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31/07/2044
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Paul Botha vs Itumeleng Wana

Boxing Daily Report from the AI South Africa-KwaZulu-Natal promoted show at Durban Sono, Durban,  taking place on 16/06/2044:

There are plenty of empty seats out here tonight, with the show nowhere near close to selling out.  
Next up is the main event of the show.  This is a final eliminator for the South Africa Light Heavyweight 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 Paul Botha (18(2) - 4(3)) who hails from Durban, South Africa and Itumeleng Wana(16 - 7 - 2) from Mitchells Plain, South Africa.  Both Botha and Wana weighed in at 175 pounds.  
The referee tonight is Cody Fuani, and the three ringside judges are Thamsanqa Mbeki, Louis Muamba and Verlyn Selasee.  

Round 1: 

Botha lands a jab, cross and a jab to his opponents head.  
Wana backs onto the ropes...he is waving his opponent in!  Botha accepts the invitation, throwing powerful combos, but is unable to land anything on Wana.  
Botha lands a cross, overhand right and an overhand left to his opponents head.  
Wana steps inside.  Botha is on target with a left uppercut.  Botha ties up his opponent.  Botha is using his forearm in the clinch.  The referee separates the two fighters and warns Botha.  
Botha tries to step out of his opponents range and lands a straight 1 - 2.  
Botha feints a left, and then lands a straight 1 - 2.  
Wana gets on the inside.  Botha lands two consecutive left uppercuts to his opponents head.  Botha holds on to his opponent.  Botha tries to make the space to throw a hook, but hits Wana's kidney. As they grapple, Botha pushes his forearm into Wana's face.  The ref breaks the clinch and signals for the action to continue.  
Botha lands a cross to the body, and then to the head.  
Botha lands a cross to the head followed by a right hook to the body.  THAT HURT HIS OPPONENT!  Wana quickly recovers. 
Botha lands a jab followed by  two straights to his opponents head.  
Botha lands a left hook.  
Botha switches the action to the outside and finds the target with a jab.  
Botha is looking to keep his distance.  Wana tries to land a jab, but Botha dodges the shot and counters with a right hook.  
Wana advances into close range and throws a left hook, but Botha ties up his opponent.  Wana leans on his opponent trying to wear him down. The ref separates the two fighters.  
Botha tries to step out of his opponents range and hits home with a cross.  
Botha lands a jab, overhand right and a cross to his opponents head.  
Botha lands two consecutive overhand rights to his opponents head.  
Botha lands an overhand right followed by a cross to his opponents head.  
Wana is looking to close the distance.  Botha drives a right hook into Wana's ribcage.  Botha tries to land a right hook, but Wana sidesteps and counters with a left uppercut.  
Botha steps away from his opponent and connects with an overhand right.  Botha throws a cross, but his opponent blocks the shot and counters with a left uppercut.  
Botha is on target with a cross.  
Botha pivots from in front of his opponent and is on target with a jab.  
Botha switches the action to the outside and lands a straight 1 - 2.  
Botha pivots to the side of his opponent.  Wana lands a cross.  
At the end of Round 1, lets listen in on the corners...Wana's trainer is advising how he could improve the accuracy of his work.  Wana's trainer is telling his fighter he needs to be more active or he's going to get outworked.  

Round 1 Statistics
Botha: 
Jabs Thrown: 14                            
Jabs Landed: 9                             
Power Shots Thrown: 40                            
Power Shots Landed: 28                            
Head Shots Thrown: 47                            
Head Shots Landed: 34                            
Body Shots Thrown: 7                             
Body Shots Landed: 3                             

Wana: 
Jabs Thrown: 9                             
Jabs Landed: 1                             
Power Shots Thrown: 14                            
Power Shots Landed: 3                             
Head Shots Thrown: 22                            
Head Shots Landed: 4                             
Body Shots Thrown: 1                             
Body Shots Landed: 0                             

Round 2: 

Botha is looking to keep the action on the outside and lands a jab, cross and an overhand right to his opponents head.  
Botha lands a jab followed by a overhand right to his opponents head.  
Botha lands a jab, overhand right and an overhand left to his opponents head.  
Botha steps to the outside.  Botha feints a left, and then is on target with a cross.  
Botha quickly sidesteps from in front of his opponent.  Wana tries to land a cross, but Botha sidesteps and counters with a solid right uppercut.  
Botha lands a straight 1 - 2.  
Wana closes the distance.  Botha is on target with a right uppercut to Wana's ribs.  Botha clinches his opponent.  Wana is leaning on his opponent in the clinch. The ref breaks Botha's hold and signals for the fight to continue.  
Botha is looking to keep the action on the outside and lands a cross followed by a overhand right to his opponents head.  
Botha connects with a cross.  
Wana steps inside and tries to land a right hook, but Botha slips the shot and counters with a left hook.  
Botha tries to keep the action at long range and lands an overhand right followed by a cross to his opponents head.  
Botha lands a spiteful jab.  
Botha attempts to land a jab, but Wana dodges the shot and counters with a cross.  
Botha steps to the outside.  Botha feints a cross, but Wana does not fall for it and responds with a right uppercut.  
Botha is on target with a cross.  
Botha is looking to keep his distance and lands a straight 1 - 2.  
Botha lands a cross followed by a right uppercut to his opponents head.  
Botha lands a left hook.  
Wana closes the distance.  Botha is on target with a left uppercut.  
At the end of Round 2, lets listen in on the corners...Wana's trainer is passing on some tactical advice.  Wana's trainer is advising how he could improve his defence.  

