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Post by realview on Aug 25, 2019 8:58:07 GMT
Real View intro: Hello ladies and gentlemen; this week saw real international action, with a new fighter debuting from Romania, while the BBU went to Japan for another top notch night of action.
This is what we will be talking about this week: *BBU bantamweight title preview* *Alesha Dixon vs Anna Lesko* *Vicky Pattison vs Nozomi Sasaki* And *Rio Natsume vs Jessica-Jane Clement*
Remember that the BBU PPV is this Wednesday, it looks another bumper card with fighters heading to the beach for sun and to fight.
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Post by realview on Aug 25, 2019 8:59:28 GMT
Part 1: BBU bantamweight title preview Well 2019 has been one hell of a historic year for celebrity boxing, we have seen the first two ever dual BBU/FCBA champions, maybe we will see another woman holding two linear titles in the BBU.
The flyweight champion Diana Korkunkova is on the hunt for the bantamweight title, with Katie McGrath putting out the offer to Diana to come fight for her title in what has to be seen as one of the fights of the year.
First let's discuss the woman we now rate as the number one pound for pound fighter in the BBU, Diana is only 22 years old, but has won sixteen fights out of twenty one, knocking out everyone in her way.
She claimed the BBU flyweight title by defeating Cheryl Cole, who looked unstoppable as the champion, since then she has defended it once against Emilia Clarke, knocking out the Game of Thrones star.
Now to Katie McGrath; she is 35 years old, with seven wins in nine fights, also all of her wins come by knockout, while less experienced it could be argued she has fought at a higher level of opponent then Diana.
She defeated Doda to claim the title, that was only a month ago making people wonder if she personally asked for this fight more then her management seeking to throw her back in so soon.
Physically both are similar with just half an inch of height going to Katie, while Diana fights predominantly at flyweight this won't be her first bantamweight test, we know she can make the weight and bring her power up with her.
It will be a clash of styles; Diana will have the speed advantage, she will be able to box on the move and will most likely look to dart in and out of range to wear down her opponent.
While the champions game plan should be simple, use her jab to gauge range, before using her power on Diana, sticking in close is a must in my eyes.
Looking over all of that; I'd give the slight edge to Diana, I think she has the physical advantages with youth and speed to give Katie a headache of a right.
Of course Katie is the champion at the weight for a reason, she is looking to make a statement this Wednesday, can she though? That's the answer she needs to find.
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Post by realview on Aug 25, 2019 9:00:19 GMT
Part 2: Alesha Dixon vs Anna Lesko After the chaotic fight between Inna and Michelle Keegan, this fight was made seemingly off the back of that craziness.
I have to be honest and ask who Anna is; not helped when one of my crack reporters gave me a list of fighters she had fought, I recognize Anna Simon from people mentioning her as someone who might make the step up in future, the rest could be anyone off the street for all I know.
But Alesha I know very well; hell she is in our Hall of Fame, though the current version of Alesha isn't the same dominant force that was a former champion here in the BBU.
The fight itself was a short affair, both started with some nice crisp jabs, Alesha got caught with a pair of hooks in the opening round to show some good power.
Round two saw Alesha give Anna some fight back, landing several nice clean shots across her opponents face to push her back somewhat.
But it didn't last much longer; in the third round a group of hooks hurt Alesha, with an uppercut sending her down and out for the count with blood running down her face from a cut nose.
I won't bother describing what happened afterwards, the referee must work as a wannabe porn star when not refereeing is my guess.
The important thing is more that Alesha's punch resistance looks to be simply gone! Once she started shipping punches she leaked more hard punches, till she was badly knocked out, a worrying look for a once elite fighter.
While Anna did the job she was paid to do, until she meets a sterner test I can't say how good she is, at forty though you do wonder how she would do against a younger fighter.
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Post by realview on Aug 25, 2019 9:01:10 GMT
Part 3: Vicky Pattison vs Nozomi Sasaki For the last year these two women have been quiet in the ring, with Vicky touted to be in Japan for the past two months, though I hear she was a hard customer to get as she seems judging by her social media happier being on the beach then training.
Nozomi on the other hand hasn't had an easy time since her debut, though she did finally win in her last fight to the always game Emma Rigby.
The prefight action saw Vicky more interested it seemed in promoting her brand then the fight itself, Nozomi and the Front Street Japan crew I hear were not best pleased with that.
Though when the action started it was all business for them, Nozomi coming out the gates the quicker in the opening two rounds, though they were far from the greatest rounds anyone has ever fought, a lot of missed shots with the local fighter landing more cleanly with her dodge and counter style.
The third round saw Nozomi press in tighter with more power punches, aiming for the tits of Vicky with some "stray" shots that made the Geordie lass yelp out.
In the forth Vicky pushed the pace to force her opponent into more fiery exchanges, catching out Nozomi and putting her down for a count of eight.
It was the next round where Vicky finally finished off the almost defenceless Nozomi, who tried to gamely fight back but the barrage she took ended with a liver shot that put her down for the count on all fours.
This wasn't Vicky's greatest performance, that continues to be her win over her bitter rival Charlotte Crosby, it was still a clinical finish that will get her some interest again.
While Nozomi looked impressive early on, once the punishment came though she seemed to lack confidence, instead of looking for ways out of danger she swung wildly, which she ended up paying for.
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Post by realview on Aug 25, 2019 9:01:48 GMT
Final Part: Rio Natsume vs Jessica-Jane Clement The stories how this fight were made are simple, Rio asked for the best JMD talent from the Page Three stable and Jessica-Jane Clement showed up in Japan ready for the task.
Though judging how the two reacted in the build up to each other, it seemed like there was more to the story then that, with Jessica making her mouth go as usual, Rio wouldn't touch gloves before the fight, instead just scowling at her opponent.
At the bell it was off to the races; both women marched quickly across the ring and just started throwing hard punches as soon as they could.
The thing that became obvious during the opening rounds was Rio had the power advantage, bashing around Jessica around the outside of the ring.
In the fourth Jessica showed her smarts to dodge and counter, she had the speed advantage, when she used it Rio's power wasn't as much as factor when you can't land.
The sixth round though saw Rio catch out Jessica with an absolute breast mauling with her fists, the top of Jessica gave up before she was sent down to the canvas, not able to beat the count as she was in too much pain.
A great win for Rio as the BBU JMD champion Gemma Merna has to be looking at possible fresh challengers to her title, Rio might still need a win or two to get the experience for such a task.
Jessica meanwhile showed again that she is a good fighter, just below that elite level but definitely could give anyone a challenge if they fight her, with rumours her former stable mate Emma Glover might want a crack at her.
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