British RBR - Amir Khan v Graham Earl - Saturday - Duddy v Eastman

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I said all along that this would have been a PERFECT undercard fight for Floyd-Hatton.

There's going to be a huge British contingent in Vegas, give them a Brit showcase fight on the undercard. It would also give khan an extremely valuable experience of fighting in front of a big Vegas crowd. Oh well.

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Warren wouldn't allow it, he can make dosh all on his own by selling Kahn Earl...
Had Hatton still been under Warren he would have still marketed it as two events for the extra money.

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Also, Hennessy has capitalised on the Brit contingent being over there and has a card on the Friday in vegas with the likes of John Murray fighting. I think it's UK vs. Mexico.

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I said all along that this would have been a PERFECT undercard fight for Floyd-Hatton.

There's going to be a huge British contingent in Vegas, give them a Brit showcase fight on the undercard. It would also give khan an extremely valuable experience of fighting in front of a big Vegas crowd. Oh well.

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Warren wouldn't allow it, he can make dosh all on his own by selling Kahn Earl...
Had Hatton still been under Warren he would have still marketed it as two events for the extra money.

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Also, Hennessy has capitalised on the Brit contingent being over there and has a card on the Friday in vegas with the likes of John Murray fighting. I think it's UK vs. Mexico.

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Smart move mr.Henessey!!!!!

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I said all along that this would have been a PERFECT undercard fight for Floyd-Hatton.

There's going to be a huge British contingent in Vegas, give them a Brit showcase fight on the undercard. It would also give khan an extremely valuable experience of fighting in front of a big Vegas crowd. Oh well.

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Warren wouldn't allow it, he can make dosh all on his own by selling Kahn Earl...
Had Hatton still been under Warren he would have still marketed it as two events for the extra money.

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Also, Hennessy has capitalised on the Brit contingent being over there and has a card on the Friday in vegas with the likes of John Murray fighting. I think it's UK vs. Mexico.

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Smart move mr.Henessey!!!!!

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I think it's a little deal with Golden Boy. Fucking clever since alot of people couldn't get tickets to the fight.

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I said all along that this would have been a PERFECT undercard fight for Floyd-Hatton.

There's going to be a huge British contingent in Vegas, give them a Brit showcase fight on the undercard. It would also give khan an extremely valuable experience of fighting in front of a big Vegas crowd. Oh well.

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Warren wouldn't allow it, he can make dosh all on his own by selling Kahn Earl...
Had Hatton still been under Warren he would have still marketed it as two events for the extra money.

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Also, Hennessy has capitalised on the Brit contingent being over there and has a card on the Friday in vegas with the likes of John Murray fighting. I think it's UK vs. Mexico.

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Smart move mr.Henessey!!!!!

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I think it's a little deal with Golden Boy. Fucking clever since alot of people couldn't get tickets to the fight.

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Thats true and it will get a lot of young fighters the opportunity to taste some international flavour into their ring expierience....(Something I greatly wish Frank Warren would do.)

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I said all along that this would have been a PERFECT undercard fight for Floyd-Hatton.

There's going to be a huge British contingent in Vegas, give them a Brit showcase fight on the undercard. It would also give khan an extremely valuable experience of fighting in front of a big Vegas crowd. Oh well.

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Warren wouldn't allow it, he can make dosh all on his own by selling Kahn Earl...
Had Hatton still been under Warren he would have still marketed it as two events for the extra money.

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Also, Hennessy has capitalised on the Brit contingent being over there and has a card on the Friday in vegas with the likes of John Murray fighting. I think it's UK vs. Mexico.

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Smart move mr.Henessey!!!!!

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I think it's a little deal with Golden Boy. F****** clever since alot of people couldn't get tickets to the fight.

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Thats true and it will get a lot of young fighters the opportunity to taste some international flavour into their ring expierience....(Something I greatly wish Frank Warren would do.)

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Aswell as plenty of folks making money out of it, I think if John Murray can really impress this fight it will do wonders for his profile beyond the British shores.

