ROUND 2
His psyche restored by Emmanuel Steward's words between rounds, Wladimir comes out as if the first round never happened, firing his trademark left jab and following up with quick rights, landing a pair of such combos that keep Vitali from wading in as he did in the first.
Wladimir lands another hard right, then scores with a hook at the beltline. Vitali answers with his own right to the head.
Wladimir drills a jab to the face, sending Vitali into a corner and forcing him to initiate the fight's first clinch. Cotton breaks them, but Vitali bulls his brother back into the corner, where he delivers a sweet double jab and follows with a vicious right that causes Wladimir to clinch.
They break, and trade punches as the bell rings and even after. The crowd continues to roar through the 60-second break.
Ringside expert Mark Somogyi has it 19-18, Vitali on his unofficial scorecard.