King knows he got some free money for this fight. Hard to believe that Meehan still got this level of fight.
rd 1 feeling out rd, not much action. Meehan using his height and reacfh to keep RC at range, RC landed one good straight left, otherwise didnt work. Meehan touched the body a couple times with one good left hook. 10-9 Meehan
rd2 fairly slow rd there too. Chagaev landed only a few punches all rd but they were clean and effective. Meehan is really slow handed. Missing chagaev wildly. like RC is some kinda defensive master 10-9 RC 19-19
Round 3. Chagaev throwing only sparsely. Meehan throwin out a very ineffectual jab with some regularity but mainly it's hitting air or tapping Chagaev's shoulder... Chagaev seems to be looking for an opening. He caught Meehan with a good left in Round 2 and he seems to be trying to work him into the corner so he can land it again. Which he then does a few seconds of the round to go... Not a fight that will be remembered for long if the first three rounds are anything to go by.
rd3 Rc turns up the heat some in rd3. Lands a lot of straight left and left hooks. he doesnt use his right yet effectively, Meehan's timing looks off from beign out of the ring for so long. he needs to time ruslan better. Ruslan looks like the pro in there 10-9 RC 29-28 RC
Meehan's eating some big left hands here. I think Chagaev should try for a title shot against Haye. He definitely has the power to take Haye down.
actually meehan's not overweight, but otherwise fair point (though these guys are more like b - even today)
Irronicaly, Chagaev landed good left hooks in round 4. Comes kind of square like. He looks tired. He is still quality, though.
Round 4. Same pattern. Meehan swinging and missing. Meehan clearly doesn't like the taste of Chagaev's left and is doing his best to keep away from it. Chagaev, for his part, is throwing little else. He's landed several in this round and Meehan looks a bit wobbly... Chagaev lands another left just before the bell. This is pretty one sided and could probably be over if Chagaev did more than walk around the ring waiting for an opportunity to get that big(gish) left off...
rd4 RC landed a lot of very clean left crosses to meehans chin. Meehan isnt keeping his right up to block it. Luxckily he is moving in the right direction. RC stunned him a couple times. meehan still cannot time RC. You can tell RC is comnfortable with a tall fighter after valuev. 10-9 RC 39-37