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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 5099388, member: 289"] I watched the last three fights. Gary Antuanne Russell , who had knocked out all 17 of his opponents faced the unimpressed Alberto Puello, who was 22-0 himself but with just 10KOs. He has a heck of a 'game face': [URL unfurl="true"]https://boxrec.com/en/box-pro/713680[/URL] He also had a heck of a game plan. Russell kept coming at him but good footwork, (boxing always starts with the footwork) and sharp counter punches made the fight increasingly difficult for Russell. It was a close fight but Russell never established control of it and Puello's confidence grew as the scoring shifted in his direction, (I wasn't scoring - they showed that trend in the TV guy's scoring). In the end it was a split decision with Russell winning one strange card, 115-109 but Puello winning the other two 115-112 and 114-113. Benavidez couldn't get Canelo Alvarez to fight him so he moved up to the light heavies and took on [URL='https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/39581011/david-benavidez-fight-oleksandr-gvozdyk-175-pounds-june'][COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 0)]Oleksandr Gvozdyk[/COLOR][/URL], the guy who ended Adonis Stevenson's career a few years back. It was the first time Benevidez had faced a taller fighter. He was more muscular, too, and had a good jab. Was Benavidez over-matched? I did score this one and after an ever first round, Benavidez took over. I gave him nine rounds in a row. He couldn't take the big guy out but he was chopping wood all night. You could hear the thud. He went to body and he went to the head. You could hear the thud of his punches but [COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 0)]Gvozdyk[/COLOR] remained upright. Benevidez seemed to tire a bit and I gave [COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 0)]Gvozdyk[/COLOR] the last two rounds. Benevidez landed 223 punches to 163 and won a unanimous decision, 119-109, 117-111 and 116-112. I had it 118-112. The question is: does Benevidez have the power to take out light heavies or should he say a middleweight, (sorry, a 'supermiddleweight'). Maybe Canelo is ready to fight him now. Gervonte 'Tank' Davis took on Frank Martin an unknown, (to me) who was 18-0 with 12KO's. He was ranked #8 in the division and is apparently an all-round athlete, a wrestler and football player. He had excellent footwork and a good jab. He frustrated Davis through much of the fight, swinging out of corners and moving away after delivering combinations. But as the fight moved on, Martin moved less and Davis managed to get to him more. Both fighters were counter-punchers who wanted their opponents to make a mistake but Davis kept moving forward to force the action. I had the score at 67-67 when Davis cornered Martin and stunned him with an uppercut and then finished him with a hard left. Martin wound up flat on his back along the ropes and took some time to recover but was alright after the first. He looked good enough that we might hear from him again. Meanwhile a Davis-Lomachenko might be in the offing. That would be a good one. [/QUOTE]

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