Badou Johannes Gabriel Jack vs. Norair Mikaeljan II & Brook Sibrian vs. Gloria Munguilla RBR.

rnd 1 Mikaelyan

 

Round 1

Jack jabbing the body and skipping to his left. Mikaeljan walking him down, placing a hard sidearm jab into the mush and stunning Jack. Mikaeljan getting inside, not letting Jack flit around the ring without reckoning with him. Both catching lots of jabs and watching each other feint.

10-9 Mikaeljan, close and uneventful

 

2 - 0 Mikaelyan

 

Round 2

Mikaeljan is now the one flitting around, lobbing body shots from outside with a quick duck in and then resetting. Jack a little more successful finding him with a jab and grazing straight right coming in. Right hand from Mikaeljan just before the bell. A little chippiness after the bell, each man chirping at the other angrily.

10-9 Jack

19-19

 

Round 3

Mikaeljan is tripling his jab into the glove of Jack. Straights and hooks by Mikaeljan, blocked. Jack yet to really open up with any power shots a minute in, just a couple of pawing jabs, mostly playing defense. Mikaeljan is keeping his left arm bent at his elbow, hiked up 90 degrees to protect his face while he uses his right like an icepick, thrusting it at Jack over and over while stepping inside, occasionally tomahawking the left glove down, more a distance-measuring chop than a jab. Jack is backed into the ropes, bounces his back off them and scores an overhand right charging out to center ring. Sloppy clinch with the nape of Jack's head caught in the crook of Mikaeljan's elbow. Mikaeljan ducks a jab and sashays away from a Jack jab up top. Mikaeljan winds up a few looping rights, partially blocked.

10-9 Mikaeljan

29-28 Mikaeljan

 

Jack is clearly being outworked, but at the same time hes blocking almost everything Mikaeljan throws.

Hard to separate them, but I have it 2-1 Mikaeljan, giving Jack the third.

 

3 - 0 Mikaelyan. Close rnds

 

Er, suppose by the numbers he technically speaking is relatively the "puncher" in this match-up, at 58.62% (compared with 44.44%)

But yeah Jack isn't a "touch you and immediately alter your consciousness" type of hitter.

 

Its a shame Mikaelyan never really got the opportunities when he was young, its clear he is a very skilfull fighter with good athleticism but he probably only has 1-2 years left at the top level before age catches up with him

 

4th a clear round for Jack.

 

I don't usually subscribe to "sins of the father revisit the son" thinking, but part of me takes a sadistic glee in his career never really going anywhere just because of how much I loathe his namesake/stepdad/mentor/trainer Khoren Gevor.