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23/07/2031
EOD Running: Rankings
Emilio Messa vs Connor Strother

Boxing Daily Report from the AI Australia-Queensland promoted show at Irish Club, Brisbane,  taking place on 16/12/2026:

Clearly AI Australia-Queensland have made a mistake booking this venue with less than half the tickets sold, including those handed out as prizes by Boxing Daily.  
Next up is the main event of the show.  

Looking to impress the boxing fans in attendance, the two fighters competing in this 6 round matchup are Emilio Messa (4 - 0) who hails from Sydney, Australia and Connor Strother(3 - 0 - 2) from Adelaide, Australia.  Messa weighed in at 135 pounds, while Strother weighed in at 134 pounds and 9 ounces.  
The referee tonight is Dan Nish, and the three ringside judges are John Wark, Mark Taggert and Mark Taggert.  

Round 1: 

Messa steps inside and throws a right hook, but his opponent slips the punch.  Messa ties up his opponent.  Messa pushes his forearm into Strother's face.  The ref calls break and the two fighters separate.  
Messa pivots to the left of his opponent and drives a left uppercut into Strother's ribs.  
Messa gets on the inside and lands a left hook followed by a left uppercut to his opponents head.  
Messa closes the distance.  Strother pivots to the right of his opponent.  Messa lands a left uppercut followed by a left hook to his opponents body.  
Messa lands a straight 1 - 2.  
Messa lands a jab to the body followed by a cross to the head.  
Messa tries to land a jab, but Strother slips the shot and counters with a left hook.  
Messa lands two jab's to the head followed by a cross to the body.  
Strother is on target with a jab.  
Messa is looking to keep his distance and lands a cross followed by a jab to his opponents head.  Messa attempts to land a cross, but Strother slips the shot and counters with a right hook.  
Messa lands a straight 1 - 2.  
Strother is looking to keep the action on the outside.  Messa feints a left, and then lands a ramrod jab.  
Messa is on target with a jab to his opponents body.  
Messa lands a right hook.  
Strother attempts to land a cross, but Messa slips the shot and counters with a left hook to Strother's body.  
Strother cuts off the ring, trapping Messa in the blue corner.  Strother sidesteps to the right of his opponent.  Messa lands a jab to the head followed by a left hook to the body.  
Messa lands a jab followed by a overhand right to his opponents head.  He continues the combination and lands a jab to the body, and then to the head.  
Messa lands a straight 1 - 2.  
Messa lands an overhand left followed by a jab to his opponents head.  
Messa switches the action to the outside.  Messa feints a cross, and then lands a jab to the body, and then to the head.  He then lands a double jab to his opponents head.  
At the end of Round 1, lets listen in on the corners...Strother's trainer is telling his fighter he is being outworked and needs to throw more.  

Round 1 Statistics
Messa: 
Jabs Thrown: 23                            
Jabs Landed: 20                            
Power Shots Thrown: 28                            
Power Shots Landed: 16                            
Head Shots Thrown: 39                            
Head Shots Landed: 26                            
Body Shots Thrown: 12                            
Body Shots Landed: 10                            

Strother: 
Jabs Thrown: 9                             
Jabs Landed: 2                             
Power Shots Thrown: 14                            
Power Shots Landed: 2                             
Head Shots Thrown: 17                            
Head Shots Landed: 4                             
Body Shots Thrown: 6                             
Body Shots Landed: 0                             

Round 2: 

Strother switches the action to the outside.  Messa lands a jab to the body, and then to the head.  
Messa switches the action to the outside and hits the target with a hard jab.  
Messa lands a jab followed by a overhand right to his opponents head.  
Messa lands a hard jab.  
Messa lands with a sharp jab.  
Messa tries to step out of his opponents range and lands a double jab to his opponents head.  
Messa sidesteps to the right of his opponent and is on target with a jab.  
Strother forces Messa to retreat onto the ropes.  Messa lands with a spiteful jab.  
Messa lands a straight 1 - 2.  
Strother steps to the outside.  Messa is on target with a cross.  
Strother hits home with a right uppercut.  
Messa is looking to keep his distance.  Messa feints a right hook, and then lands a cross, jab and an overhand right to his opponents head.  
Strother throws a cross, but his opponent slips the shot and counters with a left hook.  
Messa lands a straight 1 - 2.  
At the end of Round 2, lets listen in on the corners...Strother's trainer is advising how he could be more accurate.  

