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It certainly wasn’t easy sailing for former heavyweight king Oleksandr Usyk who passed his first real heavyweight test today, but he won an uncontroversial decision over a Derek Chisora Very determined in London
Usyk (18-0, 13 KOs) took scores of 115-113, 115-113 and 117-112 on rugged veteran Chisora (32-10, 23 KOs), who looked deal damage early and did damage well, but couldn’t keep up the quick pace, and the Ukrainian chipped off and did damage as the fight progressed Bad Left Hook fought 116-112 for Usyk
Usyk, 33, who made his heavyweight debut about a year ago with a win over Chazz Witherspoon, had to dig a little deeper this time than the last, which was expected and even desired. If Usyk is to compete with Anthony Joshua – and as a mandatory WBO challenger that’s his goal right now – he needs to be able to overtake Chisora He did, but there are still questions about how he’s going to deal with even bigger and definitely better guys than that
It wasn’t just the speed, IQ and boxing move Usyk made today, however He didn’t want to go into the trenches with Chisora, of course, but he hurt « Del Boy « a few times, including at the end of a few laps:
Chisora, 36, is to be commended for his formidable defeat effort, which is sort of the story of his career in bigger fights, really, but he usually came to fight and did it. again today He had a plan of attack for Usyk, looked to catch him early and did it to some extent, but not enough to do big damage over time or score an upset KO But he clearly seemed to believe that the general believed that if he wanted to win this fight it had to be through KO, that he couldn’t get enough points to beat Usyk on 12. He hung in there and never left, but Usyk was the best man overall, and the clearest innings were for Usyk
Usyk now plans to wait for the winner of the Dec 12 fight between the aforementioned Anthony Joshua and the obligatory IBF Kubrat Pulev, then go from there If Joshua wins as planned, it is highly likely that Joshua-Usyk will come next to Usyk and his team. have repeatedly stated that they did not switch to heavyweights to « acclimate » with a bunch of fights, and they also repeatedly stated that they did not intend to « retire » »To allow an undisputed title fight between Joshua and Tyson Fury They have an obligation and intend to enforce it
DAZN comments were quite certain Selby had it in the bag Sky Sports commentary had it for Kambosos Opinions were split everywhere It wasn’t the most exciting or convincing fight, but it was interesting to score, so there is that
We ended up scoring 115-113 for Kambosos, who beat him late on my card The official scores were 115-114 Selby, and 116-112 and 118-110 Kambosos, who wins this IBF eliminator to win the No 1 ranking with this sanctioning body, but I don’t think it was actually for a compulsory title shot, although Kambosos and Matchroom seem convinced it is. You might be wondering how a fighter and a promoter might be wrong about this, but Matchroom and Dillian Whyte have been sort of confused by the WBC for 17 years, so
Either way, the No. 2 leaderboard will be filled later tonight between Isaac Cruz and Diego Magdaleno, and Kambosos will likely have to face the winner of that fight in a final eliminator to get to Teofimo Lopez, or maybe take on the winner of this vacant title fight if Lopez goes up then which is very possible
Kambosos (19-0, 10 KOs) says he wants Lopez now He would be a huge underdog in this game, but he wants to take the swing Anyway, the Australo-Greek has gone down the road here, got the W in a tough fight with Selby (28-3, 9 KOs), and established himself as a contender at 135
For Selby, 33, he’s now 2-1 at 135 after jumping from 126, and he just doesn’t look great in any of those fights. He never looks bad no more, notice just like a capable guy but sort of in the middle of the road at that weight And it doesn’t seem like a chance he goes to 130, because he said it was hard to do 135, and he didn’t ‘has no idea how he ever did 126
But a good victory for Kambosos, who approaches a title shot but dominoes fall with the belt he is aiming for
The win gives Marshall (9-0, 7 KOs) her first world title, as she claims the vacant WBO middleweight title with a seventh round stoppage against Rankin (9-5, 2 KOs)
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It was a one-sided beating, really.The first four or five rounds were dominated by the 29-year-old Marshall, a former amateur whose fame was and still is his 2012 World Championships win over Claressa Shields, who is Shields’ only recorded loss But the sixth and seventh rounds got ugly Rankin, 30, was beaten to a knee at the end of the seventh, and referee Phil Edwards called to stop him there They defended it as a ‘tough call’, but it shouldn’t have been. She was beaten, didn’t win a round and didn’t have the tools to come back
