Ricky Burns vs. Paulus Moses & Paul Appleby vs. Stephen Ormond RBR

Local boy Simmons is 3-0 with a single knockout.

Rasani, a popular Zimbabwean ground-level round-giver for UK prospects, is 23-65-5 (16) in his fifteen year career.

 

Wow. The Scots are booing Rasani. Doesn't he usually get love in England, like an El Hamidi type?

 

Round 1

Rasani jabs his way in and holds. They spin, separate, and Rasani clasps hold again. Simmons lands a 1-2 and buzzes Rasani. Clinch. The ref is in there to break them up quickly. Rasani is diving in and trying to grab Simmons about the waist. Rasani dives in with a wild right uppercut and is drilled with a straight counter right hand. Simmons is keeping a high guard and shuffling forward. They land looping right hands simultaneously while stepping together, and then clinch. Simmons pushes Rasani back toward the ropes and drums on his sides with the bottom of his fists. Rasani squats and jabs at the body. Simmons steps toward him and Rasani clinches, getting Simmons in a headlock. Uppercut by Rasani while holding Simmons' head. Simmons shoulders Rasani back toward the ropes and taps the body. Cheeky uppercut by Rasani. Nice left jab to the face by Rasani. Simmons pulls up the drawbridge and covers his face with his arms, stepping forward and jabbing. Simmons leans on Rasani, pushing him into the ropes with body shots.

10-9 Simmons

 

What happened to having a sporting respect for the visiting opponent? :nono

These louts in my ancestral home are shaming me.

 

Probably this, then Appleby vs. Ormond, and then the main event. :conf