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31/12/2041
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Fraser Melrose vs Michael Taggert

Boxing Daily Report from the Soweto Punch Pros promoted show at Stub Hub Center (Football), Los Angeles,  taking place on 17/08/2041:

The venue is mostly sold out with the fans eager to turn out for tonights fights.  
Next up we have one of the supporting contests of this show.  

Looking to impress the boxing fans in attendance, the two fighters competing in this 10 round matchup are Fraser Melrose (22(3) - 1) who hails from Mesa, USA and Michael Taggert(12(2) - 3(2) - 1) from Tallahassee, USA.  Melrose weighed in at 167 pounds and 10 ounces, while Taggert weighed in at 168 pounds.  
The referee tonight is Patrick Hardie, and the three ringside judges are Theo Carson, Vince Aitken and Dylan Waddell.  

Round 1: 

Melrose pivots from in front of his opponent.  Melrose throws a left uppercut, but his opponent slips the shot and counters with a firm left hook.  
Melrose is looking to keep the action on the outside.  Melrose sidesteps to the right of his opponent and lands a double jab to his opponents head.  
Taggert is on target with a stinging jab.  
Melrose steps away from his opponent.  Taggert tries to land a cross, but Melrose blocks the shot and counters with a right uppercut.  
Taggert steps inside.  Taggert pivots to the right of his opponent and is on target with a right hook.  
Taggert closes the distance and throws a right hook, but his opponent slips the shot and counters with a right uppercut.  
Taggert manouvers his opponent into the red corner.  Taggert lands a left hook followed by a right hook to his opponents head.  
Taggert throws a jab, but his opponent slips the shot and counters with a left hook.  
Taggert steps inside.  Melrose sidesteps to the left of his opponent.  Taggert is on target with a sharp right uppercut.  
Taggert lands a right hook to the body, and then to the head.  
Melrose attempts to land a right hook, but Taggert blocks the shot and counters with a stinging left hook.  
Taggert is looking to keep his distance and connects with a sharp cross.  
Melrose steps inside.  Taggert digs in a left hook to Melrose's liver.  
Taggert switches the action to the outside.  Melrose lands a firm cross.  
Taggert closes the distance.  Melrose tries to land a right hook, but his opponent parries the shot and counters with a left hook.  
Melrose is on target with a jab.  
Taggert closes the distance and walks Melrose down, trapping him on the ropes.  Taggert pivots to the side of his opponent.  Melrose lands a right uppercut to the head followed by a left hook to the body.  Melrose throws a right hook, but his opponent slips the shot and counters with a cross.  
Melrose switches the action to the outside and tries to land a jab, but Taggert blocks the shot and counters with a solid cross.  
Melrose finds the target with a jab.  
At the end of Round 1, lets listen in on the corners...Melrose's trainer is passing on some tactical advice.  Taggert's trainer is advising how he could improve the accuracy of his work.  

Round 1 Statistics
Melrose: 
Jabs Thrown: 11                            
Jabs Landed: 5                             
Power Shots Thrown: 29                            
Power Shots Landed: 6                             
Head Shots Thrown: 34                            
Head Shots Landed: 10                            
Body Shots Thrown: 6                             
Body Shots Landed: 1                             

Taggert: 
Jabs Thrown: 8                             
Jabs Landed: 1                             
Power Shots Thrown: 41                            
Power Shots Landed: 13                            
Head Shots Thrown: 38                            
Head Shots Landed: 12                            
Body Shots Thrown: 11                            
Body Shots Landed: 2                             

Round 2: 

