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23/07/2031
EOD Running: BackUps
Matt Burnes vs Ian Keefe

Boxing Daily Report from the Kronk Gym II promoted show at Detroit Elijah, Detroit,  taking place on 02/07/2031:

Clearly Kronk Gym II 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.  This is a semi final eliminator for the USA-Michigan Super Bantamweight title.  

Looking to impress the boxing fans in attendance, the two fighters competing in this 10 round matchup are Matt Burnes (23 - 7 - 1) who hails from Detroit, USA and Ian Keefe(9 - 17(2) - 3) from Detroit, USA.  Both Burnes and Keefe weighed in at 122 pounds.  
The referee tonight is Mike Craig, and the three ringside judges are Mick Wathen, Matthew Mulrennan and Max Gura.  

Round 1: 

Burnes is on target with a jab.  
Burnes connects with a cross.  
Burnes advances into close range and is on target with a right hook.  Burnes tries to land a right uppercut, but his opponent sidesteps and counters with a left uppercut.  
Burnes advances into close range and lands a right hook to the head, a left uppercut to the head and a left hook to the body.  
Keefe is looking to keep the action on the outside.  Burnes lands a jab, cross and an overhand left to his opponents head.  
Burnes is looking to close the distance and is on target with a left uppercut to his opponents body.  
Burnes is on target with a left uppercut.  
Keefe switches the action to the outside.  Burnes is on target with a jab.  
Burnes steps inside and manouvers his opponent into the corner.  Keefe throws a right uppercut, but his opponent dodges the shot and counters with a left hook to his opponents body.  
Burnes lands two left hooks to his opponents ribs.  
Burnes steps inside and lands two right hooks followed by a left uppercut to his opponents head.  
Burnes walks Keefe into the corner.  Burnes lands a left uppercut followed by a right uppercut to his opponents head.  
Burnes lands a right uppercut followed by a left uppercut to his opponents head.  
Burnes lands a right hook followed by a left hook to his opponents head.  
Burnes is looking to close the distance.  Burnes wants to work on the inside, but accidentally clashes heads with his opponent!  The ref does not appear to have noticed the clash as Keefe dabs at his face checking for damage.  Keefe has been damaged by the clash of heads.  That has caused minor damage to the nose.  
Burnes sidesteps to the right of his opponent and connects with a right hook.  
Burnes connects with a right uppercut.  
At the end of Round 1, lets listen in on the corners...Keefe's trainer is suggesting ways of getting through to his opponent.  Keefe's trainer is telling his fighter to increase his workrate.  Keefe's trainer is passing on some tactical advice.  

Round 1 Statistics
Burnes: 
Jabs Thrown: 5                             
Jabs Landed: 3                             
Power Shots Thrown: 37                            
Power Shots Landed: 23                            
Head Shots Thrown: 29                            
Head Shots Landed: 21                            
Body Shots Thrown: 13                            
Body Shots Landed: 5                             

Keefe: 
Jabs Thrown: 2                             
Jabs Landed: 0                             
Power Shots Thrown: 7                             
Power Shots Landed: 1                             
Head Shots Thrown: 5                             
Head Shots Landed: 1                             
Body Shots Thrown: 4                             
Body Shots Landed: 0                             

Round 2: 

