Janibek Alimkhanuly vs. Steven Butler | Sky Sports - 13 May 2023

[margaret thatcher]

yep, dangerous, dangerous reffing there. barroso-romero and jani-butler were both awful stoppages, but in opposite directions

[handsofstone]

Devastating performance from Alimkhanuly but wtf is Jack Reiss all about did he have Janibek by death on his coupon?

Alimkhanuly bossed it from the opening bell, landing the southpaw lead right hook and straight lefts to the body in the opener, 2nd round absolutely nails Butler with a left uppercut and follows up with 3 more lefts, Butler down hard, got up but his legs were gone but somehow Reiss thought he was fine to continue, Alimkhanuly continues to batter Butler around the ring landing heavy heavy shots, Butler reeling legs all over the shop, ref has plenty opportunities to step in but allows Alimkhanuly to drop him hard a second time, again Butler gets up bravely but again his legs are completely jelly, incredibly it's allowed to carry on and a couple of monster lefts knock him out, totally unnecessary KO, Butler could've been badly hurt

As good as Alimkhanuly looked, it leaves a bad taste, Reiss should be pulled up by commission and made to explain why he would allow Butler to fight on after the first knockdown let alone the second one and all in-between, get him to fck, he's a liability

[handsofstone]

Moloney/Astrolabio was a competitive fight fought at a high tempo, I had it 114-114 at end but a lot of close rounds, both men similar styles, light punchers, 95% of punches thrown were jabs, I knew result beforehand and it was foreign comms with music in background, wasn't entirely invested when it came to scoring but I'm happy for Moloney, seems a sound bloke

[goose 5]

Spanish language ESPN had it 116-112 Astrolabio. Absolutely Ridiculous. I thought Maloney won it close but wouldn't argue with 114-114-but 8-4 against Maloney is a crime.