FOLLOW HOPKINS – SMITH, JR. LIVE
Follow all the action as the legendary Bernard Hopkins wraps up his Hall of Fame career when he takes on Joe Smith, Jr. in a light heavyweight bout from the Forum in Inglewood, California. The action kicks off at 10PM ET / 7 PM PT with a cruiserweight title fight between Oleksandr Usyk and Thabiso Mchunu. That will be followed by a featherweight contest between Joseph Diaz, Jr. and Horacio Garcia
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| 12 Rounds–Light Heavyweights–Bernard Hopkins (55-7-2, 32 KO’s) vs Joe Smith, Jr. (22-1, 18 KO’s) | |||||||||||||
| ROUND | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | TOTAL |
| Hopkins | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 66 | |||||
| Smith | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 67 | |||||
Round 1: Right wobbles Hopkins…Left from Smith..Good body shot..
Round 2 Smith lands 2 body shot…Smith bleeding from the head (Headbutt)..Hopkins lands a right..
Round 3 Uppercut by Smith…Right from Hopkins..Good body shot..
Round 4 Good right from Hopkins..Left hook to the body and left from Smith..Left hook from Hopkins..Left hook and good right from Hopkins..(Smith outlanding Hopkins 38-29)
Round 5 2 hard rights from Hopkins..Big left hook to body from Smith..Good right from Hopkins..Left hook..Good body shot and big right from Smith..Good jab,,
Round 6 Smith lands a right
Round 7 Hopkins lands a combination
Round 8 RIGHT HAND KNOCKS HOPKINS OUT OF THE RING—FIGHT IS OVER
| 10 Rounds Featherweights–Joseph Diaz, Jr. (22-0, 13 KO’s) vs Horacio Garcia (30-1-1, 21 KO’s) | |||||||||||||
| ROUND | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | TOTAL |
| Diaz | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 99 | ||
| Garcia | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 92 | ||
Round 1: Garcia landing early..Straight left from Diaz..Good body shot..
Round 2: Diaz lands a body shot…Good counter combo
Round 3
Round 4 2 hard rights by Garcia..Good body shot by Diaz..Good left..Hard left..body shot..straight left..
Round 5 Straight left from Diaz
Round 6 Diaz landing combinations to the head
Round 7 2 lefts from Diaz..Good combination..Good left hand lead..left to the body..Good body shot
Round 8 Diaz landing combinations
Round 9 Diaz lands right to the body..Left to the head..Combination..Good left
Round 10 Garcia lands a right..Good right to the body…Hard body shot and straight left from Diaz..Overhand right from Garcia..
100-90 ON ALL CARDS FOR JOSEPH DIAZ, JR.
| 12 Rounds–WBO Cruiserweight title–Oleksandr Usyk (10-0, 9 KO’s) vs Thabiso Mchunu (17-2, 11 KO’s) | |||||||||||||
| ROUND | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | TOTAL |
| Usyk | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 76 | ||||
| Mchunu | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 76 | ||||
Round 1: Good hook from Mchunu..
Round 2 Jab from Mchunu..Mchunu landed 17 punches; Usyk 15 through 2 rounds
Round 3 Mchunu works the body..Hook from Usyk..Right from Mchunu..
Round 4 Usyk starting to open up…Counter left from Mchunu..
Round 5 Hard right from Usyk…Hard 1-2
Round 6 Right hook from Usyk..Hard 5 punch combination..Left hurts Mchunu..Left from Mchunu..COMBINATION AND DOWN GOES MCHUNU..
Round 7: quick uppercut from Mchunu..Counter left
Round 8 Usyk lands a left and right to head…2 counters from Mchunu…Usyk lands a left…Mchunu lands a right (Usyk outlanding Mchunu 133-67)
Round 9 Good body work by Usyk…STRAIGHT LEFT AND DOWN GOES MCHUNU..2 good counters by Mchunu..Osyk lands a big left..Body shot from Mchunu…LEFT TO TOP OF HEAD AND DOWN GOES MCHUNU…FIGHT STOPPED