Kellie Harrington cruised through the early rounds until a closely contested outside fight with two time world medalist Sudaporn Seesondee. Without much surprise, the 20 lightweight world champions find themselves in the final. Women’s lightweight final: Kellie Harrington (Ireland) vs Beatriz Ferreira (Brazil) The Ukrainian will get take some punches on the way but should leave the ring with Olympic gold. He can box and handle himself on the inside but given how often Bakshi was able to back him to the ropes I don’t see him being able to handle Khyznhiak’s pressure. He’s a very well rounded boxer puncher, comfortable fighting in both the southpaw and orthodox stance. 2019 world bronze medalist Hebert Conceição defeated world champion Gleb Bakshi and world silver medalist Abilkhan Amankul on his way to the finals. He is a relentless pressure fighter and won an absolute war with the Philippines Eumir Marcial in the semi finals. Men’s middleweight final: Oleksandr Khyznhiak (Ukraine) vs Hebert Conceição (Brazil)Ģ017 world champion Khyznhiak has been one of the most exciting fighters to watch in the games. Neither is particularly adept on the inside so their fight should be fought at long range where I’m leaning towards the movement and youth of the Tukish fighter to nick a decision with more eye catching shots. Krasteva’s 1-2 is also her bread and butter, though she uses it as counter in mid range. She relies on a movement heavy hit and run strategy where she darts in and out of range with 1-2s. Çakıroğlu defeated 2019 bantamweight champion Huang Hsiao-wen in the semi finals. Two world silver medalists meet in the final, Çakıroğlu made the finals of the 2019 world championships while Krasteva earned silver medals at bantamweight in 20. Women’s flyweight final: Buse Naz Çakıroğlu (Turkey) vs Stoyka Krasteva (Bulgaria) I am slightly favoring the Filipino in what should be a very entertaining fight and proper final for what has been the most exciting weight class in these games. He’s shown the ability to do that against an aggressive southpaw in his semi final against Japan’s Ryomei Tanaka, but Yafai has faster hands and better head movement than Tanaka. The key will be whether Paalam is able to prevent Yafai from getting close enough to fire off his quick combinations and punish him with his right straight when he comes in. This should make for a very interesting final. Yafai force Veitia (and every other opponent) into a high paced fight where he could overwhelm him with his quick hands and high volume at mid range. Paalam drew Zoirov and did a brilliant job punishing him with his right straight on the way in. Cruz landed 121 of 553 (22%) total and 112 of 425 (26%) of his power punches.įor now, some available highlights from the fight.Men’s Flyweight final: Carlo Paalam (Philipines) vs Ghalal Yafai (Great Britain).Įach fighter upset a gold medal favorite in the quarterfinals, Paalam beat Uzbekistan’s reigning world and Olympic champion Shakobidin Zoirov in the while Yafai defeated Cuba’s former world champion Yosvany Veitia. It was notably bad in the last few rounds, and he didn’t throw it at all in the 12th, which he won by jabbing and moving.Īccording to SHOStats, Davis landed 133 of 462 (29%) of his total punches, and 113 of 285 (40%) of his power shots, landing a bit less accurately than he normally does with the power punches. It also has to be noted that Davis clearly did suffer an injury to his left hand, which he said came in the sixth round. Cruz (22-2-1, 15 KO) definitely showed he’s a legitimate lightweight player and far from someone to be overlooked next time he gets a big opportunity, giving Davis serious problems in the fight. Scores were 115-113, 115-113, and 116-112 for Davis, who goes to 26-0 (24 KO), and sees his stoppage streak end at 16 fights. Gervonta “Tank” Davis kept his undefeated record tonight on Showtime pay-per-view, but it didn’t come easy, as he edged a decision over a very tough Isaac Cruz.
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