AND THE NEW! Savannah Marshall stops Hannah Rankin to win WBO Women’s World Middleweight Title photoTwittercom / ZFdWJm0W5r
It’s worth noting, since Marshall is going to remain so focused on the promotion side of possibly fighting Shields – and rightly so, this is by far his biggest fight possible – that Marshall stopped Rankin. , which Shields didn’t do when she fought Rankin in 2018 Shields won every round, but Marshall stopped her, and this is also the first time Rankin has been stopped, and she fought good opponents
« The only reason Claressa has the belts is that she came before me, not because she’s better than me, because she sure isn’t, » Marshall said. « She doesn’t want anyone from me »
Shields-Marshall would definitely be an interesting match, at least a lot more than anything either can do It remains to be seen whether it can or will be done, but Marshall is adamant that she will. wants, and you’d think Shields would like a chance to shut her up, so to speak, after years of bragging that Marshall beat Shields, and Marshall beat Shields, to be fair
McCarthy (17-2, 8 KOs) continues his career turn with a solid win here, taking the previously vacant European cruiserweight title with the decision victory over Belgian Laggoune (25-2-2, 14 KOs )
The scores were 114-114, 116-113 and 116-112 for McCarthy, who at 29 is sort of reaching the levels he hoped for a few years ago. It probably won’t surprise you to learn that the even card is from Judge Daniel Van de Wielde, a veteran of – you guessed it! – Frank Stallone Belgium BLH fought 117-111 for McCarthy, and it’s pretty hard to figure six rounds for Laggoune, 28
From an action point of view it was a decent fight, not boring but no big highlights Maybe the most memorable thing here was kind of in the sixth round where Laggoune started to flounder to his right eye and just walked around his corner so he could make them watch, not on the referee’s instructions but just, you know, vibrate and do whatever he wanted When referee Victor Loughlin wondered what Laggoune was doing and stopped a Cornerman from getting water in Laggoune’s eye, the ring doctor got involved, but Laggoune just casually replied: « I don’t want to stop, no ‘or something like that effect, and the great thing was that it was all working Loughlin would have been absolutely right to stop the fight on a TKO there, but Laggoune’s sheer confidence in the act has worked for him
Ali, a 31-year-old Somali now based in London, is a model-boxer, or boxer-model, whatever the order, who made his professional debut here
She looked strong, but she was also up against an opponent in Hubmeyer (1-1, 1 KO) who wasn’t very good at all, and who didn’t try to be mean. tried her best but had no defense She was tough, however, as Ali stung her for six straight rounds, winning every second of the fight Ali is someone Matchroom will want to push and see if he can. make a star, but like everyone else, she will have to be able to resist credible opposition in the long term She’s certainly not without talent, it’s no farce or joke in the ring, but there are plenty of levels to go from here
It was a really good fight, he got jostled on the ‘main card’ when Dave Allen’s fight was called off yesterday, and thank goodness because it was definitely better than Allen against the bar stomper of Tijuana Christopher Lovejoy was going to be
Timlin (4-0-1, 0 KOs) and Skelly (3-0-1, 0 KOs) both fought for 10 full rounds here, and in the end the 122-pound Commonwealth title stuck. vacant, with the judges dividing them on scores of 95-95, 97-96 Skelly and 96-95 Timlin Bad Left Hook had 96-94 for Skelly, but it really could have gone either way, and a rematch would be all very welcome to a future Matchroom card Color commentator Andy Lee is expected to be right, that 20-year-old Timlin is more likely to be better next time Skelly, 33, but Skelly’s form has surprised a lot of people here, I think; she was a big outsider, but could easily have raised her hand
« You can’t really criticize the result, it was a close fight I won innings, she won innings so I think it was a fair decision, » said Timlin « I think that styles make fights and it was a really good fight I would love to do the rematch «
« It’s frustrating I thought it was close at the start, and I’m getting strong at the end, but I’m going to have to look it back, » Skelly said She also said she was ready to have a rematch
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World news – USA – Oleksandr Usyk passes tough test, wins decision over Derek Chisora