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I said all along that this would have been a PERFECT undercard fight for Floyd-Hatton.

There's going to be a huge British contingent in Vegas, give them a Brit showcase fight on the undercard. It would also give khan an extremely valuable experience of fighting in front of a big Vegas crowd. Oh well.

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Warren wouldn't allow it, he can make dosh all on his own by selling Kahn Earl...
Had Hatton still been under Warren he would have still marketed it as two events for the extra money.

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Also, Hennessy has capitalised on the Brit contingent being over there and has a card on the Friday in vegas with the likes of John Murray fighting. I think it's UK vs. Mexico.

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Smart move mr.Henessey!!!!!

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I think it's a little deal with Golden Boy. F****** clever since alot of people couldn't get tickets to the fight.

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Thats true and it will get a lot of young fighters the opportunity to taste some international flavour into their ring expierience....(Something I greatly wish Frank Warren would do.)

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Aswell as plenty of folks making money out of it, I think if John Murray can really impress this fight it will do wonders for his profile beyond the British shores.

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I thought Murray looked quite impressive the other week...

Good to see him staying active.

Thanks for the rd. by rd. SupaHeavyPipeSmoker.... :)

I voted Khan by TKO.

WEll, here you are guys a few more comments from the fighters in the run-up to the fight, and Earl is trying to cool down the bit of niggle that's been between them in the build-up.

http://www.frankwarren.tv/drill/News...-us-boost.html

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OK folks, this is the appetiser before the massive Hatton Mayweather fight next Saturday, and it carries a lot of interest for any boxing fan who can't have escaped the massive hype which has surrounded Amir Khan ever since he claimed his Olympic Silver Medal back in 2004.

Here's the tale of the tape as I see it:

Amir Khan (14-0, 11KOs) is undoubtedly one of the best British boxing prospects of recent years, whether you buy into the hype or not. The 20-year old from Bolton has been surrounded in a media scrum ever since he claimed the olympic medal at the tender age of 17. Despite his undefeated record and big talk, critics would point to some cracks which have appeared in the past year or so, both inside and outside of the ring. Convictions for speeding and a trial for dangerous driving must have been distracting, and a knockdown which nearly finished him against Willie Limond opened him up to those who have doubted Khan's chin. However, his supporters would say that he showed he could come back from the brink, and that his charity work in the Bolton area have shown that he's developing into a man. However, Saturday's bout will be 364 days after the last time Khan went the full distance, standing 5 inches taller than his opponent he will hope his height and developing power will help him to do to Earl what Katsidis did before.

Graham Earl (25-2, 12 KOs) is the more travelled veteran in this fight, nine years older and 13 fights wiser than Khan, and will be hoping to bring all he knows to bear, and to beat the popular man from Bolton. Earl himself is a firm fan favourite, and will no doubt be bringing a cadre of his own supporters up to Bolton from his hometown of Luton. Earl's last appearance will be very difficult to match, with his meeting with Katsidis touted among the British fights of the year, with Earl down three times and Katsidis counted once. The all action punching of both fighters made a mini-classic over 5 rounds, and a fight 50% of that intensity will make for exceptional viewing. Katsidis is certainly stronger and more aggressive than Khan will be, and Earl will also have to contend with the height and reach advantage that Khan brings to the table.

My personal prediction....it's hard to say, but I'll go for Khan on points, although he might get clipped and find himself in trouble once or twice as Earl finds the key to his guard. Either way, I'm certain this one will be a cracker.

Elsewhere on the bill we have Dean Francis defending his Commonwealth Light Haevyweight title, Michael Jennings defending his WBU welterweight belt (although there are rumours Jennings is injured), and prospects Jamie Cox and Tony Bellew will be in action, as well as Kell Brook, and Paul Smith returning to action after his appearance in the "Contender" series, still undefeated but nor is he contender champion either.

The action will begin at 7.40pm (2.40pm EST) on ITV4 in the UK, and switch to ITV1 for the Khan fight at 9.55pm (4.55pm EST).

