Leonard Bundu vs. Rafal Jackiewicz RBR

Meriting notice is that Bundu - ordinarily a southpaw - has fought orthodox all night. :think

He is almost practicing on Jackiewicz - such is the gulf in talent and ease of execution.

It's more glorified sparring match than serious title defense.

 

Round 9

Jackiewicz is jabbing and harpooning long rights to the body. Bundu keeps moving and writhing to leave Jackiewicz with nothing but glancing contact and spirals in close to whack a few counter hooks off the top of Jackiewicz's head.

10-9 Bundu

90-81 Bundu

 

Round 10

Jackiewicz is catching Bundu's jabs and sickle rights up from a sideways lean on his guard and ceding ground. Jackiewicz tries to get set and is clearly looking to time a counter 1-2 but lacks the trigger instinct when Bundu dances into his scope. Lots of clinching, test of strength as they haul each other's mass back and forth with a bracing hand on the shoulder and one pushing straight into the body. Wide slices to the body are landing for Bundu in between clinches, while Jackiewicz is barely firing back and missing when he does jab.

10-9 Bundu

100-90 Bundu

 

Round 11

Jackiewicz is wilting under the steady and deliberate combination assault from Bundu. Nothing is terribly fast or explosive, but Bundu has landed over and over despite Jackiewicz keeping his shields up. Jackiewicz is leaning in with arms folded across his face, looking to hold and rest. BIG LEFT HOOK UNDER THE ELBOWS BY BUNDU. Jackiewicz is badly hurt there. Whipping hook across the face by the champion for good measure, but Jackiewicz was already motioning as if about to sink to a knee on a delayed reaction. Jackiewicz is down, and not getting up!

TKO11!!

 

Sorry, Kell Brook - you're no longer the only person to ever stop Braveheart. :deal

 

That was only the Sierra Leonean-Italians's 10th stoppage in 31 bouts. :think

 

Leo is barely even breathing heavily as he waits patiently at center ring for his SportItalia interview to commence.

He stands there smiling quietly, full of swagger.

 

:rofl PolSat Sport abruptly cut their broadcast off before he could open his mouth!

Sore losers much?

 

Relevant, and undefeated. Especially impressive over the last couple of years as his quality of opposition has increased. In that span he is 5-0-1 (3) in European title contests, and the combined record of his foes is 140-15-2.

Crazier still is that he didn't begin that leap in class until his late thirties!

I totally forgot he's actually older than Jackiewicz. You wouldn't have known it by watching them. You would have thought Jackiewicz was twice his age.