Luca D'Ortenzi vs. Semen Levin II RBR

Luca D'Ortenzi vs. Semen Levin II, 10 rounds @ cruiserweight

 

This is for the vacant IBF cruiser Mediterranean title (which has a 15 year lineage since Giacobbe Fragomeni became the inaugural champion, but has never been defended; all six bouts for it have been for the vacant belt...)

 

Oh fuck me, anthems, really?

 

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And his first is pronounced "Seh-Min", not "See-Min" ...but still.

 

Round 1

D'Ortenzi is stepping in, bobbing slightly to either side with his guard up, collecting a trickle of light up-jabs from the hip by Levin. D'Ortenzi watching the slinky, awkwardly fluid movement of Levin as he crouch-strafes around the ring and flicks up either hand at intervals. D'Ortenzi waiting to pick his shots rather than counter on the way in, pressuring without punching. D'Ortenzi rows out a jab and intercepts one from Levin, both men's arms deflecting in opposite directions, away from both of their chins. Nice sneaky uppercut by Levin after zigzagging his neck & shoulders inside through a couple of lazy jabs by D'Ortenzi. They circle and trade air-jabs.

10-9 Levin

 

Got balls, has this Semen.

 

Round 2

D'Ortenzi seems a beat too slow to respond as the 40 year old Levin (nine years D'Ortenzi's senior) writhes his way inside with serpentine lunges of his entire corpus above the waist, and rattles off quick headhunting combos or just series of sharp rapid jabs while keeping his right glove pinned to his face protectively. Levin boxing very nicely here, making D'Ortenzi fall into a defensive shell and getting off in bunches, then leaving a few parting-gift jabs on the way out and immediately breaking into unpredictable trajectories, surrendering his natural height advantage to shrink down and make himself a small target with his shoulders constantly rolling up just in case D'Ortenzi fixes aim on him with anything (which he doesn't). With ten seconds left on the clock, D'Ortenzi misses a left and chops across the jawline with a right, his cleanest shot yet, but doesn't steal the round.

10-9 Levin

20-18 Levin

 

Good catch! That must have been dodgy scoring, because Levin is clearly better (or at least has D'Ortenzi's number), based on this... or else has improved big time since then.