TVP Sport: Patryk Szymański vs. Karol Welter & Kamil Łaszczyk vs. Ismail Issack Galiatano RBR

38-37 Łaszczyk, on the front foot pretty much ever since suffering the knockdown but still overly tentative and lots of his initiative is getting swamped in blocks and/or clinches.

 

Outright difficult to watch, this.

At one point both guys throw half a dozen shots en route to clinching and NEITHER LANDS ONCE. All blocks/limb collisions or whiffs.

 

I mean, a tall gangly southpaw - even from a boxing talent black hole like Tanzania - is on paper a little tricky for anybody...for a round or two. But then you should realize Galiatano is predictable, slow, and has no power and very little defensive acumen. Łaszczyk ought to be in his ass constantly, but - yeah, he's all jittery and hesitant and smothering his own work.

 

Just saw this edit btw, bravo!

 

Łaszczyk making this hell on himself, unnecessarily, but ought to be way up.

68-64 Łaszczyk

 

Note to Wiktor Materan and every other matchmaker and promoter abroad - no more stamps on Galiatano's passport. I can't imagine a show ever being so desperate for a late-notice replacement opponent as to make it worth the airfare to import him from the African continent. His manner of fighting is just downright unpleasant and, while Łaszczyk is fighting down to his level and guilty of not exactly seizing the brass ring himself today, most of this is Gal's fault.

 

Ismail might've actually taken the ninth.

In between the many messy clinches where their foreheads or chins clanged together, there were just a lot of jabs from Galiatano, while Łaszczyk's output took a dip.

10-9 Galiatano

87-83 Łaszczyk

 

The last one (southpaw) he faced was Hungarian gatekeeper Ignac Kassai, on the Joshua vs. Martin undercard six years ago. It was Kassai's fiftieth pro defeat but he still managed to bag an official round off Łaszczyk.

 

UD for Łaszczyk, one scorecard was 97-93.

Wait...this raises a lot of questions.

1. Did the KD not actually count?
   
2. If not, we're to believe a judge found THREE rounds for Galiatano? Hell, even the round where he - maybe - "dropped" Łaszczyk he otherwise lost. If the ref didn't rule it one, that renders the round a 10-9 for Łaszczyk and my overall scorecard 99-91 for him..

 

The Rat is now 29-0 but is no spring chicken, on the wrong side of 30 and in the view of some of his Polish fans (going off rough translations from both Twitter and the comments on the YouTube feed) already on his way to shot. In example:

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"Galiatano is uncomfortable, but I have the impression that the old Łaszczyk would have done better. Stoppages in defense, giving up fields, lurking in the attack too long, hunting only for the right overhand, not too good speed and KD. Kamil didn't shine today in the ring. "

Apparently he still has EBU title ambitions. Lucky thing he isn't deluding himself about world championships, but...even a Euro might be a little beyond his present capabilities.

Also that replay clearly shows the ref giving Łaszczyk a ten count in round 2...as I'd originally thought. So it was 10-8 for Galiatano...which begs the question, what kind of mathematical gymnastics were done on that official judge's scorecard to reach 97-93?