Steven "Record padded" Wills Stopped in 6 rounds.

Bad luck Willsy. Better luck next time.

 

:deal

 

This also happens when you aren't very good...Wills had a go, good on him.

 

:deal

 

:good

 

Yeah good on him for having a crack and taking the opportunity when it came. Hard to say with his limited resume whether Wills fell victim to inexperience or just the limitations of his ability.

 

Did he make some money??

thats all that matters

 

I never saw wills as a threat in his devision.He had to step up at some stage,good on him for having a go,but the outcome was inevitable.imo

 

Wills should have never been anywhere near a world title shot. Boxing is just a farce these days. The sport is totally ruined.

 

Its always been a farce

but i admire this kid for getting a shot, hope it bumps up his bank balance & leads to more opportunity

 

The thing is, despite the 1/8 odds on Mabuza as a favorite at the sportsbooks there were a good deal of people looking at this on paper (not having seen much of either fighter) and thinking that you had an undefeated puncher going up against a guy with eight losses - coming off two in a row - who's been stopped a few times, and all of them by smaller men than Wills. Lots of folks who you might classify as more casual fans or who just happened to not be familiar with these two probably figured it was going to boil down to Mabuza getting steamrolled and Wills taking it out of the judges' hands, or a hometown gift - pretty much in that order of likelihood.

Personally, being very well acquainted with Mabuza (and knowing that he'd been in with a MUCH higher level of opposition, many many times, and performed more than adequately...in fact I had him schooling Judah and en route to a stoppage when Zab pulled a lucky shot out of his ass) and having seen enough scraps of Wills to get a sense - it seemed that Mabuza was sure to win with his much classier boxing and fundamentals. Wills is just too wide and too wild.

The KO bit did throw me for a loop, though. :good I was certain it'd be Mabuza 118-110 or thereabouts (deservedly, not via "South African decision") as nothing about Wills gave me the impression of a bad chin - just **** defense and being wide open to Mabuza's straighter counter shots.

I have yet to see any footage of it - who was moving forward and who was moving backward most of the time?

 

Wills doesnt have the skills to beat anyone in the top 50... he is just an overprotected club fighter but good on him for having a go

 

I watched the fight live. Once Mabuza saw that Wills cant hurt him, he persued a KO. Wills staggered around the ring numerous times. Once his legs went it was all over. Took a serious beating, shame on his people for padding his record and then signing him up for the beating of his life. Was hard to watch at times.