Vazquez was counterpunching and landing some good shots. Kim was throwing wildly and getting countered regularly. Vazquez was also putting in some great body work. The two fighters clashed heads four times in the first two rounds. Kim throws almost every shot wildly and everyone is intended to end the fight. He started to find his range in the third round but Vazquez answered with a big punch midway through the round. Kim showed off his good chin when he absorbed the punch and kept moving forward. Vazquez was clearly confusing Kim when he started to be the aggressor in rounds two and three. His hand speed was obviously giving Kim problems to. With that being said Kim can end the fight at any time with a big right hand. Vazquez had, on my card, won the first four rounds and has done it rather easily. He was landing a lot of shots on Kim and they looked to be taking their toll. In the fifth Kim started to pressure a little less and this was probably due to the clean hard shots of Vazquez. Vazquez was landing an impressively hard jab and fighting a perfect stylistic fight. Vazquez landed some great shots in the sixth and was really getting to Kim. Kim was getting utterly dominated and wasnt getting any closer to doing anything significant to Vazquez. Vazquez was cut badly very early in the eighth round by a head butt. The doctor took a look at it and let the fight continue. Vazquez backed Kim into a corner with 1:53 left and landed a great combination. The cut didnt seem to bother Vazquez and he dominated the rest of the eighth round. Kim landed a great shot in the ninth but Vazquez took it and didnt look to be shaken at all. Kim was then cut with a head butt and had a small cut opened up over his eye. Vazquez controlled the final three rounds and ended up taking a unanimous decision by scores of 119-109, 120-108, 118-110. Vazquez was simply the better fighter tonight who had a plan B to fall back on. Kim was a straight ahead power puncher and nothing more. Article by Tyler Curtis
Dammit. Hopefully from this loss Kim will learn not to defend with his face. Exciting fighter no doubt but poor defense.
