Gary Russell Jr. vs. Vasyl Lomachenko RBR

Round 7

Soto Karass is still ineffectively trailing along, reaching out with long jabs from either stance, betraying his intentions, then lurching in headfirst and flurrying on the body from too far out. Alexander ties up, pushes off, throws a few straight bursts off the right jab, and clapping lefts up top with possibly intentional headbutts and right upper-hooks mixed in on the inside while Soto Karass sets his arms' blender setting onto "frappe".

10-9 Alexander, closest since 3rd.

69-64 Alexander

 

Provodnikov gets hit as much. :conf (despite his bobbing and weaving)

 

Round 8

Soto Karass is pushing his left jab out, having it wiped from the air by Alexander's quicker right jab, which Alexander snaps in doubles to score while Soto Karass is retracting. Left hooks slapped out toward Alexander's body as Soto Karass ambles in, Alexander stepping back, turning him, and countering with high lefts and right hooks on the body while slipping underneath Soto Karass' high right hands, letting them slide over his left shoulder.

10-9 Alexander

79-73 Alexander

 

:nod :-((

His fans (how does he even have any?? :-() can't even hide behind "Oh, that's boxing, if you understood it you'd find it pretty to watch...:bart" - because I actually can & do appreciate fine boxing skills and have no problem enjoying watching the likes of Floyd Mayweather, Andre Ward, Cory Spinks, Ivan Calderon and other supposedly "boring" guys styling on their opponents like this. Alexander, compared with those guys, is just flat out dull with the way he goes about his business. Same way I feel about Demetrius Andrade.