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16/06/2031
EOD Running: BackUps
Asavela Sotyu vs Sammy Mataka

Boxing Daily Report from the South African Boxers promoted show at Popcocks Indoor Sports Arena, Johannesburg,  taking place on 06/04/2030:

The venue is completely packed out with the fans turning out in force to watch the fights on offer tonight.  
Next up we have one of the supporting contests of this show.  

Looking to impress the boxing fans in attendance and those watching live on M-Net, the two fighters competing in this 8 round matchup are Asavela Sotyu (6 - 0) who hails from Durban, South Africa and Sammy Mataka(12 - 12 - 8) from Soshanguve, South Africa.  Sotyu weighed in at 233 pounds and 4 ounces, while Mataka weighed in at 227 pounds and 7 ounces.  
The referee tonight is John Masina, and the three ringside judges are Justus De Vries, Mzikayise Tlolane and Puleng Kathrada.  

Round 1: 

Sotyu tries to step out of his opponents range and lands a double jab to his opponents head.  
Sotyu lands a double jab to his opponents head.  He continues the combination and lands a cross followed by a jab to his opponents head.  
Sotyu steps to the outside and strikes his opponents body with a cross.  
Sotyu steps to the outside and lands two jabs followed by a cross to his opponents head.  
Mataka gets on the inside.  Sotyu pivots to the right of his opponent and lands a right hook followed by a left hook to his opponents head.  
Mataka walks his opponent down, trapping him in the red corner.  Mataka pivots to the right of his opponent and lands a cross to the body followed by a left uppercut to the head.  
Sotyu lands a stinging jab.  
Sotyu finds the target with a spiteful jab.  
Sotyu feints a left, and then lands a cross followed by a jab to his opponents head.  
Mataka closes the distance and throws a right hook, but his opponent parries the shot and counters with a stinging left uppercut.  
Sotyu is looking to keep the action on the outside and lands two overhand rights followed by a jab to his opponents head.  
Sotyu drives a jab into his opponents body.  Sotyu throws a jab, but his opponent sidesteps and counters with a left uppercut.  
Sotyu attempts to land a jab, but Mataka sidesteps and counters with a left uppercut to his opponents liver.  
Sotyu tries to step out of his opponents range and lands a cross followed by  two jabs to his opponents head.  
Sotyu lands a cross followed by a jab to his opponents head.  
Sotyu lands a double jab to his opponents head.  
At the end of Round 1, lets listen in on the corners...Mataka's trainer is advising how he could improve the accuracy of his work.  Mataka's trainer is telling his fighter he needs to be more active or he's going to get outworked.  

Round 1 Statistics
Sotyu: 
Jabs Thrown: 27                            
Jabs Landed: 20                            
Power Shots Thrown: 18                            
Power Shots Landed: 11                            
Head Shots Thrown: 41                            
Head Shots Landed: 29                            
Body Shots Thrown: 4                             
Body Shots Landed: 2                             

Mataka: 
Jabs Thrown: 1                             
Jabs Landed: 0                             
Power Shots Thrown: 13                            
Power Shots Landed: 4                             
Head Shots Thrown: 11                            
Head Shots Landed: 2                             
Body Shots Thrown: 3                             
Body Shots Landed: 2                             

Round 2: 

Sotyu lands a jab to his opponents body.  Sotyu throws a jab, but his opponent blocks the shot and counters with a right uppercut.  
Sotyu switches the action to the outside and lands an overhand right, cross and a jab to his opponents head.  
Sotyu lands an overhand right followed by a jab to his opponents head.  
Sotyu digs in a left hook to his opponents body.  Sotyu throws a left uppercut, but his opponent parries the shot and counters with a left uppercut.  
Mataka gets on the inside and lands a right uppercut.  
Sotyu is looking to keep his distance and finds the target with a jab.  
Mataka tries to land a cross, but Sotyu sidesteps and counters with a sharp left uppercut.  
Sotyu steps to the outside and lands a hard jab.  
Sotyu quickly sidesteps from in front of his opponent and lands a double jab to his opponents head.  
Mataka steps inside and walks his opponent onto the ropes.  Sotyu is on target with a right hook to his opponents body.  
Sotyu is looking to keep the action on the outside and tries to land a cross, but his opponent sidesteps and counters with a cross.  
Sotyu hits home with a hard jab.  
Sotyu tries to keep the action at long range and lands a jab followed by a overhand right to his opponents head.  
Sotyu lands a double jab to his opponents head.  
Sotyu tries to step out of his opponents range and lands three consecutive jabs to his opponents head.  
At the end of Round 2, lets listen in on the corners...Mataka's trainer is advising how he could stop so many clean shots getting through.  