Keefe quickly sidesteps from in front of his opponent.  Burnes hits home with a right hook.  
Burnes connects with a left hook.  
Burnes lands two consecutive straights to his opponents head.  
Burnes lands a jab followed by a right hook to his opponents head.  
Burnes steps inside and hits home with a left hook.  
Burnes gets on the inside.  Keefe sidesteps to the right of his opponent.  Burnes lands a right hook to the body followed by a left hook to the head.  
Burnes digs in a right hook to his opponents ribs.  Burnes ties up his opponent.  Burnes is using his forearm in the clinch.  The ref breaks Burnes's hold and signals for the fight to continue.  
Burnes is looking to close the distance and lands a left hook followed by  two right hooks to his opponents head.  
Burnes quickly sidesteps from in front of his opponent and lands a left uppercut to the head, a left hook to the body and a left hook to the head.  
Burnes is looking to close the distance and lands a right hook, left uppercut and a left hook to his opponents head.  
Burnes lands a cross followed by a jab to his opponents head.  Burnes tries to land a cross, but his opponent blocks the shot and counters with a right hook.  
Burnes is looking to close the distance and lands a double right hook to his opponents head.  
Burnes is on target with a left hook to Keefe's body.  
Burnes walks Keefe into a neutral corner.  Burnes lands a right hook to the body followed by a right uppercut to the head.  
Burnes lands a left hook to the head, a left hook to the body and a right hook to the head.  
Burnes closes the distance and lands a left hook followed by a right hook to his opponents head.  
Burnes lands a cross followed by  two jabs to his opponents head.  
Burnes gets on the inside and lands a right hook followed by a left hook to his opponents head.  
Burnes sidesteps to the left of his opponent and lands a right hook to the body, a right hook to the head and a left hook to the head.  
Burnes is on target with a left uppercut to his opponents body.  
Burnes lands two left uppercuts followed by a left hook to his opponents head.  
At the end of Round 2, lets listen in on the corners...Keefe's trainer is telling his fighter to tighten his defence.  

Round 2 Statistics
Burnes: 
Jabs Thrown: 4                             
Jabs Landed: 4                             
Power Shots Thrown: 53                            
Power Shots Landed: 39                            
Head Shots Thrown: 45                            
Head Shots Landed: 35                            
Body Shots Thrown: 12                            
Body Shots Landed: 8                             

Keefe: 
Jabs Thrown: 4                             
Jabs Landed: 1                             
Power Shots Thrown: 16                            
Power Shots Landed: 1                             
Head Shots Thrown: 12                            
Head Shots Landed: 2                             
Body Shots Thrown: 8                             
Body Shots Landed: 0                             

Round 3: 

Burnes is on target with a right hook.  
Burnes lands a spiteful jab.  
Burnes lands a straight 1 - 2.  He follows up the attack and lands a double jab to his opponents head.  
Burnes gets on the inside and is on target with a right uppercut to Keefe's ribs.  Burnes holds on to his opponent.  Burnes is using his forearm in the clinch.  The ref halts the action and breaks the clinch.  He lectures Burnes about fouling.  
Burnes lands a left hook followed by a right hook to his opponents head.  
Burnes is on target with a cross.  
Burnes hits home with a left hook.  Burnes ties up his opponent.  Burnes leans on his opponent trying to wear him down. Burnes tries to make the space to throw a hook, but hits Keefe behind the head. The ref separates the two fighters.  
Burnes is on target with a left hook.  Burnes tries to land a left hook, but Keefe blocks the shot and counters with a right hook.  
Burnes lands a right uppercut to the body followed by two left hook's to the head.  
Burnes snaps his opponents head back with a hard jab.  
Burnes advances into close range and lands a right uppercut to the head followed by two right hook's to the body.  
Burnes lands a right hook.  
Burnes advances into close range.  Keefe pivots from in front of his opponent.  Burnes lands a right hook to the body, and then to the head.  
Burnes feints a right hook, and then lands a cross.  
Burnes advances into close range and walks Keefe down, trapping him in the blue corner.  Burnes lands a left hook followed by a left uppercut to his opponents head.  
Burnes sidesteps to the right of his opponent and is on target with a left hook.  
Burnes is looking to close the distance and lands a right hook.  
Keefe tries to land a left hook, but his opponent blocks the shot and counters with a left hook.  
Burnes lands a right hook to the body followed by a right uppercut to the head.  
Burnes closes the distance.  Burnes pivots to the left of his opponent and is on target with a right hook to Keefe's body.  
Burnes lands a right uppercut followed by a right hook to his opponents head.  
Burnes digs in a left hook to his opponents ribs.  


