Comments Thread For: Xander Zayas stops Slawa Spomer, Vito Mielnicki and Connor Coyle fight to draw

[BoxingUpdates]

Xander Zayas took another big step toward legitimate contention, finishing off the previously unbeaten Slawa Spomer in the ninth round on Friday night.
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[DeeMoney]

That Vito decision seemed off. He landed more and landed better in most rounds.

[ShoulderRoll]

Vito edged it.

[BustedKnuckles]

Xander wins it... with some egregious low blows along the way (that the ref didnt really mind).

Meanwhile Bradley switches up in favor low blows saying about Spomer "He's doing it to himself by pushing down on Zayaz".

Ridiculous. Everybody gets pushed down at some point in a fight, they don't keep cracking nuts.

My 2 cents. There were a bunch of low blows and elbows/forearms in multiple fights last night. But this was the worst example.

[Brittney1229]

What a robbery! Vito kicked his butt! I had him winning 8-2

[DeeMoney]

Xander wins it... with some egregious low blows along the way (that the ref didnt really mind).

Meanwhile Bradley switches up in favor low blows saying about Spomer "He's doing it to himself by pushing down on Zayaz".

Ridiculous. Everybody gets pushed down at some point in a fight, they don't keep cracking nuts.

My 2 cents. There were a bunch of low blows and elbows/forearms in multiple fights last night. But this was the worst example.

Yeah, Spomer's hips and thighs gotta be bruised up this morning from the shots he was taking.

That being written, I wish there would be some enforcement of keeping the beltline below the belly button. I think that would help officials overall see and call out low blows. Not that it would have mattered in this fight

[cruz1383]

Xander passed the eye test but still showed flaws that shouldn't be there and does bring some level of concern. Mainly his susceptibility to the right hook/cross from keeping his left hand low and using his left too much ( which comes from being a lefty but still a flaw none the less). The Low blows were a sore on the fight and a stong warning should have been given the first time, but Spomer did bring Xander's head down for some reason in the middle of exchanges on at lease 2 occasions. You can also see the inexperience when Xander had Spomar Hurt and stopped to look at the ref instead of finishing his fighter that could really come back to hurt Xander with higher level opponents. All in all he's still too green to get in there with the top guys. None the less its trial by fire time.