So let's see who y'all think will win, and whether Khan's progression will continue or whether he'll get blasted by Earl's power and experience.

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Earl stops him in 11

So far....we have a staggering 80% of the votes pointing to an Amir Khan win, with only 20% thinking that Graham Earl can actually win this one.

I definitely don't think that Amir Khan is that big a favourite, and it is definitely in the realms of possibility for Earl to win on Saturday night, and although my opinion has gone back and forth during the week, I'm still backing Amir, but I do have plenty of doubts too.

Either way, it should be a really good fight, and we can see the cut of Khan's cloth.

I think Khan will win but feel I must have a saver on the Earl KO. Problem is he can't workout whether his best chance is early, middle or late ::**

I do expect Khan to start a bit cagey-ish.

EARL'S GONNA BASH AMIR INTO NEXT WEEK ; he'll have to engage Earl at some stage and he ain't gonna shift that chin easily (if at all). Earl is as hard as they come and i think he sparks Khan within 7 rounds!!!
No bad thing for Khan to lose really and it might even do him a favour!
Earl for me all day long.

I'm sticking with Khan for this one, but he needs a tough fight if he is to gain anything, I just get the feeling Khan thinks boxing is easy and will get an even bigger wake up call than Limmond one of these days.

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EARL'S GONNA BASH AMIR INTO NEXT WEEK ; he'll have to engage Earl at some stage and he ain't gonna shift that chin easily (if at all). Earl is as hard as they come and i think he sparks Khan within 7 rounds!!!
No bad thing for Khan to lose really and it might even do him a favour!
Earl for me all day long.

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I knew you'd show up here sooner or later Smash. How you been bro? You joining us tomorrow night before I get my work hat off and plonk myself between a crate of booze and the big-screen to watch the Hatton fight?

I kind of expected you to back Earl, and in a way I think he can do it too, but although Khan went down against Limond, I think that might be enough of a warning for him to know that he can't hang his chin out like he did that night against any sort of quality opposition.

I think this is gonna be a real tough test for Khan! I wouldn't be surprised if he gets dropped but I think he'll get back up & box to a decision. Earl's no slouch IMO & he took some bombs from Katsidis & kept coming so his chin is pretty solid I feel.

Kahn will probably knock the guy out tbh. Dont know alot about this Earl fella but sure Kahn wouldnt be put in with him if he had a chance of losing.

I'm 99.9% sure Earl will knock Khan down.

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EARL'S GONNA BASH AMIR INTO NEXT WEEK ; he'll have to engage Earl at some stage and he ain't gonna shift that chin easily (if at all). Earl is as hard as they come and i think he sparks Khan within 7 rounds!!!
No bad thing for Khan to lose really and it might even do him a favour!
Earl for me all day long.

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I knew you'd show up here sooner or later Smash. How you been bro? You joining us tomorrow night before I get my work hat off and plonk myself between a crate of booze and the big-screen to watch the Hatton fight?

I kind of expected you to back Earl, and in a way I think he can do it too, but although Khan went down against Limond, I think that might be enough of a warning for him to know that he can't hang his chin out like he did that night against any sort of quality opposition.

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Been working HARD mate!!
yeah im leaving the site on all night long and me and the new stunner are throwing a wild party with BOOZE and various other things that i won't mention!!!!
Some of her mates and my lot are coming over so i'll be about if they can rip me away from my turntables O0
What a night this is gonna be ..... ;)

Khan ko round 5 dont think Earl has what it takes to get inside and do enough damage. Khan will make him pay when he comes in. I think the Kats fight might have taken his confidence, after giving it his all and coming up short. He seems like a decent fighter but I dont think he has the power or chin to be a champ. Small titles yes but not a big one.

What time and channel is this on please?

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What time and channel is this on please?

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The undercard is just about to begin on ITV4, with the action moving on to ITV1 for the Khan v Earl fight at 9.55pm UK time. Next up we have the "contender's" Paul Smith v Francis Cheka.

