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Old 04-06-2004, 12:14 AM   #15 (permalink)
JohnnyBench
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Round 9

0:00 The seconds hurry out of Byrd's corner as the bell sounds for Round 9.
0:08 Charley Goldman was really animated in Joseph Metzger's corner and Metzger was nodding in agreement.
0:20 Metzger lands to the chest and neck of Collin Byrd.
0:29 Collin Byrd tries to push Metzger back in an attempt to gain room to punch.
0:33 Both fighters need to close the distance between them.
0:37 Fighters are exchanging blows! Metzger scored more on that exchange.
0:46 The two fighters lean on one another. Their arms are free and they should be throwing punches. Now they separate and the action resumes.
0:52 The fighters are jockeying for position as both men try to gain the advantage here in the 9th.
0:55 There's a pause in the action as both fighters regroup.
01:04 Metzger misses with the left and then fails to connect with the right as well.
01:06 Both fighters want to work inside for the moment. Byrd has his head on Metzger's chest and blasts home a hook.
01:15 Both fighters ought to be using their jabs more to set up their other punches this round.
01:19 There's a crushing hook to the head, landed by Byrd! Metzger flashes a quick smile at Collin Byrd as if to acknowledge the blow.
01:37 Metzger is holding… Lane steps in and breaks it up.
01:58 Metzger ties up Byrd. Lane separates them.
02:17 The two men are circling one another, looking for an opening.
02:20 These guys are giving head feints, faking jabs, doing everything but throwing punches at the moment.
02:26 Byrd hooks off the jab and bangs a shot to the body.
02:38 Metzger backs into the upper corner.
02:38 Byrd has been throwing the uppercut and scoring with it all night as he lands yet another short punch inside.
02:47 Metzger is trapped in the corner...
02:52 Byrd is in constant motion. He is making Metzger chase him.
02:57 They're coming back to the center of the ring now...
02:57 Byrd fires a punch over the jab of Joseph Metzger and gets it in for points.
03:00 It looks like Byrd has a pretty solid lead at this stage of the fight.
03:00 There's the bell, finishing Round 9.
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