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25/07/2031
EOD Running: BackUps
Evgeny Kuzma vs Valeri Below

Boxing Daily Report from the Russia National Finals 2023,  taking place on 26/04/2023 from Sochi, Russia:

The Sochi venue is completely packed out with the fans turning out in force to watch the fights on offer tonight.  
Next up we have a Quarter Final fight in the Middleweight divison.  

Looking to impress the boxing fans in attendance, the two fighters competing in this 3 round matchup are Evgeny Kuzma (23 - 10) who hails from Moscow, Russia and Valeri Below(16 - 12) from Nizhnekamsk, Russia.  

Round 1: 

Below advances into close range and is on target with a right hook to his opponents ribs.  
Kuzma is looking to keep his distance and lands a spiteful jab.  
Kuzma is on target with a jab.  
Below steps inside and digs in a left hook to his opponents body.  
Kuzma tries to keep the action at long range and lands a jab.  
Below steps inside and walks his opponent onto the ropes.  Below lands a right hook.  
Kuzma is on target with a left hook.  
Kuzma is looking to keep his distance and drives a spiteful jab into his opponents face.  
Kuzma lands with a spiteful jab.  
Kuzma is looking to keep the action on the outside and lands a cross followed by  two jabs to his opponents head.  
Below gets on the inside and walks his opponent down, trapping him on the ropes.  Below sidesteps to the right of his opponent.  Kuzma hits home with a left uppercut.  Kuzma throws a right uppercut, but his opponent dodges the shot and counters with a right hook.  
Below lands a left uppercut followed by a right hook to his opponents body.  
Kuzma steps away from his opponent and lands three consecutive jabs to his opponents head.  
Below is looking to close the distance.  Kuzma lands a right uppercut.  
Kuzma lands a cross followed by a jab to his opponents head.  
Kuzma steps away from his opponent and lands a jab followed by a overhand right to his opponents head.  
Kuzma lands a stinging jab.  
Kuzma lands a cross followed by a jab to his opponents head.  
Below steps inside and is on target with a stinging left uppercut.  
Below digs in a left hook to Kuzma's body.  
Below forces Kuzma to retreat onto the ropes.  Below throws a left hook, but his opponent blocks the shot and counters with a left hook.  
Below steps inside.  Kuzma is on target with a right uppercut.  
At the end of Round 1, lets listen in on the corners...Kuzma's trainer is telling his fighter he is winning comfortably and should get on his bike for the remainder of the fight.  

Round 1 Statistics
Kuzma: 
Jabs Thrown: 19                            
Jabs Landed: 13                            
Power Shots Thrown: 25                            
Power Shots Landed: 10                            
Head Shots Thrown: 40                            
Head Shots Landed: 23                            
Body Shots Thrown: 4                             
Body Shots Landed: 0                             

Below: 
Jabs Thrown: 1                             
Jabs Landed: 0                             
Power Shots Thrown: 21                            
Power Shots Landed: 8                             
Head Shots Thrown: 9                             
Head Shots Landed: 3                             
Body Shots Thrown: 13                            
Body Shots Landed: 5                             

Round 2: 

Kuzma tries to step out of his opponents range and snaps his opponents head back with a ramrod jab.  
Below is looking to close the distance and hits home with a left uppercut.  
Below is on target with a firm right uppercut.  
Below pivots to the side of his opponent, but Kuzma is on target with a jab.  
Kuzma switches the action to the outside.  Kuzma quickly sidesteps from in front of his opponent and lands three consecutive jabs to his opponents head.  
Kuzma lands a jab to the body, and then to the head.  
Kuzma lands three consecutive jabs to his opponents head.  
Kuzma is on target with an overhand right.  
Kuzma lands three consecutive jabs to his opponents head.  
Kuzma feints a jab, tricking Below into throwing a right uppercut counter.  Kuzma avoids the shot and counters with a cross.  
Below lands a jab.  
Kuzma steps away from his opponent and lands a cross, overhand right and an overhand left to his opponents head.  
Kuzma lands a straight 1 - 2.  
Kuzma lands with a ramrod jab.  Kuzma throws a jab, but his opponent sidesteps and counters with a sharp cross.  
Below walks Kuzma into the corner.  Below lands a left hook to the head followed by a right hook to the body.  
Below steps inside.  Below sidesteps to the right of his opponent and lands a left hook.  
Kuzma is looking to keep his distance.  Kuzma feints a cross, and then lands a double jab to his opponents head.  
Below closes the distance and drives a left uppercut into his opponents liver.  
Below walks Kuzma down, trapping him on the ropes.  Below tries to land a right hook, but Kuzma sidesteps and counters with a cross.  
Kuzma steps away from his opponent and lands a stinging jab.  
Kuzma lands a jab.  
Kuzma connects with an overhand left.  
Kuzma snaps his opponents head back with a hard jab.  
Kuzma steps to the outside and attempts to land a jab, but Below blocks the shot and counters with a solid cross.  


