ShoBox: Lateef Kayode vs. Nick Iannuzzi & Luis Franco vs. Leonilo Miranda RBR

Freddie Roach is yelling sternly at Kayode in the corner, "Now you knock this guy out!! :nono"

 

Round 7

Kayode walks forward and fixes his jab on Iannuzzi, who resorts to high slapping hooks from the hip as he continues to stay as far outside as possible. The referee warns them both for grabbing roughly behind the neck. Iannuzzi lands a quick combo that has Kayode a bit stunned and laying on the ropes!! Kayode keeps trying to get back in the fight with a big 1-2 but Iannuzzi is slipping well at the end of the punches. Kayode now lands a left hook!! Iannuzzi backs up and Kayode is stepping through and landing hooks to the body!!! Iannuzzi looks exhausted and throws some arm punches as Kayode runs out of time in the round!!

 

Round 8

Kayode is working the left hook, which has been his money punch so far as he's been really ineffective with the right. Iannuzzi swallows a couple of jabs backing up. Iannuzzi is backing up and now Kayode is finally upping his workrate as he pressures Iannuzzi and lands some glancing shots (mostly jabs). Iannuzzi starts a long combo with an uppercut through the gloves. Kayode misses a big hook. They land uppercuts together. Kayode eats a BIG hook and falls back to the ropes. Kayode comes back and taps Iannuzzi's skull with some two-fisted slapping inside.

 

Round 9

Both men are swinging wildly now, missing big hooks. They settle down and Iannuzzi starts backing up as Kayode gets back in the chaser pattern. Iannuzzi is knocked back with a hook but then lands his own hard one that stops Kayode cold! They settle down again and Kayode gets his jab working per the instructions of Freddie Roach. Iannuzzi keeps his hands down and stays far outside of range. Kayode jabs his way inside low, and gets some clubbing blows to land on Iannuzzi's chest as the latter tilts his head out of the way and stays hopping back on his toes. Big 1-2 from Kayode gets Iannuzzi backing up. Iannuzzi is still dancing, shaking the cobwebs off. Iannuzzi throws a lazy hook and Kayode jabs through. They clinch up and wrestle until the bell.

 

Roach is very blunt with his fighter, telling him he now needs a knockout.

Lateef looks totally gassed on his stool. He might have just tried to quit!!! He stayed on his stool for five seconds after the bell rang (and the seconds were ordered out) and the ref had to coax him to get up and touch gloves to start the 10th!!

 

Round 10

Iannuzzi blocks some Kayode jabs and works his way inside to grab. Iannuzzi is playing it safe, perhaps feeling he's way up on the cards. Iannuzzi flicks out some jabs and right hands but is falling in and grabbing whenever Kayode gets close, and otherwise playing keepaway. Kayode grazes him with a shot as Iannuzzi is off balance and gets him stumbling a little. Iannuzzi is drawing him in and trying to simply swallow him into a clinch as Kayode flurries. Iannuzzi has his hands down and isn't trying to lead or counter, just show Kayode that he can't hit him flush. Suddenly Iannuzzi comes back and starts brawling with Kaydode with like five seconds left, and there's a lot of shoving and stiff-arming. Iannuzzi keeps punching after the bell, BIG RIGHT HAND! Damn. He could get DQ'ed!!

He just gets a point deducted.

 

Honestly, Iannuzzi should nick it even with the last round being 10-8 for Kayode with the foul (but we'll see if he actually does...)

The Showtime guys have a wide array of different scores.

Tarver has it for Iannuzzi (I think he said by a point or two).

Farhood has it 96-93 for Kayode.

The other guy has it a draw.

 

Steve Morrow 98-91
Rob McKnight 97-92
Ray Balevich 95-94

all for Kayode :shock:

 

Nope. The co-main event is Luis Franco vs. Leonilo Miranda (which will probably go the distance to round out the broadcast).