Melrose lands two consecutive overhand rights to his opponents head.  
Taggert is looking to close the distance.  Taggert pivots to the right of his opponent.  Taggert tries to land a left hook, but Melrose slips the shot and counters with a right uppercut.  
Taggert steps away from his opponent and lands a jab to Melrose's body.  
Taggert forces Melrose to retreat into the corner.  Taggert lands a cross.  
Taggert pivots to the side of his opponent.  Taggert attempts to land a right hook, but Melrose sidesteps and counters with a right hook.  
Taggert lands two consecutive straights to his opponents head.  
Taggert advances into close range.  Taggert pivots to the left of his opponent and lands a left hook to the body, and then to the head.  
Taggert is looking to keep the action on the outside.  Melrose lands an overhand left.  
Melrose hits home with an overhand left.  
Taggert hits home with a right hook.  
Melrose is looking to close the distance and walks Taggert onto the ropes.  Taggert lands a left hook followed by a right hook to his opponents body.  
Melrose switches the action to the outside.  Taggert is on target with a jab.  
Melrose switches the action to the outside and connects with a stinging overhand right.  
Taggert pivots to the right of his opponent.  Melrose lands a cross.  
Taggert sidesteps to the right of his opponent.  Melrose hits home with a sharp jab.  
Taggert closes the distance.  Taggert pivots from in front of his opponent and is on target with a stinging right hook to his opponents body.  
Melrose steps away from his opponent and lands a cross followed by a overhand right to his opponents head.  
Melrose lands a double jab to his opponents head.  
Melrose switches the action to the outside and lands a cross.  


Round 2 Statistics
Melrose: 
Jabs Thrown: 8                             
Jabs Landed: 5                             
Power Shots Thrown: 30                            
Power Shots Landed: 11                            
Head Shots Thrown: 32                            
Head Shots Landed: 16                            
Body Shots Thrown: 6                             
Body Shots Landed: 0                             

Taggert: 
Jabs Thrown: 7                             
Jabs Landed: 2                             
Power Shots Thrown: 29                            
Power Shots Landed: 9                             
Head Shots Thrown: 28                            
Head Shots Landed: 6                             
Body Shots Thrown: 8                             
Body Shots Landed: 5                             

Round 3: 

Melrose gets on the inside.  Taggert drives a firm right hook into Melrose's ribcage.  
Melrose attempts to land a right hook, but Taggert dodges the shot and counters with a sharp left hook.  
Taggert pivots to the right of his opponent.  Melrose throws a left hook, but his opponent blocks the shot and counters with a firm left uppercut.  
Taggert pivots to the side of his opponent.  Taggert is on target with a right hook.  Taggert throws a right hook, but his opponent slips the shot and counters with a right hook.  
Taggert digs in a right uppercut to his opponents body.  
Taggert is looking to close the distance.  Taggert sidesteps to the right of his opponent and lands a left hook.  
Taggert digs in a right hook to his opponents ribs.  
Taggert lands two consecutive straights to his opponents head.  
Taggert tries to step out of his opponents range.  Melrose is on target with a cross.  Melrose attempts to land a cross, but Taggert blocks the shot and counters with a right hook.  
Melrose lands a cross followed by a overhand left to his opponents head.  
Melrose lands an overhand right.  
Melrose steps to the outside.  Taggert lands a stinging overhand left.  
Melrose lands a right uppercut to the head followed by a right hook to the body.  
Melrose steps away from his opponent and tries to land a jab, but Taggert slips the shot and counters with a solid left hook.  
Melrose is looking to close the distance.  Taggert drives a right hook into his opponents body.  Taggert tries to land a left hook, but Melrose blocks the shot and counters with a cross.  
Taggert steps away from his opponent.  Melrose is on target with a cross.  
Taggert closes the distance and lands a right hook, left hook and a left uppercut to his opponents head.  
Melrose attempts to land a left hook, but Taggert blocks the shot and counters with a right hook to Melrose's body.  
Taggert pivots to the right of his opponent and digs in a solid right hook to his opponents body.  
Melrose tries to keep the action at long range and lands an overhand right followed by a cross to his opponents head.  
Melrose finds the target with a jab.  
Taggert advances into close range.  Melrose quickly sidesteps from in front of his opponent.  Melrose throws a left hook, but his opponent slips the shot and counters with a firm right uppercut.  
Taggert hits home with a stinging cross.  
Melrose lands a left hook to the body, and then to the head.  


