Krzysztof Wlodarczyk W 12 Jason Robinson SCORES: 117-111, 116-112, 115-113
Krzysztof is now has 7 wins and a draw since loosing his rematch against Steve Cunningham. Last nights win against Jason Robinson wasn't that impressive, but escaped with a win non the less. Jason Robinson was a hand picked opponent to keep Wlodarczyk busy with an easy win. Robinson had other ideas about his role Saturday. Wlodarczyk was never able to get into rhythm the entire night. Jason Robinson seemed to give the champion an awkward look that confused him. There are no easy fights in boxing, and you should never underestimate your opponent. I think, (hope) that this was just a case of a champion looking passed an opponent with his mind on bigger things. With the cruiserweight Super Six tournament looming ahead Wlodarczyk may have been thinking ahead. Sometimes fighters have a let down in their next after a great performance. He just had a great performance in his last fight where he beat Giacobbe Fragomeni for the WBC title. Some times fighters get hometown gift decisions. Is that what happened last night? I don't know. I'm not taking all the credit away from Robinson because he gave the performance of his life, and took advantage of a slumbering champion. Wlodarczyk fought from the outside for the last part of the fight probably giving him those important rounds. The champion was so off balance that he wasn't even able to hurt his game challenger. Either way you saw the fight they were hard rounds to score. The Polish champion will have to fight 100% better if he hopes to even have a chance to win the tournament.
2 comments:
That fight was close but if it were in the States Jason would have won.
I am doing research for my college thesis, thanks for your useful points, now I am acting on a sudden impulse.
- Kris
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