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Power punches in the 1st:

Kovalev 18 of 42, 43%
Thompson 1 of 9, 11%

 

Round 2

Hard rights by Kovalev. Thompson's legs buckle as he tries to reach out and hold. Another hard ramrod right by Kovalev, quick heavy and straight on target. Thompson leans back and paws his left jab out into Kovalev's body from a safe distance. Kovalev reaches and bangs the top of his head with the right hand as Thompson cricks it back. Kovalev's long jab scores past Thompson's. Quick blinding jab by Thompson while strafing around Kovalev at mid-range. Kovalev uses quick twitches to slip Thompson's jab while stalking him and lining up his long crisp jab and sharp rights. HARD RIGHT DROPPED ON THOMPSON'S SKULL FROM ABOVE!! DOWN HARD!! BARELY BEATS THE COUNT! ALMOST SAVED BY THE BELL, BUT KOVALEV FLIES IN WITH A RIGHT HAND AT THE BELL AND DROPS HIM HARD AGAIN!! He beats the second count.

10-7 Kovalev

20-16 Kovalev

 

The punch was NOT after the bell. It was thrown before the bell, and landed ON the bell.

 

I've been crowing about Kovalev for a while.

Some idiots on here were saying they picked Campillo to school him and shut him out or even stop him, having never even seen any footage of Kovalev and just going off Boxrec. atsch

 

Round 3

Kovalev comes flying in with a right hand to start the round, landing FLUSH!!! THOMPSON DOWN A THIRD TIME!!

Knockout!