Round 3 Statistics
Burnes: 
Jabs Thrown: 7                             
Jabs Landed: 5                             
Power Shots Thrown: 50                            
Power Shots Landed: 29                            
Head Shots Thrown: 39                            
Head Shots Landed: 26                            
Body Shots Thrown: 18                            
Body Shots Landed: 8                             

Keefe: 
Jabs Thrown: 3                             
Jabs Landed: 1                             
Power Shots Thrown: 14                            
Power Shots Landed: 1                             
Head Shots Thrown: 12                            
Head Shots Landed: 2                             
Body Shots Thrown: 5                             
Body Shots Landed: 0                             

Round 4: 

Burnes steps inside.  Burnes quickly sidesteps from in front of his opponent and hits home with a right hook.  
Burnes hits home with a left hook.  Burnes attempts to land a left hook, but Keefe sidesteps and counters with a left hook.  
Burnes lands a right uppercut followed by a jab to his opponents head.  
Burnes walks Keefe onto the ropes.  Burnes lands a left uppercut to the head followed by a left hook to the body.  He then lands a right hook followed by a left hook to his opponents head.  
Keefe switches the action to the outside.  Burnes lands a cross to the body followed by a overhand right to the head.  
Keefe switches the action to the outside.  Burnes sidesteps to the left of his opponent and connects with a cross.  
Burnes closes the distance and digs in a right hook to his opponents ribcage.  
Burnes lands a jab.  
Burnes closes the distance.  Burnes sidesteps to the left of his opponent and lands a left hook to the head followed by a right hook to the body.  
Burnes lands a left hook.  
Burnes gets on the inside and lands a right hook, left hook and a left uppercut to his opponents head.  
Keefe steps away from his opponent.  Burnes lands a straight 1 - 2.  
Burnes steps inside and lands a double right hook to his opponents head.  He follows up the attack and lands a left hook followed by a right hook to his opponents head.  
Burnes is on target with a right hook.  
Burnes lands a cross followed by a right uppercut to his opponents head.  
Burnes lands a left hook followed by  two right hooks to his opponents head.  


Round 4 Statistics
Burnes: 
Jabs Thrown: 5                             
Jabs Landed: 3                             
Power Shots Thrown: 37                            
Power Shots Landed: 28                            
Head Shots Thrown: 37                            
Head Shots Landed: 27                            
Body Shots Thrown: 5                             
Body Shots Landed: 4                             

Keefe: 
Jabs Thrown: 3                             
Jabs Landed: 0                             
Power Shots Thrown: 7                             
Power Shots Landed: 1                             
Head Shots Thrown: 10                            
Head Shots Landed: 1                             
Body Shots Thrown: 0                             
Body Shots Landed: 0                             

Round 5: 

Burnes lands a left hook to the head, a left hook to the body and a right hook to the body.  
Burnes is looking to close the distance.  Burnes pivots to the side of his opponent and hits home with a right hook.  
Burnes advances into close range and lands a left hook to the body followed by a right hook to the head.  
Keefe is looking to keep his distance.  Burnes sidesteps to the right of his opponent.  Burnes lands an overhand right followed by a cross to his opponents head.  Burnes throws a jab, but his opponent sidesteps and counters with a left uppercut.  
Burnes lands a right hook followed by a jab to his opponents head.  
Keefe tries to step out of his opponents range.  Burnes feints a right hook, and then lands a cross followed by a jab to his opponents head.  
Burnes closes the distance and is on target with a right uppercut.  
Burnes lands a double right hook to his opponents head.  
Burnes steps inside and lands a right uppercut to the head, a right hook to the body and a left hook to the body.  
Burnes lands a right hook to the head, a jab to the head and a right hook to the body.  
Burnes gets on the inside and lands a right hook followed by a left hook to his opponents head.  
Burnes lands a left hook followed by a right hook to his opponents body.  
Burnes lands a cross followed by a jab to his opponents head.  
Keefe walks his opponent into a corner.  Burnes drives a cross into his opponents body.  
Burnes closes the distance and lands a left hook to the head followed by a right hook to the body.  
Burnes hits home with a cross.  
Burnes lands a right hook to the body followed by a cross to the head.  
Keefe walks his opponent onto the ropes.  Burnes lands a left hook followed by a jab to his opponents head.  
Burnes sidesteps to the left of his opponent and connects with a cross.  
Burnes lands a right hook followed by a left hook to his opponents head.  Burnes ties up his opponent.  Burnes is leaning on his opponent in the clinch. The ref breaks Burnes's hold and signals for the fight to continue.  