Round 2 Statistics
Sotyu: 
Jabs Thrown: 29                            
Jabs Landed: 15                            
Power Shots Thrown: 19                            
Power Shots Landed: 7                             
Head Shots Thrown: 37                            
Head Shots Landed: 19                            
Body Shots Thrown: 11                            
Body Shots Landed: 3                             

Mataka: 
Jabs Thrown: 3                             
Jabs Landed: 0                             
Power Shots Thrown: 13                            
Power Shots Landed: 4                             
Head Shots Thrown: 13                            
Head Shots Landed: 4                             
Body Shots Thrown: 3                             
Body Shots Landed: 0                             

Round 3: 

Sotyu tries to land a jab, but Mataka slips the shot and counters with a left uppercut.  
Sotyu steps to the outside and lands with a hard jab.  
Sotyu is looking to keep his distance and drives a hard jab into his opponents face.  
Sotyu lands a cross followed by a jab to his opponents head.  
Sotyu tries to keep the action at long range.  Mataka quickly sidesteps from in front of his opponent.  Sotyu lands a cross, overhand right and a cross to his opponents head.  
Sotyu lands a straight 1 - 2.  
Sotyu is on target with a spiteful jab.  
Mataka forces Sotyu to back into the ropes.  Mataka lands a cross.  
Mataka sidesteps to the right of his opponent.  Sotyu snaps his opponents head back with a spiteful jab.  
Sotyu steps to the outside and snaps his opponents head back with a ramrod jab.  
Sotyu lands a double jab to his opponents head.  
Sotyu steps away from his opponent and lands a jab to the body followed by a cross to the head.  
Mataka is looking to close the distance.  Sotyu lands a right hook followed by a left hook to his opponents body.  
Sotyu lands a double jab to his opponents head.  
Sotyu lands a sharp jab.  
At the end of Round 3, lets listen in on the corners...Sotyu's trainer is passing on some tactical advice.  

Round 3 Statistics
Sotyu: 
Jabs Thrown: 23                            
Jabs Landed: 13                            
Power Shots Thrown: 17                            
Power Shots Landed: 10                            
Head Shots Thrown: 30                            
Head Shots Landed: 18                            
Body Shots Thrown: 10                            
Body Shots Landed: 5                             

Mataka: 
Jabs Thrown: 5                             
Jabs Landed: 0                             
Power Shots Thrown: 12                            
Power Shots Landed: 2                             
Head Shots Thrown: 16                            
Head Shots Landed: 2                             
Body Shots Thrown: 1                             
Body Shots Landed: 0                             

Round 4: 

Sotyu tries to step out of his opponents range and lands with a ramrod jab.  
Sotyu is looking to keep his distance and lands a jab.  
Sotyu lands a ramrod jab.  
Sotyu tries to keep the action at long range and lands a jab, overhand right and a jab to his opponents head.  
Sotyu pivots from in front of his opponent.  Mataka drives a left hook into Sotyu's liver.  
Sotyu is looking to keep his distance and lands a double jab to his opponents head.  He follows up the attack and lands a jab followed by a overhand right to his opponents head.  
Sotyu connects with an overhand right.  
Sotyu strikes his opponents body with a jab.  
Mataka steps inside.  Sotyu lands a right hook to the head, a right hook to the body and a left hook to the body.  
Mataka steps inside.  Sotyu lands a right hook, right uppercut and a left hook to his opponents head.  
Sotyu tries to step out of his opponents range.  Sotyu sidesteps to the left of his opponent and is on target with a sharp cross.  
Sotyu finds the target with a sharp jab.  
Mataka lands an overhand right.  


Round 4 Statistics
Sotyu: 
Jabs Thrown: 16                            
Jabs Landed: 11                            
Power Shots Thrown: 20                            
Power Shots Landed: 12                            
Head Shots Thrown: 29                            
Head Shots Landed: 18                            
Body Shots Thrown: 7                             
Body Shots Landed: 5                             

Mataka: 
Jabs Thrown: 8                             
Jabs Landed: 0                             
Power Shots Thrown: 21                            
Power Shots Landed: 2                             
Head Shots Thrown: 22                            
Head Shots Landed: 1                             
Body Shots Thrown: 7                             
Body Shots Landed: 1                             

Round 5: 

