Showtime: Osvary David Morrell Gutiérrez Jr vs. Sena Agbeko & Robert Guerrero vs. Andre Berto II RBR

Gotta say, Morrell's matching xmas gear is a little fruity.

 

1,822 fights. Nice job, Showtime.

 

Round 1

Morrell is watching, letting Agbeko toss out the first power shots with a sweeping right on the body after they play some jabbing patty-cake. Morrell allows Agbeko a couple of straight rights on the chest as well before showing his own power with the right hook and left cross - accompanied by a confident smirk. Agbeko is circling to his right, arms down but careful to lean back and shimmy out after every reach in with the left jab off the hip and/or body shot. Morrell is keeping his arms bent and riding an elevator - guarding his waist or chin as necessary. Agbeko trapped in a corner and hit with some left uppercuts. Overhand left by Morrell partially blocked, still dealing some damage to Agbeko. Nice lead right and left hook combination by the Ghanaian. Morrell looking very calm and unrushed, hiking up his trunks during the last ten seconds knowing his opponent won't dare move on the Cuban with the big edge in timing and punch accuracy.

10-9 Morrell

 

Round 2

Morrell is done messing about. Taking command of the middle of the ring and stuns Agbeko with a right hook immediately. Agbeko says okay, let's rumble, and tosses a nice 1-2 down the pipe. Agbeko with maybe a Custer's last stand here, brave, unwise. Agbeko floating high double jabs and tossing a right hand into the body. Morrell putting up goal posts, absorbing everything and countering as Agbeko is retracting his arms. Can-opener lefts and right hooks by Morrell. Agbeko being DESTROYED. He doesn't go down but is nailed into a corner, hit repeatedly, Mark Nelson saves him.

TKO2!!!

 

Wait, l-u-b-e is word filtered? Are you kidding me? Are we not all adults, here?

Lubricant (for which that word is shorthand) can also have non-sexual meanings, ya know...

 

And thus concludes the ultimate premium cable boxing main event.

It's been a fun ride, for all the awkward Jim Gray moments and occasional horrific scorecards from the formerly very highly esteemed Bernstein & Farhood.

 

Morrell doesn't have any victories on his résumé that are better than "okay" (Lennox Allen - undefeated but meh, very padded zero; Mike Gavronski - entertaining club fighter; Mario Cázares - really a nobody, beat a shot JCC Jr. via TD in a close bout, otherwise an even more padded zero than Allen's; Alantez Fox - tall chinny wannabe slickster, mid; Aidos Yerbossynuly - left his prime and best years in the amateurs; Yamaguchi Falcão - good amateur, complete dud in the pros; Agbeko - very basic, couldn't even make a dent at MW despite being a boiled LHW) - but he's one of those guys that on eye test does have a high h2h quotient.

I'm not sure he beats Benavidez, but it'd be fun.

 

2012 was much better, but 2023 from the third onward was better than it had any right to be despite being a shutout.