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26/07/2041
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Chris Melrose vs Peter Donaghue

Boxing Daily Report from the AI USA-Minnesota promoted show at Minneapolis Anthon, Minneapolis,  taking place on 08/07/2041:

There are a few empty seats out here tonight, but this is a respectable turnout for the show.  
Next up is the main event of the show.  This is a mandatory fight for the USA-Minnesota Welterweight title.  

Looking to impress the boxing fans in attendance and those watching live on Fight Now TV, the two fighters competing in this 10 round matchup are Chris Melrose (37(6) - 8 - 4) who hails from Minneapolis, USA and Peter Donaghue(18(5) - 0) from Minneapolis, USA.  Both Melrose and Donaghue weighed in at 147 pounds.  
The referee tonight is Brad Dey, and the three ringside judges are Nathan Langer, Charlie Genz and Greg Pelle.  

Round 1: 

Melrose lands an overhand left.  
Melrose is looking to close the distance.  Melrose pivots to the side of his opponent and is on target with a right hook.  
Donaghue attempts to land a cross, but Melrose slips the shot and counters with a left uppercut.  
Donaghue throws a short cross to the body, but lands low!  The ref ignores Melrose's complaints and signals for the action to continue.  
Melrose is on target with a left hook to Donaghue's body.  
Melrose steps away from his opponent and tries to land a cross, but Donaghue sidesteps and counters with a left hook.  
Donaghue connects with a cross.  
Melrose lands with a spiteful jab.  
Melrose is looking to close the distance and digs in a left hook to his opponents ribs.  
Donaghue lands two consecutive straights to his opponents head.  
Donaghue digs in a firm left uppercut to his opponents ribs.  
Donaghue forces Melrose to retreat into the corner.  Melrose finds the target with a stiff jab.  
Melrose is looking to keep the action on the outside and connects with an overhand left.  
Melrose hits home with a cross.  
Melrose lands a cross.  
Melrose steps away from his opponent and hits home with a cross.  
Melrose lands an overhand right, overhand left and a cross to his opponents head.  
Donaghue walks his opponent down, trapping him in a corner.  Donaghue connects with a stinging cross.  
Donaghue steps inside.  Donaghue sidesteps to the left of his opponent.  Melrose digs in a left hook to his opponents ribs.  Melrose throws a left hook, but his opponent blocks the shot and counters with a stinging left uppercut to his opponents body.  
At the end of Round 1, lets listen in on the corners...Donaghue's trainer is advising how he could be more accurate.  

Round 1 Statistics
Melrose: 
Jabs Thrown: 7                             
Jabs Landed: 2                             
Power Shots Thrown: 33                            
Power Shots Landed: 13                            
Head Shots Thrown: 31                            
Head Shots Landed: 12                            
Body Shots Thrown: 9                             
Body Shots Landed: 3                             

Donaghue: 
Jabs Thrown: 1                             
Jabs Landed: 0                             
Power Shots Thrown: 29                            
Power Shots Landed: 7                             
Head Shots Thrown: 15                            
Head Shots Landed: 5                             
Body Shots Thrown: 15                            
Body Shots Landed: 2                             

Round 2: 

Donaghue lands three consecutive straights to his opponents head.  
Melrose finds the target with a jab.  
Donaghue digs in a solid right uppercut to his opponents ribcage.  
Melrose is looking to keep the action on the outside and connects with a cross.  
Donaghue finds the target with a ramrod jab.  
Melrose lands a straight 1 - 2.  
Melrose gets on the inside.  Melrose pivots from in front of his opponent and lands a left hook.  
Melrose switches the action to the outside and is on target with a jab.  
Donaghue hits the target with a sharp jab.  
Donaghue attempts to land a left hook, but Melrose parries the shot and counters with a cross.  
Donaghue lands a left hook to the body, a left hook to the head and a jab to the head.  
Melrose tries to keep the action at long range and hits home with a cross.  
Donaghue lands with a ramrod jab.  
Melrose is looking to keep the action on the outside and drives a cross into his opponents body.  
Melrose steps away from his opponent and lands with a stiff jab.  


