ESPN2 FNF: Boxcino heavyweight and light middleweight Semifinals

Round 4

Gasparyan is doubling his jab, slipped and countered with a body shot by Adams. Jab-jab-cross by Adams, with Gasparyan threading in a chopping right swiveling his body in on Adams. Clinch. Body uppercuts by Gasparyan. Adams is caught by a short left hook on the side of the head. Adams lands a 1-2 and forces Gasparyan to close up his guard. Left hook by Gasparyan, grazing.

10-9 Adams, closer

40-36 Adams

 

Round 5

Gasparyan is getting backed up by jabs and uppercuts. Gasparyan is doubling underhanded rights on the body and gets countered with a short left hook on the chin. Adams is walked into a corner and effectively blocks all of Gasparyan's uppercuts grinding his way in. Big right hand up top by Adams. Gasparyan is wrestled out to center ring. Left hook up top and whipping right hand on the body by Adams. Gasparyan ducks against Adams, tapped atop the head by a left. Left rip on the liver by Adams. Gasparyan fires a 1-2 into the guard. Double hook by Adams while stepping left, going to chest and chin. Gasparyan tucks and covers.

10-9 Adams

50-45 Adams

 

3 more rounds but the ring walks for Afolabi vs. Ramírez have already started. :wall

 

Round 6

Gasparyan is getting hit with jabs and short looping rights, unable to get off so much as one jab without a cluster of counters from Adams. Gasparyan's chest is scrubbed with a left hooker-cut and he catches a looping right on his left arm, quickly assembling his guard while shied away. Adams is steadily picking his spots, jabbing and hooking the face and pounding the hip-line with uppercuts while shaking off Gasparyan's attempts to stifle him with pushes down on the arms.

10-9 Adams

60-54 Adams

 

Atlas has it 60-55 Adams.

 

Round 7

Adams is jabbing and luring Gasparyan in. Uppercut on the hip by Adams. 1-2 up top by Adams. Gasparyan tries a jab and under-cutting right on the body. Adams turns him and lands a counter right. Gasparyan is complaining of his eyesight, maybe? Sore jaw? The ref waves it off.

TKO7!!

edit: it was his left ear, which partially detached. Shades of Margarito vs. Lujan there. :barf

 

:shock:

 

Sublime timing. Afolabi vs. Ramírez about to start right now. :wooo