Artur Asilbekovich Beterbiev vs. Anthony Yarde & Artem Dalakian vs. David Jiménez RBR.

Round 1 Jimenez 10-9, close
Round 2 Dalakian 10-9, close
Round 3 Dalakian 10-9
Round 4 Jimenez 10-9

David setting a frenetic pace, coming forward non stop, with herky jerky upper body movement, landing more jabs to the body, closing the distance, lands several hurtful hooks to the ribs, forcing Dalakian to hold on several occasions. Then doing solid work while in hold. Dalakian clips him with a few hooks late that knock him off balance, but not even close to enough to steal back the round.

 

Round 1 Jimenez 10-9, close
Round 2 Dalakian 10-9, close
Round 3 Dalakian 10-9
Round 4 Jimenez 10-9
Round 5 Jimenez 10-9

Another solid round from Jimenez, bringing relentless pressure, Artem with keep away jabs, but not much landing clean. David landing short explosive hooks o the body, a few glancing off the head of Artem. A lot of holding, Jimenez again, working him in hold.

 

Round 1 Jimenez 10-9, close
Round 2 Dalakian 10-9, close
Round 3 Dalakian 10-9
Round 4 Jimenez 10-9
Round 5 Jimenez 10-9
Round 6 Dalakian 10-9

Artem found his groove again, while David still pouring on the pressure, he's falling short with mch of it, only landing sporadically. Artem landed several one twos down the middle, and a few sweeping hooks.

 

Round 1 Jimenez 10-9, close
Round 2 Dalakian 10-9, close
Round 3 Dalakian 10-9
Round 4 Jimenez 10-9
Round 5 Jimenez 10-9
Round 6 Dalakian 10-9
Round 7 Jimenez 10-9, close

Artem with a ton of lateral movement early on, he's tossing out that jab, but not landing it very often, mostly being parried or blocked. He gets in a few rights to the body. Jimenez amps up the pressure in the second half, and lands several lopping hooks, one knocks Artem off balance, when in hold, Jimenez working him over, and catching him with hooks as he comes out of hold. A close round, but I thought Jimenez's shots had more on them.

 

Yeah, sorry... I got distracted with a PM.

 

Round 1 Jimenez 10-9, close
Round 2 Dalakian 10-9, close
Round 3 Dalakian 10-9
Round 4 Jimenez 10-9
Round 5 Jimenez 10-9
Round 6 Dalakian 10-9
Round 7 Jimenez 10-9, close
Round 8 Jimenez 10-9

Dominant round from Jimenez, bringing non stop pressure, decent head movement, and landing looping hooks to the head and body, prompting Artem to hold on several occasions. Artem looking gassed, isn't landing much, aside from a few one twos, he goes down on a push, Jimenez dancing a jig late... literally.

 

Round 1 Jimenez 10-9, close
Round 2 Dalakian 10-9, close
Round 3 Dalakian 10-9
Round 4 Jimenez 10-9
Round 5 Jimenez 10-9
Round 6 Dalakian 10-9
Round 7 Jimenez 10-9, close
Round 8 Jimenez 10-9
Round 9 Jimenez 10-9, close

The first minute, David landed a few lunging rights, Artem lands an uppercut, takes over the second minute, but mostly jabbing, David comes roaring back the last minute, lands a flurry late to steal a close one. He landed the heavier shots.

 

Round 1 Jimenez 10-9, close
Round 2 Dalakian 10-9, close
Round 3 Dalakian 10-9
Round 4 Jimenez 10-9
Round 5 Jimenez 10-9
Round 6 Dalakian 10-9
Round 7 Jimenez 10-9, close
Round 8 Jimenez 10-9
Round 9 Jimenez 10-9, close
Round 10 Dalakian 10-9, close

Jimenez started and ended the round relatively well, but Dalakian controlled the pace and landed a series of nasty looping hooks in the middle that seemed to shake up Jimenez a bit. Although David certainly closed the better of the two, and almost stole it back.

 

Round 1 Jimenez 10-9, close
Round 2 Dalakian 10-9, close
Round 3 Dalakian 10-9
Round 4 Jimenez 10-9
Round 5 Jimenez 10-9
Round 6 Dalakian 10-9
Round 7 Jimenez 10-9, close
Round 8 Jimenez 10-9
Round 9 Jimenez 10-9, close
Round 10 Dalakian 10-9
Round 11 Jimenez 10-9, close

Dalakian trying to keep him off, but David is relentless, while Artem was throwing and landing one twos here and there, I thought David's looping hooks and sustained attack late was enough to edge it in his direction.

 

Round 1 Jimenez 10-9, close
Round 2 Dalakian 10-9, close
Round 3 Dalakian 10-9
Round 4 Jimenez 10-9
Round 5 Jimenez 10-9
Round 6 Dalakian 10-9
Round 7 Jimenez 10-9, close
Round 8 Jimenez 10-9
Round 9 Jimenez 10-9, close
Round 10 Dalakian 10-9
Round 11 Jimenez 10-9, close
Round 12 Jimenez 10-9, close

Nightmare of a round to score, Artem probably laded the much cleaner work, but he was also relentlessly negative, held constantly, while Jimenez was pressing forward, landing anywhere he can, roughing him up, and caught him with a couple of eye catching hooks. Probably just enough to edge it.

116-112 Jimenez

115-113 and 114-114 are fine as well.

Even though I thought he won, not sure this rises to the level of a straight up robbery, There were several rounds that were genuine toss ups.

 

I just went back and rewatched Beterbiev vs. Johnson, the shot that sent Johnson's head through the ropes was a rabbit punch, then he cracked the living **** out of Callum as he disentangled himself from them. Then the shot that KO'd Johnson in the 4th, was damned close to illegal. I think he was going for a rabbit punch, and hit the top of his head by mistake. Dirty *******.