OK, so Paul Smith is making is homecoming to rapturous applause here in the Bolton arena, and he really should be far better than the Tanzanian Francis Cheka, who holds a 13-3-1 record.

Round1:

Cheka throwing jabs that fall short early on. Smith throwing a jab or two, and looking to close the gap well. Fairly cagey opening round from both fighters. Smith ducking under a jab and digging a left hook into the body. Smith misses with a jab, but gets out of range before Cheka gets on him. Cheka comes in, and Smith gets in a decent right hook up top, and a short left hand. Cheka's jabs are constantly falling short. Smith with a body shot and a straight right hand. LEft hook as Cheka comes in.

Smith's in cruise control so far.

Round 2:

Cheka opens up well with some decent straight shots, but Smith comes back with some good shots. Cheka comes forward with a great flurry of direct hooks towards the head, and Cheka has Smith on the ropes and in a bit of bother. Smith returns fire though, and comes back with some straight shots of his own. Smith looking to jab his way in against the slightly taller cheka. Cheka ploughs forward in straight lines and lands a decent right hand. Smith looks to be cut or at least grazed.

Cheka showing some spirit there.

19-19

Round 3:

Buddy McGirt is urging Smith to keep the pace up. Cheka is pawing out with jabs, but gets a left hand on the way in from Smith. Smith gets in a right hand to the body. Cheka puts in a body shot of his own, who is fairly simple striaght fighter, but a southpaw. Cheka with a left hook. Smith is just staying away from the jab of Cheka, and not finding many chances to get in. Cheka with a gentle body shot. Smith with a body shot, and some sideways movement to get out of the way. Smith lands a right hook as they split from a rare clinch. Straight right from Smith dodged by Cheka, who puts in a body shot.

Pretty dull affair so far.

Smith 29-28

Round 4:

Smith with a couple of jabs early on. Cheka closes the distance and pings in a body shot. Cheka warned for dragging Smith behind the head. Cheka with a some hard shots, and a good flurry of jabs and straight rights, with Smith giving very little back. Smith now cut again, and Cheka is putting the Contender in a bit of a quandary. Smith looks to jab and then goes into a clinch. Smith watnd for using his head. Straight right narrowly misses from Smith. Two decent left hooks from Smith on the bell.

Cheka edges that one.

38-38

Round 3:

Buddy McGirt is urging Smith to keep the pace up. Cheka is pawing out with jabs, but gets a left hand on the way in from Smith. Smith gets in a right hand to the body. Cheka puts in a body shot of his own, who is fairly simple striaght fighter, but a southpaw. Cheka with a left hook. Smith is just staying away from the jab of Cheka, and not finding many chances to get in. Cheka with a gentle body shot. Smith with a body shot, and some sideways movement to get out of the way. Smith lands a right hook as they split from a rare clinch. Straight right from Smith dodged by Cheka, who puts in a body shot.

Pretty dull affair so far.

Smith 29-28

Round 4:

Smith with a couple of jabs early on. Cheka closes the distance and pings in a body shot. Cheka warned for dragging Smith behind the head. Cheka with a some hard shots, and a good flurry of jabs and straight rights, with Smith giving very little back. Smith now cut again, and Cheka is putting the Contender in a bit of a quandary. Smith looks to jab and then goes into a clinch. Smith watnd for using his head. Straight right narrowly misses from Smith. Two decent left hooks from Smith on the bell.

Cheka edges that one.

38-38

Round 5:

Cheka coming forward and putting Smith in the corner with direct flurries of jabs and straight left hands. Smith ties them up, and wrestles Cheka a little. Jabs land from Smith. Smith really not looking good here. SMith with a decent right. SMith looks to step forward, but Cheka clinches. Jab then two good left hooks from Smith. Cheka looking to shove im into the corner. Good left hook and a right from Smith.

Smith edges that round.

48-47 Smith

Round 6:

Cheka with a hook to the body. Smith is circling Cheka, and not letting himself get put into the corner. Left hook from Smith, then a right counter narrowly misses. Left hook from Smith. Cheka stillthrowing jabs that fall inches short each time. They have a bit of a wrestle. Cheka seems to have visibly tired this round. Straight right from Smith finds the target. He's just biding his time then looking to lunge in.

