Kubrat Pulev vs. Tony Thompson & Juergen Braehmer vs. Stefano Abatangelo RBR

Braehmer is as dumb as he looks.

 

I'll have to watch and score this in a bit and see how accurate the official cards were.


Braehmer vs. Abatangelo I'm okay with never having seen. :!:

 

IB scorecard:

1. 10-9 Shihepo, despite a good right from AA.
2. 10-9 Shihepo, 20-18 Shihepo, keeping up the blistering pace and landing despite the shell.
3. 10-9 Shihepo, 30-27 Shihepo, actually stunned Abraham early on. Still outworking Abraham, scoring jabs on the mouth and uppercuts sneaking in below the guard. Once more, a couple of good connects for Abraham, too sparse.
4. 10-9 Shihepo, 40-36 Shihepo, beautiful left jab from outside. Abraham doing next to nothing.
5. 10-9 Shihepo (should have been 10-8, Abraham was clearly decked with a left hook!!), 50-45 Shihepo, even before the knockdown it was a clear Shihepo round despite Abraham picking up the work rate a bit with missed lunging jabs.
6. 10-9 Shihepo, 60-54 Shihepo, swarming and flurrying while Abraham spoils - easy to score. Bogus warning from the ref, obvious he is on Abraham's side.
7. 10-9 Abraham, 69-64 Shihepo, a few good shots actually put together in succession by Abraham, making Shihepo cautious enough for Abraham's few connects to carry it.
8. 10-9 Shihepo, 79-73 Shihepo, some nice hooks by Abraham but once more too inactive. Shihepo is getting sloppy but still throwing more between clinches. Hard right late by Abraham, but no steal.
9. 10-9 Shihepo (close), 89-82 Shihepo, the jabs still getting in and outweighing Abraham's work despite the BoxNation commentators pretending his work rate has disappeared. Three good right hands by Abraham, lots of partial-contact flurries by Shihepo.
10. 10-9 Abraham, 98-92 Shihepo, more chances taken by Abraham with Shihepo flurrying less and clinching more. All of Shihepo's jabs blocked. Solid right hand by Abraham, best punch of the round.
11. 10-9 Abraham, 107-102 Shihepo, Abraham is cracking out of the clinches with the looping right and catching Shihepo darting in with the straight right. Shihepo's flurries are all blocked. He is still more active, but much less accurate now.
12. 10-9 Abraham, 116-112 Shihepo, weak jabs from Shihepo blocked, Abraham clinching after each combo blocked for the first ninety seconds. Lots of activity from Shihepo. Nice right hand threaded in by Abraham. Wild side-claps by Abraham, clinching. Shihepo dives in with inaccurate jabs. Swing round, could be Shihepo's.


Robbery.