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This is just Boxing fan heaven. A barnstormer from Smith and Buatsi. Good UD with for Smith. Buatsi has some chin. Kabayel great win. To out-macho Zhang and stand toe 2 toe with him and get him outta there in 6 ? Seriously impressive victory. Just watching Madrimov - Ortiz, never seen a fighter re-set as much as Madrimov lol not sure if his style is gonna popular with the judges though but Ortiz isn't the best at cutting off the ring. But let's see how this develops.h.
Crazy they had to downgrade the arena from 25k capacity to 6k. And you can still hear a church mouse fart in that arena. Literally shrinking the sport. All cards all the time not sustainable in Saudi over the long term
I do not like Madrimov tactics. Ortiz just chasing him but at least he is trying to make a contest of this.
Madrimov definitely has the jazz hands thing going. Bouncing around like Peter pan on a sugar high. Ortiz trying to play to strengths digging to body and keep his man still. Down the middle but hesitant to pull trigger. Bit of a snoozer 4th by both.
Vergil getting into his stride. Madrimov needs 2 get out of first gear. If this was the olympics ? Madrimov is winning. But in the pros ? His energizer bunny way of fighting wont go down well with the judges . Gonna come a point that he's gonna have to stand and trade with Ortiz if he wants the win
Madrimov putting some elbow behind that arcing left hook early in 6th :-X. Ref with stern warning to him about head etc.
This was supposed to be the most exciting fight of the cards but Madrimov is stinking the place. Running far too much.
i've got it even after six, vergil coming on
i've got israil ahead by two points after eight rounds
Madrimov has something personal against Vergils gloves, he keeps punching at them nonstop lol but it's looking like Ortiz has figured him out. You can see why Ortiz wins a close decosion. He has great body language and a great poker face
Ortiz 8th and 9th getting Madrimov more stationary mid-late 9th. Body shots coming on. Brutal right hook to the gut in corner caps best round for Ortiz.
OK. Madrimov standing his ground now
Tight 10th Madrimov finally sacing up inside.
even after ten
i've got vergil ahead by one point heading into the last round