Round 2 Statistics
Melrose: 
Jabs Thrown: 11                            
Jabs Landed: 4                             
Power Shots Thrown: 21                            
Power Shots Landed: 6                             
Head Shots Thrown: 25                            
Head Shots Landed: 9                             
Body Shots Thrown: 7                             
Body Shots Landed: 1                             

Donaghue: 
Jabs Thrown: 5                             
Jabs Landed: 4                             
Power Shots Thrown: 30                            
Power Shots Landed: 6                             
Head Shots Thrown: 22                            
Head Shots Landed: 8                             
Body Shots Thrown: 13                            
Body Shots Landed: 2                             

Round 3: 

Melrose is on target with a cross.  
Melrose is looking to close the distance and digs in a left hook to Donaghue's body.  
Melrose gets on the inside and lands a left hook to the body, and then to the head.  
Melrose drives a right hook into Donaghue's ribs.  
Melrose feints a cross, and then drives a right hook into his opponents body.  
Donaghue manouvers his opponent onto the ropes.  Melrose lands a left hook followed by a jab to his opponents head.  
Melrose tries to step out of his opponents range and lands a cross.  
Donaghue lands with a stiff jab.  
Melrose steps away from his opponent and lands a double jab to his opponents head.  
Melrose switches the action to the outside and lands a straight 1 - 2.  
Melrose lands a jab.  
Melrose is on target with a cross.  
Melrose tries to keep the action at long range and lands a spiteful jab.  
Melrose is looking to keep the action on the outside and attempts to land a cross, but Donaghue blocks the shot and counters with a sharp left hook.  
Donaghue drives a sharp left hook into Melrose's body.  
Melrose attempts to land a jab, but Donaghue blocks the shot and counters with a solid cross.  
Melrose is looking to keep his distance and tries to land a jab, but his opponent slips the shot and counters with a right uppercut to his opponents body.  
Melrose connects with an overhand right.  
Melrose gets on the inside and lands two right hooks to his opponents ribs.  
Melrose is looking to keep the action on the outside and connects with a cross.  
Melrose finds the target with a jab.  


Round 3 Statistics
Melrose: 
Jabs Thrown: 12                            
Jabs Landed: 7                             
Power Shots Thrown: 36                            
Power Shots Landed: 14                            
Head Shots Thrown: 36                            
Head Shots Landed: 15                            
Body Shots Thrown: 12                            
Body Shots Landed: 6                             

Donaghue: 
Jabs Thrown: 6                             
Jabs Landed: 2                             
Power Shots Thrown: 20                            
Power Shots Landed: 4                             
Head Shots Thrown: 15                            
Head Shots Landed: 4                             
Body Shots Thrown: 11                            
Body Shots Landed: 2                             

Round 4: 

Melrose hits home with a left hook.  
Melrose is looking to keep his distance and tries to land an overhand right, but his opponent slips the shot and counters with a solid left uppercut.  
Melrose tries to step out of his opponents range and lands with a spiteful jab.  
Melrose connects with an overhand right.  
Donaghue steps inside.  Melrose tries to land a left hook, but Donaghue sidesteps and counters with a left hook.  
Donaghue lands a cross to the head, a left hook to the body and a cross to the head.  
Donaghue forces Melrose to back into the ropes.  Donaghue lands a cross to the head followed by a right uppercut to the body.  
Melrose tries to keep the action at long range and connects with a cross.  Melrose attempts to land a jab, but Donaghue sidesteps and counters with a firm left uppercut.  
Donaghue forces Melrose to retreat onto the ropes.  Melrose hits home with a cross.  
Melrose gets on the inside.  Donaghue is on target with a left hook to Melrose's body.  
Melrose feints a left, and then is on target with a cross.  
Melrose lands a right hook.  
Donaghue is on target with a sharp right uppercut to Melrose's ribcage.  
Melrose throws a left hook, but his opponent slips the shot and counters with a stinging left uppercut.  
Melrose attempts to land a right hook, but Donaghue dodges the shot and counters with a solid right uppercut.  


