Daniel Jacobs Points 12: UK Fight Commentary TV -
v Daniel Jacobs 4 May 2019 WBA WBC IBF Middleweight Nevada [r1] … The highest class … Canelo is so cool and composed … a natural Middle … walks forward … tries the body, so too Jacobs … he can be a ring general, Jacobs … switched for the first time to southpaw … [r2] … To the body from Alvarez … good work … the right hand … an uppercut through the middle … Jacobs a combination … Alvarez takes the round … [r3] … [Canelo] stalking, a tight defence … tough and in first … bigger, stronger … Good from Jacobs, quick hands … [r4] … Alvarez with a fast start … Good defence from Jacobs … Terrific movement from Alvarez … [r5] … What a fight … Backing up Jacobs … The jab sharp … Whipping in the left to the body … [r6] … Neither hurt really … Jacobs had a go there … A right hand from Alvarez … a right to the body … a short uppercut … [r7] … Alvarez is getting through … Big shot there from Jacobs … trying to rip it up … Lightning fast left hand [Alvarez] … [r8] … Alvarez has been in control … the strength of Canelo … a combination … [r9] … Left hand from Jacobs … both exchange leather … Good work from Canelo … beautifully times shots … Lovely left hand bounces off the chin of Alvarez … uppercut from Jacobs … Is he closing the gap? … [r10] … [Canelo] is loading up … lovely combination there from Jacobs … back comes Alvarez … Jacobs with a combination … great body shot … [r11] … Good single right hand from Alvarez … Better quality of shots in this round have come from Alvarez … [r12] … Alvarez with a fast start … a combination … uppercut … Jacobs with a bodyshot … Alvarez has finished well … [115-113 115-113 116-112]. UK fight commentary
56) Sergey Kovalev TKO 11: UK Fight Commentary TV -
v Sergey Kovalev WBO Light-Heavyweight [r1] … Looking to land a title in the fourth weight division … Just gauging each other … [r2] … Kovalev is constantly throwing his left … Canelo: he’s very hard to catch clean … [r3] … He’s forcing Kovalev to throw shots … Got through that [Kovalev] … Canelo just hasn’t thrown much … [r4] … Kovalev doubling up, tripling up with that jab … Canelo countering to the body … [r5] … Decent little spell [Kovalev] … [r6] … Canelo a counter into the body … A lot more gears to come from Canelo … [r7] … That’s how close they’ve been … Canelo’s marching forward … [r8] … Decent right hand from Kovalev … keeping Conelo on the back foot … [r9] … Straight jab again [Kovalez] … found the target … Canelo is just not doing enough … [r10] … [Canelo] Throwing more shot then he just goes into his shell again … Kovalev is looking nice and composed … [r11] … Good right hand from Canelo … Never really caught fire … He’s [Canelo] caught him with a left hand and his balance went completely and the referee waves this one over just like that! UK fight commentary
[8.7] MIKE McCULLUM 55-49(36)-5-1-1 [Cruiserweight & Light-Heavyweight & Middleweight & Light-Middleweight]: International Boxing Hall of Fame online
Born Michael McKenzie McCallum on December 7, 1956 in Kingston, Jamaica. Nicknamed ‘The Body Snatcher’ for his fierce body punching, McCallum was an impressive amateur, amassing a 240-10 record. Among his many amateur achievements include a berth on the 1976 Olympic team and National Golden Gloves and AAU championships.
A stylish boxer/puncher, he turned pro in 1981 and won the vacant WBA junior middleweight title from Sean Mannion in 1984. He defended it successfully six times, including wins over Julian Jackson, Milton McCrory and a dramatic kayo over Donald Curry, before abandoning the crown to compete as a middleweight. In 1988 McCallum lost a 12-round decision to Sumbu Kalambay for the WBA middleweight championship. Undeterred, The Body Snatcher defeated Herol Graham in 1989 to add the vacant WBA middleweight title to his collection. He defended the belt three times with wins over Steve Collins, Michael Watson and Kalambay before the WBA stripped him of the title. McCallum next challenged the IBF middleweight king James (Lights Out) Toney for middleweight supremacy on December 13, 1991. The highly competitive bout ended in a draw and in a rematch he dropped a 12-round decision to Toney. McCallum’s championship days were not over as he went up in weight and won the WBC light-heavyweight title from Jeff Harding in 1994 to become a three-division champion.
After losing the title to Frenchman Fabrice Tiozzo, McCallum met Roy Jones junior for the vacant WBC light heavyweight belt, losing a 12-round decision. Following a rubber match with James Toney (L12), McCallum retired from the ring with a 49-5-1 (36KOs) record. Regarded as a superb ring technician, McCallum is now a boxing trainer based in Las Vegas. International Boxing Hall of Fame online
38) Steve Collins Points 12: US Fight Commentary TV -
v Steve Collins 3 February 1990 WBA Middleweight Boston Massachusetts [r1] … A left by Collins … Right hand, left to the body by McCallum … Good left … [r2] … Good flurry there by both fighters … Right uppercut inside by McCallum … good jab … Good left hook that time by Steve Collins; McCallum responded with one of his own … [r3] … Good work by Collins, body shots … Good left there by Collins … [r4] … Both fighters going inside … [r5] … good right to the body … Giant leap up for Steve Collins … McCallum half a dozen scoring blows … target practice … very professional display … [r6] … A cut over the left eye of Steve Collins … Good right to the chin of McCallum … Both fighters looking weary … [r7] … Back up Mike McCallum … scoring with some counters … Good right from Collins … good right … [r8] … Good low shot to the stomach by Collins … coming forward … good solid left … Good right by McCallum … [r9] … Good resurgence here … McCallum working to the body … two short punches … [r10] … Real act of desperation by Steve Collins … bleeding from the nose … Left by McCallum … right uppercut … [r11] … Steve Collins needs a knockout … good work … combination to the body … good learning experience … [r12] … A round of desperation … good combination by Collins … Steve Collins has pleased his fans … US fight commentary
39) Michael Watson ***** KO11: UK Fight Commentary TV -
v Michael Watson 14 April 1990 WBA Royal Albert Hall London [r1] … Both good punchers … Nice little right hand from Watson … He’s a hand man Mike McCallum … A couple of McCallum’s left hooks … punches to the body … Good opening round … [r2] … Trying to out-jab each other … He’s [Watson] a little bit reckless … Watson has been shaken up … [r3] … The right tactics don’t suit Michael Watson … These [McCallum] shots are still vicious … [r4] … unrelenting … He’s [Watson] right back in again … Watson’s best punch so far … As good a punch as he’s taken from McCallum … [r5] … He’s [Watson] feeling the pace … Right hand [McCallum] … What a great battle … [r6] … [Watson] edging a bit closer … What a good fightback by Watson … [r7] … Good shot there [Wason] … [r8] … Michael’s doing it the right way … getting a little bit closer … Good fight … Accurate [McCallum] single shots … dangerous left hook … [r9] … McCallum is so smart … realises he must’s let Watson push him back … He’s [Watson] still full of heart … his legs are beginning to struggle … [r10] … Peach of a hot [Watson] … he’s driving himself on … What a battle … salvos of punches [McCallum] … and raises the pace … [r11] … He’s got Watson in trouble … What a champion … To to toe … and that was sheer exhaustion [Watson] … A real champion finish. UK ITV fight commentary Reg Gutteridge & Jim Watt