Round 2 Statistics
Messa: 
Jabs Thrown: 22                            
Jabs Landed: 13                            
Power Shots Thrown: 14                            
Power Shots Landed: 7                             
Head Shots Thrown: 33                            
Head Shots Landed: 19                            
Body Shots Thrown: 3                             
Body Shots Landed: 1                             

Strother: 
Jabs Thrown: 12                            
Jabs Landed: 1                             
Power Shots Thrown: 15                            
Power Shots Landed: 1                             
Head Shots Thrown: 24                            
Head Shots Landed: 2                             
Body Shots Thrown: 3                             
Body Shots Landed: 0                             

Round 3: 

Messa connects with a right hook.  
Messa hits home with a stinging jab.  
Messa tries to keep the action at long range.  Messa waits at the mid-range with a lowered guard, waiting for his opponent to throw a punch.  Strother throws a jab, but his opponent sidesteps and counters with a left hook.  
Messa lands a stiff jab.  
Messa steps away from his opponent and is on target with a ramrod jab.  
Messa is looking to keep his distance and lands a cross, jab and a cross to his opponents head.  
Messa lands a double jab to his opponents head.  
Messa finds the target with a spiteful jab.  
Messa quickly sidesteps from in front of his opponent and lands a double jab to his opponents head.  
Messa switches the action to the outside and hits home with a cross.  
Messa lands a double jab to his opponents head.  He then lands two consecutive overhand rights to his opponents head.  
Messa throws a jab, but his opponent sidesteps and counters with a right uppercut.  
Messa is looking to close the distance and lands a left uppercut followed by a right hook to his opponents head.  
Strother is looking to keep the action on the outside.  Messa lands two jabs to the body, and one to the head.  
Strother steps away from his opponent.  Messa lands a double jab to his opponents head.  
Messa hits home with a right hook.  
Messa steps to the outside and lands a double jab to his opponents head.  
Messa steps inside and lands a double right hook to his opponents head.  
Messa is looking to keep the action on the outside and lands two consecutive straights to his opponents head.  
At the end of Round 3, lets listen in on the corners...Strother's trainer is passing on some tactical advice.  Strother's trainer is telling his fighter to tighten his defence.  

Round 3 Statistics
Messa: 
Jabs Thrown: 25                            
Jabs Landed: 18                            
Power Shots Thrown: 21                            
Power Shots Landed: 14                            
Head Shots Thrown: 43                            
Head Shots Landed: 30                            
Body Shots Thrown: 3                             
Body Shots Landed: 2                             

Strother: 
Jabs Thrown: 5                             
Jabs Landed: 2                             
Power Shots Thrown: 9                             
Power Shots Landed: 1                             
Head Shots Thrown: 14                            
Head Shots Landed: 3                             
Body Shots Thrown: 0                             
Body Shots Landed: 0                             

Round 4: 

