BT Sport: David Bankole Adeleye vs. Dominik Musil & Bradley Strand vs. Piotr Gudel RBR

Both the North Kensingtonian of Nigerian descent and the Czech bring early power, with a combined eight stoppages (four each) inside two rounds and overall a combined eleven stoppages from thirteen wins.

So don't blink; hold your pee if you've not gone.

 

The common demoninator seems to be whether he is at home or abroad. In the Czech Republic he is fed tomato cans, and beats them. When imported by promoters in other countries, he always is the underdog and loses as the road fighter.

 

Round 1

Adeleye is exchanging jabs with Musil and keeping his arms crossed in an X over his chest while tiptoeing leftward. Nice right hand leads downstairs by Adeleye from long range. Musil is aiming for the head with the jab, feinting and then rerouting when Adeleye flinches back. Musil looking to plant a right cross on Adeleye coming up from a ducking shell after putting out a jab, but Adeleye is able to quickly back-step and dodge.

10-9 Adeleye

 

Round 2

Adeleye is starting to perform drumrolls on the belly, as much as Musil is leaving it exposed. Musil dropping his elbows to cover it, squeezed together, with the fists at the other pole of his forearm guard coming a bit loose apart, leaving room for Adeleye to blast him with a lead right. Musil backs away jabbing after tasting a few of those rights from Adeleye. Musil is cautious now, even when there's space for him to come forward with Adeleye idling. HUGE barrage from Adeleye just before the bell, knocking Musil into the ropes with a partly blocked two-handed series of hooks.

10-9 Adeleye

20-18 Adeleye

 

Reckon we might see things come to a head in the next round.

 

Round 3

Body shots from Adeleye get Musil on the run early. Adeleye is walking him down and changing levels with the jab every few tosses, going from belt line to bang on the nose. Musil is reaching in with the odd jab as they circle, but not committing with it, reluctant to leave himself open. Adeleye is linking in a right now and then, grazing the forehead as Musil flops away. Adeleye now doubling up on right hands, scoring.

10-9 Adeleye

30-27 Adeleye

 

Round 4

Adeleye is beginning to drown Musil in right hands, shoving them down the pipe with an extra hurried step inside whenever Musil's left glove leaves its rigid fixture on the battlements to probe with a jab. Musil's neck getting snapped like a Pez dispenser from the Adeleye right hand, forcing him to fall in and hold lest he be caught with a follow-up without his chin set firmly. One more big right hand from Adeleye splashes Musil into the ropes, spine lain against the upper pair so they are the only thing keeping him up. Given a count and saved by the bell.

10-8 Adeleye

40-35 Adeleye

 

That'll do. RTD4!

 

Even with another game plan, not sure there was really much he could do here.

I saw a few mentions in the YouTube comments section about how Adeleye is reminiscent of Anthony Joshua. Leaving aside that many of the comments were also quite racist, and that drawing a comparison seems the obvious and easy thing with both of them being muscular Nigerian-Brit heavyweights ...stylistically, they do have a bit of a point. He might've patterned himself on AJ to an extent (which is a blessing and curse; he's fluid throwing pull-counters but a little stiff in his movement otherwise).

 

Musil went into an involuntary crucifix position when knocked down, made for pretty funny visuals.