Round 4 Statistics
Melrose: 
Jabs Thrown: 7                             
Jabs Landed: 1                             
Power Shots Thrown: 28                            
Power Shots Landed: 6                             
Head Shots Thrown: 27                            
Head Shots Landed: 7                             
Body Shots Thrown: 8                             
Body Shots Landed: 0                             

Donaghue: 
Jabs Thrown: 1                             
Jabs Landed: 0                             
Power Shots Thrown: 30                            
Power Shots Landed: 12                            
Head Shots Thrown: 21                            
Head Shots Landed: 8                             
Body Shots Thrown: 10                            
Body Shots Landed: 4                             

Round 5: 

Donaghue is on target with a sharp left hook to Melrose's liver.  
Melrose lands a double jab to his opponents head.  
Melrose is looking to keep the action on the outside and throws a jab, but his opponent blocks the shot and counters with a cross.  
Donaghue hits home with a sharp left uppercut.  
Donaghue advances into close range.  Melrose sidesteps to the right of his opponent.  Donaghue lands a right uppercut followed by a right hook to his opponents body, AND HIS OPPONENT IS HURT!  Melrose quickly recovers. 
Melrose connects with an overhand right.  
Melrose is looking to keep his distance and tries to land a jab, but his opponent blocks the shot and counters with a firm cross.  
Melrose tries to step out of his opponents range and lands a jab.  
Melrose is on target with a cross.  
Melrose tries to keep the action at long range and tries to land a jab, but Donaghue sidesteps and counters with a firm cross.  
Melrose lands three consecutive jabs to his opponents head.  
Melrose is looking to keep the action on the outside and hits home with a cross.  
Melrose lands a cross followed by  two jabs to his opponents head.  
Melrose steps inside and drives a right hook into Donaghue's body.  
Melrose lands a ramrod jab.  
Melrose gets on the inside and digs in a left hook to his opponents body.  
Donaghue drives a left hook into his opponents body.  
Melrose lands a left hook.  
Melrose advances into close range and is on target with a left hook to his opponents ribs.  
Melrose digs in a left hook to Donaghue's body.  
Melrose goes for the bodyshot, but lands south of the border!  The ref ignores Donaghue's complaints and signals for the action to continue.  
Donaghue closes the distance and connects with a left hook.  


Round 5 Statistics
Melrose: 
Jabs Thrown: 19                            
Jabs Landed: 9                             
Power Shots Thrown: 34                            
Power Shots Landed: 9                             
Head Shots Thrown: 41                            
Head Shots Landed: 14                            
Body Shots Thrown: 12                            
Body Shots Landed: 4                             

Donaghue: 
Jabs Thrown: 2                             
Jabs Landed: 0                             
Power Shots Thrown: 25                            
Power Shots Landed: 9                             
Head Shots Thrown: 18                            
Head Shots Landed: 5                             
Body Shots Thrown: 9                             
Body Shots Landed: 4                             

Round 6: 

Donaghue lands two consecutive straights to his opponents head.  
Melrose is on target with a jab.  
Melrose drives a ramrod jab into his opponents face.  
Donaghue is on target with a firm cross.  
Melrose hits home with a cross.  
Donaghue steps inside.  Melrose tries to land a left hook, but his opponent sidesteps and counters with a stinging right hook.  
Melrose pivots to the side of his opponent.  Donaghue lands two left hooks to his opponents ribs.  
Donaghue is on target with a stinging left hook to Melrose's body.  MELROSE WAS STUNNED BY THAT SHOT!  Melrose almost instantly recovers. 
Melrose switches the action to the outside and finds the target with a spiteful jab.  
Melrose drives a stinging jab into his opponents face.  
Melrose is looking to close the distance and lands a left uppercut.  
Melrose steps to the outside and lands a straight 1 - 2.  
Melrose lands a straight 1 - 2.  
Donaghue hits home with a cross.  
Melrose steps away from his opponent and finds the target with a spiteful jab.  
Melrose tries to land a jab, but his opponent blocks the shot and counters with a stinging right hook.  
Melrose advances into close range and digs in a right hook to his opponents body.  
Donaghue lands a jab.  


