Shobox: Mike Jones vs. Irving Garcia & Antwone Smith vs. Lanardo Tyner RBR

Playing catch-up.

 

Smith vs. Tyner.

Round 1

Tyner stepping left in a smooth circle, controlling the range with his jab. Smith is pressing forward with his forearms crossed, working his hands low when Tyner's feet stop and otherwise following. Tyner scoring more with the jab than Smith is with his body punches.

Round 2

Smith presses forward slowly, still covering with his arms wrapped around his head, and takes a left to the head. Tyner begins leaning his shoulder in and meeting the advancing Smith halfway, pitty-patting on the inside and slipping the punches of Smith. Tyner still showing the stronger jab as Smith continues working to the body.

Round 3

Smith grinds Tyner backward with his left shoulder and fires overhand rights that land unseen on the side of Tyner's head. Tyner trades body shots with Smith but Smith's are a bit heftier. Tyner throws wide flurries but doesn't slow Smith down. Smith selective with his shots, throwing with power high and low (but mostly low). Smith begins working in an uppercut with his favored right overhand. Tyner still smacking the sides of Smith but not landing with the same authority.

 

Round 4

Smith shoulders and elbows his way back into the face of Tyner, who unglues himself with a step back and lands a series of nice lefts on the tucked-chinned Smith. Lyner now firing a right jab having switched stances to break Smith's forward rhythm. Smith's guard a bit loose, but he's happy to take punches to get in position to land them. Nice short upperhook lands for Smith on the inside. Tyner steps back, a bit winded. Smith follows but not bloodthirsty. Tyner paws with the right jab and Smith just walks into it.

Even through 4.

 

Round 5

Antwone defending with body parts other than his face now, picking off Tyner's shoe-shining shots with his gloves, shoulders and forearms. Smith drilling Tyner to the midsection but not able to back him up consistently.

 

Round 6

Smith wading in forearms first, leading with upperhooks and following with right crosses. Tyner meets him with a counter left, slipping shots and twisting his body to the side to blunt the low attack of Smith. Tyner jabs with Smith and they both begin to open up with arcing headshots down the stretch.

 

Round 7

Smith cleaving a tight circle around Tyner, flicking out the left jab and pushing right hands with less conviction than in earlier rounds. Tyner continues to stand straight up and box, willingly engaging in body exchanges with Smith now and not conceding any ground.

 

Round 8

Smith comes out with a series of right hands, but Tyner elbow-blocks and begins to counter, hurting Smith with a right hook to the body and chasing Smith around the ring. Smith covering up and laying on the ropes. Tyner whips him with underhand lefts. Smith rolling on the ropes, and Tyner unable to find him with anything hard. Tyner may be slightly punched out. Smith fights off the ropes with an upperhook. Their heads come together as Tyner tries to smother him on the ropes with his hands down. Smith flails at him and quickly recovers his high guard. Tyner tries to size Smith up with a right jab and Smith catches him with a hook. Smith leans against Tyner and works his hands on the inside. Tyner flurries as well but his punches slap ineffectively against the chest of Smith.

 

Round 9

Smith comes out and pushes into Tyner, the tops of their heads grinding together. Tyner lands a wide hook to the cut right eye of Smith and then follows up with a hard right to the body. A couple more body shots from Tyner have Smith looking to be in huge trouble, and once Smith is on the ropes Tyner pummels him. Smith sits on the ropes and receives a count. He beats it but winces as he gets to his feet, and THAT'S ALL FOLKS

 

Jones vs. Garcia

Round 1

Jones jabs and slides to his right; Garcia ducks and weaves in front of him. Jones has Garcia watch the birdie with a triple jab that extends past Garcia's head, and then brings his right hand around to bear on Garcia's body. Jones stuttering the jab a bit, extending in full with one extension and then jerking it back to its anchor point halfway out the next time. Garcia lands a counter right and goes back into defensive posture. Jones continues to flutter with the jab and try to find space to land right uppercuts to Garcia's body.

 

Round 2

Jones leans into his jabs now, and then straightens back up...fighting taller. Garcia hooks to the body and comes close to the cup, gets warned. Garcia continues to hook low, unabashed. Jones begins to peck his way through Garcia's floating guard, landing a hook/uppercut combo. Jones now asserting his long jab. Garcia launches an overhand right at the throat of Jones, and is backed off with counter fire. Jones begins to tap the chin of Garcia with his jab, while well out of Garcia's countering range. Jones leads with an uppercut and follows it with two straight punches. Garcia rolls his upper body in front of Jones trying to get an angle to get off, but is getting hit with a lot of accurate fire from Jones, mostly to the body.