Wasserman: Denis Radovan vs. Brian Rose RBR

20-18 Radovan, boring stuff, both waltzing and jabbing, testing with hooks just under one another's elbows knowing full well they're not going to get through with anything clean. Radovan caught Rose a few times with short overhands against the side of the jaw.

 

30-27 Radovan ...Brian fighting like a complete beta, getting walked around the ring and smacked across the cheek with left hooks without breaking his guard to counter. Radovan piecing him up with left hook/right hand combos. Rose only throwing power shots in multiples in desperation when backed into a corner.

 

40-36 DR, going to be annoyed if he doesn't find a way to get rid of the clearly outmatched Rose with more than half the scheduled distance left to go. He's teeing off and jacking the Brit's skull around pretty much at will, getting countered with barking shoeshines that mostly don't get past the gloves and when they do accomplish nothing.

 

Interesting...people in the Facebook comments saying they have it 2-2 and worrying about whether Rose will actually get a fair shake in Germany and be given his deserved rounds.

I agree that boxing scorecards in Germany can often be corrupt generally speaking, but - what deserved rounds for Rose do they mean? He's fighting his guts out and it just isn't enough.

 

Alright, couple of dissenting voices (saying Brian hasn't won a round), I'm not crazy.

 

Rose officially needs a KO (which he isn't getting - hasn't been on the frontfoot even for a moment yet, and is twice as feather-fisted as the average-powered Romanian-German)

60-54 Radovan, just wrapping his arms over his face, plowing inside, and working the body. Simple but effective. Rose flurrying his ass off but can't buy himself an inch.

 

Rose lands his best punch of the fight midway into the 7th and ...it was a lean-aside pump-action left hook on the gonads. Brutal low blow, dropping Radovan like a gunshot. Radovan shakes it off with alacrity, tough hombre.

Foul aside, Rose fought his most spirited round of the night but still ate too much leather, head getting snapped back from stiff double jabs.

70-63 Rad

 

...and, Rose has quit.

RTD7!

 

It was really quite a comedown in stark contrast with Lowe vs. López, whereas that was a fun bit of cat & mouse this was ...a lethargic medium-sized dog playing disinterestedly with an older, weaker, shittier dog that could only snap its gums in return.

 

WOW. So apparently Radovan at #6 is just a few spots away in the IBF rankings from becoming GGG's mandatory. (the #1 and #2 spots are vacant, and 3rd-5th are occupied by Patrick Wójcicki*, Esquiva Falcão, and Patrick Volny respectively)

Even a shot to bits 40% of his old HBO self Golovkin would absolutely wreck both the Radovan and Rose we just saw, on the same night.

*knocked out Pavlov in six on the undercard today, btw.

 

Was expecting a retirement announcement from Rose, given some of the chatter in his corner post-fight... eyes peeled, I guess.

 

Sorry, was still on my way home from the gym at that point so I only sort of half-watched a few rounds of that one during my bus ride. I remember thinking Karaxha looked surprisingly poor, throwing away jabs wastefully and lunging in and missing with mostly headhunting power shots (for some reason assumed he was meant to be the favorite, probably because he's thrice as experienced). Not much stood out about Baraou's performance, nothing exceptional - just moved, defended and countered all pretty capably and used the jab to both score and disrupt Karaxha, with some nice sneaky left hooks downstairs.

You can watch that fight yourself, from 3hrs 10min into this video which has the whole card:

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