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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Simon Kanitz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Billy Silver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silver has chosen Wanted Dead or Alive by Bon Jovi as his entrance music. Billy Silver has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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172 lbs
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186 lbs
23 - 17 - 1 |
World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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Granite chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Simon Kanitz!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 17 - 1, fighting out of London, Billy Silver!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Wagner Zegers and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silver on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Silver pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Billy Silver seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silver misses with a right hand
enabling Kanitz to counter with a crisp jab.
Kanitz has Silver up against the ropes in a clinch.
Silver tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silver prevents a body shot from Kanitz.
Kanitz scores with a hook to the body.
Silver looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Kanitz swings wildly with an uppercut but Silver uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silver wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A right handed body shot lands from Kanitz.
Silver blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kanitz tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silver lands a hook that snaps the head of Kanitz backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Silver.
Silver tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silver is trying to maintain a safe position but Kanitz gets an underhook and turns Silver into the ropes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver breaks the clinch.
Kanitz fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Silver throws out a powerful jab.
Silver punishes Kanitz's body with a nice straight punch.
Silver blocks a head kick by Kanitz.
A telegraphed right hand from Silver misses the target.
Kanitz throws a nice inside leg kick.
Silver throws a jab when Kanitz was well out of range.
Kanitz takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Silver missing with a left hand there. Kanitz was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Silver misses with a low kick.
Silver throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kanitz connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kanitz punishes Silver's body with a nice straight punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kanitz swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Silver! But no joy.
A low kick from Silver is predictable there
and Kanitz cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kanitz uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Silver.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kanitz throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Silver stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Kanitz checks a low kick from Silver.
Silver finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Kanitz looks to land a combination but Silver avoids it well.
Kanitz lunges at Silver with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Silver's hand.
Silver throws a head kick that misses.
Kanitz lands a nice hook to Silver's body. Silver takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Kanitz keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
And Kanitz counters with a quick kick to the body but Silver blocks it.
Silver throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kanitz makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Silver loads up on a big right hand but Kanitz slips the punch.
Silver misses with a shot to the body
and Kanitz counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Kanitz scores with a nice strike.
Kanitz's corner calls for a 1-2. Kanitz obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Kanitz.
Silver misses with a hook
and Kanitz counters with a nice low kick that buckles Silver's knee momentarily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kanitz tries to move into range but Silver moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Kanitz takes a jab right on the kisser.
That kick from Kanitz tenderised Silver's leg. Silver is trying to keep his angry face on.
Silver misses with a hook.
Silver throws a low kick but Kanitz avoids it.
Kanitz scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Kanitz works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Silver throws out a powerful jab.
Kanitz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silver.
Silver misses with a straight right.
Kanitz looks to score with a jab to the body but Silver is just out of range.
Silver moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Kanitz connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Silver momentarily.
It looks like Kanitz has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silver lands with a right hand.
Kanitz scores with a punch to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silver ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kanitz moves away.
Silver tries to move into range but Kanitz moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Silver throws a hook to the side of Kanitz's head but Kanitz sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Silver misses with a leg kick
and Kanitz counters with a nice body shot.
Kanitz changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Kanitz scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Kanitz ducks right into an uppercut from Silver.
Silver misses with a hook
and Kanitz counters with a nice body shot.
Kanitz is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Kanitz wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Silver lands with a nice body kick.
Silver lands with a good body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silver walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Silver ducks right into an uppercut from Kanitz.
Silver misses with a hook
and Kanitz counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Silver throws a hook to the side of Kanitz's head but Kanitz sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Simon Kanitz dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Kanitz throws a leg kick which misses Silver's front leg but catches the back leg as Silver tries to avoid it.
Silver swings widly with a right hand
letting Kanitz counter with a right hand.
Silver misses with a looping right.
Kanitz lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A good leg kick by Silver.
Silver tries to score with a low kick but Kanitz moves his leg out of the way.
Silver misses with a hook. Kanitz ducked under it nicely.
Silver scores with a jab and follows up with an uppercut that drops Kanitz to his knees! He bounces straight back to his feet but is forced to take the mandatory standing 8 count before he's allowed to continue. We're back under way and the fighters meet in the middle of the canvas to re-engage.
Kanitz is rocked!
It looks like Simon Kanitz has been cut.
Kanitz is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silver can do to turn this around?
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kanitz takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Kanitz fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Silver looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
That kick from Silver tenderised Kanitz's leg. Kanitz is trying to keep his angry face on.
Kanitz loads up on a big right hand but Silver slips the punch.
Kanitz looks to score with a jab to the body but Silver is just out of range.
Kanitz connects with a right hand. Silver shakes it off.
Kanitz digs a good hook to Silver's body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kanitz lands with a nice body punch.
Silver throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Kanitz stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Kanitz slips under a jab from Silver.
