Go back, Jack, view it again...we're scoring, Round By Round...

How about some four rounders? I might actually play in that case.



I'll start with round 1 of Simon vs. Wright and see how far I get...

 

Round 1 shumenov
2 shumenov
3 campillo
4 campillo
5 campillo
6 campillo
7 campillo
8 campillo
9 shumenov
10 campillo
11 shumenov
12 campillo

campillo 115 - shumenov 111

 

Fixed.

 

I'm about to re watch Maidana vs Kotelnik. i remember this one being super close.

 

Just watched the first round and i remember this well now, its the same almost every round. Maidana throwing the harder shots, more shots sometimes but Kotelnik blocking loads with his guard and Kotelnik landing little shots. Really hard to score and it boils down to what you prefer.

 

Yep, this really is the definition of a close fight, don't like when a lot of people say Kotelnik out boxed or schooled Maidana. After 4 got it 2-2 so far and the crowd goes mad when Kotelnik lands and deadly silent when Maidana throws and sometimes lands his bombs ha.

1 Maidana (busier, landed the better shots, Kotelnik neat and tidy but didn't work enough)

2.Kotelnik (Maidana mostly hits gloves, Kotelnik for busier this rounds, lands clean shots)

3.Maidana ( similar to round 1, but a bit closer, gonna get this a lot as rounds are very similar, finding a pattern.

4.Kotelnik (Better work from Kotelnik, cleaner shots once more)

5. Kotelnik (same as 4 but Maidana openly getting frustrated here as he struggles to land anything big)

6. Kotelnik (Kotelnik is a blocking machine, tough as nails as well, Maidana can't land much and Kotelnik just landing little shots again but much cleaner work, Maidana is throwing combo's but most are blocked and then he puts his hands down and Kotelnik goes to work, pretty close though due to MAidana's agression)

7. Kotelnik( I've seen this round before, yeah like rounds 4 and 5 but a bit closer, Prefer Kotelniks work here again, Maidana needs to win a round soon...)

8. Maidana ( Much better round for Marcos and Kotelnik dosenlt land much here and Chino is busy and gets through for the first time in a while, Maidana got momentum now it would seem ha)

9. Maidana ( Huge round for Chino, hurts Kotelnik pretty good and domiantes the end of the rounds, Kotelnik looking shaken up after the bell)

10 Kotelnik ( after Maidana hurts Kotelnik in round 9 you would think Maidana would also win this round but no, Kotelnik boxes smartly here and Marcos has no real success, Blocking fest from Kotelnik with him also finding Marcos pretty easily with good shots of his own)

11 Maidana ( Maidana has his usual round where he just gets through more than in others, Kotelnik guard not working as well as round 10 and he gets rocked slightly to the ropes as Maidana does more damage in this round, some gave Kotelnik this round but again its what you prefer, MAidana round for me)

12 Maidana ( Maidana dominates the first 2 mins of thsi round as Kotelnik just has his guard up buts eats soem body shots and upercuts for his trouble, bloody nose now and swelling but Kotelnik gives it ago in the last min but a clear Maidana round.

114-114 i scored it, rounds 3,6 and 11 were really close i thought with others a bit easier to score. a much better fight than i remembered it.

Kotelnik looked like he thought he lost when he went to his corner, shaking his head and looking gloomy, looked relieved and slightly shocked when the scorecards went for him by SD. Maidana looked in disbelieve but both probably realize now that it was a really clsoe fight in which Kotelnik took more damage but boxed better in a lot of the rounds.

 

Simon-Wright.

Good fight, with a lot of shifts of momentum in the fight (and often in each round).

Round 1: 10-9 Simon (landed the harder shots to shade it)
Round 2: 10-9 Simon
Round 3: 10-9 Wright
Round 4: 10-9 Wright (Very close, pretty much 10-10, but Wright does a bit better work and shades it, imo)
Round 5: 10-9 Wright (Better work with the jab)
Round 6: 10-9 Simon

Even 57-57 halfway through...same score as IB, but through a different path.

Round 7: 10-9 Wright
Round 8: 10-9 Simon
Round 9: 10-9 Simon
Round 10: 10-9 Simon (close, but Simon's D is on point and he lands the more eye-catching shots)
Round 11: Wright
Round 12: Simon

115-113 Simon.

Not much between them, and a scorecard of 115-113 Wright is hardly out of the question, but on the whole, Simon's harder punches and fairly effective aggression carries the day in most rounds.

 

:thumbsup sweet, reading pascal-hopkins right now, interesting read.