Witter/Morua and Daws/Morrison RBRs

[superheavyrhun]

Evning all,

The beer is in the fridge, the chips and dips are on the table, and the anticipation is starting to build. While everyone is looking forward to sterling performances by Hatton and Castillo to set up a superfight, there are some pretty decent appetisers in these two fights.

What I'm asking is is it worth me doing an RBR on the two fights on the British PPV to keep you going till the Vegas card gets under way?
I'll check back in an hour, and see what the lay of the land is.

Cheerio

[CutMeMick]

cc#289....
Superheavy.....
Count me in..... If you don't get enough votes then just go ahead and enjoy!! the fights yourself, cheers mate!!

[Preme]

yeah go for it mate, gimmi su in to read untill match of the day starts cc 290 for ya

[superheavyrhun]

OK then fellas....I guess it cant hurt none to put in some effort, so here's the schedule.
10.15pm (5.15pm EST) is the British Light Welterweight Title Bout between Lenny Daws and Barry Morrison
11.00pm (6.00pm EST) is the WBC Light Welterweight title bout between Junior Witter and Arturo Morua.

No guarantees on that schedule, but that's what I read earlier on. Brb with some preview type material.

[Preme]

yeah defo do one, so i can keep an eye on to see if the witter fight is any good, or if he gets sparked out, otherwise not gunna bother flicking over untill the hatton card starts - Match of the day > witter

[Saddo]

CC mate just pin this one for ya

[superheavyrhun]

Lenny Daws v Barry Morrison

Undefeated Lenny Daws (14-0, 6 KOs) comes into this bout as the British Light Welter champion, in this the night of the Light Welter division. For a young fighter he's been out of action for 8 months or so, and doesn't pack the biggest punch but works hard and wears down the opposition. He's a heavy odds favourite with the bookies, as are all of tonight's bouts on the Sky Box Office card.

Barry Morrison is slightly the heavier puncher of the two looking at the records (13-1, 7 KOs), picking up his only defeat against busy Romanian former Euro title challenger Mihaita Mutu. This is also his first time looking at going the full 12 rounds, although he has survived 10 in previous a previous victory.

My prediction, purely looking at the records, would be for a Daws win, asI'm not one to go against the bookies, but I wouldn't say he's as much of a favourite as the odds say, as Morrison's defeat was against a fairly decent fighter.

[Memphis]

Ive picked the featherfisted Daws to stop Morrison Good work mate CC

[superheavyrhun]

Junior Witter v Arturo Morua

The second of the fights from Alexandra Palace in London is Witter v Morua...and should well be a reasonable fight, hopefully.

Junior Witter (34-1-2, 19KOS) won the WBC Light Welterweight title against DeMarcus Corley back in September, in a deserved, but rather tedious fight which included a remarkable 10 seconds plus standoff with no punches thrown between both fighters. His only loss came against Zab Judah fairly early in his career, and has since gone over six years undefeated, winning British, Commonwealth and European titles on the way. Witter needs to impress on this one, to dismiss the claims of the Hatton camp that he has been riding on the coattails of the Manchester man, and to solidify his own claims that he deserves a shot at Hatton.

Arturo Morua (24-7-1) is a bit of a journeyman coming into this bout, and although he has wins over Emanuel Augustus and Carlos Maussa, has lost many of his bouts moving up through the ranks through latino and mexican titles, and currently holds the WBO Inter-continental Light Welterweight title. Despite being a proud Mexican, he hasn't been KOd nor has he KOd any of his opponents in three years.

My guess, an absolute banker to go the 12 rounds....or maybe not

[superheavyrhun]

Sorry guys, the server booted me off , so here's my look at it so far:

Witter comes in looking his usual cocky self, but not exactly a rapturous welcome from the London crowd. A few boos for Morua but nothing too bad.
When Junior was announced as 'The Hitter', a few more jeers for Witter.

