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13/03/2042
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James Hanekom vs Peabo Salifu

Boxing Daily Report from the Wicker promoted show at Pretoria Van Jaarsveld, Pretoria,  taking place on 13/02/2042:

The venue is completely packed out with the fans turning out in force to watch the fights on offer tonight.  
Next up is the main event of the show.  This is a semi final eliminator for the South Africa Super Flyweight title.  

Looking to impress the boxing fans in attendance and those watching live on AIT Sports, the two fighters competing in this 12 round matchup are James Hanekom (33(15) - 15(11)) who hails from Pretoria, South Africa and Peabo Salifu(7(3) - 4(2) - 1) from Tembisa, South Africa.  Hanekom weighed in at 115 pounds, while Salifu weighed in at 114 pounds And 5 ounces.  
The referee tonight is Puleng Kathrada, and the three ringside judges are Ndumisa Ntuli, Arali Kessels and Zachary Du Toit.  

Round 1: 

Hanekom lands three consecutive jabs to his opponents head.  
Hanekom switches the action to the outside and lands a cross followed by  two overhand rights to his opponents head.  
Hanekom connects with a cross.  Hanekom tries to land a jab, but Salifu sidesteps and counters with a left uppercut.  
Hanekom throws a jab, but his opponent blocks the shot and counters with a stinging cross.  
Hanekom lands a cross followed by a jab to his opponents head.  
Hanekom lands a double jab to his opponents head.  
Hanekom steps away from his opponent and attempts to land a jab, but Salifu slips the shot and counters with a left uppercut.  
Salifu lands a right hook.  
Hanekom lands a hard jab.  
Hanekom tries to keep the action at long range and lands a jab followed by a overhand left to his opponents head.  Hanekom attempts to land a jab, but Salifu slips the shot and counters with a firm right uppercut.  
Salifu throws a jab, but his opponent sidesteps and counters with a right uppercut.  
Hanekom steps away from his opponent and lands a spiteful jab.  
Salifu steps inside and manouvers his opponent onto the ropes.  Hanekom lands a double left hook to his opponents head.  
Hanekom is looking to keep the action on the outside and lands a jab to the head followed by a cross to the body.  He follows up the attack and lands two consecutive straights to his opponents head.  
Hanekom steps away from his opponent and hits home with a firm cross.  
Hanekom lands an overhand right followed by  two straights to his opponents head.  
Salifu snaps his opponents head back with a stiff jab.  Salifu tries to land a cross, but his opponent slips the shot and counters with a left uppercut.  
Hanekom steps away from his opponent and connects with an overhand right.  
Hanekom tries to keep the action at long range and throws a jab, but his opponent sidesteps and counters with a solid left uppercut.  
Hanekom finds the target with a spiteful jab.  
Hanekom snaps his opponents head back with a solid jab.  
Hanekom switches the action to the outside and lands two jabs followed by an overhand right to his opponents head.  
Hanekom lands an overhand right.  Hanekom throws a jab, but his opponent slips the shot and counters with a left hook.  
Hanekom is on target with a jab.  
At the end of Round 1, lets listen in on the corners...Hanekom's trainer is passing on some tactical advice.  Salifu's trainer is telling his fighter he is being outworked and needs to throw more.  Salifu's trainer is advising how he could stop so many clean shots getting through.  

Round 1 Statistics
Hanekom: 
Jabs Thrown: 32                            
Jabs Landed: 15                            
Power Shots Thrown: 31                            
Power Shots Landed: 20                            
Head Shots Thrown: 57                            
Head Shots Landed: 34                            
Body Shots Thrown: 6                             
Body Shots Landed: 1                             

Salifu: 
Jabs Thrown: 5                             
Jabs Landed: 2                             
Power Shots Thrown: 27                            
Power Shots Landed: 7                             
Head Shots Thrown: 23                            
Head Shots Landed: 8                             
Body Shots Thrown: 9                             
Body Shots Landed: 1                             

Round 2: 

