Hi all, just turned on tv and saw that Denis Inkin (34-0) - Karoly Balszay (19-0) is on at the moment. It is for the WBO title at 168. Anyway, thought I'd take my chance with a mini rbr, as not that many people are likely following this.
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Hi all, just turned on tv and saw that Denis Inkin (34-0) - Karoly Balszay (19-0) is on at the moment. It is for the WBO title at 168. Anyway, thought I'd take my chance with a mini rbr, as not that many people are likely following this.
Card is in Germany btw (shown on German ZDF).
First 2 rounds pretty hard to score. In reference to another thread on this board, these are two prototypical Euro fighters, if there ever were any. Standing up, hands held high, not too much action. Not particularly interesting so far.
I'd be grateful if you did a rbr. I was looking forward to this match but couldn't find a stream.
3rd round by far the best so far.
I have Inkin up, but not by much. Difficult rounds to score imo, but Inkin probably has the edge so far.
Round 4:
Balszay pressing the action, probably getting the cleaner shots even. Decent fight at the moment and a close one too. Round Balzsay 10-9.
Total score at this point 38-38 (2 rounds each).
Round 5:
Balzsay still pressing the action, and while he is not hurting Inkin, he is the one connecting the most. However, Inkin had by far the best shot in the round early, and I'll give the round to him. Cannot help sit with the feeling that Inkin is the better boxer, but he needs to show it in the ring more than at the moment.
Inkin 10-9 & Inkin 48-47.
Round 6:
Big round for Balszay, hitting Inkin with a couple of jabs and a good hook. All even imo, 3 a piece.
German audience (online scoring) has it 4-2 Inkin after 6.
Round 7:
Inkin coming forward more, and it does bag him the round in my opinion. Landing more and more often, and controlling the ring. However, Balszay came on strong in the end, and probably had the bigger punches. Anyway 10-9 Inkin and 4-3 in rounds for the reigning champ on my card.
Good Work Mikkel, thanks for the updates, and in terms of the prediction competition, roll on the Inkin pts win!
Lets sticky this un for a little while so everyone can check in.
Round 8:
Inkin is the one moving around, so he doesnt looked gassed or anything, but this was the Hungarians round by far. His right jab came in several times, setting up some good left hands too. Could we be in for a surprise?
All even on my card after 8 rounds.
[Sidenote: I do think the judges might lean towards Inkin, but Balszay is based in Germany too (same promoter even)]
Round 9:
More trading this time. The commentator favored Balszay, but I had Inkin taking this round, although it was very close. Decent fight, and I'm positively surprised by Karoly Balszay, who I didnt think would be so competitive. Inkin does not look elite on the other hand.
Inkin up 5-4 here. Down 5-4 on German online scoring (having lost 4 rounds in a row there).
Cheers buddy thanks for the rbr
Round 10:
Inkin is HURT. Practically out on his feet towards the end. Balszay connects at will with his jab, and he has a very nice 1-2 combo that sets up the left. And it works - more and more now. And in the last 15 seconds it came _this_ close to sending Inkin down.
We might see a new title holder here.
Round 11:
Inkin is back in the fight, but still Balszay looks like he has the upper hand. This fight is getting better by the round at this point.
I have Balszay up by one before the last round. The commentators have him up by more.
Last round:
Balszay fights defensively, until he unleashes in the last minute. He stole the round there imo, which means he won by 115-13 on my card. When the fight ended, he raised him arms, and he looks like he thinks he has won. So do the announcers.
But this is Germany, so let's wait for the cards to see what happens.
AND NEW WBO CHAMP: Karoly Balzsay
UD 115-113, 116-112, 116-112.
Well that was a surprise. To me at least, but then again I had never seen Balzsay before.
As I said he had a very good jab and a good 1-2 (textbook euro fighter-style), and Inkin never really found a way to deal with it. I would hate to see Inkin against a really good southpaw, say Calzaghe. That would be brutal. Also, Inkin would have gone down several times had he faced a Froch or Kessler. He left himself surprisingly open.
As for Balzsay I am (still) convinced that he would lose to the elite guys in the division, although his orthodox stance and textbook 1-2 might pose a few problems for some. Froch would be an interesting fight (and I'll favour Froch, but not by as much as I would had the fight been proposed an hour ago).
I don't know if a rematch is in the cards, but I wouldn't be surprised. And I wouldn't be dissapointed either, as I dont see Balzsay taking on big names (more likely he will go down the road of his countryman and stable mate Zsolt Erdei, who defended his title earlier today on the same card), and I certainly would give Inkin a chance in the rematch.
But he has to findd out how to deal with a southpaw first.
[Final note: I apologise for not having a clue how to spell Balzsay's name in the above posts]
Southpaws are some fighter's achille's heel.
Froch with his low left and high right, deals easily with them.
Kessler has fought beyer etc who were southpaws.
Inkin was busted up tonight.
Thanks for the RBR.
Just to finish off this night for me, Zsolt Erdei was pretty much schooling Yuri Barashian in the co-headliner and WBO 175 title-clash. When will Erdei fight someone good? Never?
According to boxrec he won his title back in January 2004. That's five years, people.
Also on tonight's undercard Dimitri Sartison followed up on his loss to Kessler with a unspectacular UD and former IBF challenger Robert Stieglitz had a TKO. Both their opponents had losing records.
That remains to be seen. Froch has never fought a decent southpaw.Quote:
Originally Posted by Clanger