Comments Thread For: Kennedy, Martin Bring Back The 'Fight' in Friday Night

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By Cliff Rold - In a spirited main event between quality rising young Jr. Featherweights, 25-year old Teon Kennedy (17-1-2, 7 KO) of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and 25-year old Christopher Martin (23-1-3, 6 KO) of Chula Vista, California, both managed to avoid a second consecutive defeat in their careers. Instead, they settled for a dramatic draw over ten rounds on Friday night at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Both men weighed in a half-pound below the division limit of 122 lbs. The referee was Jay Nady.

Martin landed first after a few misses from both, a single quick left jab. Kennedy responded by moving forward with his own left lead. They traded jabs, Martin pushing an off balance right uppercut and missing with a wide left hook. Both men missed big shots near the ropes, both men struggling with timing each other. Kennedy blocked a three-punch combination, and then took a shot to the body, in the closing seconds. [Click Here To Read More]

[nycsmooth]

2 things evident is neither have anything resembling a punch & both need major help in knowing what defense is, though Martin had good head/body movement...

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Caught up with this fight today , it would have been a cracker for my blog as it was a very hard fight to score. I scored the fight 96-94 Kennedy although the draw OR a Martin win would have been more than acceptable.

Most of the rounds were very very close , it got me thinking of a thread i read on another forum asking if you favoured a "workrate" fighter or a fighter that "picks" his punches better.

Hopefully there is a rematch but i can see both guys moving on with this as it wont hurt thier IBF ranking...Kennedy 7 , Martin 10.

Here my scorecard which i wil add to my blog on a seperate article covering the FNF's...

10-9 Martin
9-10 Kennedy
9-10 Kennedy
10-9 Martin
9-10 Kennedy
10-9 Martin
9-10 Kennedy
9-10 Kennedy
10-9 Martin
9-10 Kennedy...............96-94 Kennedy

ps: the Cuban guy on the undercard looks like he has all the tools to go really far but his workrate needs to be alot better though. Almarez put up a great effort though. I scored the fight 79-72 Ugas