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

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Carlos Brian Castaño vs. Abdelmalek Rahou, middleweights (68-73kg)

 

Rahou has several inches on Castaño.

 

Round 1

Rahou slaps down with the 1-2 as Castaño blocks and circles in close to hook in with both arms. Long right hands wide around the guard by Rahou, clapping Castaño on the back. High jab and hooks by Castaño, forcing the bigger man back. HARD combo to the face by Castaño, driving Rahou nearly to the ropes with several straight pistons. Chopping right hand as Rahou tries to hold.

10-9 Castaño

 

All three judges gave it 10-9 to Castaño.

 

Round 2

Castaño is ducking and sliding left past the Rahou jab. 1-2 up top and overhand right leads by Castaño pressing in. Long reaching left hook to the body by Castaño. Parry jab by Rahou and he tries to drop a follow-up hammer right behind it but Castaño keeps zig-zagging into his chest and throwing up hooks to the face. Castaño squats and misses a short jab toward the body as Rahou stands up square and straight. Castaño keeps advancing, throwing left and right uppercuts and slamming the right up top, crashing into Rahou's left ear around his thumb. Rahou is getting knocked around a bit and leans down to clinch.

10-9 Castaño

20-18 Castaño

 

All three judges gave it 10-9 to Castaño and have it 20-18 Castaño overall.

 

Rahou quit on his stool!!

RTD2!!

Like that, Algeria is bounced!

 

Yamil Alberto Peralta Jara vs. Matthieu Bauderlique, light heavyweights (80-85)

 

Round 1

Bauderlique is circling right and putting in the right jab up and down, range-finding. Left crosses to the body by Bauderlique as Jara scurries by with a jab/uppercut combo. Bauderlique grazes with a right jab to the face but Jara rolls with it and gets off another combo moving laterally.

10-9 Jara

 

All three judges gave it 10-9 to Jara.

 

Round 2

Bauderlique is popping the right jab and dropping his head down to keep clear of Jara's left. Clinch. Break. Jara pushes his jab through Bauderlique's gloves, then waves it around as they both assume defensive postures leaning away from each other. Jara tries a 1-2, ducked. Bauderlique counters on the way up and misses. They tangle with Bauderlique's arm around Jara's head. 1-2 to the body by Bauderlique. He tries some right hooks and Jara ducks in. Clinch. Left hook by Jara, Bauderlique stepping in with a right hook at the same time, canceling each other out with their wrists latching.

10-9 Jara

20-18 Jara

 

All three judges gave it 10-9 to Jara and have it 20-18 Jara overall.

 

Round 3

Bauderlique is fishing with the southpaw jab. Jara is leading him along, stepping back and them ambushing with uppercuts pitching forward. Bauderlique overreaches with his right jab, Jara's head pulled out of reach and body angled away. Counter rights by Jara over the top, between clinches as Bauderlique is carried inside by his missed lunging jabs. Lots of clinches. Sloppy left hook to the body by Jara. Bauderlique tries a high cannonball left and Jara dodges. Lead uppercut by Jara, falling atop Bauderlique in a clinch. Break. NICE double hook, both hands whipping in above the hips by Jara.

10-9 Jara

30-27 Jara