Round 3 Statistics
Melrose: 
Jabs Thrown: 5                             
Jabs Landed: 1                             
Power Shots Thrown: 39                            
Power Shots Landed: 13                            
Head Shots Thrown: 36                            
Head Shots Landed: 12                            
Body Shots Thrown: 8                             
Body Shots Landed: 2                             

Taggert: 
Jabs Thrown: 9                             
Jabs Landed: 1                             
Power Shots Thrown: 42                            
Power Shots Landed: 20                            
Head Shots Thrown: 36                            
Head Shots Landed: 14                            
Body Shots Thrown: 15                            
Body Shots Landed: 7                             

Round 4: 

Taggert steps inside.  Taggert pivots to the left of his opponent and lands two right hooks to his opponents ribs.  
Melrose steps to the outside.  Taggert attempts to land a jab, but Melrose blocks the shot and counters with a right uppercut.  
Melrose hits home with an overhand right.  
Taggert hits the target with a stinging jab.  Taggert throws a jab, but his opponent parries the shot and counters with a left hook.  
Melrose is looking to keep the action on the outside and attempts to land an overhand right, but Taggert blocks the shot and counters with a left uppercut to his opponents body.  
Melrose tries to land a jab, but his opponent dodges the shot and counters with a left uppercut.  
Taggert steps inside and is on target with a sharp right hook.  
Melrose lands two consecutive overhand rights to his opponents head.  
Melrose steps away from his opponent and lands a double jab to his opponents head.  
Melrose attempts to land a left hook, but Taggert slips the shot and counters with a solid right uppercut.  
Melrose steps to the outside.  Taggert lands a jab followed by a overhand left to his opponents head.  
Taggert pivots from in front of his opponent and hits home with a right hook.  
Taggert pivots from in front of his opponent and lands a left hook to the body, and then to the head.  
Taggert lands two right hooks to the body, and one to the head.  
Taggert connects with a left uppercut.  Taggert attempts to land a left hook, but Melrose parries the shot and counters with a stinging left hook.  
Melrose steps away from his opponent and lands a double jab to his opponents head.  
Melrose attempts to land an overhand left, but Taggert slips the shot and counters with a cross.  
Melrose is on target with a cross.  
Taggert closes the distance and lands a solid right hook.  
Taggert is looking to close the distance.  Melrose lands a left hook followed by a right hook to his opponents head.  
Melrose steps to the outside and lands two consecutive straights to his opponents head.  


Round 4 Statistics
Melrose: 
Jabs Thrown: 14                            
Jabs Landed: 5                             
Power Shots Thrown: 32                            
Power Shots Landed: 11                            
Head Shots Thrown: 45                            
Head Shots Landed: 16                            
Body Shots Thrown: 1                             
Body Shots Landed: 0                             

Taggert: 
Jabs Thrown: 11                            
Jabs Landed: 4                             
Power Shots Thrown: 37                            
Power Shots Landed: 16                            
Head Shots Thrown: 35                            
Head Shots Landed: 15                            
Body Shots Thrown: 13                            
Body Shots Landed: 5                             

Round 5: 

Taggert advances into close range.  Melrose sidesteps to the left of his opponent.  Melrose lands a left uppercut followed by a right hook to his opponents head.  Melrose tries to land a left hook, but Taggert dodges the shot and counters with a left hook.  
Melrose hits home with a right hook.  
Melrose stands off with low guard waiting for his opponent to launch an attack.  Taggert throws a cross, but his opponent dodges the shot and counters with a firm right hook.  
Melrose steps inside.  Taggert sidesteps to the left of his opponent.  Melrose lands a left uppercut followed by a left hook to his opponents head.  
Taggert is looking to keep his distance.  Melrose lands a straight 1 - 2.  
Melrose switches the action to the outside and throws an overhand left, but his opponent sidesteps and counters with a firm right hook.  
Melrose connects with an overhand right.  
Taggert lands a stinging left hook.  
Taggert tries to keep the action at long range and tries to land a cross, but his opponent sidesteps and counters with a cross.  
Taggert closes the distance and cuts off the ring, trapping Melrose on the ropes.  Taggert quickly sidesteps from in front of his opponent and lands a left hook to the body followed by a right uppercut to the head.  
Taggert lands two right hooks to the body, and one to the head.  
Melrose throws a cross, but his opponent sidesteps and counters with a firm left uppercut to Melrose's liver.  
Taggert steps inside and lands a left hook to the body followed by a right uppercut to the head.  
Melrose hits home with a left hook.  
Melrose is looking to close the distance and lands a left uppercut.  
Melrose lands a solid jab.  
Taggert finds the target with a jab.  
Taggert gets on the inside and lands a right hook followed by a left hook to his opponents head.  
Taggert lands a stinging jab.  
Taggert steps inside.  Melrose tries to land a left hook, but Taggert blocks the shot and counters with a firm cross.  
Taggert walks his opponent onto the ropes.  Taggert is on target with a firm right uppercut.  
Taggert throws a jab, but his opponent slips the shot and counters with a cross.  
Taggert closes the distance.  Melrose throws a left hook, but his opponent blocks the shot and counters with a cross.  
Melrose digs in a stinging left hook to his opponents liver.  