Round 2 Statistics
Kuzma: 
Jabs Thrown: 34                            
Jabs Landed: 20                            
Power Shots Thrown: 22                            
Power Shots Landed: 8                             
Head Shots Thrown: 49                            
Head Shots Landed: 27                            
Body Shots Thrown: 7                             
Body Shots Landed: 1                             

Below: 
Jabs Thrown: 2                             
Jabs Landed: 1                             
Power Shots Thrown: 25                            
Power Shots Landed: 8                             
Head Shots Thrown: 20                            
Head Shots Landed: 7                             
Body Shots Thrown: 7                             
Body Shots Landed: 2                             

Round 3: 

Kuzma lands a hard jab.  
Below steps inside and lands a left hook to the body, and then to the head.  
Below walks Kuzma onto the ropes.  Kuzma lands a left hook followed by a right hook to his opponents head.  Below holds on to his opponent.  Below is using his forearm in the clinch.  The referee warns Below and breaks the clinch.  
Below sidesteps to the right of his opponent, but Kuzma digs in a right hook to his opponents body.  
Kuzma tries to step out of his opponents range and lands a spiteful jab.  
Kuzma sidesteps to the left of his opponent and lands a double jab to his opponents head.  
Kuzma lands three consecutive jabs to his opponents head.  
Kuzma quickly sidesteps from in front of his opponent and lands a jab, overhand left and a cross to his opponents head.  
Below steps inside.  Kuzma throws a left hook, but his opponent parries the shot and counters with a stinging right uppercut.  
Kuzma attempts to land a left uppercut, but Below sidesteps and counters with a left hook.  
Kuzma lands a jab to the body, and then to the head.  Kuzma attempts to land a jab, but Below sidesteps and counters with a sharp left hook.  
Kuzma lands a solid jab.  
Kuzma sidesteps to the right of his opponent and lands a jab to the body, and then to the head.  
Kuzma lands a hard jab.  
Kuzma lands a spiteful jab.  
Kuzma is looking to keep the action on the outside and lands a hard jab.  
Kuzma switches the action to the outside and lands a straight 1 - 2.  Kuzma tries to land a jab, but his opponent slips the shot and counters with a cross.  
Kuzma quickly sidesteps from in front of his opponent and lands with a ramrod jab.  
Kuzma lands a cross.  
Kuzma lands a ramrod jab.  


Round 3 Statistics
Kuzma: 
Jabs Thrown: 29                            
Jabs Landed: 18                            
Power Shots Thrown: 28                            
Power Shots Landed: 8                             
Head Shots Thrown: 48                            
Head Shots Landed: 23                            
Body Shots Thrown: 9                             
Body Shots Landed: 3                             

Below: 
Jabs Thrown: 0                             
Jabs Landed: 0                             
Power Shots Thrown: 19                            
Power Shots Landed: 6                             
Head Shots Thrown: 12                            
Head Shots Landed: 5                             
Body Shots Thrown: 7                             
Body Shots Landed: 1                             

Round 1 Scores: 1 - 0
Round 2 Scores: 1 - 0
Round 3 Scores: 1 - 0


Final Scorecard: 3 - 0

The winner, on points, from Moscow, Russia.... Evgeny Kuzma

Fight Statistics
Kuzma: 
Total Punches Thrown: 157                           
Total Punches Landed: 77                            
Total Head Shots Thrown: 137                           
Total Head Shots Landed: 73                            
Total Body Shots Thrown: 20                            
Total Body Shots Landed: 4                             
Total Power Shots Thrown: 75                            
Total Power Shots Landed: 26                            
Total Jabs Thrown: 82                            
Total Jabs Landed: 51                            

Below: 
Total Punches Thrown: 68                            
Total Punches Landed: 23                            
Total Head Shots Thrown: 41                            
Total Head Shots Landed: 15                            
Total Body Shots Thrown: 27                            
Total Body Shots Landed: 8                             
Total Power Shots Thrown: 65                            
Total Power Shots Landed: 22                            
Total Jabs Thrown: 3                             
Total Jabs Landed: 1