Ryad Merhy vs. Kevin Lerena & Keaton Gomes vs. Joshua Pretorius RBR.

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  1. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    Lerena landed next to nothing in that round, Merhy landed almost all of the power punches. The commentators said... "good round for Lerena!"
     
    CST80, May 13, 2023
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  2. nellybc

    nellybc Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Lerena is walking Merhy down but without throwing any punches. He is good at cutting the ring off.
     
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  3. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    Round 1 Lerena 10-9
    Round 2 Lerena 10-9
    Round 3 Merhy 10-9
    Round 4 Lerena 10-9
    Round 5 Merhy 10-9
    Round 6 Lerena 10-9
    Round 7 Merhy 10-9
    Round 8 Lerena 10-9
    Round 9 Merhy 10-9
    Round 10 Merhy 10-9
    Round 11 Merhy 10-9
     
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  4. nellybc

    nellybc Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I'm just not sure that Merhy is doing enough - some of it is good work but away from home I just feel it needs to be more definitive. Looking like Lerena can hurt Merhy as well when he does land.
     
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  5. CST80

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    Round 1 Lerena 10-9
    Round 2 Lerena 10-9
    Round 3 Merhy 10-9
    Round 4 Lerena 10-9
    Round 5 Merhy 10-9
    Round 6 Lerena 10-9
    Round 7 Merhy 10-9
    Round 8 Lerena 10-9
    Round 9 Merhy 10-9
    Round 10 Merhy 10-9
    Round 11 Merhy 10-9
    Round 12 Merhy 10-9

    Where the **** was that fire, 5 rounds ago?

    115-113 Merhy
     
    CST80, May 13, 2023
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  6. nellybc

    nellybc Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I could see the fight being scored either way, I liked more of Merhy's work but I am biased as I picked him but I would have liked that last 20 second attitude in the last 4 rounds when he knew he was a long way behind.
     
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  7. CST80

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    Merhy looking like he's just happy to be there. Kerena threw his last fight, and Merhy threw this one.
     
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  8. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    Thought Lerena was a clear winner. Many close rounds and Merhy was slinging some hefty dangerous shots but so was Lerena and Merhy was reluctant to let his hands go as much as he needed to to win because he was feeling that power.
     
    Serge, May 13, 2023
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  9. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    UD for Lerena

    **** you Merhy, I never want to see you fight again. Come to think of it, **** Kevin Lerena too.
     
    CST80, May 13, 2023
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  10. nellybc

    nellybc Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    spot on Serge... I thought exactly the same but he really needed to throw them earlier but just couldn't or wouldn't

     
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  11. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    Merhy put together a good attack in the last round and caught Lerena with a sequence of big shots towards the end of it but Lerena had numerous such attacks during the fight himself when he let his hands go and had Merhy in a bit of bother and you could see Merhy was flustered by them.

    Merhy kept motioning to the ref that Lerena had caught him with shots to the back of the head even though they were clearly to the temple area (even when Merhy blocked them on the gloves too). I knew he was feeling the power as soon as he kept doing that so early into the fight.
     
    Serge, May 13, 2023
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  12. Pepsi Dioxide

    Pepsi Dioxide Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Was this a make up for his....sudden change of gameplans vs Dubois?
     
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  13. catchwtboxing

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    I honestly think there was some kind of Jake Lamotta deal done somehow. In an era when good fights cannot get made, Lerena losses one and walks into another big-ish fight a couple of months later. If he keeps coming up with these notable fights in rapid succession, I think it is pretty obvious the Dubois fight was a fix, the pay-off being a path to more big fights and purses.
     
    catchwtboxing, May 13, 2023
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