Smith again. 58-56

Round 7:

This one has a Smith points win all over it. Cheka's doing very little except enough to stay in the fight. Right hand from Smith lands OK. Then a Smith jab. Right hook, then a jab pushes Cheka back. Smith is not being overly impressive here, but it looks as though he's douing enough. Cheka musters a flurry of 10 or more straight shots in straight lines, and pushes Smith back on the ropes to cover up. Smith with a good left hook, then another to the body. Smith's cuts seem to have settled ok now. Cheka taunt Smith with an Ali shuffle, but comes forward in the same straight lines and lands nothing. Left hook on the bell from Smith.

Smith's round.

68-65

Round 8:

Smith with a left hook, then a double jab, but takes a straight right to the face which shakes him a little. Smith puts Cheka back on the ropes. LEft to the body from SMith. GNice straight right from Smith, but Cheka looks unflustered. Uppercut from CHeka, and a left hook from Smith. Smith with a body shot, but another clinch. Left hook from Smith to the body. SMith with a body shot then two big left hooks land in quick succession. Smith has finally claimed the centre-ring. Smith with a striaght right, then a left hook, but takes a left straight as he comes in. They grind heads in a clinch on the bell.

Mickey Vann holds up Smith's hand in victory. For me, he had it by 78-74. Mickey Vann has it 79-74, looks like he scored the second round a tie.

Not very impressive at all from Smith, but Cheka was awkward and a fair boxer.

Ive never really thought Smith was much cop but that was poor.

Bad accuracy for someone with such a low output.

Paul Smith said: "I went in and fought like a mug. I've got the best trainer in the world and I didn't do it. We'll go back to the gym."
"I wanted to put up a good performance and show them that I can listen, I do learn, and that my head isn't just a bit of wood. At times I just saw the red mist and got back into trouble. Ive got the contender experience behind me and I can go on."

Buddy McGirt added: "Paul hits a guy with one punch and wants to get a guy out of there straight away. It'll take a while to get him out of that habit."

OK, so next up we have Dean Hickman defending his Commonwealth light-heavyweight title against Nigerian Michael Gbenga. Gbenga is actually stepping up from Middleweight for this challenge on a light heavyweight title. Hickman will certainly be the bigger, and in his debut on the Sports Network card, he's been given a guy who's 5-2. Gbenga has never been stopped, but if Hickman loses we can all but rule Hickman's career over.

Although boxrec has him at 5-2, the ringside announcer gives him 16-2. Hard to say which way to believe.

Round 1:

Gbenga is holding his hands high early on here. Francis looking to establish his jab, and Gbenga is backing off. Gbenga lunges in and gets a left hook for his trouble. Francis is looking ripped, whilst Gbenga looking the fleshier of the pair. Antoher Francis jab lands in a slow first round. Gbenga has a good reach, but his jabs are landing nowhere near Francis at the moment. Gbenga lunges in, and Francis punch misses, but they wrestle and Gbenga slips to the floor. Gbenga looking to punch from feet away...ineffectual so far.

Francis 10-9

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Sorry if I'm a little slow, but the server isn't doing too well so far tonight. Gbenga with an overhand right that looks strong, but not exactly subtle. Gbenga does look strong. Francis gets in a jab. Gbenga misses with a right, then slaps Francis with it. Francis gets on his bike as Gbenga comes forward. Gbenga pins him for a seconds, and puts in a hard right hand. Another jab from Francis, in another slow round. Gbenga ploughs forward swinging wildly, and lands an overhand right.

Gbenga's period.
19-19

Round 3:

Gbenga stands throughout the break. Gbenga opens up with a jab falling short. Francis is keeping his right hand up over his head. Gbenga looking to throw the big overhand rights again, and one of four thrown actually makes contact with the guard. Francis is just using the jab, but although he's a boxer has done absoultely nothing here so far. Francis comes forward with a jab, right to the body, then a left hook, but not much behind them. Gbenga lunges and misses, this looks like being another snoozer if it continues like this. Gbenga with a right hook. Jab from Francis, then he steps back out of range. Gbenga misses an overhand, then ships a right from Francis.

