Chris van Heerden vs. Matthew Hatton RBR

Round 8

Hlatshwayo is covering up as Mabuza charges in and peppers his belly with jabs and hard short rights. Hlatshwayo is showing inauspicious body language, shrinking back and wincing from the blows to his innards. He grabs Mabuza, clasping him by the elbows, and swings him to the canvas. The ref warns him for pushing as Mabuza regains his feet. BIG left hooks up top by Mabuza as he marches forward with an intense cast to his eyes, throwing hard and without interruption. Hlatshwayo keeps holding. Left and right hooks up high by Mabuza, trying to knock Hlatshwayo's block off. Lots and lots of clinching by Hlatshwayo down the stretch. Hlatshwayo leaps in and flaps in a right hand to the neck before the bell.

10-9 Mabuza

80-72 Mabuza

 

Easy shutout IMO.

 

Hlatshwayo is hanging his head in the corner, holding onto the top rope.

Mabuza is dancing around the ring diagonally from corner to corner, shadow-boxing.

Tells the tale.

 

Official cards:

78-74
79-63 (sic)
78-74

UD for Kaizer Mabuza

 

They must have written it wrong on the 2nd card; the ring announcer looked confused while reading it. It's obviously meant to be 79-73.

Hlatshwayo wasn't that bad.

 

I suspect there's something in the water down there. :-(

 

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