In the first few rounds , I thought Buatsi showed he was in control of the fight, although Azeez wasn’t out of it and showed a lot of spirit.
But as the fight went on, Buatsi gassed, largely down to his inactivity and Azeez got back into the fight.
And the way I saw it, if Azeez had won the last 2 rounds, although I felt Buatsi had enough rounds in the Bank, you could see the decision going to Azeez.
Then you had the unfortunate slips when Azeez went down. It was just unfortunate, yes Azeez lost his balance, but a punch landed , so the ref had no option but to give him a count. Nobody did anything wrong, shit happens.
Buatsi had slipped a couple of times, luckily for him it wasn’t at the moment he was getting punched.
I’ve always been pretty big on Buatsi and felt he was the best of the British Light Heavies. But for whatever reasons, I think his inactivity has slowed his progress down too much for him to get to the very top.
I hope I’m wrong, because he’s a decent fighter. I reckon he beats Yarde , and I’d like to see him in with Callum Smith.
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