[url]http://www.sbnation.com/2015/4/25/8495689/klitschko-vs-jennings-2015-live-round-by-round-updates[/url] ROUND BY ROUND COVERAGE Round 1: Tactical round, with Jennings moving his head and feet early. Klitschko winds up landing more shots, including a right hand that while partially blocked, did move Jennings late in the round. This content is protected Round 2: Klitschko looking like himself -- comfortable, confident, jabbing. Wlad's jab owns the round here, with Jennings doing very little, but still working on ways to find an opening. This content is protected Round 3: Klitschko continues to control with his jab, and landed a good right hand about halfway into the round. Jennings having a horrible time finding the proper range, and Wladimir just looking more and more comfortable. Never a good thing for his opponents. This content is protected Round 4: Busier round for Wladimir, as he's pumping the jab effectively. Jennings does have some success to the body this round, but he's still not winning the round. He's here, though. He's here to fight. This content is protected Round 5: Jennings talking some trash in this round, trying to get Klitschko to make mistakes. Wladimir does not really make mistakes, though, and he lands the better shots once again this round, controlling with his jab otherwise. 1 This content is protected Round 6: Hey, hey, hey, we might have an interesting fight. Jennings is outworking Klitschko handily this round, and has landed some good shots. He takes this round, disrupting Klitschko's rhythm and effectively landing shots. This content is protected Round 7: Jennings doing more good work, landing some good power shots and slipping a lot of Klitschko's efforts to return fire. Klitschko may have hurt his right hand. This content is protected Round 8: Jennings still doing some good work, but Klitschko stemmed the tide this round, and managed to get himself back in control. This content is protected Round 9: Klitschko lands his best punch of the night, but Jennings has his best round of the night, and takes this one to keep it fairly close. He's in this fight, and he's looking like a true elite heavyweight of the modern day. This is quite an effort by This content is protected Round 10: Klitschko loses a point for holding early in the round, but otherwise lands the better shots of a fairly even round, making us shade it the champ's way. Jennings had an argument here, and if he did win this round, that point could be huge. This content is protected Round 11: A big 11th round from the champ, who looks to leave no doubts. Some good right hands that Jennings takes well. This fight is now Wladimir's to lose, no question about it. But this has been a fine effort from Jennings, too. This content is protected Round 12: Klitschko again making a statement in the final round, solidifying a very solid win against a very game opponent. Wladimir hurts Jennings halfway into the round, and that takes Jennings out of the fight a little bit down the stretch. Wladimir closed this like a champ -- he did all he could to knock out Jennings, and while he didn't do that, he's the clear winner. This content is protected
I thought Jennings only won 2-3 rounds. I will re-watch the fight later. I think the best conclusion is Wlad had a bit of an off night, and Jennings is decent...maybe the best USA contender, and possibly better than Fury or Wilder. Jennings had the right mix of guts, durability, defense, and athleticism to give Wlad a fight. Most of the other top ten guys do not have the above set of skills. Translation, Wlad is going to look very good vs Fury, Glazkov, or Wilder.