Round 5 Statistics
Burnes: 
Jabs Thrown: 10                            
Jabs Landed: 5                             
Power Shots Thrown: 50                            
Power Shots Landed: 33                            
Head Shots Thrown: 46                            
Head Shots Landed: 27                            
Body Shots Thrown: 14                            
Body Shots Landed: 11                            

Keefe: 
Jabs Thrown: 4                             
Jabs Landed: 0                             
Power Shots Thrown: 7                             
Power Shots Landed: 1                             
Head Shots Thrown: 9                             
Head Shots Landed: 1                             
Body Shots Thrown: 2                             
Body Shots Landed: 0                             

Round 6: 

Burnes pivots from in front of his opponent and is on target with a left hook to his opponents body.  
Keefe pivots to the left of his opponent.  Burnes connects with a right hook.  
Burnes lands a left hook to the head, a left uppercut to the body and a right hook to the head.  
Burnes lands a right uppercut, left hook and a right hook to his opponents head.  
Keefe switches the action to the outside.  Burnes lands a jab, cross and a jab to his opponents head.  
Burnes is looking to close the distance.  Burnes pivots to the side of his opponent and lands a right hook followed by a left hook to his opponents head.  
Burnes manages to force Keefe onto the ropes.  Burnes lands a left hook.  
Burnes steps inside and lands two right hook's to the head followed by a left hook to the body.  
Burnes hits home with a left hook.  
Keefe throws a cross, but his opponent blocks the shot and counters with a right hook.  
Burnes advances into close range and lands a right hook to the body followed by a left hook to the head.  
Keefe tries to step out of his opponents range and is on target with a jab.  
Keefe hits home with a cross.  
Burnes lands two consecutive right uppercuts to his opponents head.  
Burnes is on target with a cross.  
Burnes gets on the inside.  Keefe pivots to the right of his opponent.  Burnes hits home with a left hook.  
Keefe throws a left hook, but Burnes clinches his opponent.  Burnes leans on his opponent trying to wear him down. The ref breaks the clinch and signals for the action to continue.  
Burnes walks his opponent onto the ropes.  Burnes lands a left hook to the body, and then to the head.  
Burnes is on target with a left hook.  


Round 6 Statistics
Burnes: 
Jabs Thrown: 5                             
Jabs Landed: 2                             
Power Shots Thrown: 37                            
Power Shots Landed: 26                            
Head Shots Thrown: 34                            
Head Shots Landed: 23                            
Body Shots Thrown: 8                             
Body Shots Landed: 5                             

Keefe: 
Jabs Thrown: 5                             
Jabs Landed: 1                             
Power Shots Thrown: 10                            
Power Shots Landed: 1                             
Head Shots Thrown: 13                            
Head Shots Landed: 2                             
Body Shots Thrown: 2                             
Body Shots Landed: 0                             

Round 7: 

Burnes sidesteps to the left of his opponent and drives a stinging jab into his opponents face.  
Burnes hits home with a spiteful jab.  
Burnes closes the distance.  Keefe quickly sidesteps from in front of his opponent.  Burnes lands a right hook.  As Keefe tries to work on the inside, the fighters heads come together!  The ref does not appear to have noticed the clash as Burnes dabs at his face checking for damage.  
Burnes closes the distance and lands a left hook followed by a left uppercut to his opponents head.  
Burnes connects with a right hook.  
Frustration is starting to boil over for Keefe now.   He turns Burnes and throws an uppercut into his opponents groin area!  The ref halts the action and sends Burnes to the neutral corner.    He warns Keefe that he is heading for a point deduction.  
Burnes advances into close range and lands a right hook to the head, a left hook to the head and a left hook to the body.  
Burnes quickly sidesteps from in front of his opponent and drives a left hook into his opponents ribs.  
Burnes closes the distance.  Burnes sidesteps to the right of his opponent and lands a right uppercut followed by a right hook to his opponents head.  


