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05/08/2030
EOD Running: Training
Miho Popic vs Niko Matenda

Boxing Daily Report from the Croatia National Finals 2020,  taking place on 14/03/2020 from Zagreb, Croatia:

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

Looking to impress the boxing fans in attendance, the two fighters competing in this 3 round matchup are Miho Popic (9 - 6) who hails from Zagreb, Croatia and Niko Matenda(11 - 0) from Zagreb, Croatia.  

Round 1: 

Matenda pivots to the right of his opponent.  Matenda throws a jab, but his opponent slips the shot and counters with a left hook to his opponents body.  
Matenda is on target with a right uppercut.  
Matenda lands a jab followed by a left hook to his opponents head.  
Popic gets on the inside.  Popic pivots to the left of his opponent and lands a sharp left uppercut.  
Matenda pivots to the right of his opponent and lands a jab.  
Matenda finds the target with a stiff jab.  
Matenda is looking to keep his distance and connects with a cross.  
Popic is on target with a jab.  
Matenda quickly sidesteps from in front of his opponent and is on target with a jab.  
Popic is looking to close the distance.  Popic pivots from in front of his opponent and hits home with a right hook.  
Popic steps to the outside and connects with a cross.  
Popic lands two straights to the head followed by a jab to the body.  


Round 1 Statistics
Popic: 
Jabs Thrown: 5                             
Jabs Landed: 2                             
Power Shots Thrown: 15                            
Power Shots Landed: 6                             
Head Shots Thrown: 17                            
Head Shots Landed: 6                             
Body Shots Thrown: 3                             
Body Shots Landed: 2                             

Matenda: 
Jabs Thrown: 12                            
Jabs Landed: 5                             
Power Shots Thrown: 21                            
Power Shots Landed: 3                             
Head Shots Thrown: 32                            
Head Shots Landed: 8                             
Body Shots Thrown: 1                             
Body Shots Landed: 0                             

Round 2: 

Matenda lands a ramrod jab.  
Matenda steps away from his opponent and hits home with a ramrod jab.  Matenda tries to land an overhand right, but his opponent sidesteps and counters with a right uppercut.  
Popic lands a stiff jab.  
Popic pivots to the side of his opponent and connects with a left hook.  
Popic pivots to the side of his opponent and drives a sharp left hook into his opponents liver.  
Popic advances into close range.  Matenda hits home with a firm left uppercut.  
Popic pivots to the left of his opponent.  Matenda attempts to land a right uppercut, but Popic sidesteps and counters with a sharp cross.  
Matenda tries to keep the action at long range and hits home with a sharp jab.  
Popic steps inside.  Popic quickly sidesteps from in front of his opponent, but Matenda is on target with a stinging right hook.  


Round 2 Statistics
Popic: 
Jabs Thrown: 13                            
Jabs Landed: 4                             
Power Shots Thrown: 21                            
Power Shots Landed: 4                             
Head Shots Thrown: 27                            
Head Shots Landed: 6                             
Body Shots Thrown: 7                             
Body Shots Landed: 2                             

Matenda: 
Jabs Thrown: 13                            
Jabs Landed: 3                             
Power Shots Thrown: 23                            
Power Shots Landed: 2                             
Head Shots Thrown: 29                            
Head Shots Landed: 5                             
Body Shots Thrown: 7                             
Body Shots Landed: 0                             

Round 3: 

Popic is looking to close the distance.  Popic sidesteps to the right of his opponent and is on target with a right hook.  
Matenda tries to step out of his opponents range and lands a jab followed by a overhand right to his opponents head.  
Matenda sidesteps to the left of his opponent and lands with a stinging jab.  
Popic pivots to the left of his opponent, but Matenda lands a double jab to his opponents head.  
Matenda is looking to keep the action on the outside and lands a jab.  
Popic steps inside.  Popic sidesteps to the left of his opponent and is on target with a left hook.  
Popic lands a right uppercut to the body, a right hook to the head and a left hook to the head.  
Popic pivots to the left of his opponent, but Matenda lands a left uppercut followed by a cross to his opponents head.  
Popic hits home with a left hook.  
Matenda steps away from his opponent and lands an overhand left followed by a cross to his opponents head.  
Popic gets on the inside.  Popic sidesteps to the right of his opponent and lands a right hook to the head, a left hook to the body and a left hook to the head.  
Matenda sidesteps to the left of his opponent and lands a left uppercut.  
Popic steps inside.  Popic pivots from in front of his opponent.  Popic throws an uppercut to the body, but lands well below the belt!  The ref ignores Matenda's complaints and signals for the action to continue.  


Round 3 Statistics
Popic: 
Jabs Thrown: 5                             
Jabs Landed: 0                             
Power Shots Thrown: 28                            
Power Shots Landed: 9                             
Head Shots Thrown: 24                            
Head Shots Landed: 7                             
Body Shots Thrown: 9                             
Body Shots Landed: 2                             

Matenda: 
Jabs Thrown: 15                            
Jabs Landed: 9                             
Power Shots Thrown: 21                            
Power Shots Landed: 6                             
Head Shots Thrown: 32                            
Head Shots Landed: 13                            
Body Shots Thrown: 4                             
Body Shots Landed: 2                             

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


Final Scorecard: 1 - 2

The winner, on points, from Zagreb, Croatia.... Niko Matenda

Fight Statistics
Popic: 
Total Punches Thrown: 87                            
Total Punches Landed: 25                            
Total Head Shots Thrown: 68                            
Total Head Shots Landed: 19                            
Total Body Shots Thrown: 19                            
Total Body Shots Landed: 6                             
Total Power Shots Thrown: 64                            
Total Power Shots Landed: 19                            
Total Jabs Thrown: 23                            
Total Jabs Landed: 6                             

Matenda: 
Total Punches Thrown: 105                           
Total Punches Landed: 28                            
Total Head Shots Thrown: 93                            
Total Head Shots Landed: 26                            
Total Body Shots Thrown: 12                            
Total Body Shots Landed: 2                             
Total Power Shots Thrown: 65                            
Total Power Shots Landed: 11                            
Total Jabs Thrown: 40                            
Total Jabs Landed: 17