Sotyu switches the action to the outside and lands a jab followed by  two straights to his opponents head.  
Sotyu lands with a sharp jab.  
Sotyu pivots to the right of his opponent and lands a ramrod jab.  
Mataka closes the distance.  Sotyu pivots to the side of his opponent and is on target with a right hook to his opponents body.  
Sotyu pivots to the right of his opponent and lands a right hook to the head followed by a left hook to the body.  
Sotyu is on target with a cross.  Sotyu tries to land a jab, but his opponent sidesteps and counters with a cross.  
Mataka attempts to land a left hook, but Sotyu sidesteps and counters with a right hook.  
Sotyu lands with a ramrod jab.  
Sotyu lands two jabs to the body, and one to the head.  
Mataka steps inside.  Sotyu is on target with a sharp right hook.  
Sotyu lands a double jab to his opponents head.  
Sotyu hits home with a sharp cross.  
Mataka steps inside and manages to force Sotyu into a corner.  Sotyu lands a left uppercut to the body followed by a left hook to the head.  
Sotyu lands a left hook to the head, a right uppercut to the body and a left hook to the head.  
Sotyu lands a right hook.  
Sotyu lands a cross followed by a jab to his opponents head.  
Sotyu switches the action to the outside and lands a double jab to his opponents head.  


Round 5 Statistics
Sotyu: 
Jabs Thrown: 24                            
Jabs Landed: 15                            
Power Shots Thrown: 26                            
Power Shots Landed: 20                            
Head Shots Thrown: 39                            
Head Shots Landed: 26                            
Body Shots Thrown: 11                            
Body Shots Landed: 9                             

Mataka: 
Jabs Thrown: 7                             
Jabs Landed: 2                             
Power Shots Thrown: 11                            
Power Shots Landed: 1                             
Head Shots Thrown: 16                            
Head Shots Landed: 3                             
Body Shots Thrown: 2                             
Body Shots Landed: 0                             

Round 6: 

Mataka gets on the inside.  Sotyu lands two left hook's to the head followed by a right hook to the body.  
Sotyu is on target with a jab.  
Sotyu is looking to keep his distance and hits the target with a ramrod jab.  
Sotyu hits home with a solid cross.  
Mataka drops his hands, and waves his opponent in.  Sotyu is on target with a jab to Mataka's body.  
Sotyu lands a spiteful jab.  
Sotyu is looking to keep his distance and lands a double jab to his opponents head.  
Sotyu is looking to keep the action on the outside and lands with a spiteful jab.  Sotyu tries to land a jab, but his opponent slips the shot and counters with a left uppercut.  
Mataka is on target with a left hook.  
Mataka closes the distance and cuts off the ring, trapping Sotyu on the ropes.  Sotyu lands a left uppercut to the head followed by a right hook to the body.  
Sotyu is on target with a sharp cross.  
Sotyu steps to the outside and lands a straight 1 - 2.  
Sotyu throws a jab, but his opponent slips the shot and counters with a left uppercut.  
At the end of Round 6, lets listen in on the corners...Sotyu's trainer is telling his fighter he is winning comfortably and should get on his bike for the remainder of the fight.  

Round 6 Statistics
Sotyu: 
Jabs Thrown: 17                            
Jabs Landed: 8                             
Power Shots Thrown: 13                            
Power Shots Landed: 9                             
Head Shots Thrown: 22                            
Head Shots Landed: 13                            
Body Shots Thrown: 8                             
Body Shots Landed: 4                             

Mataka: 
Jabs Thrown: 3                             
Jabs Landed: 0                             
Power Shots Thrown: 16                            
Power Shots Landed: 3                             
Head Shots Thrown: 17                            
Head Shots Landed: 3                             
Body Shots Thrown: 2                             
Body Shots Landed: 0                             

Round 7: 

Mataka tries to land a left hook, but his opponent sidesteps and counters with a left uppercut.  
Sotyu steps to the outside.  Sotyu sidesteps to the right of his opponent and lands with a solid jab.  
Sotyu lands a cross to the body followed by two jab's to the head.  
Mataka cuts off the ring, trapping Sotyu in the corner.  Sotyu attempts to land a left hook, but Mataka blocks the shot and counters with a cross.  
Sotyu tries to keep the action at long range and is on target with a cross.  
Sotyu hits home with a ramrod jab.  
Sotyu finds the target with a hard jab.  
Mataka gets on the inside and walks his opponent down, trapping him on the ropes.  Sotyu drives a right uppercut into his opponents body.  
Sotyu lands a right hook to the head, a left uppercut to the head and a left hook to the body.  
Sotyu lands a jab to the body, and then to the head.  
Sotyu feints a jab, and then lands a cross to the body, and then to the head.  
Mataka closes the distance.  Sotyu lands a left hook.  
Sotyu is looking to keep the action on the outside and lands with a stinging jab.  
Sotyu lands a straight 1 - 2.  
Sotyu drives a jab into Mataka's body.  
Sotyu lands a double jab to his opponents head.  
Sotyu lands a straight 1 - 2.  
Sotyu lands with a ramrod jab.  
Sotyu is on target with a sharp cross.  
Sotyu finds the target with a jab.  
Sotyu lands a jab to the body, and then to the head.  
Mataka quickly sidesteps from in front of his opponent.  Sotyu lands a cross.  
Sotyu lands a double jab to his opponents body.  
At the end of Round 7, lets listen in on the corners...Mataka's trainer is telling his fighter he must go to war on his opponent!  

