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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 4097723, member: 289"] Watched Artur Beterbiev beat Marcus Browne by a referee stoppage in the 9th round tonight in a blood-soaked match. Browne, a considerable underdog, won the first couple of rounds against the slow-starting Beterbiev who seemed bothered by Browne's southpaw stance, which made it hard to jab him and by Browne's kinetic movement, back and fourth, (rather than side-to side). Browne had some hand-speed and was able to throw combinations which frustrated the champ but didn't hurt him. Late in the third, Browne did an unwise thing. He went into a 'rope-a-dope stance, holding his fists in a 'peek-a-boo stance' and occasionally erupting with a combination. But that gave BB a stationary target and enough punches got through to turn the fight his way. Browne was much better in the open ring. then in the fourth came what could have bene a critical moment. there was a clash of heads. Both men came away bleeding, Brownne from a minor cut over one eye and BB from a major one in the middle of the forehead, feeding into both eyes. it was clear BB was the one most effected. he seemed to back off and when he did punch, it didn't seem to be with his normal thump. he kept using his gloves to wipe away the blood. the ref had him examined by the ring doctor who "gave him one more round" before he would stop it. that proved to be worse news for Browne than for Beterbiev. BB went after him with a vengeance. He was almost too aggressive, not putting enough behind any one punch and strictly head-hunting. His corner kept shouting for him to go to the body. he didn't but he dominated the round enough for the ref to decide to keep the ring doctor out of it: he didn't ask for another examination. In the 7th, BB finally listened to his corner and hit Browne with a body shot that crumpled him: all those head shots had caused Marcus to raise his gloves and thus his elbows a bit too high. Browne continued but two rounds later, he fell against the rope and the ref stopped it. A valiant effort by the over-matched Browne and by Beterbiev to fight through a mask of his own blood to win. It's a rough game... [/QUOTE]

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