard.

During the eighth round, Chambers continued his high volume of punches. At one point he landed a left-right-left combination to the head, followed immediately by a left-right-left to the body of Brock. Chambers, in my opinion, took over the fight in this round and controlled it from here on out.

The final four rounds had Brock on his bicycle. He was hitting and running, clearly winded. Chambers continued his relentless pursuit and pressed the fight. He was landing his quick jab, followed by a fast and hard right seemly at will. Of these last four rounds, the only one that was close was the eleventh, when Brock unleashed a flurry of punches, but then faded and let Chambers steal the round.

One judge scored the fight 115-113 in favor of Brock, while the other two had scores of 115-113 both in favor of Chambers giving him the Majority Decision Victory. BoxingScene.com scored the fight 117-111 in favor of Eddie “Too Fast” Chambers.

Eddie “Too Fast” Chambers keeps his undefeated record in tact, improving to 30-0 (16 KOs) and is now one step closer to getting a shot at the IBF Heavyweight Title. He was able to demonstrate that he has boxing skill and is worthy of a shot. He has hand speed and also is a very decent defensive fighter. To date, he has never been in trouble, nor has he had to “come back” and win a fight. His next projected fight should help clear that up.

Calvin Brock drops to 31-2 (23 KOs) and proved to me he does not deserve to be in the mix for a World Title at all. He demonstrates very minimal skill, is extremely slow and came in out of shape, making me question his dedication. Everyone remembers his devastating KO of Zuri Lawrence and labeled him a powerful puncher. The truth is, this is not true at all. I know Zuri and spoke in depth with him about the fight a couple of months ago and found out that he had been fighting with a broken jaw, which explains why he went down like he did.

The fight proved two things to me. First, Calvin Brock was extremely overrated. He is too slow and shows virtually no defensive skill. The second is Chambers’ size. I know he looked good in this fight, but how will he do against a guy the same size as Brock, but one who has some speed and power. Chambers has yet to be tested on whether or not he can take a punch and if he can weather a powerful storm.

The undercard also showcased two fighters who had impressive records but no skill, again a result of todays all too common “build-em-up with bums” move by each of these fighter’s management teams.

Josesito Lopez improved to 22-2-1 ND (13 KOs) by winning a unanimous eight round decision over Tyrone Harris in the lightweight division. Harris drops to 21-4 (14 KOs).

This fight was hard to watch to say the least! Both fighters have a long way to go despite each having fought over twenty-five professional bouts. They both were sloppy and did not demonstrate, in my opinion, that either one of them should be mentioned for title shots.

All this fight showcased was low blows, holding, hitting behind the head, head butts and a lot of warnings of taking points away by referee Bobby Howard. Howard DID take a point away from Harris for a low blow in the sixth round, but would not have been criticized at all if he had taken more away from either fighter during this eight-round snooze fest. The problem was it was only an eight round bout and there wouldn’t have been many points left if he took away all that he threatened to take during the fight. This fight was a stinker and did not help either fighter one bit.

Bill Calogero is the host of the “Talkin Boxing With Billy C” radio show, which runs on Wednesday from 6:00-8:00 pm EST on www.talkinboxing.com