Ricky Burns vs. Terence Crawford RBR

Round 3

O'Neill is caught with a double jab and big overhand right as Ogogo hurtles in on him and then eases out to circle, pace calming again. Ogogo is boxing in a Fartlek manner, short bursts of high-speed intensity and then drifting around O'Neill, lulling him. Quick straight combos dropped in by Ogogo, with O'Neill whirling to face up and trying to get in a counter jab or high straight right edgewise but mostly kept on defensive alert on his revolving dais in center ring.

10-9 Ogogo

30-27 Ogogo

 

Round 4

O'Neill is having trouble keeping both arms up now, drooping elbows to hips a bit as he blocks the double jabs and straight combinations of Ogogo. O'Neill is clinching more frequently and turns Ogogo around to spoon him briefly. The ref is getting more and more involved with each passing minute. Ogogo is leaning forward, arms glued to his face with elbows up by his throat, catching the soft-lob high-reaching left hooks of O'Neill on the wrists and then countering with quick body flurries.

10-9 Ogogo

40-36 Ogogo

 

The fun starts 2.5 hours from now. op

 

Ogogo simply must stop O'Neill.

The only knockout ever scored by Lewis Taylor - not 12-0 (1) - was against O'Neill.

 

Yeah, Greg is definitely looking to not only survive (which itself would be an embarrassment for the gold medalist) but get a few mean licks in here and there. Credit him for not being intimidated or laying down.

 

Round 5

Ogogo is circling and reaching out with the jab from a tight guard, curtsying in and then swooping up with hair-brushing right hands and curling left hooks around O'Neill's guard. Quick overhand rights on the inside by Ogogo as O'Neill tries clinching. O'Neill is warned for holding. Light overhand right flapped on the shoulder by Ogogo and they clinch, Ogogo tapping his body as O'Neill holds again.

10-9 Ogogo

50-45 Ogogo