Janibek Alimkhanuly vs. Steven Butler | ESPN - May 13, 2023

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Prelims have started on this

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Main card starts shortly

[margaret thatcher]

butler looks nervous as hell in the dressing room. he's actually fairly talented, but at world level he's just not tough enough

[skanksta]

I can only see stuff about Ukraine and Loma
Akhmedov vs Tony Sims' boy looks good on the other side..

[margaret thatcher]

main card is starting in 15 mints..........maloney vs astrolabai in what looks like a good fight, then jani

[margaret thatcher]

moloney vs astro, wbo title about to start

astro beat rigo two fights ago, then stopped a russian in an eliminator to get here

[skanksta]

Akhmedov vs Sims is fantastic.

[margaret thatcher]

astro is a bit of a unit for this weight, tank like calves and arms

[margaret thatcher]

first round is close . moloney more textbook, but astro with heavy looking shots that have moloney cautious

[margaret thatcher]

similar second round, astro has more heat on his shots right now. a bit rough around the edges and telegraphed though. moloney pecking in with straighter shots. close rounds, well matched

[skanksta]

2-1 Moloney.

Astro coming in to a bit in R3

[margaret thatcher]

astro already looking a bit tired in the 4th, maybe all those loaded up shots are getting to him

[margaret thatcher]

astro with a bit more pep in the 6th, putting more shots together, though still not as consistent as moloney.

[skanksta]

Crowd are booing !

It's not a thriller, but it's high-quality and intense. Booing is very harsh.

[margaret thatcher]

same thing again in the 7th..........moloney's steady pecking, astro's heavier but less frequent swings

i agree, it's not a bad fight.. competitive clash of strengths and style

[margaret thatcher]

some tough rounds to score here. astro seems to have improved his connects a bit in the last few, still needs to work more though.

[margaret thatcher]

2 rounds left - fight could still be in the balance

[margaret thatcher]

a lot of rounds that are a b!tch to score here...........1 round left

[margaret thatcher]

astrolabio wins the 12th as moloney mostly just moves

[skanksta]

Astro wins the last but it's not enough - "close but clear" dec to Mayhem Moloney for certain.

[margaret thatcher]

moloney was more consistent and that might be enough to win it for him, though he was throwing mostly pecking arm punches and really never landed a notable shot, struggled to land clean too. astro with heavy hands but needed to go for it more, also shouldnt have head hunt so much. there were too many stretches where moloney was edging it simply with a jab jab, occasional right hand, because astro wasnt working enough and just throwing singles

[skanksta]

Very close and not clear, but right man wins...


MD 116-112, 115-113, 114-114.

Too close for me. (117-111)
Astro is an absolute monster @ the weight, but easily outboxed by some1 as good as Moloney.

[margaret thatcher]

fair enough scoring

[skanksta]

I guess so.

[margaret thatcher]

very few clear rounds in that fight for me, moloney was always boxing and moving but a lot of his stuff was pillow hands, hesistant arm punching that didnt land or didnt land clean. seemed to me like he was pulling his punches back too early, maybe in an effort not to get caught. astro's shots moved moloney around and had him looking more hesitant than moloney's did to astro.

still, i thought moloney did enough to edge it. if astro had 25 percent more work rate it couldve been different, but alas he didnt