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24/07/2035
EOD Running: Pre Show
Dave Melville vs Chris Grahm

Boxing Daily Report from the Jon Crosby promoted show at Olympic Park Sports Centre, Sydney,  taking place on 02/06/2035:

There are plenty of empty seats out here tonight, with the show nowhere near close to selling out.  
Next up we have one of the supporting contests of this show.  On the line tonight is the Australia-New South Wales Super Welterweight title.  

Looking to impress the boxing fans in attendance, the two fighters competing in this 10 round matchup are Dave Melville (12(4) - 0) who hails from Wollongong, Australia and Chris Grahm(23(4) - 11(4)) from Sydney, Australia.  Both Melville and Grahm weighed in at 154 pounds.  
The referee tonight is Kenzie Bianchi, and the three ringside judges are Geoff Crafford, Tobias Straney and Hugh MacMaster.  

Round 1: 

Grahm digs in a right hook to his opponents ribs.  
Melville is looking to close the distance.  Melville sidesteps to the right of his opponent.  Grahm throws a right hook, but Melville clinches his opponent.  Grahm uses his free hand to throw a body hook, but it lands on Melville's kidney. The ref calls break and the two fighters separate.  
Melville switches the action to the outside and lands a cross to the body followed by a jab to the head.  
Melville is on target with a cross.  
Melville lands a cross followed by a overhand right to his opponents head.  
Grahm hits home with a cross.  
Melville steps away from his opponent and lands three consecutive straights to his opponents head.  
Grahm manages to force Melville onto the ropes.  Grahm sidesteps to the left of his opponent and lands a right hook followed by a cross to his opponents head.  
Grahm is looking to keep the action on the outside.  Melville tries to land a cross, but Grahm sidesteps and counters with a cross.  
Melville steps inside and hits home with a firm right hook.  
Grahm feints a left hook, and then lands a cross followed by a right uppercut to his opponents head.  
Grahm is looking to keep the action on the outside.  Melville lands two consecutive straights to his opponents head.  
Melville lands a cross to the head followed by a left hook to the body.  
Grahm digs in a left hook to his opponents liver.  Grahm attempts to land a jab, but Melville blocks the shot and counters with a left hook.  
Grahm digs in a left uppercut to his opponents body.  
Melville is looking to close the distance and lands a right uppercut to the body, a left uppercut to the head and a right uppercut to the body, AND HIS OPPONENT IS HURT!  Grahm quickly recovers. 
At the end of Round 1, lets listen in on the corners...Melville's trainer is passing on some tactical advice.  Grahm's trainer is telling his fighter to tighten his defence.  

Round 1 Statistics
Melville: 
Jabs Thrown: 6                             
Jabs Landed: 1                             
Power Shots Thrown: 27                            
Power Shots Landed: 16                            
Head Shots Thrown: 29                            
Head Shots Landed: 13                            
Body Shots Thrown: 4                             
Body Shots Landed: 4                             

Grahm: 
Jabs Thrown: 12                            
Jabs Landed: 2                             
Power Shots Thrown: 22                            
Power Shots Landed: 9                             
Head Shots Thrown: 26                            
Head Shots Landed: 8                             
Body Shots Thrown: 8                             
Body Shots Landed: 3                             

Round 2: 

Melville advances into close range and lands a double right hook to his opponents head.  
Melville sidesteps to the right of his opponent and lands a right uppercut to the body followed by a cross to the head.  
Melville lands a firm left hook.  
Grahm drives a right uppercut into Melville's body.  
Melville lands a solid jab.  
Melville connects with an overhand left.  
Melville is looking to keep the action on the outside and lands a stinging cross.  
Melville connects with a cross.  
Grahm walks his opponent onto the ropes.  Grahm pivots to the side of his opponent.  Melville attempts to land a right hook, but Grahm blocks the shot and counters with a left hook to his opponents body.  
Melville switches the action to the outside and lands a cross followed by a overhand left to his opponents head.  
Melville steps away from his opponent and lands two consecutive straights to his opponents head.  
Grahm lands a hard jab.  
Melville tries to keep the action at long range and is on target with a jab.  
Grahm walks his opponent down, trapping him on the ropes.  Grahm is on target with a cross.  
Grahm drives a left hook into Melville's body.  
Grahm switches the action to the outside.  Melville lands two consecutive straights to his opponents head.  
Melville closes the distance.  Grahm throws a left uppercut, but his opponent parries the shot.  Melville holds on to his opponent.  As they grapple, Grahm pushes his forearm into Melville's face.  The ref calls break and the two fighters separate.  
Melville switches the action to the outside and throws a jab, but his opponent slips the shot and counters with a solid left hook.  
At the end of Round 2, lets listen in on the corners...Grahm's trainer is advising how he could be more accurate.  

