Triantafyllos Mavidis vs. Derrick Findley RBR

Round 8

Mavidis is catching Findley's double-fisted hatchet attack on the knife-edge of either outer arm, then feeding him jabs & straight rights on the backfoot. Mavidis is withstanding some heavy desperate pressure as Findley winds up huge body shots, many of them straying low. Mavidis warily gives him more respectful distance, lest a low blow unseen by the ref do a number on him. Mavidis is starting to cement himself in place and drill down on Findley's face with counter rights. Findley is hurt by the ropes with a minute left. Findley rolls with some shots and keeps slamming his overhand right up top, hoping to catch Mavidis with something big as they trade bombs. Findley selling out, but landing nothing. Mavidis puts up the goalposts, sending Findley's overhands caroming off, then pumps the 1-2 into his face.

10-9 Mavidis

79-73 Mavidis

 

First time Daffy has gone the distance. Really not that surprising, Findley is a hardheaded dude.

 

Props to Superman gutting it out and fighting so hard in a clearly losing battle, never giving up hope.

Findley actually has a fight lined up for next month at home in Gary, Indiana (11mi from the city he grew up in, Merrillville).

Opponent TBA. Possibly a soft touch for a guaranteed win before riding off into the sunset for a well-earned retirement?

 

Official cards:

77-75
78-74
79-73

UD for Mavidis

 

I'd be like "thanks, but you all keep the ribs, I'll just take both of the blondes holding the bag... actually, one blonde and half the bag. Those ribs smell good.."

 

This house DJ is killing it tonight btw. Think he played some Metallica earlier, now Gangsta's Paradise..

 

Ew, this is a mixed boxing & MMA card, apparently? Good thing I'm bailing out/returning to GBP's card... I got what I wanted outta this one.

 

Next match (and last before they switch to MMA for a bit) is:

Kenneth Quach vs. Francisco Alfaro, 4 rounds @ super middleweight

Quach is 0-1-1. Alfaro is 0-1. Three fights between them, not a single win. Yet this gets higher billing than Mavidis vs. Findley, somehow...as do some random MMA bouts, and two women making their pro debuts against each other.

 

Yeah taking a comfortable wide UD over Findley is by no means a bad result, even if a few rounds in the second half were close. That could have gone much worse (just ask Mike Jiménez, whom Findley exposed although it was changed to a NC..)