Hey everyone. Watched the fight again tonight, and here is my card.
Rounds 1 - 2 -3 - 4 all go to Usyk. No discussion. He was faster, kept the higher pace and landed and evaded shots. Usyk's speed won him these rounds without any debate.
Round 5 was close, but Usyk slowed down in that round, AJ capitalized on that and won the round.
Round 6 was definitely AJ's. He landed some very solid shots and won that round no problem.
Round 7, Usyk learned his lesson from the previous round, and Usyk resumed his higher pace, brought up the tempo and won the round.
Round 8 was a close round, but AJ landed some very nice body shots. AJ took that one.
Round 9 was all Usyk, he maintained the higher pace, kept throwing and landing more shots while AJ was slower and more robotic.
Round 10 was more of the same, AJ was tired and Usyk was still maintaining a high pace.
Round 11 was even more of Usyk. He was throwing and landing combos while moving around, while AJ was throwing single punches that he was mostly missing.
Round 12, well that was about to be a stoppage or at least a 10-8 round for Usyk with a bit more time, and that's about that. He fully dominated AJ until the very end in that round.
So 9-3 for Usyk, who had a great game plan, and was so well physically and mentally prepared to be able to maintain that high pace from start to finish. To which Joshua simply had no answer, was tired as fcuk, and that's why after the final bell, Usyk was walking around the ring celebrating with his team and waving to the crowd, while Joshua was on his stool huffing and puffing, looking like he needed a ventilator.
Not a hard fight to judge at all.
Now, Usyk and Joshua are sitting at the bar, and as they are joined by GGG and Canelo, some punk from the crowd yells at them "Hey you motherfcukers!"
I scored it the same 5.6.8 for AJ, and just could not find another round for him. I scored round 12 only 10-9, as I think a fighter deserves credit for staying on his feet, even though he took a pasting and the bell ringing early (purposely) maybe saved him. Nash out
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