MTK Global: José Rodolfo Macías Enríquez vs. Rai Bekmanatovich Seitzhanov RBR

Round 7

Enríquez is mouth-breathing now, getting dusted on either brow with the rapid hooking flurries of Seitzhanov while goring his way in headfirst. Enríquez trying a reaching jab or fat hook from too far out and getting stuck with counter left hooks on the body as Seitzhanov plants his feet and gives it some torque. Enríquez lands a pair of power shots on the face snapping the head back as Seitzhanov gets overconfident in the pocket after landing another body hook.

10-9 Seitzhanov, close, finally Enríquez's fatigue has narrowed the gap and let him on the scoreboard IMO.

69-64 Enríquez

 

Round 8

Enríquez is tapping Seitzhanov on the left cheek - where a small mouse is developing - with left hooks coming up for air from a deep, head-downturned squat. Counter right hands and left hooks by Seitzhanov looming over Enríquez on his toes. Seitzhanov with another uppercut on the crotch and Enríquez sits against the corner turnbuckle for a minute to recover. The ref docks the point from Seitzhanov. Less than a minute later Seitzhanov lands a perfectly legit body uppercut and the ref gives him another warning; commentators rightfully call the ref out for it. "Nothing wrong with that shot at all!".

9-9 (10-9 Seitzhanov minus a point)

78-73 Enríquez

 

Round 9

They clinch and Seitzhanov claps the nape of Enríquez's neck with a right hand. The ref is FURIOUS with him, that was as blatant a rabbit punch as can be. Wasn't ambiguous or heat of the moment in the slightest. They clinched, a full second passed, and Seitzhanov reached out his fist several inches behind Enríquez and let it recoil in like a tape measure. Commentators are laughing at Seitzhanov, "what are you doing man, you can't argue that one". Seitzhanov begins to land jabs and 1-2s on a downward plank into Enríquez's face while the Mexican ducks and undulates springily to either side, throwing hooks to body and head. They clinch and Seitzhanov bucks Enríquez off with a strong-arm, then lands a hard body hook. Enríquez is hurt but plays it off like it was low as the ref was on their blind side, but it cleary wasn't.

10-9 Seitzhanov, lucky to have dodged another foul deduction. Skirted the line all round.

87-83 Enríquez

 

Round 10

Enríquez is getting jolted with sharp down-jabs as he runs into Seitzhanov at low altitudes looking to sweep in body shots. There's a delay to fix tape on Enríquez's gloves. Time in, and Seitzhanov looks to have pumped himself up mentally for a strong final two minutes and change. Jabs on the face and hooks on the body from the Kazakh, sitting down on everything. There are frequent clinches, but there has been a 180° turn now from the first half of the contest as Enríquez is the one initiating them. Enríquez is hooking away up top with his left but either barely making contact or getting deflected off Seitzhanov's right arm while Seitzhanov himself lands hooks downstairs. The ref keeps prying them apart with Seitzhanov nodding at Enríquez and shrugging as if to say "not me, chief...at least not anymore". Seitzhanov jabbing and throwing shoeshine uppercut flurries at the face of Enríquez to back him into the ropes. Another clinch. Nice scooping right on the body from Seitzhanov as Enríquez tries for a big hook up top, missing.

10-9 Seitzhanov

96-93 Enríquez

 

Play by play guy has it 95-94 to Enríquez. He accedes that it was close but feels it'll be home cooking (or "boxing politics" in his own words) should it go Seitzhanov's way.

 

Official cards:

95-94 Enríquez
95-94 Seitzhanov
95-94

SD for... Seitzhanov

 

Neither commentator loves the decision but they're not looking to start a torch mob, and they're relieved that at least the judges had it appropriately close.

 

With a little better cardio, El Increible might have been able to hammer out the one more close round he needed to still have that zero intact. Oh well, he is only 22 and Seitzhanov only 23 himself. Time for both to improve, if they have adequate coaching.

 

If you want to watch & score this after work, @Fogger - it was a decent fight if you have a half an hour to kill. It wasn't brilliantly exciting or super high skill level or anything, and the commentators overrated it a little - but it was solid.

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Fight starts at two hours and twelve minutes in.

 

Anybody privy to what became of Johnny Muller, btw? Couldn't find anything.

 

@CST80 - trade proposal: I'll watch & score Fleming vs. England sometime this weekend, and you check out this one.