Cunningham-Ross and Sylvester-Karmazin RBR

Round 6

Karmazin jabs away. Sylvester not bothering to try and get into a jabbing contest anymore, ducking down and aiming for the ribs of Karmazin. Karmazin whacks him with a hook to deter him from running in low. Sylvester misses a 1-2 to the body. Karmazin still jabbing like a machine. They aren't stiff jabs but they're plentiful and Sylvester is choosing to avoid putting his face anywhere near them. Sylvester slips a couple of jabs and plants one on Karmazin's face. Sylvester misses a jab up top, and Karmazin keeps backing away. Sylvester now advancing, but Karmazin not letting him get through, holding him off with a reasserted jab, picking his spots now and throwing it harder. Sylvester's head snapped back with a jab.

Good Karmazin round.

58-56 RK

 

Round 7

Karmazin warned for heads coming together. They touch gloves. Karmazin sticks his jab out in Sylvester's face, Wlad Klitschko style. Sylvester not pressing. Karmazin circles, jabs, and when they come together flurries down low. Sylvester covers up and backs off.

I missed almost the first half of the round, but it appeared Karmazin won most of the last two minutes.

Based on the assumption that nothing crazy happened early, 68-65 Karmazin

 

Round 8

Karmazin is still living by the jab. Sylvester is still throwing very little, trying to potshot to the body but not getting many clear looks as Karmazin keeps on the move and keeps his face in the laser-sights of his jab. Three punch combination from Karmazin, thrown straight and hard, backs Sylvester up. Sylvester coming forward without moving his hands. Karmazin jabs high, and Sylvester jabs low, both miss. Ref breaks a clinch at the ropes. Sylvester with a hand-crank combination as he bulls in, Karmazin eats some leather but backs up and jabs his way out. Karmazin now pushing Sylvester back with the jab. Sylvester misses a right hand as Karmazin ducks under it, causing a brief clinch. Karmazin jab is landing regularly although Sylvester is now moving his feet and keeping a guard up.

78-74 Roman Karmazin

These rounds could be close enough that it might not look like that on official cards, especially in Germany.

 

Round 9

Karmazin really working the jab faithfully. Sylvester is still playing more defense than offense. Sylvester lunges with a hook, gets his arm caught in the crook of Karmazin's elbow, and gets hit a bit atop the head before they break. Karmazin jabs and hooks at the head of Sylvester, but Sylvester elusive with his movement. Sylvester acting like 80's Tyson except without the ferocious punching - or any punching at all, really. Now Sylvester tries a couple of right hands that don't connect but send a wary Karmazin into the rope area. Karmazin able to skirt his way back to the center of the ring with his jab flowing freely. He lands a 1-2 at the bell.

88-83 Karmazin