..KLITSCHKO-CHAMBERS, Round-By-Round Coverage...
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JOHNATHAN PASI (3-14-2) - NENAD BOROVCANIN (24-0-0) - HEAVYWEIGHT MATCH-UP
ROUND 1:
Both losing points unofficially for coming out to horrendous music in different genres. Borovcanin coming out the heavy favorite. Both pawing with the jab. Little left sneaks in for Pasi. Borovcanin trying to sneak in the right. pasi missing the right hand and gets hit a few times for the troble. A right pand knocks Pasi off-balance. Borovcanin lands a little right from a distance. Pasi trying to give him angles, but Borovcanin is hitting what he can as Pasi doesn't throw much. Slapping jabs now. Solid combination lands for Borovcanin. Solid right connects on the head of Pasi. Left for Pasi misses. Jab for Borovcanin lands. pasi comes forward, but nothing serious lands. Round ends.Comment
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ROUND 2:
Borovcanin coming out, stringing punches together. Body shot at the end of the combination lands and drops Pasi. Borovcanin comes in with nothing but hard body shots and down he goes again. Pasi allowed to continue and gets pinned against the ropes as Borovcanin hammers away to the body. Finally, the referee calls a hault in the 2nd round.
Winner, by TKO, NENAD BOROVCANIN.Comment
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RING MAGAZINE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
EDDIE CHAMBERS (35-1-0)- WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO (Champion, 53-3-0)
ROUND 1:
Germany sure knows how to do it up with the lights and pyrotechnics before the fight. Now, none of it matters as both step towards the center of the ring. Wladimir coming forward. Chambers staying on the outside. Klitschko pawing with the jabs so far. Chambers giving him angles. Jab misses for both. Klitschko jab blocked. Chambers circling. Jab lands for Klitschko. Chambers missing with the left hook. Left hook for Klitschko is blocked. Klitschko jabbing, not much connecting. Right hand for Chambers hits a bit. Trading jabs. Klitschko coming in but Chambers seems unfazed. They tie up and chambers lifts him up and smiles. Klitschko pawing, Chambers against the ropes. Chambers throws two to the body, nothing much lands. Klitschko lands a solid right hand, but Chambers tries to come back. Tied up as the ref pulls them apart. Left for Chambers misses. Klitschko just prodding with the jab. Nothing much landing. Chambers tried to land a left, but nothing much lands. Round ends.
10-9, Klitschko.Comment
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ROUND 2:
Chambers advance was to go to the body, move your head. Both come out jabbing. Klitschko was told to feint a little more. Chambers jabbing to the body, not much on it, but enough. Chambers blocking most of Klitschko's punches while on the ropes. A solid shot lands for both. They tie up and Chambers throws him to the ground and is warned for it. Crowd erupts. Chambers trying to show he's not intimidated. Jab for Klitschko lands. Chambers tries to come back for the lands of his own. Nothing sticks. Chambers blocking jabs. Chambers tries to counter with a big right, misses. jab for Klitschko is forced out there. A big right hand from Klitschko lands and hurts Chambers. Doesn't go down, but he was knocked back. Chambers against the ropes, calling him in. Trying to find an opening for a counter as Klitschko comes in. Klitschko missing more of the following punches and Chambers makes it out of the round.
20-18, Klitschko.Comment
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ROUND 3:
Both come out, still a little cautious. Behind the jab, works Klitschko. Chambers trying to find a way inside. Nothing landing for Chambers. jab for Klitschko hits well. Chambers tries to come back. jab for Klitschko knocks Eddie's head back a bit. Chambers looking for angles still. Klitschko still jabbing away, landing solid ones here and there. Left to the body lands for Chambers. Left hook to the body lands for Chambers as Klitschko allows him to get under the jab. Right hand for Chambers lands a little as Klitschko misses. 40 seconds less. Jabbing from Klitschko, trying to find his openings. A solid 1-2 from Chambers does some work. Both tied up and fight strangely out of it. Jab from Klitschko is blocked to end the round.
30-27, Klitschko.Comment
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ROUND 4:
Klitschko's corner telling him to jab a little more now. Push him back with it as the fourth round starts. Both come out quickly. Chambers barely missing with the left. Right for Klitschko misses as well. Chambers misses wide wit the left hook. 5 jabs fro Klitschko, all blocked. Klitschko still jabbing. Left hook from Klitschko, Chambers ducks under it. Left from Chambers misses. Klitschko pushes him back with the jab/push. Tied up and the ref disconnects them. Jab for Chambers connects well enough. 1-2 for Klitschko does well. chambers actually coming forward now, trying to press the action. About a minute left as Klitschko misses with the 1-2. Jab for Klitschko lands but he misses the follow up. Tied up, broken up. Jab still slamming out against the Chambers guard. Ref seperates them. Both missing jabs. Klitschko misses a left, Chambers missing a left and the round ends.
40-36, Klitschko.Comment
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