Round 7 Statistics
Burnes: 
Jabs Thrown: 3                             
Jabs Landed: 2                             
Power Shots Thrown: 19                            
Power Shots Landed: 10                            
Head Shots Thrown: 18                            
Head Shots Landed: 10                            
Body Shots Thrown: 4                             
Body Shots Landed: 2                             

Keefe: 
Jabs Thrown: 6                             
Jabs Landed: 0                             
Power Shots Thrown: 7                             
Power Shots Landed: 0                             
Head Shots Thrown: 11                            
Head Shots Landed: 0                             
Body Shots Thrown: 2                             
Body Shots Landed: 0                             

Round 8: 

Burnes lands a stinging jab.  
Burnes feints a jab, but Keefe is not fooled and is on target with a cross.  
Burnes lands a left hook to the body followed by a right hook to the head.  
Burnes drives a right hook into Keefe's body.  
Burnes drives a left hook into Keefe's liver.  
Burnes lands two consecutive right uppercuts to his opponents head.  
Burnes lands a left hook to the head followed by a right hook to the body.  
Burnes lands a left hook to the body followed by a right uppercut to the head.  
Burnes drives a right uppercut into his opponents ribcage.  
Keefe is looking to keep the action on the outside.  Burnes lands a jab followed by  two straights to his opponents head.  
Burnes lands a left hook to the head, a left hook to the body and a right uppercut to the body.  
Burnes lands a right hook to the body, and then to the head.  
Burnes is looking to close the distance and walks his opponent into the corner.  Burnes is on target with a left hook.  


Round 8 Statistics
Burnes: 
Jabs Thrown: 5                             
Jabs Landed: 2                             
Power Shots Thrown: 30                            
Power Shots Landed: 19                            
Head Shots Thrown: 23                            
Head Shots Landed: 12                            
Body Shots Thrown: 12                            
Body Shots Landed: 9                             

Keefe: 
Jabs Thrown: 6                             
Jabs Landed: 0                             
Power Shots Thrown: 10                            
Power Shots Landed: 1                             
Head Shots Thrown: 13                            
Head Shots Landed: 1                             
Body Shots Thrown: 3                             
Body Shots Landed: 0                             

Round 9: 

Burnes quickly sidesteps from in front of his opponent and lands a jab to the head, a right hook to the body and a right hook to the head.  
Burnes closes the distance and lands a right hook followed by a left hook to his opponents head.  
Burnes sidesteps to the right of his opponent and lands a right uppercut to the body, a left hook to the head and a left uppercut to the head.  
Burnes sidesteps to the right of his opponent.  Keefe lands a jab followed by a left uppercut to his opponents head.  
Burnes is looking to close the distance and lands a right hook.  
Burnes closes the distance and lands a double right hook to his opponents head.  Burnes throws a right hook, but his opponent parries the shot and counters with a right hook.  
Burnes cuts off the ring, trapping Keefe in the corner.  Burnes sidesteps to the left of his opponent and is on target with a left hook.  
Keefe switches the action to the outside.  Burnes lands two consecutive straights to his opponents head.  He continues the combination and lands an overhand right followed by a overhand left to his opponents head.  
Burnes lands two left hooks to the body, and one to the head.  
Burnes closes the distance and hits home with a right hook.  
Keefe switches the action to the outside.  Burnes lands a cross followed by a jab to his opponents head.  
Keefe sidesteps to the right of his opponent.  Burnes hits the target with a ramrod jab.  
Burnes advances into close range and lands a right hook to the body followed by a left hook to the head.  
Keefe lands a right hook.  
At the end of Round 9, lets listen in on the corners...Keefe's trainer is telling his fighter he needs a knockout to win!  