Round 5 Statistics
Melrose: 
Jabs Thrown: 9                             
Jabs Landed: 4                             
Power Shots Thrown: 38                            
Power Shots Landed: 13                            
Head Shots Thrown: 33                            
Head Shots Landed: 16                            
Body Shots Thrown: 14                            
Body Shots Landed: 1                             

Taggert: 
Jabs Thrown: 13                            
Jabs Landed: 2                             
Power Shots Thrown: 34                            
Power Shots Landed: 16                            
Head Shots Thrown: 36                            
Head Shots Landed: 14                            
Body Shots Thrown: 11                            
Body Shots Landed: 4                             

Round 6: 

Melrose is on target with a left hook to his opponents body.  
Melrose tries to land a right hook, but his opponent sidesteps and counters with a left hook.  
Taggert gets on the inside.  Taggert pivots to the right of his opponent and connects with a sharp right uppercut.  
Taggert walks his opponent down, trapping him on the ropes.  Melrose lands a right uppercut to the body followed by a left hook to the head.  
Melrose switches the action to the outside and lands a cross followed by a overhand left to his opponents head.  
Taggert closes the distance.  Melrose lands a left hook followed by a right hook to his opponents head.  
Melrose steps to the outside.  Melrose feints a jab, but Taggert ignores the feint and responds with a solid left uppercut to Melrose's ribs.  
Taggert gets on the inside.  Melrose lands a right hook.  
Taggert connects with a right hook.  
Melrose tries to step out of his opponents range and connects with a cross.  
Melrose closes the distance.  Taggert pivots to the right of his opponent.  Taggert tries to land a right hook, but Melrose blocks the shot and counters with a cross.  
Melrose tries to keep the action at long range and hits home with a cross.  Melrose throws a cross, but his opponent slips the shot and counters with a solid left hook.  
Taggert steps inside.  Melrose lands a left hook.  
Melrose connects with a firm cross.  
Taggert sidesteps to the left of his opponent and drives a stinging jab into his opponents face.  
Melrose steps to the outside.  Taggert hits home with a cross.  
Taggert advances into close range.  Taggert pivots to the right of his opponent.  Taggert hits home with a solid left hook.  Taggert throws a right hook, but his opponent blocks the shot and counters with a left hook.  
Melrose tries to step out of his opponents range.  Taggert attempts to land a jab, but Melrose blocks the shot and counters with a cross.  
Taggert gets on the inside and lands a double right hook to his opponents head.  
Taggert is on target with a jab.  
Taggert advances into close range.  Melrose tries to land a right hook, but Taggert sidesteps and counters with a left hook.  


Round 6 Statistics
Melrose: 
Jabs Thrown: 2                             
Jabs Landed: 0                             
Power Shots Thrown: 39                            
Power Shots Landed: 15                            
Head Shots Thrown: 35                            
Head Shots Landed: 13                            
Body Shots Thrown: 6                             
Body Shots Landed: 2                             

Taggert: 
Jabs Thrown: 8                             
Jabs Landed: 3                             
Power Shots Thrown: 24                            
Power Shots Landed: 10                            
Head Shots Thrown: 27                            
Head Shots Landed: 12                            
Body Shots Thrown: 5                             
Body Shots Landed: 1                             

Round 7: 

