Artur Beterbiev vs. Callum Smith | ESPN - January 13, 2024

[lazboy]

Wow. Great fight.

[margaret thatcher]

maloney just seems to have that bit of extra energy down the stretch

[lazboy]

I’d give rd 12 to Sanchez and rd 11 to Moloney. No idea who won though. Great fight. Well done.

[ironbeard]

Round 12 = WAR!!

What a fight. Respect to both. Sanchez goes windmill late.

10-9 Sanchez

No idea what happened in 10. I have Maloney up 1 in 11 rounds.

If Sanchez won 10, I would have it a draw. If Maloney won 10 I have it 115-113 Maloney.

[ironbeard]

Absolutely wonderful fight. I salute them both!

[ironbeard]

Could have gone either way. Can’t argue against that decision.

[margaret thatcher]

very close fight, lotsa rounds hard to score. maloney by a whisker i thought

[haben]

Terrific fight, Moloney wins by a whisker.

Hard fight to judge and punch count but the right decision.

Sanchez deserves a shot again, in the near future.

The long breaks between televised fights is annoying

[ironbeard]

Waiting on a college basketball game to end.

[haben]

We've waited half an hour and now ESPN pump out the ads!

Watch out for Mbili, he can punch. That's if the ads stop.

[ironbeard]

Mbilli v Murdock

Round 1 =

Mbilli typically aggressive and wild. Murdock lands a few shots. Murdock game. Throwing hard. Mbilli lands combo. Good brawl.

10-9 Mbilli

[haben]

Murdock doesn't have the power to hurt Mbili and sitting on the ropes too much.
Slowly getting broken down

[ironbeard]

Round 2 =

Mbilli finding range but Murdock lands hard back. Good body digs and comes up top. This won’t last much longer. Murdoch winging it though. Big round Mbilli.

10-9 Mbilli
20-18 Mbilli

Murdoch won’t last 5 at this rate.

[margaret thatcher]

mbili reminds me a touch of james kirkland

murdock looking overwhelmed. mbili has much more firepower, though needs to watch his chin from sticking out when he unloads

[ironbeard]

Round 3 =

Murdoch winging it in bursts but can’t dent Mbilli. Murdoch has heart baby. Maybe too much. Murdoch winging. Murdoch is a tough mofo.

10-9 Mbilli
30-27 Mbilli

I would not leave Murdoch in there much longer if he was my fighter.

[lazboy]

Mbili dominating and showing an impressive work-rate but not impressing from a skills perspective.

[ironbeard]

Round 4 =

Murdoch still throwing heavy. Murdoch left eye in trouble. Loses mouthpiece. Murdoch still there.

10-9 Mbilli
40-36 Mbilli.

[haben]

Is Mbili burning out a bit? The round before he looked like he was ready to end it but slowed down.

Was thinking he would be a good fight for Morell.

[ironbeard]

Round 5 =

Murdoch just nails. Body wearing down. Murdoch’s beard is ludicrous. They should stop this now. Dude is TOO game. He has nothing left in his punches.

10-9 Mbilli
50-45 Mbilli

[lazboy]

Murdoch is so very tough and has taken unbelievable punishment. He looks to have lost his punching power now as his punches have become slow.

[lazboy]

Murdoch's best rd, which he lost. Serious toughness.

[ironbeard]

Round 6 =

Murdoch trying but he has near 0 yet. Mbilli gives Murdoch time to gather himself. Murdoch scoring. Close round. Mbilli comes on late.

10-9 Mbilli
60-54 Mbilli

Corner stops it.

[haben]

Good stoppage but Mbili showed a very leaky defence and if he wants the Canelo money then he wants to cover his chin a lot more because Canelo will chin check him.

[margaret thatcher]

mbili good movement when not punching, bobs well. but ya when he throws his chin comes way up. if he can keep an output like this over 12 though he could still go pretty high, but the eltes like canelo and bena will be much too much

fun style

[lazboy]

Do we think Smith can survive, like he did against Canelo?