Round 6 Statistics
Melrose: 
Jabs Thrown: 14                            
Jabs Landed: 7                             
Power Shots Thrown: 21                            
Power Shots Landed: 5                             
Head Shots Thrown: 29                            
Head Shots Landed: 11                            
Body Shots Thrown: 6                             
Body Shots Landed: 1                             

Donaghue: 
Jabs Thrown: 4                             
Jabs Landed: 1                             
Power Shots Thrown: 36                            
Power Shots Landed: 9                             
Head Shots Thrown: 24                            
Head Shots Landed: 7                             
Body Shots Thrown: 16                            
Body Shots Landed: 3                             

Round 7: 

Melrose hits home with a right uppercut.  
Melrose lands a sharp jab.  Melrose attempts to land a left hook, but Donaghue parries the shot and counters with a sharp cross.  
Melrose tries to keep the action at long range and lands a cross.  
Melrose is looking to keep the action on the outside and finds the target with a spiteful jab.  
Donaghue lands a left uppercut followed by a cross to his opponents head.  
Melrose switches the action to the outside and hits home with a cross.  
Melrose steps to the outside and connects with a cross.  
Melrose strikes his opponents body with a cross.  
Melrose switches the action to the outside.  Melrose feints a jab, and then lands a cross to the head, a jab to the head and a cross to the body.  


Round 7 Statistics
Melrose: 
Jabs Thrown: 10                            
Jabs Landed: 3                             
Power Shots Thrown: 32                            
Power Shots Landed: 7                             
Head Shots Thrown: 35                            
Head Shots Landed: 8                             
Body Shots Thrown: 7                             
Body Shots Landed: 2                             

Donaghue: 
Jabs Thrown: 2                             
Jabs Landed: 0                             
Power Shots Thrown: 25                            
Power Shots Landed: 3                             
Head Shots Thrown: 19                            
Head Shots Landed: 3                             
Body Shots Thrown: 8                             
Body Shots Landed: 0                             

Round 8: 

Donaghue steps inside and drives a telling left hook into his opponents body.  MELROSE WAS STUNNED BY THAT SHOT!  Melrose recovers before his opponent can take advantage. 
Melrose is looking to keep his distance and lands a cross followed by a overhand left to his opponents head.  
Melrose sidesteps to the left of his opponent and is on target with a cross.  
Melrose lands an overhand right.  
Melrose tries to land an overhand right, but Donaghue slips the shot and counters with a left hook.  
Donaghue quickly sidesteps from in front of his opponent.  Melrose lands with a solid jab.  
Melrose tries to step out of his opponents range and hits home with a cross.  
Melrose hits home with a stiff jab.  
Melrose pivots to the side of his opponent and digs in a left hook to Donaghue's ribs.  
Melrose tries to keep the action at long range and drives a cross into his opponents body.  
Melrose advances into close range.  Donaghue quickly sidesteps from in front of his opponent and lands a right hook followed by a left uppercut to his opponents head.  
Melrose connects with a left uppercut.  
Donaghue hits home with a stinging left uppercut.  
Melrose switches the action to the outside and drives a spiteful jab into his opponents face.  
Melrose quickly sidesteps from in front of his opponent and lands a jab.  
Melrose steps away from his opponent and hits home with a ramrod jab.  
Melrose is on target with a cross.  
Melrose is on target with a cross.  
Melrose tries to keep the action at long range.  Melrose feints a cross, and then hits home with an overhand right.  
At the end of Round 8, lets listen in on the corners...Donaghue's trainer is passing on some tactical advice.  

Round 8 Statistics
Melrose: 
Jabs Thrown: 16                            
Jabs Landed: 5                             
Power Shots Thrown: 25                            
Power Shots Landed: 11                            
Head Shots Thrown: 37                            
Head Shots Landed: 14                            
Body Shots Thrown: 4                             
Body Shots Landed: 2                             

Donaghue: 
Jabs Thrown: 2                             
Jabs Landed: 1                             
Power Shots Thrown: 23                            
Power Shots Landed: 5                             
Head Shots Thrown: 14                            
Head Shots Landed: 5                             
Body Shots Thrown: 11                            
Body Shots Landed: 1                             

Round 9: 