Round 2 Statistics
Melville: 
Jabs Thrown: 10                            
Jabs Landed: 4                             
Power Shots Thrown: 33                            
Power Shots Landed: 14                            
Head Shots Thrown: 33                            
Head Shots Landed: 17                            
Body Shots Thrown: 10                            
Body Shots Landed: 1                             

Grahm: 
Jabs Thrown: 11                            
Jabs Landed: 2                             
Power Shots Thrown: 22                            
Power Shots Landed: 5                             
Head Shots Thrown: 19                            
Head Shots Landed: 3                             
Body Shots Thrown: 14                            
Body Shots Landed: 4                             

Round 3: 

Grahm pivots from in front of his opponent.  Grahm tries to land a right hook, but his opponent slips the shot and counters with a stinging left uppercut.  
Grahm is looking to keep his distance.  Melville finds the target with a jab.  
Melville is looking to keep the action on the outside and lands two consecutive overhand lefts to his opponents head.  
Melville lands a jab to the head, a cross to the body and a cross to the head.  
Melville lands three consecutive straights to his opponents head.  
Melville lands a stinging jab.  
Melville lands an overhand left.  
Melville gets on the inside and is on target with a right hook.  
Melville is looking to keep his distance and lands a jab followed by  two straights to his opponents head.  
Melville closes the distance.  Grahm lands a right uppercut followed by a right hook to his opponents head.  
Melville attempts to land a jab, but Grahm sidesteps and counters with a stinging right uppercut.  
Grahm attempts to land a jab, but Melville sidesteps and counters with a cross.  
Grahm lands a jab to the head followed by a right hook to the body.  
Grahm forces Melville to retreat onto the ropes.  Melville lands a firm cross to his opponents body.  


Round 3 Statistics
Melville: 
Jabs Thrown: 15                            
Jabs Landed: 6                             
Power Shots Thrown: 23                            
Power Shots Landed: 14                            
Head Shots Thrown: 34                            
Head Shots Landed: 18                            
Body Shots Thrown: 4                             
Body Shots Landed: 2                             

Grahm: 
Jabs Thrown: 3                             
Jabs Landed: 1                             
Power Shots Thrown: 20                            
Power Shots Landed: 4                             
Head Shots Thrown: 17                            
Head Shots Landed: 4                             
Body Shots Thrown: 6                             
Body Shots Landed: 1                             

Round 4: 

Melville lands a cross to the body, and then to the head.  
Grahm attempts to land a jab, but Melville sidesteps and counters with a sharp cross.  
Grahm pivots to the left of his opponent and connects with a cross.  
Melville steps to the outside and lands a jab, cross and an overhand left to his opponents head.  
Melville steps inside.  Grahm pivots to the side of his opponent.  Melville throws a right hook, but is unable to get through his opponents guard.  Melville ties up his opponent.  As they grapple, Grahm pushes his forearm into Melville's face.  The ref breaks the clinch and signals for the action to continue.  
Melville is on target with a jab.  
Melville hits home with an overhand left.  
Melville closes the distance and is on target with a stinging left hook to his opponents body.  
Melville is looking to keep the action on the outside and connects with a sharp cross.  
Melville lands a jab.  
Melville lands two straights to the body, and one to the head.  
Melville lands a straight 1 - 2.  
Melville hits home with a stinging cross.  
Grahm steps away from his opponent.  Melville lands a cross.  
Melville sidesteps to the right of his opponent and is on target with a stinging cross.  
Melville is looking to keep his distance and hits home with an overhand left.  
Melville is on target with a cross.  
Melville lands a cross.  
At the end of Round 4, lets listen in on the corners...Grahm's trainer is telling his fighter to increase his workrate.  

