WSB (World Series of Boxing) - Season 3 ***Champions: Kazakhstan Astana Arlans***

Round 2

Usyk walks forward as Fa paws his left jab and leans back in the direction he's moving. Usyk is leaping up from the crouch with right hooks and trying to clip Fa in the face with them. Fa is jerking away and turning his face but also making the mistake of flinching & blinking when Usyk comes close. Fa tries to plant the jab into Usyk's stomach to slow him down. Usyk hops to the side and loops a shot at Fa's head. Usyk stays offline from the tip of Fa's jab, weaving to either side of it. Hard shots by Usyk raining down as he moves in and winds up turning Fa, spinning Fa's back to him as the chin instinctively tucks in.

10-9 Usyk

20-18 Usyk

 

All three judges have it 20-18 to Usyk.

 

Round 3

Usyk is force-feeding his right jab to Fa, and hauling down on him when Fa tries to jerk away, keeping him close but also exposing his back and obscuring legal scoring areas as Fa goes into hedgehog mode. Usyk is battering Fa, who is frequently presenting his back to Usyk. The ref warns Usyk for incidental rabbit punches. Fa is getting hammered. Fa tries to stumble forward and set up his own offense, but Usyk draws himself back like a bowstring and flies at him with a lead left, rocking Fa. Usyk resumes the aggressor role, patiently stalking and letting his arms dangle low. Right jabs from the hip by Usyk. Fa tries to stick in some long counters but Usyk just maneuvers around them and tags Fa with his jab. Fa begins to land his left jab and get into a more settled pattern, taking short shuffling steps to turn toward Usyk.

10-9 Usyk

30-27 Usyk

 

All three judges have it 30-27 to Usyk.

 

Round 4

Usyk is recalibrating his right jab every time Fa ducks, bends or swerves. Fa is trying to peel away from Usyk and keep him at the end of his left jab. Usyk takes on a maniacal grimace as he crouch-walks in and pokes the body of Fa, mixing in some rocket lefts to the jaw. Fa desperately throws his body weight into the 1-2 from outside after taking a couple of backward set-up paces, but Usyk just cases it and submarines beneath to keep getting closer. No breathing room for Fa.

10-9 Usyk

40-36 Usyk

 

All three judges have it 40-36 to Usyk.

 

Round 5

Usyk is working his way in, holding the right all the way out, stepping through to ramrod with it as a rapier jab and then slightly folding his elbow and waving out to hook. Everything is concentrated towards getting Usyk inside. Meanwhile all of Fa's efforts have the opposite intended effect. Fa is pushing out with both arms against Usyk, and popping jabs from his sides. Fa lacks the energy to keep his hands up when Usyk isn't right on top of him. Fa is exhaling sharply through his mouth, and may not be able to inhale through his bleeding nose. Usyk keeps pressuring him. Fa tries to rally, throwing several unanswered straights in combo - all thudding against Usyk's arms. Usyk keeps harassing him, not landing very cleanly but snatching at his body and staying under his straight punches, frustrating Fa.

10-9 Usyk

50-45 Usyk

 

Your first time seeing him?

 

UD for Usyk.