Harlem Eubank vs. David Papot & Kieran Molloy vs. Sean Noakes + Joel Bartell vs. Kyran Jones RBR.

Round 1 Papot 10-9
Round 2 Papot 10-8
Round 3 Papot 10-9
Round 4 Papot 10-9
Round 5 Papot 10-9
Round 6 Eubank 10-9
Round 7 Eubank 10-8
Round 8 Papot 10-9
Round 9 Papot 10-9
Round 10 Papot 10-7

Harlem comes out with far more intent, lands a few solid lunging rights early, attempts another one, misses, squares up, looks clueless for a second with his chin up in the air. Papot takes the opening that was presented to him on a silver platter, lands a picture perfect straight left right on the button, Harlem's legs quiver and he falls on his ass. He makes it back up, Papot going for the kill, looping in wild left and right hooks, walks him into another clean left, Harlem buzzed, then trips over his leg and goes down again. Gets counted, that wasn't a great call, but he was hurt. Papot continues the assault until he gasses out slightly 10 seconds before the bell.

 

Round 1 Papot 10-9
Round 2 Papot 10-8
Round 3 Papot 10-9
Round 4 Papot 10-9
Round 5 Papot 10-9
Round 6 Eubank 10-9
Round 7 Eubank 10-8
Round 8 Papot 10-9
Round 9 Papot 10-9
Round 10 Papot 10-7
Round 11 Eubank 10-9

Very close round, Papot landed he cleaner counters, but he only landed around 3 of them. While Eubank pushed the pace throughout, and landed a few looping rights, enough to nick it.

 

Round 1 Papot 10-9
Round 2 Papot 10-8
Round 3 Papot 10-9
Round 4 Papot 10-9
Round 5 Papot 10-9
Round 6 Eubank 10-9
Round 7 Eubank 10-8
Round 8 Papot 10-9
Round 9 Papot 10-9
Round 10 Papot 10-7
Round 11 Eubank 10-9
Round 12 Papot 10-9

Harlem giving it his all, comes out swinging for the fences, but almost all of it is missing by a mile, with Papot bobbing and weaving avoiding the incoming fire, then he times Eubank with a vicious left that stiffens his legs again. He fires off another, then catches him with a few counter right hooks.

116-108 Papot

 

Good stuff. I too thought round 6 was the first clear round for Eubank and that prior to that Papot arguably won every round or at worst 4 of them

 

Yeah, like I said earlier, I wasn't rying to be a ick, but I genuinely can't see how anyone could have Harlem winning any of the first 5. But those whores on commentary can be ultra persuasive if you aren't paying the utmost attention.

 

The only one I feel you could make an argument for him is round 1 because both did very little. But even as I was watching that one and the commentators were acting like he won it I was like.. er.. but did he really? Hmm.. I'm not so sure

 

Barry Jones and Darren Barker's default setting is, if neither do anything, that's a clear round for the Brit! At least Frampton was somewhat fair and scored the first a 10-10. But even more egregious is their gaslighting of the viewers in rounds 3-5, when Harlem was missing by a mile with everything he threw and walking face first into counters, yet... oh, this is a good round for Eubank!

 

Same in round 9. There's no way Barker would've said Eubank might be edging it if he caught Papot as clean and often as Papot caught Eubank that round

 

Here's a quote from me about Round 9. "The manic flurries are the definition of ineffective aggression from Harlem."

 

Yes. I think I'm going to learn Japanese just so I can find out if Japanese commentators are as biased as British and American ones. I'd be surprised if they were