Round 4 Statistics
Melville: 
Jabs Thrown: 11                            
Jabs Landed: 7                             
Power Shots Thrown: 34                            
Power Shots Landed: 18                            
Head Shots Thrown: 36                            
Head Shots Landed: 21                            
Body Shots Thrown: 9                             
Body Shots Landed: 4                             

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

Round 5: 

Grahm connects with a cross.  Grahm goes for the bodyshot, but lands south of the border!  The ref stops the action and gives Melville time to recover.  
Melville lands a cross.  
Melville is looking to keep his distance.  Grahm lands a cross.  
Melville sidesteps to the left of his opponent.  Melville lands a firm cross.  Melville attempts to land a jab, but Grahm blocks the shot and counters with a left uppercut.  
Grahm lands a left hook followed by a cross to his opponents head.  
Melville steps to the outside and is on target with a cross.  Melville attempts to land a cross, but Grahm blocks the shot and counters with a left uppercut.  
Melville lands a cross.  
Melville connects with an overhand right.  
Melville drives a firm right hook into his opponents body.  
Grahm manages to force Melville onto the ropes.  Grahm hits home with a sharp cross.  
Grahm lands a double jab to his opponents head.  
Melville is on target with an overhand left.  
Melville lands a double jab to his opponents head.  
Melville advances into close range and lands a left hook to the head, a left hook to the body and a right hook to the body.  
Melville lands an overhand left followed by a cross to his opponents head.  
Melville switches the action to the outside and is on target with a cross.  
Melville is looking to keep the action on the outside and lands two straights followed by an overhand right to his opponents head.  
Melville is looking to keep the action on the outside.  Melville sidesteps to the left of his opponent and lands a cross followed by a jab to his opponents head.  
Melville lands a cross to the body, a jab to the head and a cross to the head.  
Grahm manages to force Melville onto the ropes.  Melville is on target with a sharp right hook.  Melville attempts to land a left hook, but Grahm dodges the shot and counters with a right hook.  
Melville lands a cross to his opponents body.  


Round 5 Statistics
Melville: 
Jabs Thrown: 13                            
Jabs Landed: 8                             
Power Shots Thrown: 33                            
Power Shots Landed: 21                            
Head Shots Thrown: 39                            
Head Shots Landed: 24                            
Body Shots Thrown: 7                             
Body Shots Landed: 5                             

Grahm: 
Jabs Thrown: 12                            
Jabs Landed: 2                             
Power Shots Thrown: 26                            
Power Shots Landed: 8                             
Head Shots Thrown: 31                            
Head Shots Landed: 10                            
Body Shots Thrown: 7                             
Body Shots Landed: 0                             

Round 6: 

Melville is looking to close the distance.  Grahm throws a left hook, but Melville clinches his opponent.  Melville pushes his forearm into Grahm's face.  The referee separates the two fighters and warns Melville.  
Melville steps inside and drives a stinging right hook into Grahm's body.  
Melville steps away from his opponent and hits home with a cross.  
Melville closes the distance.  Grahm lands a left hook followed by a right hook to his opponents body.  
Melville tries to land an overhand left, but his opponent slips the shot and counters with a right uppercut.  
Melville is on target with a cross.  
Grahm tries to keep the action at long range.  Melville sidesteps to the right of his opponent and is on target with a solid overhand left.  
Melville connects with a cross.  
Melville waits at the mid-range with a lowered guard, waiting for his opponent to throw a punch.  Grahm lands a stinging jab.  Grahm attempts to land a jab, but Melville blocks the shot and counters with a solid left hook to Grahm's liver.  
Melville tries to step out of his opponents range and lands a jab.  
Grahm lands with a spiteful jab.  Grahm tries to land a jab, but Melville blocks the shot and counters with a firm right hook.  
Melville steps away from his opponent and lands an overhand left.  
Melville lands two consecutive straights to his opponents head.  
Melville lands a straight 1 - 2.  
Melville lands a cross.  
Grahm forces Melville to back into the ropes.  Grahm lands a cross.  
Melville lands a cross.  
Melville tries to step out of his opponents range and lands a cross to the body, and then to the head.  Melville throws a cross, but his opponent blocks the shot and counters with a right uppercut.  
Melville hits home with a firm cross.  


