Jürgen Brähmer vs. Marcus Oliveira RBR

Oliveira down? trying to get a low blow call...

 

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And in the pantheon of championship fighters from Pottawatomi(e), Jess Willard still stands alone.

 

Embarassing

 

What the hell was the French guy watching? That fight was a shutout, unless one felt obligated to give Oliveira a sympathy round. And I was rooting for the guy lol.

 

Pretty much total dominance til a few moments in 12 - cards closer than I'd have 'em but Oliveira just ain't on the top tier skill-wise. He's got the strength and stamina to continue to win some fights, but I don't see him as a serious player in the present LHW division.

Just a coupla questions over Braehmers stamina towards the end - I don't think he's likely to be ringing GYM or ME in a hurry, but he can still definitely remain one of the top European 175ers.

 

I scored the fight for Braehmer, 10-2 rounds, 118-109 points, giving Oliveira rounds 9 and 12, and scoring the 10th round 10-8 for Braehmer after Oliveira inexplicably took a knee appropos of nothing (good job by referee Caiz Jr to rule a knockdown). The first 6 rounds, Braehmer in cruise control, using his jab, potshot left hands, and occasional combinations, all the while showing good movement while keeping distance from Oliveira's right hand. Oliveira, by contrast, was shockingly inactive, he never tried to jab, and while he kept his right hand ready to fire, he rarely did so, and when he did, it was slow and obviously telegraphed, and Braehmer was able to avoid it. But then in Round 7 and especially Round 8, the fight turned on a dime. The last 5 rounds were fought in close quarters, with lots of clinching on both sides. Oliveira seemed to initiate this tactic, not sure if because he gassed from doing nothing for 6-7 rounds, but it proved his best tactic, and he wore down Braehmer by leaning on him. Oliveira also started landing a few of his wild power shots. Braehmer still boxed effectively in spurts, but he badly faded in the last 3 rounds, and he got rocked a few times by right hands in the 12th. So what looked to be a 12 round snoozefest turned out to have a somewhat dramatic ending. The two 117-110 cards were perfectly fine, the 115-112 card was ridiculous. Braehmer wins the WBA "regular" light heavyweight title, a paper trinket, but a title nonetheless.