FNF: Juan Carlos Burgos vs. Frank Archuleta & Maxim Vlasov vs. Isaac Chilemba RBR

ESPN2, top of the hour. :good

 

Hasegawa-Burgos is a cool fight. :good

 

Round 1

Chilemba exhales sharply while jabbing several times to warm up. Vlasov blocks and waits for Chilemba to slow down before doubling his own stiff jab to the body coming forward. Chilemba backs up and leaves a trail of punches that Vlasov slips with very agile upper body movement. Vlasov steps into an uppercut on the inside. Chilemba is throwing lots of jabs high and low while Vlasov just menaces him but doesn't return fire. Chilemba right hands sailing two high lead to a couple of holds. Vlasov bounces forward and pitches back above the waist on the inside, trying to bait Chilemba into coming forward. Chilemba isn't humoring him, just throwing pairs and triplets to the body without really closing the distance.

 

Lol!

 

Round 2

Vlasov is shooting quick 1-2s but colliding with Chilemba without quite landing flush. Chilemba is keeping his hands moving, particularly focusing on the jab to the body and keeping his right hand cocked up by his chin. The right is thrown to punctuate an exchange that sees Vlasov trying to line up straight punches but unable to catch Chilemba in between dodging his shorter more curvy planes of attack. Another heated exchange follows a moment later wherein Vlasov lands a nice uppercut but eats a powerful counter hook as Chilemba suddenly straightens his knees.

10-9 IC

 

Round 3

Chilemba throws several uppercuts and hooks to the body. Vlasov tries to line up a straight right hand lead. He gets clocked with a 1-2 that has them butting heads during the follow-through by Chilemba. Neither can free their hands to work as they come together again. Vlasov is really trying to find that right hand. Chilemba jabs high and slaps the right around to the body, grabbing when Vlasov tries to shoot up the middle with his insistence on aiming for Chilemba's face. Finally Vlasov brushes the knuckles of his right against Chilemba's chin while fighting him into the ropes. Chilemba continues to land body shots and cover up and turn his shoulder to defend.

 

Round 4

Chilemba is throwing lots of jabs up high and slapping rights to the flank while moving around, very loose. Vlasov exploits this looseness by timing him with step-through uppercuts and 1-2s. Vlasov is starting to find his range and catch Chilemba. The Malawi boxer is still defending well with lots of tricky movement on the inside, turning his shoulder out and shrimping away with his head tilted back. Chilemba is also snaking his arms around Vlasov's and forcing him to spend energy wrestling to get free and try to punch.

38-38