Hanekom connects with a firm overhand right.  
Hanekom tries to step out of his opponents range and lands an overhand right.  
Hanekom is looking to keep the action on the outside and connects with a solid cross.  
Hanekom lands a cross.  
Hanekom attempts to land a jab, but Salifu sidesteps and counters with a right uppercut.  
Hanekom hits home with an overhand right.  
Salifu gets on the inside and walks his opponent onto the ropes.  Hanekom lands two left hooks to the body, and one to the head.  
Hanekom switches the action to the outside and connects with a stinging cross.  Hanekom throws a cross, but his opponent blocks the shot and counters with a solid right uppercut to his opponents body.  
Hanekom tries to land a jab, but his opponent dodges the shot and counters with a firm left hook.  
Salifu walks Hanekom into the corner.  Salifu hits home with a firm cross.  
Salifu pivots to the side of his opponent.  Hanekom is on target with a solid cross.  
Hanekom tries to land a jab, but Salifu slips the shot and counters with a firm right uppercut.  
Hanekom is looking to keep the action on the outside and lands an overhand left followed by a jab to his opponents head.  
Salifu walks his opponent onto the ropes.  Salifu attempts to land a left hook, but Hanekom sidesteps and counters with a right uppercut.  
Hanekom sidesteps to the right of his opponent.  Salifu is on target with a jab.  
Salifu lands a right hook to the body followed by a jab to the head.  
Hanekom is looking to keep his distance and lands a straight 1 - 2.  Hanekom throws a jab, but his opponent slips the shot and counters with a sharp right hook.  
Salifu attempts to land a jab, but Hanekom blocks the shot and counters with a right uppercut to his opponents ribcage.  
Hanekom throws a left hook, but his opponent sidesteps and counters with a left uppercut.  
Hanekom tries to keep the action at long range and hits home with a hard jab.  
Hanekom hits home with a hard jab.  
At the end of Round 2, lets listen in on the corners...Salifu's trainer is advising how he could be more accurate.  

Round 2 Statistics
Hanekom: 
Jabs Thrown: 21                            
Jabs Landed: 4                             
Power Shots Thrown: 34                            
Power Shots Landed: 14                            
Head Shots Thrown: 48                            
Head Shots Landed: 16                            
Body Shots Thrown: 7                             
Body Shots Landed: 2                             

Salifu: 
Jabs Thrown: 8                             
Jabs Landed: 3                             
Power Shots Thrown: 27                            
Power Shots Landed: 8                             
Head Shots Thrown: 29                            
Head Shots Landed: 9                             
Body Shots Thrown: 6                             
Body Shots Landed: 2                             

Round 3: 

Salifu tries to land a jab, but Hanekom sidesteps and counters with a left hook.  
Hanekom steps to the outside and attempts to land a jab, but Salifu sidesteps and counters with a cross.  
Hanekom lands a straight 1 - 2, AND HIS OPPONENT IS HURT!  Salifu quickly recovers. 
Salifu is looking to close the distance.  Hanekom digs in a firm right hook to Salifu's ribs.  
Hanekom lands with a hard jab.  
Salifu gets on the inside and tries to land a right hook, but Hanekom parries the shot and counters with a left hook.  
Salifu digs in a stinging left hook to his opponents body.  
Hanekom steps to the outside.  Hanekom quickly sidesteps from in front of his opponent.  Salifu attempts to land a jab, but Hanekom dodges the shot and counters with a solid left hook.  
Salifu advances into close range.  Salifu quickly sidesteps from in front of his opponent and lands a right hook to the body, and then to the head.  
Hanekom steps to the outside and is on target with a jab.  
Hanekom connects with a firm cross.  
Salifu advances into close range and lands a right hook followed by a right uppercut to his opponents body.  
Salifu lands a ramrod jab.  Salifu attempts to land a left hook, but Hanekom blocks the shot and counters with a left uppercut.  
Hanekom is looking to keep the action on the outside and tries to land a jab, but his opponent slips the shot and counters with a sharp right uppercut.  
Hanekom lands three consecutive jabs to his opponents head.  Hanekom throws a jab, but his opponent blocks the shot and counters with a left uppercut.  
Hanekom lands a jab to his opponents body.  
Salifu is on target with a cross.  
Salifu walks his opponent onto the ropes.  Salifu throws a jab, but his opponent dodges the shot and counters with a right hook.  
Salifu gets on the inside.  Salifu pivots to the left of his opponent.  Salifu tries to land a right uppercut, but Hanekom blocks the shot and counters with a right uppercut to Salifu's body.  
Salifu tries to land a jab, but Hanekom sidesteps and counters with a left uppercut to Salifu's ribs.  
Salifu is looking to close the distance.  Salifu quickly sidesteps from in front of his opponent.  Hanekom lands a right uppercut to the head followed by a left hook to the body.  
Hanekom tries to step out of his opponents range and is on target with an overhand right.  
Hanekom drives a firm cross into Salifu's body.  
Hanekom lands a cross, left hook and a jab to his opponents head.  


