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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 5090773, member: 289"] I was alternating some yard work with check-ups on the fights. I saw all of Bivol-Zinad and Zhang-Wilder fights. The other fights featured guys willing to take a punch to deliver one, which made for good action fights but didn't suggest that any of these guys were future champions. Zinad throws more jabs than anyone in boxing and appeared to have more of a reach than Bivol, who initially had a hard time getting past it. Zinad clearly won the first round, getting in some good shots on a startled Bivol - except Bivol suddenly knocked him down. Zinad got up, unshaken and dominated the rest of the round. I decided to score the round 9-9: Zimad won it but Bivol scored a knockdown. I don't know if that's a 'ting' but me being a boxing judge isn't a thing either. Those in the cheap seats must have assumed that Zinad was building up a huge lead in points but from the TV camera it was apparent that Bivol was blocking most of them with a 'peek-a-boo' defense, (Zinad never went to the body). Bivol got more aggressive as the fight progressed and, finally, in the 6th round landed a sharp combination, then another and then another and the referee stopped it with Zinad still on his feet but uncomplaining. Zhang-Wilder was a snoozer. One commentator said they "fought like two men on the road to nowhere if they lost. They both knew that, with one mistake it could be lights out and perhaps the end of their career. Wilder fought with his usual technique of reaching out with a soft jab to locate his opponent, (but not stop him in his tracks or control his location) and occasionally throwing his famous right hand. Only his didn't throw it with what they called "anger". It was like his hand was injured, except no one said it was. Zhang may have reduced Wilder's power by correctly timing Wilder's right hand and backing away from them when he threw them. Meanwhile, Zhang was doing very little. Wilder did too much retreating to the ropes and Zhang was able to land some shots there or lean on him but Wilder started spinning away from him to get away before too much damage was done. In the fifth round, Wilder responded to the urgings of his corner to get more aggressive and was winning the round when Zhang used that timing of his right hand against Wilder, landing a short right before Wilder's long right could reach him. Deontay staggered back and turned around. He then turned back toward Zhang and absorbed another big right with his hands down. He fell over backwards and his head bounced off the map. He got up within the count of ten and staggered forward but the referee looked in his eyes and ended it -and maybe ended Wilder's career. It made me sad that they interviewed Anthony Joshua after the fight. Deontay never got a shot at him. At least Eddie Hearn went 0-5 vs. Frank Warren. Tee-he! [/QUOTE]

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