Taggert switches the action to the outside.  Melrose lands a solid jab.  
Melrose hits the target with a stiff jab.  
Taggert steps inside and lands a left hook to the body, and then to the head.  
Melrose connects with a stinging cross.  
Melrose tries to step out of his opponents range and lands two consecutive straights to his opponents head.  
Melrose connects with a cross.  
Melrose closes the distance.  Taggert pivots to the side of his opponent and drives a right hook into his opponents body.  
Melrose connects with a sharp right uppercut.  
Melrose throws a jab, but his opponent sidesteps and counters with a solid cross.  
Melrose is looking to keep his distance.  Taggert is on target with a firm overhand left.  
Taggert steps inside.  Taggert pivots to the right of his opponent and lands a right uppercut followed by a left uppercut to his opponents head.  He follows up the attack and lands a right uppercut followed by a right hook to his opponents head.  
Taggert is looking to close the distance.  Melrose sidesteps to the left of his opponent.  Melrose throws a left uppercut, but his opponent slips the shot and counters with a firm cross.  
Taggert steps inside and walks Melrose onto the ropes.  Taggert tries to land a left uppercut, but his opponent sidesteps and counters with a cross.  


Round 7 Statistics
Melrose: 
Jabs Thrown: 9                             
Jabs Landed: 2                             
Power Shots Thrown: 21                            
Power Shots Landed: 6                             
Head Shots Thrown: 27                            
Head Shots Landed: 8                             
Body Shots Thrown: 3                             
Body Shots Landed: 0                             

Taggert: 
Jabs Thrown: 8                             
Jabs Landed: 1                             
Power Shots Thrown: 24                            
Power Shots Landed: 10                            
Head Shots Thrown: 27                            
Head Shots Landed: 9                             
Body Shots Thrown: 5                             
Body Shots Landed: 2                             

Round 8: 

Taggert pivots to the side of his opponent and lands a right uppercut to the head, a right hook to the body and a left uppercut to the body.  
Melrose hits home with a right hook.  
Melrose drives a stinging jab into his opponents face.  
Taggert pivots from in front of his opponent and is on target with a cross.  
Taggert closes the distance.  Taggert pivots from in front of his opponent and lands a double right hook to his opponents head.  
Taggert switches the action to the outside.  Melrose hits home with a firm cross.  
Taggert lands a sharp cross.  
Melrose is looking to keep the action on the outside and connects with a cross.  
Taggert steps inside.  Melrose lands a double left hook to his opponents head.  
Taggert drives a left hook into Melrose's body.  
Melrose tries to keep the action at long range.  Taggert lands two straights to the head followed by a jab to the body.  
Melrose sidesteps to the left of his opponent.  Taggert hits home with a firm overhand left.  
Melrose is looking to keep his distance.  Melrose feints a left hook, but Taggert does not fall for it and lands with a sharp left hook.  
Taggert pivots to the side of his opponent and digs in a left hook to Melrose's body.  
Melrose is on target with a jab.  
Taggert connects with a stinging left hook.  


Round 8 Statistics
Melrose: 
Jabs Thrown: 7                             
Jabs Landed: 3                             
Power Shots Thrown: 30                            
Power Shots Landed: 5                             
Head Shots Thrown: 28                            
Head Shots Landed: 8                             
Body Shots Thrown: 9                             
Body Shots Landed: 0                             

Taggert: 
Jabs Thrown: 11                            
Jabs Landed: 1                             
Power Shots Thrown: 34                            
Power Shots Landed: 14                            
Head Shots Thrown: 32                            
Head Shots Landed: 10                            
Body Shots Thrown: 13                            
Body Shots Landed: 5                             

Round 9: 

Melrose hits the target with a sharp jab.  
Taggert lands a double jab to his opponents head.  
Melrose lands a cross.  
Taggert steps inside.  Melrose sidesteps to the left of his opponent and connects with a left uppercut.  
Melrose lands a cross followed by a jab to his opponents head.  
Taggert closes the distance and manages to force Melrose into the blue corner.  Taggert sidesteps to the left of his opponent and digs in a left hook to Melrose's liver.  
Melrose lands a left hook followed by a left uppercut to his opponents head.  
Melrose is on target with a jab.  
Melrose is on target with a cross.  
Taggert steps inside.  Melrose lands a double left hook to his opponents head.  