Round 7 Statistics
Sotyu: 
Jabs Thrown: 25                            
Jabs Landed: 19                            
Power Shots Thrown: 20                            
Power Shots Landed: 14                            
Head Shots Thrown: 33                            
Head Shots Landed: 24                            
Body Shots Thrown: 12                            
Body Shots Landed: 9                             

Mataka: 
Jabs Thrown: 2                             
Jabs Landed: 0                             
Power Shots Thrown: 8                             
Power Shots Landed: 1                             
Head Shots Thrown: 10                            
Head Shots Landed: 1                             
Body Shots Thrown: 0                             
Body Shots Landed: 0                             

Round 8: 

Sotyu steps to the outside and lands with a spiteful jab.  
Mataka closes the distance.  Sotyu lands a right hook to the head, a right uppercut to the body and a left hook to the body.  
Sotyu steps to the outside and is on target with an overhand left.  
Sotyu steps away from his opponent and lands a double jab to his opponents head.  
Sotyu finds the target with a stiff jab.  
Sotyu lands a straight 1 - 2.  
Sotyu lands a straight 1 - 2.  
Sotyu feints a jab and triggers a left uppercut counter from Mataka.  Sotyu springs the trap, countering with  a left hook.  
Sotyu lands a jab, overhand left and a jab to his opponents head.  
Mataka is looking to close the distance.  Sotyu pivots to the left of his opponent.  Mataka attempts to land a right hook, but Sotyu sidesteps and counters with a left hook to his opponents body.  
Mataka digs in a right hook to his opponents body.  Mataka tries to land a jab, but his opponent blocks the shot and counters with a right hook.  
Sotyu lands two jabs followed by a cross to his opponents head.  
Sotyu pivots to the side of his opponent and lands a double jab to his opponents head.  
Mataka walks his opponent onto the ropes.  Sotyu connects with a sharp left hook.  
Sotyu tries to keep the action at long range and hits home with a stiff jab.  
Sotyu steps to the outside and lands a straight 1 - 2.  He follows up the attack and lands a cross followed by a jab to his opponents head.  


Round 8 Statistics
Sotyu: 
Jabs Thrown: 21                            
Jabs Landed: 15                            
Power Shots Thrown: 17                            
Power Shots Landed: 14                            
Head Shots Thrown: 34                            
Head Shots Landed: 26                            
Body Shots Thrown: 4                             
Body Shots Landed: 3                             

Mataka: 
Jabs Thrown: 7                             
Jabs Landed: 0                             
Power Shots Thrown: 14                            
Power Shots Landed: 1                             
Head Shots Thrown: 18                            
Head Shots Landed: 0                             
Body Shots Thrown: 3                             
Body Shots Landed: 1                             

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
Round 7 Scores: 10 - 9  10 - 9  10 - 9
Round 8 Scores: 10 - 9  10 - 9  10 - 9


Final Scorecards: 80 - 72  80 - 72  80 - 72

The winner, by Unanimous Decision, from Durban, South Africa.... Asavela Sotyu

Fight Statistics
Sotyu: 
Total Punches Thrown: 332                           
Total Punches Landed: 213                           
Total Head Shots Thrown: 265                           
Total Head Shots Landed: 173                           
Total Body Shots Thrown: 67                            
Total Body Shots Landed: 40                            
Total Power Shots Thrown: 150                           
Total Power Shots Landed: 97                            
Total Jabs Thrown: 182                           
Total Jabs Landed: 116                           

Mataka: 
Total Punches Thrown: 144                           
Total Punches Landed: 20                            
Total Head Shots Thrown: 123                           
Total Head Shots Landed: 16                            
Total Body Shots Thrown: 21                            
Total Body Shots Landed: 4                             
Total Power Shots Thrown: 108                           
Total Power Shots Landed: 18                            
Total Jabs Thrown: 36                            
Total Jabs Landed: 2