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Exhibition Gardens, Vancouver, Canada, 2012-11-08
Round 5
Mikkel Kessler 2-0-1 vs Omar Sheika 2-1-0
Kessler began the fight winning a one-sided first round in which Sheika failed to land a single punch. A pair of crosses by Kessler opened a cut on the left eyelid of Omar Sheika. The second round was more even but Kessler edged it, reopening Sheika’s cut with a hard jab.
On the third round Sheika dominated the first two minutes but then Kessler landed a terrible cross followed by a leading right and reopened the cut for the third time forcing the referee to stop the fight.
Hugo Garay 1-2-1 vs Joachim Alcine 1-3-0 (1)
On a very important fight to detemine the other two qulified fighters (Abraham and Kessler are virtually on the second stage) Hugo Garay had his best performance on the tournament scoring a lopsided unanimous decision win against Joachim Alcine.
Alcine only won the second round and Garay won the other five rounds on a dominant way. On rounds one, three and four Alcine failed to land a single punch and on the last round Garay gave him a real beating. My scorecard was 59-55 for Garay and the official ones were the same 59-55 (x3) for Hugo Garay.
Arthur Abraham 3-0-0 (2) vs Marco Antonio Rubio 1-2-0
Arthur Abraham easily won the first three rounds of the fight but then Rubio reacted winning the fourth round on a big form. Abraham finished this round with some swelling under his right eye. But Arthur reacted and edged the fifth round and finally he won a big sixth round in which he almost dropped Rubio with an uppercut followed by a cross and a winging right but Rubio finally survived the storm. My scorecard was 59-55 for Abraham and the official ones were 59-55 (x3) for the winner by unanimous decision Arthur Abraham.
Standings
A.Abraham 8
M.Kessler 7
H.Garay 5
O.Sheika 4
M.Rubio 2
J.Alcine 2
W.Rosinsky 2
Next Fights –December 2012-
A.Abraham Vs H.Garay
M.Kessler Vs M.A. Rubio
W.Rosinsky Vs O. Sheika
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