Round 3 Statistics
Hanekom: 
Jabs Thrown: 22                            
Jabs Landed: 8                             
Power Shots Thrown: 32                            
Power Shots Landed: 16                            
Head Shots Thrown: 42                            
Head Shots Landed: 18                            
Body Shots Thrown: 12                            
Body Shots Landed: 6                             

Salifu: 
Jabs Thrown: 10                            
Jabs Landed: 1                             
Power Shots Thrown: 31                            
Power Shots Landed: 9                             
Head Shots Thrown: 26                            
Head Shots Landed: 6                             
Body Shots Thrown: 15                            
Body Shots Landed: 4                             

Round 4: 

Salifu lands a right uppercut followed by a cross to his opponents head.  
Hanekom SLAMS a spiteful cross into his opponents face.  SALIFU IS SENT SPRAWLING TO THE CANVAS!  He manages to get up at 4.  
Salifu manouvers his opponent onto the ropes.  Hanekom lands a right hook to the body followed by a left hook to the head.  
Salifu closes the distance and throws a right hook, but his opponent sidesteps and counters with a stinging right hook.  
Salifu digs in a right hook to Hanekom's body.  
Hanekom throws a cross, but his opponent slips the shot and counters with a cross.  
Hanekom connects with a left uppercut.  
Hanekom drives a solid right uppercut into his opponents ribs.  
Hanekom steps to the outside and hits home with an overhand right.  
Hanekom tries to land a jab, but Salifu sidesteps and counters with a solid cross.  
Salifu lands a cross to the head, a right hook to the body and a right hook to the head.  Salifu throws a right hook, but his opponent slips the shot and counters with a firm right hook to Salifu's ribs.  
Hanekom lands a double jab to his opponents head.  
Hanekom finds the target with a ramrod jab.  
Hanekom lands a jab to the body followed by a cross to the head.  
Hanekom hits home with a solid overhand left.  Hanekom throws a jab, but his opponent dodges the shot and counters with a cross.  
Hanekom is looking to keep his distance and connects with an overhand right.  
Hanekom lands a jab.  
Hanekom sidesteps to the right of his opponent and EXPLODES a VICIOUS cross into his opponents face.  SALIFU HAS BEEN KNOCKED DOWN!  HE TRIES TO RISE BUT HIS LEGS DONT RESPOND...THE COUNT REACHES 10!  The winner by KO is Hanekom!  


Round 4 Statistics
Hanekom: 
Jabs Thrown: 12                            
Jabs Landed: 5                             
Power Shots Thrown: 14                            
Power Shots Landed: 12                            
Head Shots Thrown: 21                            
Head Shots Landed: 13                            
Body Shots Thrown: 5                             
Body Shots Landed: 4                             

Salifu: 
Jabs Thrown: 1                             
Jabs Landed: 0                             
Power Shots Thrown: 21                            
Power Shots Landed: 9                             
Head Shots Thrown: 14                            
Head Shots Landed: 7                             
Body Shots Thrown: 8                             
Body Shots Landed: 2                             

Round 1 Scores: 10 - 9  10 - 9  10 - 9
Round 2 Scores: 9 - 10  9 - 10  10 - 10
Round 3 Scores: 10 - 9  10 - 9  10 - 9


Fight Statistics
Hanekom: 
Total Punches Thrown: 198                           
Total Punches Landed: 94                            
Total Head Shots Thrown: 168                           
Total Head Shots Landed: 81                            
Total Body Shots Thrown: 30                            
Total Body Shots Landed: 13                            
Total Power Shots Thrown: 111                           
Total Power Shots Landed: 62                            
Total Jabs Thrown: 87                            
Total Jabs Landed: 32                            

Salifu: 
Total Punches Thrown: 130                           
Total Punches Landed: 39                            
Total Head Shots Thrown: 92                            
Total Head Shots Landed: 30                            
Total Body Shots Thrown: 38                            
Total Body Shots Landed: 9                             
Total Power Shots Thrown: 106                           
Total Power Shots Landed: 33                            
Total Jabs Thrown: 24                            
Total Jabs Landed: 6