BT Sport: Ezequiel Osvaldo Maderna vs. William Hutchinson & Ellis Zorro vs. Hosea Noah Burton RBR

Round 2

Burton is keeping up a slow and steady pace of circling and unfurling jabs, but Zorro now had picked things up and begun to zap him with quick jabs thrown sidelong at the body from a crouch, and sneaks in some right hands up on the chin as well. Zorro slipping jabs while pressuring and tattooing Burton, mostly with straight reach-ins on the body.

10-9 Zorro

19-19

 

Round 3

Burton you can tell is getting anxious and putting pressure on himself to come out of his comfort zone and whip in roundhouse rights past the jab, desperate to reassert dominance. It gets him countered and buzzed by harder, straighter, line drive rights from Zorro in the first minute. Burton is pushing forward and flurrying on the body ahead of the brief awkward clinches. He has a bloody nose but is ignoring it and pressing the pace.

10-9 Burton, close

29-28 Burton

 

Round 4

Burton is back to controlling the speed and distance of the fight - namely, slow and long. Zorro getting pummeled at the very end of long right hands, which Burton is setting up with lumpy jabs in multiples. Zorro reduced to retreating around the perimeter, back skimming the ropes, and tying up when Burton closes in on him. Even when he does hold, though, Burton is ragdolling him and/or getting in a few licks on the body.

10-9 Burton

39-37 Burton

 

So much for the concerns about Burton facing a size & strength disparity versus a natural cruiserweight.

 

Round 5

Burton is making Zorro duck with a flashing of jabs or jab-feints targeting his bloody nose (they both have one), then clubbing with right hands before Zorro can encircle his waist for a clinch. Not a ton going on this round, very little being landed cleanly, but the ring general still clearly Burton.

10-9 Burton, close

49-46 Burton