Messa is looking to keep his distance and lands a jab to the body followed by a overhand left to the head.  
Strother lands a cross.  
Messa throws a jab, but his opponent slips the shot and counters with a right uppercut to his opponents body.  
Messa is looking to keep the action on the outside and attempts to land a jab, but Strother sidesteps and counters with a cross.  
Messa gets on the inside and attempts to land a right uppercut, but Strother blocks the shot and counters with a right hook.  
Messa lands a double jab to his opponents head.  
Strother pivots from in front of his opponent and is on target with a left uppercut.  
Messa is looking to keep the action on the outside and lands a straight 1 - 2.  
Strother throws an overhand left, but his opponent sidesteps and counters with a left hook.  
Messa steps away from his opponent and connects with a cross.  
Messa is on target with a hard jab.  
Messa lands a jab followed by a left hook to his opponents head.  
Messa lands a double jab to his opponents head.  
Messa steps away from his opponent and lands a cross followed by a jab to his opponents head.  
Messa steps inside and drives a left hook into his opponents body.  Messa holds on to his opponent.  As they grapple, Strother pushes his forearm into Messa's face.  The ref breaks Messa's hold and signals for the fight to continue.  
Strother sidesteps to the left of his opponent.  Messa lands two left hook's to the head followed by a left uppercut to the body.  Messa holds on to his opponent.  Messa pushes his forearm into Strother's face.  The ref separates the two fighters.  
Messa steps to the outside and lands a double jab to his opponents head.  
Strother is on target with a cross.  
Messa drives a sharp jab into his opponents face.  
Strother is on target with a cross.  
Strother is looking to keep the action on the outside.  Strother drops his guard, and stalks his opponent...he wants his opponent to throw a shot.  Messa lands a hard jab.  
At the end of Round 4, lets listen in on the corners...Messa's trainer is telling his fighter he is winning comfortably and should get on his bike for the remainder of the fight.  

Round 4 Statistics
Messa: 
Jabs Thrown: 25                            
Jabs Landed: 13                            
Power Shots Thrown: 16                            
Power Shots Landed: 10                            
Head Shots Thrown: 36                            
Head Shots Landed: 20                            
Body Shots Thrown: 5                             
Body Shots Landed: 3                             

Strother: 
Jabs Thrown: 9                             
Jabs Landed: 1                             
Power Shots Thrown: 28                            
Power Shots Landed: 7                             
Head Shots Thrown: 34                            
Head Shots Landed: 7                             
Body Shots Thrown: 3                             
Body Shots Landed: 1                             

Round 5: 

Messa advances into close range.  Messa pivots from in front of his opponent and lands a right hook followed by a left hook to his opponents head.  He continues the combination and lands a left uppercut followed by a right hook to his opponents body.  
Messa lands a left uppercut to the body followed by a left hook to the head.  
Messa is looking to close the distance and lands a right hook to the head followed by a left hook to the body.  
Strother tries to keep the action at long range.  Messa lands three consecutive jabs to his opponents head.  
Strother steps to the outside.  Messa throws a jab, but his opponent sidesteps and counters with a right uppercut.  
Strother switches the action to the outside.  Messa strikes his opponents body with a jab.  
Messa is looking to close the distance and lands a left hook followed by a right uppercut to his opponents head.  
Strother is not fighting as well as he'd like.   He steps in close and headbutts his opponent!  The ref halts the action and sends Messa to the neutral corner.    He has a stern word with Strother and warns that a point will be deducted if he continues to foul.  
Strother hits home with a cross.  
Messa lands a left uppercut to the head followed by a left hook to the body.  
Messa is on target with a left hook.  
Messa advances into close range and connects with a right hook.  
Strother drives a left hook into Messa's body.  
Strother switches the action to the outside.  Messa quickly sidesteps from in front of his opponent and is on target with an overhand right.  
Strother pivots to the left of his opponent.  Messa lands a double jab to his opponents head.  
Messa is on target with a cross.  
Messa pivots to the right of his opponent.  Messa attempts to land a jab, but Strother sidesteps and counters with a cross.  
Messa lands a right hook to the body, and then to the head.  
Messa lands a right hook followed by a right uppercut to his opponents body.  
Strother sidesteps to the right of his opponent.  Messa tries to land a jab, but his opponent blocks the shot and counters with a right uppercut.  
Messa gets on the inside and is on target with a left hook.  


