Round 1: Braithwaite 10-9 Round 2: Ahmed 10-9 Round 3: Even 10-10 Round 4: Ahmed 10-9 Round 5: Ahmed 10-9 49-47 Ahmed Braithwaite looks really tired.
Round 1 Ahmed 10-9, close Round 2 Ahmed 10-9, close Round 3 Braithwaite 10-9, close Round 4 Ahmed 10-9 Round 5 Ahmed 10-9 Marcel trying to stay at range, Ijaz jabbing his way in and slipping his wild left hooks better. Ijaz getting in close, Marcel holds. Ahmed again pounding the body. landing one twos to the head and body. Braithwaite still lading clean counters and jabbing well. Ijaz undeterred and outworking him. Ijaz blocking these hooks and landing decet counters of his own now.
Round 1 Ahmed 10-9, close Round 2 Ahmed 10-9, close Round 3 Braithwaite 10-9, close Round 4 Ahmed 10-9 Round 5 Ahmed 10-9 Round 6 Ahmed 10-9 Braithwaite aggressive early, the aggression quickly blunted. Ahmed rocks him back on his heels with a left hook. Ahmed still working the body, now pushing him back constantly. Marcel looking very tired now, his output has dropped. Marcel missing with wild shots, Ahmed peppering his body with uppercuts and hooks and clubbing hooks up top. The output is incessant. Ijaz backs him to the ropes. Works him over.
Round 1: Braithwaite 10-9 Round 2: Ahmed 10-9 Round 3: Even 10-10 Round 4: Ahmed 10-9 Round 5: Ahmed 10-9 Round 6: Ahmed 10-9 59-56 Ahmed Braithwaite is struggling to land with his jab now. Ahmed’s head movement is pretty good. He is looking comfortable right now.
Round 1 Ahmed 10-9, close Round 2 Ahmed 10-9, close Round 3 Braithwaite 10-9, close Round 4 Ahmed 10-9 Round 5 Ahmed 10-9 Round 6 Ahmed 10-9 Round 7 Ahmed 10-9 Marcel a little cagier early, Ijaz not as active. Still pressing forward. Jabbing his way in, the pace much slower now, with Ijaz picking and landing the cleaner shots. Marcel lands decent right. Ijaz backs him to the ropes, unloading to the body, Marcel backs off. Ijaz cracking him with left hooks, and decent straight rights. Marcel with a left hook. Ijaz plugging away at the body, like his belly is full of candy. Ijaz very active late.
Round 1: Braithwaite 10-9 Round 2: Ahmed 10-9 Round 3: Even 10-10 Round 4: Ahmed 10-9 Round 5: Ahmed 10-9 Round 6: Ahmed 10-9 Round 7: Ahmed 10-9 69-65 Ahmed Another easy round for Ahmed. The commentators should be supporting the home fighter Ahmed but they are really confusing with how they are calling the fight.
Round 1 Ahmed 10-9, close Round 2 Ahmed 10-9, close Round 3 Braithwaite 10-9, close Round 4 Ahmed 10-9 Round 5 Ahmed 10-9 Round 6 Ahmed 10-9 Round 7 Ahmed 10-9 Round 8 Ahmed 10-9 Braithwaite out with a heavy left hook, Ijaz holds. Ijaz gets in close, uppercuts to the body. Marcel landing decent counters. Ijaz still with the persistent body work. Marcel lands a few one twos. Both men looking tired now. Ijaz with more energy late. Outworking him down the stretch. Clean punches, with Ahmed far more active. A left drops Braithwaite, ref incorrectly rules it a slip.
Round 1: Braithwaite 10-9 Round 2: Ahmed 10-9 Round 3: Even 10-10 Round 4: Ahmed 10-9 Round 5: Ahmed 10-9 Round 6: Ahmed 10-9 Round 7: Ahmed 10-9 Round 8: Braithwaite 10-9 78-75 Ahmed Great start to the round from Braithwaite who caught Ahmed with a solid shot. A lot more holding no. Braithwaite also landed a nice body shot. It looked like Braithwaite slipped to the canvas but Ahmed’s corner is unhappy and wants it called a knockdown.
Round 1: Braithwaite 10-9 Round 2: Ahmed 10-9 Round 3: Even 10-10 Round 4: Ahmed 10-9 Round 5: Ahmed 10-9 Round 6: Ahmed 10-9 Round 7: Ahmed 10-9 Round 8: Braithwaite 10-9 Round 9: Ahmed 10-9 88-84 Ahmed A lot of holding again. Braithwaite looks tired and is trying to work on the inside. Good work from Ahmed through the round. Braithwaite landed a great shot right at the end of the round.
Round 1 Ahmed 10-9, close Round 2 Ahmed 10-9, close Round 3 Braithwaite 10-9, close Round 4 Ahmed 10-9 Round 5 Ahmed 10-9 Round 6 Ahmed 10-9 Round 7 Ahmed 10-9 Round 8 Ahmed 10-9 Round 9 Ahmed 10-9, close Ijaz out looking pissed and very active, he's putting a battering on Marcel this round. Marcel looks dead tired. Ijaz with one twos down the middle. Marcel missing a lot. Both men working the body. Marcel lands a few up top. Backs him to the ropes, Ijaz spins out, and pushing him back. Body shots and left hooks, then an overhand right from Braithwaite late.
I wasn’t too sure to be honest. My first inclination was that Braithwaite slipped but it was probably because he was caught and then lost balance. I’ll leave it for now but you’re probably right.
Round 1: Braithwaite 10-9 Round 2: Ahmed 10-9 Round 3: Even 10-10 Round 4: Ahmed 10-9 Round 5: Ahmed 10-9 Round 6: Ahmed 10-9 Round 7: Ahmed 10-9 Round 8: Braithwaite 10-9 Round 9: Ahmed 10-9 Round 10: Ahmed 10-9 98-93 Ahmed The co-commentator is really biased towards Braithwaite for some strange reason. Ahmed has been winning the majority the rounds because he has been landing lots of combinations. Braithwaite lands the occasional heady shot to the head but Ahmed has been outworking him throughout the fight. Braithwaite was hurt by a left hook to the body at the end of the round.