Round 9 Statistics
Burnes: 
Jabs Thrown: 4                             
Jabs Landed: 3                             
Power Shots Thrown: 29                            
Power Shots Landed: 22                            
Head Shots Thrown: 25                            
Head Shots Landed: 20                            
Body Shots Thrown: 8                             
Body Shots Landed: 5                             

Keefe: 
Jabs Thrown: 4                             
Jabs Landed: 1                             
Power Shots Thrown: 14                            
Power Shots Landed: 3                             
Head Shots Thrown: 13                            
Head Shots Landed: 4                             
Body Shots Thrown: 5                             
Body Shots Landed: 0                             

Round 10: 

Burnes steps inside and connects with a right uppercut.  
Burnes steps inside and throws a right hook, but his opponent steps away from the shot.  Burnes clinches his opponent.  Burnes is using his forearm in the clinch.  The ref breaks Burnes's hold and signals for the fight to continue.  
Burnes is on target with a right uppercut to his opponents body.  
Burnes lands a left hook to the body, a right hook to the body and a right hook to the head.  
Burnes lands a cross.  
Burnes closes the distance and drives a left hook into Keefe's liver.  
Burnes is looking to close the distance and lands a right hook to the body followed by a right uppercut to the head.  
Burnes lands a right uppercut followed by a jab to his opponents head.  
Burnes gets on the inside and is on target with a right hook.  
Burnes closes the distance.  Burnes sidesteps to the left of his opponent and hits home with a right hook.  
Burnes lands a right hook followed by a left hook to his opponents head.  
Burnes sidesteps to the right of his opponent.  Keefe attempts to land a jab, but Burnes slips the shot and counters with a left uppercut to Keefe's body.  
Burnes is on target with a right hook.  
As Burnes tries to work on the inside, the fighters heads come together!  The ref does not appear to have noticed the clash as Keefe dabs at his face checking for damage.  
Burnes is looking to close the distance and lands a right uppercut to the body followed by a right hook to the head.  


Round 10 Statistics
Burnes: 
Jabs Thrown: 2                             
Jabs Landed: 1                             
Power Shots Thrown: 27                            
Power Shots Landed: 18                            
Head Shots Thrown: 20                            
Head Shots Landed: 12                            
Body Shots Thrown: 9                             
Body Shots Landed: 7                             

Keefe: 
Jabs Thrown: 5                             
Jabs Landed: 0                             
Power Shots Thrown: 8                             
Power Shots Landed: 0                             
Head Shots Thrown: 10                            
Head Shots Landed: 0                             
Body Shots Thrown: 3                             
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
Round 7 Scores: 10 - 9  10 - 9  10 - 9
Round 8 Scores: 10 - 9  10 - 9  10 - 9
Round 9 Scores: 10 - 9  10 - 9  10 - 9
Round 10 Scores: 10 - 9  10 - 9  10 - 9


Final Scorecards: 100 - 90  100 - 90  100 - 90

The winner, by Unanimous Decision, from Detroit, USA.... Matt Burnes

Fight Statistics
Burnes: 
Total Punches Thrown: 419                           
Total Punches Landed: 277                           
Total Head Shots Thrown: 316                           
Total Head Shots Landed: 213                           
Total Body Shots Thrown: 103                           
Total Body Shots Landed: 64                            
Total Power Shots Thrown: 369                           
Total Power Shots Landed: 247                           
Total Jabs Thrown: 50                            
Total Jabs Landed: 30                            

Keefe: 
Total Punches Thrown: 142                           
Total Punches Landed: 14                            
Total Head Shots Thrown: 108                           
Total Head Shots Landed: 14                            
Total Body Shots Thrown: 34                            
Total Body Shots Landed: 0                             
Total Power Shots Thrown: 100                           
Total Power Shots Landed: 10                            
Total Jabs Thrown: 42                            
Total Jabs Landed: 4