Mariusz Wach vs. Kevin Blue Johnson & Ewa Maria Piątkowska vs. Karina Kopińska II RBR

Come on KJ, this guy isn't really much better than some of those you've mildly upset before in the journeyman phase of your career... (Leapai, Haumono, Pianeta)

 

Round 2

Johnson starts the round still in his shell, leaning away from Wach's jabs and mostly absorbing them as they skid off his chunky left shoulder - but then he starts to line up some pull-counter rights about 90 seconds in, and is tagging Wach accurately while remaining well clear of any punitive rights from the giant. Wach is somewhat enraged, lunging down with rights and missing as Johnson flinches straight backward or shrimps and turns a quarter way around.

10-9 Johnson, close

19-19

 

Round 3

Jabs swapped and Johnson is first to score a right hand, coming up on his lead toe and swinging his starboard half into the shot before swaying out into a defensive posture again. Wach then prods him into the ropes with jabs on the chest, and tries dropping in a big rainbow shaped right hand, only to crack down on the clavicle as Johnson's head droops aside in time. Johnson jabbing up into Wach's guard, playing patty-cake. Wach steps in with a 1-2 and misses past the neck as Johnson slaps a blind fade-away check hook at him but also fails to make clean contact, bouncing off Wach's upper arms and throat. BIG swing and a miss with the right by Johnson coming off the ropes, nearly headbutting Wach square in his cawk on the follow-through. Wach keeping Johnson pinned on the ropes with the jab, all those aimed at the head getting blocked but the ones downstairs puncturing through.

10-9 Wach

29-28 Wach

 

BOTH WERE WORLD TITLE CONTENDERS