Nikita Tszyu vs. Benjamin Mahoney & Blake Wells vs. Callum Peters RBR.

115-113 Nikita

Round 1: 10-9 Mahoney

Round 2: 10-9 Mahoney

Round 3: 10-9 Tszyu

Round 4: 10-9 Tszyu

Round 5: 10-9 Tszyu

Round 6: 10-9 Tszyu

Round 7: 10-9 Tszyu

Round 8: 10-9 Mahoney

Round 9: 10-9 Tszyu

Round 10: 10-9 Tszyu

Round 11: 10-9 Mahoney

Round 12: 10-9 Mahoney

Could have gone 115–113 either way or a draw. Neither is ready for world-level competition at 154. They should rematch, and the winner should fight Ismael Flores or Agyarko.

 

I thought one bloke pressed forwards all night & landed the harder punches throughout. A rematch won't do either of them any harm though.

Nikita should look to clean out the Australian domestic scene properly by converting his Draw & No Contest into Wins. Then take a world title shot.

Good performances by Callum Peters & Kirra Ruston also. Definitely worth following if you're an Australian boxing fan. Both are among our best.

 

Badel constantly loves making these bold authoritative statements. Shits me to tears. He's a nobody

 

I'd love to give the little dweeb a wedgie

 

Next time I see that little weasel at a No Limit Show I'm going to hurl a bourbon and Coke at him like Trent From Punchy did Top Deck.

 

I watched the fight with 6 mates. We all agreed Nikkita deserved the win. We also all agreed Nikkita is nowhere near world class. I agree he should clean out the domestic scene including Hunt and Hussain, he still needs work on his defence. He should then target Madrimov or Bohachec or even Mendoza then we will see if he is on the next level.

 

Tszyu vs Bohachek. That sounds like a fun fight. As you say after a bit more development.

 

Great fight and I enjoyed watching it from the corner. Haven’t seen the telecast of it but I’ve heard it was very one sided and I wonder how much of an influence that has on viewers. At the final bell I had it super close and a point or two either way is fine.

Don’t agree that Mahoney can’t improve off the back of it at all. Targeting the body more, where he actually had a lot of success would be one area. As would more sustained second phase attacks. Great fight.

 

Nikita is a good fun domestic level guy who is probably fringe world level. I doubt he can win a strap but it will be entertaining watching him try.