Round 6 Statistics
Melville: 
Jabs Thrown: 12                            
Jabs Landed: 2                             
Power Shots Thrown: 26                            
Power Shots Landed: 16                            
Head Shots Thrown: 32                            
Head Shots Landed: 15                            
Body Shots Thrown: 6                             
Body Shots Landed: 3                             

Grahm: 
Jabs Thrown: 10                            
Jabs Landed: 4                             
Power Shots Thrown: 23                            
Power Shots Landed: 5                             
Head Shots Thrown: 20                            
Head Shots Landed: 6                             
Body Shots Thrown: 13                            
Body Shots Landed: 3                             

Round 7: 

Melville is looking to keep the action on the outside.  Melville sidesteps to the right of his opponent.  Melville lands with a stinging jab.  Melville tries to land a cross, but Grahm blocks the shot and counters with a right uppercut.  
Melville feints a cross, and then lands a solid jab.  
Grahm lands a cross to Melville's body.  
Melville hits the target with a stinging jab.  
Melville tries to keep the action at long range and tries to land a jab, but Grahm dodges the shot and counters with a firm left uppercut.  
Melville sidesteps to the right of his opponent and lands a jab followed by  two straights to his opponents head.  
Melville tries to land a cross, but his opponent slips the shot and counters with a left hook to Melville's body.  
Grahm lands a firm cross.  
Melville steps to the outside and lands a cross to the body, an overhand right to the head and a cross to the head.  
Melville drives a cross into Grahm's body.  
Melville advances into close range.  Grahm pivots from in front of his opponent and is on target with a left uppercut.  
Grahm throws a right hook, but Melville clinches his opponent.  Grahm uses his free hand to throw a hook, but it hits Melville behind the head. The ref separates the two fighters.  
Grahm hits home with a stinging cross.  
Melville switches the action to the outside.  Melville sidesteps to the left of his opponent and is on target with a sharp cross.  


Round 7 Statistics
Melville: 
Jabs Thrown: 9                             
Jabs Landed: 5                             
Power Shots Thrown: 22                            
Power Shots Landed: 7                             
Head Shots Thrown: 23                            
Head Shots Landed: 10                            
Body Shots Thrown: 8                             
Body Shots Landed: 2                             

Grahm: 
Jabs Thrown: 12                            
Jabs Landed: 2                             
Power Shots Thrown: 23                            
Power Shots Landed: 7                             
Head Shots Thrown: 23                            
Head Shots Landed: 7                             
Body Shots Thrown: 12                            
Body Shots Landed: 2                             

Round 8: 

Melville tries to land a jab, but his opponent slips the shot and counters with a left uppercut to his opponents body.  
Grahm is on target with a cross.  
Grahm connects with a firm cross.  
Grahm manouvers Melville onto the ropes.  Melville is on target with a jab.  
Grahm attempts to land a jab, but Melville slips the shot and counters with a cross.  
Grahm connects with a cross.  
Melville is on target with a stinging cross.  
Grahm lands a cross followed by a left hook to his opponents head.  
Melville closes the distance.  Grahm lands a sharp left hook.  Grahm attempts to land a right hook, but Melville blocks the shot and counters with a cross.  
Melville is looking to keep his distance and drives a sharp cross into his opponents body.  
Melville lands an overhand right followed by a overhand left to his opponents head.  
Melville drives a right uppercut into Grahm's ribcage.  


Round 8 Statistics
Melville: 
Jabs Thrown: 8                             
Jabs Landed: 1                             
Power Shots Thrown: 23                            
Power Shots Landed: 7                             
Head Shots Thrown: 24                            
Head Shots Landed: 6                             
Body Shots Thrown: 7                             
Body Shots Landed: 2                             

Grahm: 
Jabs Thrown: 8                             
Jabs Landed: 1                             
Power Shots Thrown: 23                            
Power Shots Landed: 7                             
Head Shots Thrown: 23                            
Head Shots Landed: 7                             
Body Shots Thrown: 8                             
Body Shots Landed: 1                             

Round 9: 

Melville is looking to close the distance and is on target with a right uppercut to Grahm's body.  
Grahm switches the action to the outside.  Melville lands two consecutive straights to his opponents head.  
Melville lands a cross to the body, and then to the head.  
Grahm connects with a cross.  
Grahm is on target with a cross to his opponents body.  
Melville is looking to keep the action on the outside and lands a jab followed by a overhand left to his opponents head.  
Melville lands two consecutive straights to his opponents head.  
Grahm steps to the outside.  Melville hits home with a firm cross.  
Melville steps to the outside and lands a jab followed by  two straights to his opponents head.  
Melville quickly sidesteps from in front of his opponent and is on target with a cross.  
Melville switches the action to the outside.  Melville feints a right hook, and then is on target with a cross.  
Melville tries to step out of his opponents range.  Melville quickly sidesteps from in front of his opponent and lands a cross to the head, a jab to the head and a cross to the body.  THAT HURT HIS OPPONENT!  Grahm almost instantly recovers. 
Melville drives a left hook into Grahm's liver.  
Melville lands a jab to the head followed by a right uppercut to the body.  
Melville lands two straights followed by an overhand right to his opponents head.  
Melville lands an overhand left followed by a overhand right to his opponents head.  Melville attempts to land a jab, but Grahm blocks the shot and counters with a firm right uppercut.  
Melville finds the target with a jab.  
Melville advances into close range.  Grahm pivots from in front of his opponent.  Melville is on target with a sharp right hook.  


