Sonny Bill Williams vs. Francois Botha RBR

Round 8

Right hand by Botha. Williams retreats. Botha is picking up the pace, applying pressure with lunging jabs and keeping Williams on his heels. Most of Botha's combos trickle in, glancing if making any contact, but Williams isn't allowed room to breathe. Williams isn't able to dance and jab with Botha keeping atop him. Clubbing right by Williams, desperate to get clear. Botha keeps chopping at him.

10-9 Botha

78-74 Williams

 

12. It's for the "vacant WBA International HW title". :conf

 

Round 9

Williams is creeping left and ducking to his right, jabbing the body of Botha from outside. BIG right hand by Botha. Williams looks worried and scampers off. Botha keeps rolling. Right hand. Williams maybe hurt. Williams keeps clinching as Botha keeps slamming in with the right hand. The ref is yelling at Botha for something - pushing? He's punching the crap out of the kid, not pushing him! atsch Williams is hit again. THE REF DEDUCTS A POINT FROM BOTHA! Bull****.

9-9 (10-9 Botha but with the stupid deduction)

87-83 Williams

 

Bloody nose for SBW.

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Ah, yeah, I see that on the replay.

He could just as easily be warning Williams for holding...

 

Yeah but Sonny spent more than half the round clamping onto Botha. Shades of Ruiz.