Kanitz scores with a jab to the head.
Silver throws an off balance right hand
and Kanitz counters with a stiff right hand.
Silver throws a leg kick that is checked
and Kanitz makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Silver on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Kanitz ducks under a wild hook from Silver.
Kanitz explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Silver takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Silver throws an off balance right hand
and Kanitz counters with a lovely shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kanitz closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Kanitz misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kanitz.
Kanitz stalling the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kanitz misses with some punches.
Silver misses with a punch to the body.
Kanitz lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kanitz throws a punch but it's blocked by Silver.
Kanitz misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kanitz.
Kanitz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kanitz.
Kanitz misses with a punch to the body.
Kanitz managing to block the knees to the body from Silver.
Silver lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kanitz backwards.
Kanitz prevents a body shot from Silver.
A short left from Kanitz.
Kanitz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silver tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silver blocking some punches.
Kanitz struggles to land a body shot inside as Silver controls his hands.
Simon Kanitz has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Kanitz scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Silver with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kanitz lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Silver's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Kanitz holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Silver wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kanitz misses with the head strike.
Kanitz working aggressively here.
Silver wants to stall.
Kanitz tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Silver.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silver lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kanitz misses with some punches.
Kanitz lands a body punch.
Kanitz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kanitz lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Silver.
Kanitz throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Silvers head.
Silver blocking some punches.
Kanitz misses with a hook to the ribs.
Silver blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kanitz managing to block the knees to the body from Silver.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kanitz.
Silver blocks a body shot from Kanitz.
Silver throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kanitz blocks it with crossed arms.
Kanitz lands a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Billy Silver takes that one, thanks to the knockdown.
The cut man is working on Simon Kanitz's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Silver misses with a body punch
and Kanitz counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kanitz slips a straight right by Silver.
Kanitz throws a sloppy head kick and Silver moves out of range easily.
Kanitz tries to clinch but Silver is having none of it.
A little jabbing left from Silver on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Kanitz lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Kanitz avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kanitz on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Simon Kanitz is winning the standup battle so far.
Kanitz takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Kanitz slips under a jab from Silver.
Kanitz throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Silver's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kanitz scores with a body shot.
Kanitz needs to keep his hands up - Silver had a free shot at his head there.
Kanitz keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Silver.
Silver waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kanitz.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kanitz fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Silver has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kanitz looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Kanitz walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Silver looks to score with a jab to the body but Kanitz is just out of range.
Kanitz throwing a counter right hand but Silver manages to avoid it.
Silver throws a jab when Kanitz was well out of range.
Silver throws a head kick that misses
and Kanitz counters with a low kick, right behind Silver 's knee.
Silver takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kanitz shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Silver swats away the attempt to clinch by Kanitz.
Silver let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Kanitz connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Silver dips to his left and cracks Kanitz with an uppercut!
Silver rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kanitz counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Kanitz ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silver moves away.
Kanitz throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silver throws an off balance right hand
and Kanitz counters with an inside leg kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Silver misses with a left hand
and Silver takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kanitz scores with a jab to the head.
Silver pivots, looking for a leg kick but Kanitz is out of range and Silver settles back down.
Silver misses with a hook.
Kanitz wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Silver misses with a left hand
and Kanitz counters with a straight right hand.
Kanitz connects with a solid leg kick.
Kanitz digs a good hook to Silver's body.
Silver rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kanitz counters with a thumping low kick.
Silver throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Silver bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Kanitz's head backwards.
Silver moves out of range of the body kick from Kanitz.
Silver looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Kanitz connects with a high kick.
Silver lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Kanitz at a distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kanitz scoring well with a low kick there.
Kanitz checks a leg kick.
Kanitz takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Kanitz has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Silver.
Silver has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Kanitz swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Silver.
Kanitz keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Kanitz lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Silver throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Silver uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kanitz.
Kanitz tries a head kick but it misses.
Kanitz throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Silver stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Kanitz throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A little jabbing left from Silver on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Silver swings away with a body shot that misses
enabling Kanitz to counter with a crisp jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kanitz throws a leg kick which misses Silver's front leg but catches the back leg as Silver tries to avoid it.
Silver throws a jab but it's blocked by Kanitz.
Kanitz looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Silver throws a body kick that misses
and Kanitz counters with a straight right hand.
Kanitz fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Silver on the side of the head.
Silver is rocked!
Silver throws an off balance right hand
and Kanitz counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Silver is still on wobbly legs! Can Kanitz finish him?
Kanitz knocks out Silver with a massive right hand! The ref tackles Kanitz before he can follow up with any more strikes and that's it everyone. Kanitz picks up the big W with a huge KO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:31 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Simon Kanitz!
Simon Kanitz retains his welterweight title!
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