Round 9 Statistics
Melville: 
Jabs Thrown: 9                             
Jabs Landed: 5                             
Power Shots Thrown: 32                            
Power Shots Landed: 23                            
Head Shots Thrown: 33                            
Head Shots Landed: 23                            
Body Shots Thrown: 8                             
Body Shots Landed: 5                             

Grahm: 
Jabs Thrown: 5                             
Jabs Landed: 0                             
Power Shots Thrown: 14                            
Power Shots Landed: 3                             
Head Shots Thrown: 17                            
Head Shots Landed: 2                             
Body Shots Thrown: 2                             
Body Shots Landed: 1                             

Round 10: 

Melville lands a cross to the body, and then to the head.  
Melville drives a right uppercut into his opponents body.  Melville ties up his opponent.  Melville leans on his opponent using all his weight. The ref calls break and the two fighters separate.  
Grahm is on target with a right hook.  The two boxers are fighting in-close, but their heads clash!  The ref acknowledges the accidental headclash but allows the action to continue.  Melville has taken some damage there.  That has caused slight damage to the nose.  
Melville steps to the outside.  Grahm lands a spiteful jab.  
Melville lands two consecutive straights to his opponents head.  
Grahm pivots to the right of his opponent.  Melville lands a cross.  
Grahm connects with a solid cross.  
Melville lands a sharp jab.  
Melville steps inside and attempts to land a right hook, but Grahm sidesteps and counters with a left hook.  
Melville steps away from his opponent and hits home with a cross.  Melville tries to land a jab, but Grahm slips the shot and counters with a left uppercut.  
Melville is looking to keep the action on the outside and lands two consecutive straights to his opponents head.  
Grahm lands with a solid jab.  
Melville is on target with a stinging cross.  
Melville steps to the outside and lands a cross.  
Grahm switches the action to the outside.  Melville is on target with a jab.  
Grahm is looking to keep his distance.  Melville lands a jab.  
Melville is looking to keep the action on the outside and finds the target with a jab.  


Round 10 Statistics
Melville: 
Jabs Thrown: 15                            
Jabs Landed: 8                             
Power Shots Thrown: 31                            
Power Shots Landed: 11                            
Head Shots Thrown: 36                            
Head Shots Landed: 17                            
Body Shots Thrown: 10                            
Body Shots Landed: 2                             

Grahm: 
Jabs Thrown: 5                             
Jabs Landed: 2                             
Power Shots Thrown: 15                            
Power Shots Landed: 4                             
Head Shots Thrown: 16                            
Head Shots Landed: 6                             
Body Shots Thrown: 4                             
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 - 10  10 - 10  10 - 10
Round 9 Scores: 10 - 9  10 - 9  10 - 9
Round 10 Scores: 10 - 9  10 - 9  10 - 9


Final Scorecards: 100 - 91  100 - 91  100 - 91

The winner, by Unanimous Decision, from Wollongong, Australia.... Dave Melville

Fight Statistics
Melville: 
Total Punches Thrown: 392                           
Total Punches Landed: 194                           
Total Head Shots Thrown: 319                           
Total Head Shots Landed: 164                           
Total Body Shots Thrown: 73                            
Total Body Shots Landed: 30                            
Total Power Shots Thrown: 284                           
Total Power Shots Landed: 147                           
Total Jabs Thrown: 108                           
Total Jabs Landed: 47                            

Grahm: 
Total Punches Thrown: 281                           
Total Punches Landed: 70                            
Total Head Shots Thrown: 202                           
Total Head Shots Landed: 54                            
Total Body Shots Thrown: 79                            
Total Body Shots Landed: 16                            
Total Power Shots Thrown: 198                           
Total Power Shots Landed: 54                            
Total Jabs Thrown: 83                            
Total Jabs Landed: 16