Billy Joe Saunders vs. Bradley Pryce RBR

Round 3

Noble tries to creep in with his left arm low and right fist cocked under his chin, body cheated a bit to one side and knees partially bent at the ready. Dignum pops him in the face with a 1-2 and gets a move on. Dignum circles close and keeps firing lefts into the guard. Noble is now having a difficult time getting past the right jab, bouncing his face off of it as he steps forward. Dignum is able to knock Noble back against the ropes with a left hand, scoring more cleanly now. Noble tries to duck under the jab and hack at the body but Dignum is moving backward too quickly. Noble steps in and whips a big looping right around and IT YIELDS HIM ANOTHER KNOCKDOWN. Dignum bounces up quickly, not hurt, flash KD - but it steals Noble the round and gives him a two point swing.

10-8 Noble

30-25 Noble

 

That or "Frank's Blessing".

 

Round 4

Dignum is ripping shots down low, just above Noble's name embroidery. Noble is keeping his hands low and using reflexive based defense with shoulder pull-backs. Big right hands being cocked up by Noble and chucked sidearm. Dignum circles left and nearly backs himself into a corner as Noble picks his spots and rains hard chopping shots down on him. Nice ducking and weaving on the way in by Noble. A little showboating, Noble waving to the crowd while advancing. Dignum keeps tossing high straight combos as Noble ducks and takes another step inside. Left to the body by Dignum while backing toward the ropes.

40-34 Noble

 

The journeyman is not robbed. :happy

 

Was it Dignum's activity for you, fellas? :think

I guess he did outwork Lee in the rounds he didn't get dropped (and hell, he outworked him in those rounds too) but even the elementary defensive looks Noble was giving him seemed like a bit too much for him to puzzle out and land with any consistent cleanliness.

 

I think we can take Dignum out of the "prospect" column and re-file him as a "guy who happened to win his debut against a guy who was 2-47-4". :yep

If he hangs around, he might end up with an even worse record than Noble.