Round 1:
Witter starts in the orthodox stance, and connects with a decent overhand right. Unsurprisingly, it;'s quyite cagey. Morua pops a few jabs to test the water. Gentle right to the body by Witter. Decent jab by Morua. Nice hook from Witter. This is very slow, no wonder they are both 12-round wizards. Hook to the body, than a left hook upstairs stuns Morua a little. Witter swinging and missing. Morua grins at Witter. Clash of heads.

Tough one to call, a tie at the moment.
10-10

Round 2:
Witter now in the southpaw stance, and catches Morua with a jab. Left rocks Morua, and he bounces off the ropes, more as a momentum thing, rather than a damage thing. Nice left from Morua. Good straight left from Witter. More straights from Morua, as Witter edges forward. Nice left to the head by Morua coming out of a clinch. Decent jab by Morua. Rising right from Witter. Witter cockily struts forward, then finds gloves with an uppercut.
Witter takes it, but Morua doesn't look too hurt.
20-19

Round 3:
Another slow start. Good right and left uppercuts from Witter. Paws some jabs at Morua. All slows again. Pushes Morus back into the corner, but barely gets one hook to the body in, more shoving than anything else. Good left hook from Witter coming forward, and pushes Morua into a clinch. A bit of a hugfest this round.
Another Witter round, but not exactly electric entertainment.
30-28

Round 4:
Rising left hook connects from Morua. Jab to the body from Witter. Two pitter-patter jabs from Morua. Cagey. Again. Witter swings some uppercuts, but connects with nothing. Good hook coming out of the cinch from Morua. Hard right from Witter. Lots of wrestling again, as Witter looks to charge in, and Morua looks to spin him. Morua has a small cut on the left eye.
Tied IMO, Witter isn't looking to come forward, and Morua is much more accurate.
40-38

Round 5:
Guess what, it's cagey. Good hook from Witter, but Morua return with one. A btit of a flurry, but ends up in another clinch. Overhand right from Morua catches Witter, as he's switching back to orthodox. Witter jabs out of the southpaw, then switches. Morua swinging and finding the air before Witter's chin hard to penetrate. Clinch. Hook from Witter closes the round.
50-47, witters round.

Round 6:
Left hooks from each connect simultaneously. Nice left, right from Witter. Very slow round, with Witter jabbing a little more. Morua seems tired and Witter seems cautious. Witter warned by the ref for his behaviour in the clinch. Pair of left hooks from Witter.
Antoher Witter round, but hardl y scintillating.
60-56.

Round 7:
zzzzzzz. Witter clips Morua as he stumbles onto his knees, but ref rules a slip. Morua staying at distance, most of Witter's work is lunging as he tries to come forward. Another clinch, bit of headbanging. Nice hook to the body from Morua. An uppercut in the clinch from Morua. Nice hook clips Morua.
Witter 's round.
70-65

[Saddo]

stick with it mate ive just restarted the database and kicked out the guests

[superheavyrhun]

Cheers Saddo

Round 8:

Good hooks and jabs from Witter. Morua not looking to be an impressive fighter. Overhand right from Witter, but Morua was already on the run. I'm very impressed the ref has got plastic gloves in the same colour as his green shirt. Looks like Morua will be happy to go the distance, no wonder they chose this kid for Witter. Couple of hooks in a clinch, Witter looking a bit frustrated. Nice shot from Witter, but Morua clinches.

another Witter round
80-74.

Morua needs a miracle, or a sub to step in the ring for him.

[Saddo]

wooo hoooo good finish i dont care what anyone says i like watching witter fights

[superheavyrhun]

Round 9:
Great uppercut from Witter and Morua looks shaken. More hoks from Witter and Morua is really shaken. And now Witter is cagey again. Come forward you prat. Decent hook from Morua. Hook to the boy from Witter. Another uppercut from Witter, and two hooks means Morua clinches. Big flurry of hooks from Witter. 8 count fro Morua. A few more punches from Witter, and the ref steps in.

A good finishing round from Witter, but why on earth did he not do this three or four rounds ago. He looked very good in that last round, but why wait for 9 bloody rounds?

[Memphis]

That boy took some serious hits there, fair play to Witter, he can force the isue when he has to