Round-by-Round: Josh Kelly vs. David Avanesyan - 20 February 2021

[Ruthless-RKO]

Live from SSE Arena in Wembley, London, UK.
Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing Present: Kelly vs. Avanesyan



Time: 7pm (UK time)
TV/Live stream: Sky Sports
Time: 2pm ET/ 11am PT.
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Running Order

*Fight card subject to change.

Live on Sky Sports: 7pm

Vacant WBA International Featherweight Championship
Jordan Gill vs Cesar Juarez

Followed by

4 Round Heavyweight Contest
Johnny Fisher vs. Matt Gordan

Followed by

IBF Intercontinental Super-Lightweight Championship
Robbie Davies Jr (20-2, 13 KOs) vs Gabriel Valenzuela (22-2-1, 13 KOs)

Followed by

10 Round Welterweight Contest
Florian Marku (7-0-1, 5 KOs) vs. Rylan Charlton (6-0-1, 3 KOs)

Followed by

European Welterweight Championship
David Avanesyan (26-3-1, 14 KOs) vs. Josh Kelly (10-0-1, 6 KOs)

[Ruthless-RKO]

Sorry guys few mins late. Anyone know why Fowler was dropped from the card?

[smiling assassin]

Sorry guys few mins late. Anyone know why Fowler was dropped from the card?

Had COVID mate

[skanksta]

Jaurez is my new favourite gatekeeper.

Good fight this, Gill has the fight under control..., until he doesn't.

[brilo33]

looks a decent fight gill was boxing well on the back foot but the mexican is putting on him keeping him honest

[dookus]

Jaurez is my new favourite gatekeeper.

Good fight this, Gill has the fight under control..., until he doesn't.

Briefly looked like he'd gassed at the end of the 5th but got back on his toes through the 6th. A good test. Juarez is easy to read but rough and relentless.

[jameswilson]

You can see lack of power is gonna hold Gill back.

[skanksta]

I dunno, he's hitting sharply enough.

I think Jaurez just doesn't give AF.

[maverick23]

You can see lack of power is gonna hold Gill back.

Yep - tidy boxer but unlikely to get beyond British/European level because of his lack of power.

[brilo33]

You can see lack of power is gonna hold Gill back.

well it is as he cant keep this fella of him with his power, so if the mexican was more heavy handed it could be a lot different

[JxhDel.]

79 - 73 Gill. He does lack the right power to not sorry.

[dookus]

You can see lack of power is gonna hold Gill back.

Yes, above domestic level he doesn't have much pop. Stamina too is a bit patchy.

[brilo33]

i dont think it was a knock down

[brilo33]

gill boxing skill was far better than then mexican, but Jaurez is very crude basic, , i dont know a good win but lots to work on

[JxhDel.]

Good last round! Gill wins it 98 - 92 for me; he showed maturity.

[brilo33]

say 7 3 gill

[skanksta]

Great test.
landslide win on the cards, but "doesn't tell the story" of a close, hard fight.

[golden_labrador]

butt clencher. was expecting Juarez to find a KO punch somewhere there, but Gill survives

[ThereByTheGrace]

You can see lack of power is gonna hold Gill back.

Yep - tidy boxer but unlikely to get beyond British/European level because of his lack of power.

They said that about warrington too. It was a good fight and he will improve

[maverick23]

Great test.
landslide win on the cards, but "doesn't tell the story" of a close, hard fight.

Agreed - really well matched fight.

Would like to see the Tinocco rematch next.

[My T Sharp]

Decent test that for Gill. 96-94 seemed fair.

Fisher next. Expect lots of hooks.

[maverick23]

You can see lack of power is gonna hold Gill back.

Yep - tidy boxer but unlikely to get beyond British/European level because of his lack of power.

They said that about warrington too. It was a good fight and he will improve

That’s true but Warrington hadn’t been stopped at the point whilst Gill has already shown some vulnerability there.

Really well matched fight and hopefully he keeps improving.

[skanksta]

The Romford Bull...

[jameswilson]

You can see lack of power is gonna hold Gill back.

Yep - tidy boxer but unlikely to get beyond British/European level because of his lack of power.

They said that about warrington too. It was a good fight and he will improve

Nah I disagree, whilst Warrington didn’t get loads of stoppages you could see he was hurting guys with his power. Even up at World level he hurt Frampton over and over in their fight despite not stopping him.

For me there is a difference there.




On a separate point a bloke from the middle of London coming out to ‘Country roads’ makes me feel a bit sick.

[jameswilson]

Also there’s something with Fishers face. When I first looked I thought he was one of those guys with a tiny face on a massive head but it’s not that. Cant quite put my finger on what’s wrong.