Francis edges this one.
29-28

Round 4:

Francis with a jab and straight right. They both push pawing jabs out that don't come close to landing. Gbenga lunges and misses with that overhand right. Francis with an ok left hook. Left to the body from Francis as he sidesteps a right hand from Gbenga. Straight right and a jab from Francis, who is stepping forward a little more now. Gbenga comes forward and Francis ducks under and scarpers a little. Jab from Francis lands. Gbenga looks to be a one punch man so far.

Francis 39-37

Round 5:

They swap jabs caught on the guard, then each falling short. Gbenga charges forward, misses Francis, pushing himself halfway through the ropes. Gbenga gets in a jab, but Francis lands a left. Straight right from Francis lands, but not much on it. Francis ducks under the Gbenga right. Jab from Francis. Francis is making the forward movement. Gbenga's attacks are almost comical in the way his whole body goes into each punch that's missing. Francis with a right counter on the bell.


49-46 Francis

Did I call him Dean Hickman earlier? WTF is dean hickman?

Round 6:

Left hook from Francis finds the Gbenga guard. JAbs from Gbenga but each one falls short by some 5 or 6 inches each time. LEft hook from Francis. And another, and Gbenga might be vulnerable to that left hook. Francis stabs out a jab. Francis does seem to be growing in confidence, and is jabbing and hooking well, but not using much of his right. Clinch. Gbenga is throwing back, but not really anywhere near Francis. Jab lands from Gbenga...his first punch in 150 seconds. francis moves sideways, then puts in a one-two. Gbenga with a left hook.

Francis taking it, but not exactly a barnstormer.

59-55 at the halfway.

Round 7:

Gbenga landsa right to the body. The cagey jab landing short seems to be everyone's favourite here. He ships a right hook from Gbenga. Francis' shoulder injuries seem to be hampering him, as he doesn't really want to throw the right hand. Left hook from Francis. If I wasn't doing an RBR I'd be thinking about switching to see what's going on on the Duddy v Eastman undercard. Good flurry, Francis stepping forward, with a jab aznd a right uppercut. He's pushing Gbenga back. Left hook from Francis. Gbenga lands two jabs.

69-64 Francis

Round 8:

Francis with the jab. Gbenga flurries, but only lands a right to the body. Francis with a short few shots, lands a left uppercross. Good right hook from Francis, but he immediately reverts to jabbing. Francis on points. Comfortable. Dull. That's where it seems to be going. Gbenga with an overhand right, and he feels Francis is in trouble, and lands another right, and charges forward. Francis lands a left hook, and it's finally showing some promise. They've settled down again, and nothing doing. Gbenga lands another right hand.

Gbenga's round there. 78-74

Round 9:

Gbenga feeling a little more confident, and throws a right upper wildly missing. Gbenga does land a decent right hand. Francis looking a little more tired. A haymaking right narrowly misses Francis. Francis with the jab. The pace is now back to walking. Not a brisk walk, just strolling pace. Gbenga misses with a few more shots. Two jabs from Francis. And another. I think my prayers for a KO will not be answered. Good overhand right from Gbenga. I need to pee, so KO would be ideal. Body shot from Francis, then a one-two with the right. Gbenga comes forward and Francis runs around the ring. Francis jab then a left hook. Jab on the bell from Francis.

Francis. 88-83

Round 10:

Francis way ahead, but unimpressive. Hook from Francis. Overhand misses, and Francis stuns Gbenga with an uppercut, followed by a good left hook. Gbenga falls short with ever more jabs. Gbenga lands a jab, then a good right hook lands pushing Francis onto the ropes. Jab from Francis, but he misses the right upperhook. Gbenga with a slow but powerful one two that has francis covering up. Good jab from Gbenga. Francis not doing much this round.

Gbenga. 97-93