Round 5 Statistics
Messa: 
Jabs Thrown: 10                            
Jabs Landed: 6                             
Power Shots Thrown: 32                            
Power Shots Landed: 21                            
Head Shots Thrown: 30                            
Head Shots Landed: 18                            
Body Shots Thrown: 12                            
Body Shots Landed: 9                             

Strother: 
Jabs Thrown: 6                             
Jabs Landed: 1                             
Power Shots Thrown: 14                            
Power Shots Landed: 5                             
Head Shots Thrown: 17                            
Head Shots Landed: 5                             
Body Shots Thrown: 3                             
Body Shots Landed: 1                             

Round 6: 

Messa steps inside and connects with a right hook.  
Messa closes the distance and hits home with a left uppercut.  
Messa advances into close range.  Strother throws a right hook, but Messa clinches his opponent.  Messa pushes his forearm into Strother's face.  The ref breaks Messa's hold and signals for the fight to continue.  
Messa is looking to close the distance and lands a left hook.  
Messa lands a left uppercut followed by a left hook to his opponents head.  
Messa lands a double jab to his opponents head.  
Strother sidesteps to the left of his opponent.  Messa digs in a left hook to Strother's body.  
Messa steps inside and lands a right hook.  
Strother is looking to keep the action on the outside.  Messa feints a right, and then lands a double jab to his opponents head.  
Messa is on target with a right hook.  
Strother steps away from his opponent.  Messa lands a cross.  
Messa lands a left hook to the body, a right hook to the head and a right hook to the body.  
Messa closes the distance.  Strother quickly sidesteps from in front of his opponent.  Messa lands a left uppercut to the head followed by a left hook to the body.  
Messa lands a left uppercut followed by a right hook to his opponents head.  
Messa manouvers Strother into a neutral corner.  Messa connects with a left uppercut.  Messa ties up his opponent.  Messa leans on his opponent trying to wear him down. The ref separates the two fighters.  
Messa lands a double right hook to his opponents head.  


Round 6 Statistics
Messa: 
Jabs Thrown: 8                             
Jabs Landed: 4                             
Power Shots Thrown: 28                            
Power Shots Landed: 19                            
Head Shots Thrown: 29                            
Head Shots Landed: 19                            
Body Shots Thrown: 7                             
Body Shots Landed: 4                             

Strother: 
Jabs Thrown: 0                             
Jabs Landed: 0                             
Power Shots Thrown: 12                            
Power Shots Landed: 0                             
Head Shots Thrown: 10                            
Head Shots Landed: 0                             
Body Shots Thrown: 2                             
Body Shots Landed: 0                             

Round 1 Scores: 10 - 9  10 - 9  10 - 9
Round 2 Scores: 10 - 9  10 - 9  10 - 9
Round 3 Scores: 10 - 9  10 - 9  10 - 9
Round 4 Scores: 10 - 9  10 - 9  10 - 9
Round 5 Scores: 10 - 9  10 - 9  10 - 9
Round 6 Scores: 10 - 9  10 - 9  10 - 9


Final Scorecards: 60 - 54  60 - 54  60 - 54

The winner, by Unanimous Decision, from Sydney, Australia.... Emilio Messa

Fight Statistics
Messa: 
Total Punches Thrown: 252                           
Total Punches Landed: 161                           
Total Head Shots Thrown: 210                           
Total Head Shots Landed: 132                           
Total Body Shots Thrown: 42                            
Total Body Shots Landed: 29                            
Total Power Shots Thrown: 139                           
Total Power Shots Landed: 87                            
Total Jabs Thrown: 113                           
Total Jabs Landed: 74                            

Strother: 
Total Punches Thrown: 133                           
Total Punches Landed: 23                            
Total Head Shots Thrown: 116                           
Total Head Shots Landed: 21                            
Total Body Shots Thrown: 17                            
Total Body Shots Landed: 2                             
Total Power Shots Thrown: 92                            
Total Power Shots Landed: 16                            
Total Jabs Thrown: 41                            
Total Jabs Landed: 7