Round 9 Statistics
Melrose: 
Jabs Thrown: 9                             
Jabs Landed: 3                             
Power Shots Thrown: 23                            
Power Shots Landed: 8                             
Head Shots Thrown: 29                            
Head Shots Landed: 11                            
Body Shots Thrown: 3                             
Body Shots Landed: 0                             

Taggert: 
Jabs Thrown: 10                            
Jabs Landed: 2                             
Power Shots Thrown: 20                            
Power Shots Landed: 1                             
Head Shots Thrown: 20                            
Head Shots Landed: 2                             
Body Shots Thrown: 10                            
Body Shots Landed: 1                             

Round 10: 

Melrose steps to the outside.  Taggert sidesteps to the right of his opponent.  Taggert tries to land a jab, but Melrose slips the shot and counters with a right hook to his opponents body.  
Taggert is looking to close the distance and lands a right hook to the body followed by a left uppercut to the head.  
Melrose switches the action to the outside and lands an overhand right.  
Taggert closes the distance.  Melrose sidesteps to the right of his opponent.  Melrose lands a right hook.  Melrose throws a left hook, but his opponent sidesteps and counters with a right hook.  
Melrose gets on the inside and lands a left hook.  
Taggert pivots to the right of his opponent and drives a right hook into his opponents body.  
Melrose is looking to keep his distance.  Taggert connects with a solid overhand left.  
Taggert advances into close range.  Melrose lands a right hook.  
Taggert steps to the outside.  Melrose lands a cross.  
Taggert lands two right uppercuts followed by a left hook to his opponents head.  
Melrose is looking to keep his distance.  Taggert is on target with a FEROCIOUS overhand right.  MELROSE WAS STUNNED BY THAT SHOT!  
Taggert is looking to close the distance.  Taggert senses his opponent is hurt.  He is looking to stop Melrose and just needs the right shot.  It looks like Melrose has now recovered from that shot earlier.  
Taggert advances into close range.  Melrose is on target with a sharp right hook to his opponents ribs.  
Melrose lands a straight 1 - 2.  
Taggert tries to keep the action at long range and lands a cross, overhand left and a cross to his opponents head.  
Melrose is on target with a jab.  
Melrose is looking to keep his distance.  Taggert lands a jab.  
Taggert gets on the inside and is on target with a right hook.  


Round 10 Statistics
Melrose: 
Jabs Thrown: 2                             
Jabs Landed: 2                             
Power Shots Thrown: 32                            
Power Shots Landed: 8                             
Head Shots Thrown: 27                            
Head Shots Landed: 8                             
Body Shots Thrown: 7                             
Body Shots Landed: 2                             

Taggert: 
Jabs Thrown: 9                             
Jabs Landed: 1                             
Power Shots Thrown: 29                            
Power Shots Landed: 13                            
Head Shots Thrown: 29                            
Head Shots Landed: 12                            
Body Shots Thrown: 9                             
Body Shots Landed: 2                             

Round 1 Scores: 9 - 10  9 - 10  9 - 10
Round 2 Scores: 10 - 9  10 - 9  10 - 9
Round 3 Scores: 9 - 10  9 - 10  9 - 10
Round 4 Scores: 9 - 10  9 - 10  9 - 10
Round 5 Scores: 9 - 10  9 - 10  9 - 10
Round 6 Scores: 9 - 10  9 - 10  9 - 10
Round 7 Scores: 9 - 10  9 - 10  9 - 10
Round 8 Scores: 9 - 10  9 - 10  9 - 10
Round 9 Scores: 10 - 9  10 - 9  10 - 9
Round 10 Scores: 9 - 10  9 - 10  9 - 10


Final Scorecards: 92 - 98  92 - 98  92 - 98

The winner, by Unanimous Decision, from Tallahassee, USA.... Michael Taggert

Fight Statistics
Melrose: 
Total Punches Thrown: 389                           
Total Punches Landed: 126                           
Total Head Shots Thrown: 326                           
Total Head Shots Landed: 118                           
Total Body Shots Thrown: 63                            
Total Body Shots Landed: 8                             
Total Power Shots Thrown: 313                           
Total Power Shots Landed: 96                            
Total Jabs Thrown: 76                            
Total Jabs Landed: 30                            

Taggert: 
Total Punches Thrown: 408                           
Total Punches Landed: 140                           
Total Head Shots Thrown: 308                           
Total Head Shots Landed: 106                           
Total Body Shots Thrown: 100                           
Total Body Shots Landed: 34                            
Total Power Shots Thrown: 314                           
Total Power Shots Landed: 122                           
Total Jabs Thrown: 94                            
Total Jabs Landed: 18