Calzaghe v Jones Jr

[Yorkshire Blue]

The Guardian:


Round 1

Calzaghe throws combinations from the start, Jones waiting to counter with single shots - and he drops Calzaghe in centre ring with a short left, followed by a right hook that slices an opening on the bridge of his nose. Jones 10-8

Round 2

Jones throws more punches and lands a long, heavy right, but Calzaghe replies with flurries that drive him to the ropes, setting the pattern for the remainder of the fight. Calzaghe 10-9

Round 3

Jones is moving well - until Calzaghe pins him in his own corner and unloads to head and body. The American sneaks in an uppercut, answered with a scintillating finish to the round by Calzaghe. Calzaghe 10-8

Round 4

Calzaghe is now confident he has Jones's number. Jones retreats to the ropes as he struggles to match the pace of Calzaghe's assaults. Calzaghe 10-9

Round 5

Jones feints, hoping to draw Calzaghe on to another left-right trap, but the Welshman is totally in command, hands down and stalking his opponent around the ring. Calzaghe 10-9

Round 6

Jones's successes are sporadic now. Calzaghe works his ribs over. Jones is powerless to change the rhythm of the fight. Pace is unrelenting. Calzaghe 10-9

Round 7

Calzaghe rocks Jones with a big left, his hardest shot of the fight so far. There now seems no way back for the American, who is cut near the edge of his left eye and cannot hold Calzaghe at bay, even on the ropes. Calzaghe 10-9

Round 8

A big round for Calzaghe. Blood flowing freely from Jones's cut and he looks a sorry sight as Calzaghe throws punches from all angles. Jones can't live with the pace of the contest. Calzaghe 10-8

Round 9

It is now pretty much a lost cause for Jones. The fight is now embarrassingly one-sided and Calzaghe can coast a little, shipping a right to the head, but he is still in charge. Calzaghe 10-9

Round 10

The doctor takes a close look at Jones's cut and the fighter is late to start the round. The extra rest does him little good. Calzaghe ups the pace again and inflicts serious pain on his opponent for most of the round. Calzaghe 10-8

Round 11

Jones has the option of pulling out, with blood around his eye, but he carries on - again late for the start of the round. It is his last flurry, a few desperate shots miss the target wildly. Calzaghe 10-9

Round 12

An anticlimactic finish. Calazaghe takes it easy on Jones; Jones, acknowledging the unspoken truce, does not try for a shock late kayo finish. There is respect and resignation. Even round 10-10

Mitchell's overall score 118-107

I haven't seen the fight, but surely the Grauniad scorecard is bollocks. Aren't 10-8 rounds only awarded if there's been a knockdown, or a point deducted?

 

[Uncle Leo]

I would have thought the Trotskyite comic would have awarded the fight to the guy who ran away the most. And blamed George W Bush for global warming with more conviction. Seriously, I don't think JC deserved either of those 10-8 rounds, and I had a couple more even. He won the fight convincingly though, no argument about that, especially as the knockdown was a forearm.

I made a few more of the rounds 10-10 as well. Still, the best man certainly won. I'm guessing one more big pay-day at the Millennium Stadium for Calzaghe and then he'll be done.

 

[Rusty Shackleford]

I haven't seen the fight, but surely the Grauniad scorecard is bollocks. Aren't 10-8 rounds only awarded if there's been a knockdown, or a point deducted?

It's possible to get a 10-8 round through total domination, but very very rare, as that level of domination usually results in a stoppage. For there to be two of these rounds in one fight would be unprecedented. You know I love to take any opportunity to rip the Grauniad, but they're kind of asking for it with that scorecard.