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I had the pleasure of attending the recent fights at the Italian Club in Perth:

Jeremy Allan UD4 Paz Viejo
I had Allan winning this by 3 rounds to 1, plus Viejo was deducted a point. Viejo had an awkward style, but by the 4th Allan was hurting him, I don't think he would have made it through a 5th. Not a great quality fight.

Andrew Green KO1 Rhys King.
Complete demolition of a fighter with a 5-1 record. I didn't get to make an impression of King, as the fight was over so quickly. Green pounces on King immediately, knocking him down in the first second of the fight. One minute later Green had him back in a corner and finished him off with a powerful combination, the last punch of which hit King in the back of the head (not sure if it was intentional or not). King was completely out of it, not getting up for at least 2 minutes.

Peter Cronje Draw6 Masataka Takehara
Clearly the best fight of the day, one judge scored it 59-55 to Cronje, another 59-55 to Takehara, the other 57-57. I thought that a draw was a fair result, Takehara was the better boxer IMO, he showed superior skills and movement, but lacked the power to seriously hurt Cronje and looked gassed at times. Takehara also had a nasty cut over his right eye that looked to be hindering towards the end of the fight. Great fight though, with both landing plenty of leather, particularly towards the end of the fight.

Clint Hosking UD6 Kane Buckley
For a fighter with a 1-13-2 record, Buckley is not bad. Hosking was dominant in the 1st, but the rest of the fight was competitive. In the 6th, Buckley allowed Hosking several free shots at his chin, for which he was warned.

David Letizia UD6 Jeff Stutt
The 40yo Stutt is a tough fighter, and announced afterwards that this was his last fight. Letizia showed superior skills, movement and speed, winning the first round easily, and edging the rest in what was a competitive fight (I had Letizia winning 5 rounds to 1). Stutt looked to have the stronger chin, but could not land consistently enough to win enough rounds.

The heavyweight battle was definitely the fight of the night, but watch out for Andrew Green. I believe he will be a real star in the future of the light heavyweight or cruiserweight division.

I would have to say the Cronje-Takehara fight was a war, I had it a draw in my scoring. The other 2 guys had it 59-55 either way. I could have easily had it one round either way also. I think Takehara landed more shots but Cronje landed slightly less but harder shots. He also cut Tamehara over both eyes, Although the first cut was an accidental Elbow.

Andy Green is going to be a fighter we will here a lot more about, He has power in both ahnds and has great movemnet and handspeed. He absolutly demolished a guy who i thought would be a stiff test for him.

I would have to say it was one of the most evenly matched cards i have seen. It would have been great to sit and drink a few beers and watch.

good to see the consistency in cards being shown in Perth.

Takehara seems to be a handful

You guys from Perth have had good wraps on Andrew green for a while, and it's good to see him progressing properly.

Geez, check out some of those scores, must be some numpty judges in Perth...

Thanks for the write up jezz, it's great to hear from someone who was at the fights, keep up the good work

ben k wrote:I would have to say the Cronje-Takehara fight was a war, I had it a draw in my scoring. The other 2 guys had it 59-55 either way. I could have easily had it one round either way also. I think Takehara landed more shots but Cronje landed slightly less but harder shots. He also cut Tamehara over both eyes, Although the first cut was an accidental Elbow.

Andy Green is going to be a fighter we will here a lot more about, He has power in both ahnds and has great movemnet and handspeed. He absolutly demolished a guy who i thought would be a stiff test for him.

I would have to say it was one of the most evenly matched cards i have seen. It would have been great to sit and drink a few beers and watch.

I reckon that's what the other judges might have been doing looking at the cards.

jokes...only jokes.

At first I was suprised at the 59-55 cards going either way, but pretty much all of the rounds were close, it makes sense in a strange kind of way. If you scored points for who was hurting who more, then Cronje won most of the rounds, but for punching accuracy and defense most rounds would have gone to the Japanese fighter.

It was a good card, fun to watch, I only wish that Green's fight went longer (and I wasn't sitting directly behind the opposite corner from the knockout!).

jezzamundo wrote:At first I was suprised at the 59-55 cards going either way, but pretty much all of the rounds were close, it makes sense in a strange kind of way. If you scored points for who was hurting who more, then Cronje won most of the rounds, but for punching accuracy and defense most rounds would have gone to the Japanese fighter.

It was a good card, fun to watch, I only wish that Green's fight went longer (and I wasn't sitting directly behind the opposite corner from the knockout!).

You were sitting over near the front door??

The Knockout was pretty brutal, King was sort of trapped in the corner and got hit with about 5 hard shots that KOd him.

toppity wrote:

ben k wrote:I would have to say the Cronje-Takehara fight was a war, I had it a draw in my scoring. The other 2 guys had it 59-55 either way. I could have easily had it one round either way also. I think Takehara landed more shots but Cronje landed slightly less but harder shots. He also cut Tamehara over both eyes, Although the first cut was an accidental Elbow.

Andy Green is going to be a fighter we will here a lot more about, He has power in both ahnds and has great movemnet and handspeed. He absolutly demolished a guy who i thought would be a stiff test for him.

I would have to say it was one of the most evenly matched cards i have seen. It would have been great to sit and drink a few beers and watch.

I reckon that's what the other judges might have been doing looking at the cards.

jokes...only jokes.

I reckon one judge judged red corner the other blue & Benny boy judged the ref