Melrose attempts to land a jab, but Donaghue slips the shot and counters with a firm left uppercut.  
Melrose pivots to the right of his opponent.  Donaghue digs in a sharp right uppercut to Melrose's body.  
Melrose connects with a cross.  
Donaghue is looking to close the distance.  Melrose drives a right hook into his opponents ribcage.  
Melrose steps to the outside and hits the target with a stiff jab.  
Donaghue gets on the inside.  Melrose drives a left hook into his opponents ribs.  
Melrose switches the action to the outside and is on target with an overhand right.  
Melrose lands a double jab to his opponents head.  
Donaghue hits home with a firm left hook.  
Melrose attempts to land a jab, but Donaghue slips the shot and counters with a solid right hook.  
Donaghue hits home with a firm left hook.  
At the end of Round 9, lets listen in on the corners...Melrose's trainer is passing on some tactical advice.  Donaghue's trainer is telling his fighter to go out and knock out his opponent!  

Round 9 Statistics
Melrose: 
Jabs Thrown: 14                            
Jabs Landed: 3                             
Power Shots Thrown: 17                            
Power Shots Landed: 4                             
Head Shots Thrown: 23                            
Head Shots Landed: 5                             
Body Shots Thrown: 8                             
Body Shots Landed: 2                             

Donaghue: 
Jabs Thrown: 1                             
Jabs Landed: 0                             
Power Shots Thrown: 21                            
Power Shots Landed: 5                             
Head Shots Thrown: 12                            
Head Shots Landed: 4                             
Body Shots Thrown: 10                            
Body Shots Landed: 1                             

Round 10: 

Donaghue walks Melrose onto the ropes.  Melrose attempts to land a jab, but Donaghue dodges the shot and counters with a right hook.  
Melrose is on target with a jab.  
Donaghue lands a cross to the head followed by a left hook to the body.  
Melrose tries to step out of his opponents range and lands a spiteful jab.  
Melrose lands with a spiteful jab.  
Melrose steps inside.  Donaghue digs in a left hook to Melrose's body.  
Melrose steps to the outside and lands a jab to the head, a cross to the head and a cross to the body.  
Donaghue digs in a left hook to Melrose's ribs.  
Melrose sidesteps to the right of his opponent and finds the target with a jab.  
Donaghue is on target with a firm right hook.  
Donaghue sidesteps to the left of his opponent and is on target with a jab.  
Melrose steps away from his opponent and lands with a sharp jab.  


Round 10 Statistics
Melrose: 
Jabs Thrown: 19                            
Jabs Landed: 6                             
Power Shots Thrown: 17                            
Power Shots Landed: 2                             
Head Shots Thrown: 33                            
Head Shots Landed: 7                             
Body Shots Thrown: 3                             
Body Shots Landed: 1                             

Donaghue: 
Jabs Thrown: 4                             
Jabs Landed: 1                             
Power Shots Thrown: 28                            
Power Shots Landed: 6                             
Head Shots Thrown: 20                            
Head Shots Landed: 4                             
Body Shots Thrown: 12                            
Body Shots Landed: 3                             

Round 1 Scores: 10 - 9  10 - 9  10 - 9
Round 2 Scores: 9 - 10  9 - 10  9 - 10
Round 3 Scores: 10 - 9  10 - 9  10 - 9
Round 4 Scores: 9 - 10  9 - 10  9 - 10
Round 5 Scores: 10 - 9  10 - 9  10 - 9
Round 6 Scores: 9 - 10  10 - 10  10 - 10
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: 97 - 93  98 - 93  98 - 93

The winner, by Unanimous Decision, from Minneapolis, USA.... Chris Melrose

Fight Statistics
Melrose: 
Total Punches Thrown: 393                           
Total Punches Landed: 124                           
Total Head Shots Thrown: 317                           
Total Head Shots Landed: 102                           
Total Body Shots Thrown: 76                            
Total Body Shots Landed: 22                            
Total Power Shots Thrown: 264                           
Total Power Shots Landed: 77                            
Total Jabs Thrown: 129                           
Total Jabs Landed: 47                            

Donaghue: 
Total Punches Thrown: 295                           
Total Punches Landed: 75                            
Total Head Shots Thrown: 180                           
Total Head Shots Landed: 53                            
Total Body Shots Thrown: 115                           
Total Body Shots Landed: 22                            
Total Power Shots Thrown: 267                           
Total Power Shots Landed: 66                            
Total Jabs Thrown: 28                            
Total Jabs Landed: 9