13.12.09

Klitschko v. Johnson: Round by Round

The last fight is underway already. HBO is wasting no time to take us to the tape delay.

Round 1
Vitali is getting his jab going as usual. Vitali is controlling the pace of the round. Johnson is working on getting close enough to land something. Johnson is staying in the Philly Shell. Vitali throws an overhand right. Johnson goes to the body. There's a lot of fake punches and flinching going on in round 1.

Spartan117: 10-9 Klitschko
Uatu: 10-9 Klitschko

Round 2
Vitali has Johnson against the ropes and keeps throwing combos. Johnson gets a counter right in. Vitali is controlling round 2 as well. Johnson isn't throwing much of anything. Vitali is winning this round purely on activity.

Spartan117: 10-9 Klitschko
Uatu: 10-9 Klitschko

Round 3
Vitali lands a right hand. This match has been bad and boring. Vitali isn't thowing anything to put Johnson in danger and Johnson isn't throwing anything. Johnson is smiling in there and is just blocking Vitali's jabs. Johnson throws 2 jabs to end the round.

Spartan117: 10-9 Klitschko
Uatu: 10-9 Klitschko

Round 4
Klitschko keeps his jab going but not much else. Johnson is staying in his defensive shell. Klitschko misses with 2 right hands. Vitali lands a right hand. Johnson still isn't throwing much of anything. Vitali looks like he's getting frustrated and throws a big, wide right hook. Johnson tells Vitali to "come and get it."

Spartan117: 10-9 Klitschko
Uatu: 10-9 Klitschko

Round 5
Some swelling is starting over the right eye of Vitali. Vitali goes back to the jabs. Johnson mocks him and Vitali is starting to let the power punches go. Johnson throws a counter right. Vitali's right eye is pretty red. He lands a right hook.

Spartan117: 10-9 Klitschko
Uatu: 10-9 Klitschko

Round 6
A cut has opened over the right eye of Vitali. He gets Johnson against the ropes and lets his hands fly. Johnson does a good job of dodging them. Vitali lands a jab followed by another right hand. Johnson lands a leaping left hook. Johnson lands a jab. Vitali lands a right hook. Johnson lands a right hook of his own.

Spartan117: 10-9 Klitschko
Uatu: 10-9 Klitschko

Round 7
Vitali throws a right hand. He misses with a wide right hand. He's starting to get a little wild. He's starting to throw more right hands. Johnson isn't throwing much now. Johnson isn't active enough to win these rounds.

Spartan117: 10-9 Klitschko
Uatu: 10-9 Klitschko

Round 8
Vitali gets 3 left hooks and finishes with a right, but his punches look soft. Now he lands a left hand. Vitali gets warned for a punch to the back of the head. Vitali lands a couple jabs and right hands. Johnson lands 2 jabs of his own. Vitali lands a right to the body.

Spartan117: 10-9 Klitschko
Uatu: 10-9 Klitschko

Round 9
Johnson is throwing less punches than I've ever seen from anyone. Vitali lands a left hook. Johnson throws 2 jabs. Klitchsko dominates another round due to activity and cleaner punches. Vitali lands a left and a right hook.

Spartan117: 10-9 Klitschko
Uatu: 10-9 Klitschko

Round 10
Johnson continues to dodge Vitali's punches. Johnson throws a jab. Vitali is doing all the work in there. Vitali lands 2 right hands. Johnson lands a right hook. Vitali lands a good right hand.

Spartan117: 10-9 Klitschko
Uatu: 10-9 Klitschko

Round 11
Johnson's corner urges him to start throwing punches. Johnson lands a body shot. Klitchko is controlling this round as well throwing good punches and Johnson isn't doing much of anything. Vitali gets Johnson against the ropes and lets some punches go. They stare down after the bell.

Spartan117: 10-9 Klitschko
Uatu: 10-9 Klitschko

Round 12
Vitali is trying to end strong. Johnson is doing nothing but defensive tactics. Now Klitschko is starting to taunt Johnson. Vitali lands a strong right hand, his best punch of the night. Vitali lands another power right hand. This round has been infinately better than any other round. Vitali lands another right hand. Johnson lands a right hand. Vitali finishes strong.

Spartan117: 10-9 Klitschko
Uatu: 10-9 Klitschko

Spartan117: 120-108
Uatu: 120-108

The judges score the bout 120-108, 120-108 and 119-109, all for the winner by unanimous decision, "Dr. Iron Fist" Vitali Klitschko.

Posted by spartan117

1 comment:

uatu said...

lennox is correct. vitali not really ripping those right hands. really pushing it.