Cardle, Bellew, Froch RBR

[citybluechris]

am I the only one not that impressed by bellew so far? easily winning fight but he seems abit off tonight and im a big bellew fan

big cut ruled a punch doesnt want to be stopped on a cut

yeah I understand that I mean he been caught a few times in first 2 rounds before cut aswell and missed a lot just seemed off to me but he is doing right thing by not going flat out with a cut like that

[JLP]

10-8
10-9
10-8
10-9
10-9
10-9
10-9

All Bellew.

It's lasted longer than I expected but the cut has undoubtedly forced Bellew to adjust his strategy. The cut is bad but it's not getting any worse. Also, Bolonti has not posed any threat offensively and looks to have next to no power, so Bellew's safety is not reduced enough by the cut to warrant stopping the fight.

[JLP]

After 8 rounds.

10-8
10-9
10-8
10-9
10-9
10-9
10-9
10-9

All Bellew.

[IRLangmaid25]

10-8
10-9
10-8
10-9
10-9
10-9
10-9

All Bellew.

It's lasted longer than I expected but the cut has undoubtedly forced Bellew to adjust his strategy. The cut is bad but it's not getting any worse. Also, Bolonti has not posed any threat offensively and looks to have next to no power, so Bellew's safety is not reduced enough by the cut to warrant stopping the fight.

Bomber has just struck him a midships. Bolonti has not milked it (too much).

[JLP]

After 9 rounds.

10-8
10-9
10-8
10-9
10-9
10-9
10-9
10-9
10-9

All Bellew.

As I stated above, Bellew has had to change his strategy to mitigate against the cut. But even with that, he's not really selling himself to anyone tonight. It's a pity.

Bolonti is far more elusive than I expected but he truly is an offensive bust. He's got nothing.

[JLP]

After 10 rounds.

10-8
10-9
10-8
10-9
10-9
10-9
10-9
10-9
10-9
10-9

All Bellew.

Bellew landed a decent uppercut with about 40secs of the round remaining. It appeared to shake Bolonti. Bellew applied the pressure for the remainder of the round. Bolonti looks quiet tired now.

[JLP]

After 11 rounds.

10-8
10-9
10-8
10-9
10-9
10-9
10-9
10-9
10-9
10-9
10-9

All Bellew.

I'm sure people will highlight Bolonti's toughness and defensive ability BUT the focus should really be on the fact he offered nothing whatsoever.

[Dan Dares]

120-106 bellew

[Final round]

True JLP and that lack of offense has turned it into a fornicating bore of a fight.

[Final round]

Get Froch in quick!

[Terrrrry]

Yet another bum fighting a Matchroom fighter in a 'final eliminator'.

Snoozefest.

[Horse]

Masterclass!

[desperados]

Bolonti simply atrocious. Ranked top 10!? Astounding. Landed less than 4 punches per round on average according to Sky's stats. Incredibly poor.

[Hagler2002]

It's seems Eddie Horn has settled into his role well as the sole promoter on Sky, they'll be plenty more shite mismatches coming your way.

[JLP]

120-106 on my card.

Positives: Bellew coped with the cut well and did a decent job overall.

Negatives: Bolonti had nothing to offer other than a decent(ish) defence. Bellew did not sell himself to a wider audience.

[ShadrachSimmo]

If that was someone dangerous in there that had cut Bellew there's a very good chance he would have been stopped.

[Hagler2002]

McCrory is on Eddie Horn's payroll, "the best he's ever seen Bellew"

[Hagler2002]

Chad Dawson will absolutely destroy him.

[Terrrrry]

McCrory is on Eddie Horn's payroll, "the best he's ever seen Bellew"

Made me laugh as well

Exactly the same praise that was aimed at Kell Brook after his last bout against another tomato can.

[dookus]

Bellew boxed well but showed how little imagination he has when trying to break someone down. Aside from that quite brilliant counter left hook to get the knockdown in round 3, he was very predictable in there.

[Bard of Boxrec]

Is Dawson actually going to bother with fighting Bellew, really?

[IRLangmaid25]

120-106 on my card.

Positives: Bellew coped with the cut well and did a decent job overall.

Negatives: Bolonti had nothing to offer other than a decent(ish) defence. Bellew did not sell himself to a wider audience.

I would not argue against that. It was a very mature and calm performance from Bomber who picked his shots very well and switched effective between head and body but towards the end of the bout could have closed the show. But it is another win in the book for Bomber that gets up further up the rankings and towards a second crack at a world title.

Well done Bomber.

[Final round]

Blood eyebrow

[Horse]

What was Carl Froch moaning about just then?

[jameswilson]

He was a lucky lad tonight. If Bolonti had anything at all to offer offensively that cut wouldn't have taken much more before he was stopped.

I think actually had it just kept bleeding it would have been stopped. But because they managed to stop it bleeding after 2 rounds of work it saved them.