Round 2 Statistics
Botha: 
Jabs Thrown: 10                            
Jabs Landed: 6                             
Power Shots Thrown: 34                            
Power Shots Landed: 21                            
Head Shots Thrown: 41                            
Head Shots Landed: 26                            
Body Shots Thrown: 3                             
Body Shots Landed: 1                             

Wana: 
Jabs Thrown: 8                             
Jabs Landed: 0                             
Power Shots Thrown: 13                            
Power Shots Landed: 2                             
Head Shots Thrown: 20                            
Head Shots Landed: 2                             
Body Shots Thrown: 1                             
Body Shots Landed: 0                             

Round 3: 

Botha is looking to keep the action on the outside and lands a straight 1 - 2.  
Botha lands a stinging jab to his opponents body.  
Botha is on target with a hard jab.  
Botha lands a jab followed by a left hook to his opponents head.  
Botha steps away from his opponent and lands a solid cross.  
Botha is on target with a left uppercut.  
Botha tries to step out of his opponents range and lands a cross, overhand left and an overhand right to his opponents head.  
Botha lands a sharp cross.  
Botha feints a jab, tricking Wana into countering with a right uppercut.  Botha springs the trap, countering with  a left uppercut.  
Botha lands a cross followed by a overhand right to his opponents head.  
Botha lands a left hook, right hook and a cross to his opponents head.  
Botha pivots from in front of his opponent and hits home with a cross.  
Botha lands a spiteful jab.  
Wana steps inside.  Botha sidesteps to the right of his opponent and connects with a right hook.  


Round 3 Statistics
Botha: 
Jabs Thrown: 11                            
Jabs Landed: 5                             
Power Shots Thrown: 31                            
Power Shots Landed: 16                            
Head Shots Thrown: 36                            
Head Shots Landed: 20                            
Body Shots Thrown: 6                             
Body Shots Landed: 1                             

Wana: 
Jabs Thrown: 11                            
Jabs Landed: 0                             
Power Shots Thrown: 16                            
Power Shots Landed: 0                             
Head Shots Thrown: 23                            
Head Shots Landed: 0                             
Body Shots Thrown: 4                             
Body Shots Landed: 0                             

Round 4: 

Botha lands a cross.  Botha tries to land a cross, but his opponent sidesteps and counters with a cross.  
Botha steps to the outside and hits home with a cross.  
Botha lands a cross to the body, and then to the head.  
Wana gets on the inside.  Botha is on target with a right hook.  Botha ties up his opponent.  Botha tries to make the space to throw a hook, but hits Wana behind the head. The referee separates the two fighters and warns Botha.  
Botha is looking to keep the action on the outside and connects with an overhand right.  
Botha is looking to keep the action on the outside and lands a cross.  
Botha lands a jab followed by  two straights to his opponents head.  
Botha steps to the outside and lands a straight 1 - 2.  He then lands two consecutive straights to his opponents head.  
Wana throws a cross, but his opponent sidesteps and counters with a firm right hook to Wana's ribs.  
Botha switches the action to the outside.  Botha sidesteps to the right of his opponent and lands a cross followed by a overhand right to his opponents head.  
Wana closes the distance.  Botha pivots to the side of his opponent and lands a right hook followed by a left hook to his opponents head.  
Botha attempts to land a jab, but Wana sidesteps and counters with a left uppercut to his opponents body.  
Botha lands a jab followed by  two straights to his opponents head.  
Botha lands a right uppercut to the body followed by a left uppercut to the head.  
Botha lands two consecutive straights to his opponents head.  
Botha stands off with low guard waiting for his opponent to launch an attack.  Wana attempts to land a jab, but Botha slips the shot and counters with a left uppercut.  
Botha tries to keep the action at long range and is on target with a sharp jab to Wana's body.  
Botha lands a straight 1 - 2.  
Botha attempts to land a jab, but Wana sidesteps and counters with a right uppercut.  


Round 4 Statistics
Botha: 
Jabs Thrown: 8                             
Jabs Landed: 5                             
Power Shots Thrown: 36                            
Power Shots Landed: 25                            
Head Shots Thrown: 35                            
Head Shots Landed: 26                            
Body Shots Thrown: 9                             
Body Shots Landed: 4                             

Wana: 
Jabs Thrown: 6                             
Jabs Landed: 1                             
Power Shots Thrown: 17                            
Power Shots Landed: 3                             
Head Shots Thrown: 22                            
Head Shots Landed: 3                             
Body Shots Thrown: 1                             
Body Shots Landed: 1                             

Round 5: 

Botha lands a jab to Wana's body.  
Botha feints a cross, fooling Wana into launching a cross counter.  Botha is waiting for the shot and counters with a left uppercut to Wana's body.  
Botha quickly sidesteps from in front of his opponent and lands two straights to the body, and one to the head.  
Botha steps to the outside and lands a straight 1 - 2.  
Botha lands an overhand right followed by a cross to his opponents head.  
Botha pivots to the left of his opponent and lands a left hook.  
Botha tries to keep the action at long range and lands a jab followed by a overhand right to his opponents head.  
Botha drives a left hook into his opponents liver.  
Botha is looking to keep the action on the outside and lands three consecutive straights to his opponents head.  
Botha lands a hard jab.  
Botha lands a left hook followed by a cross to his opponents head.  
Botha steps away from his opponent and lands a ramrod jab.  
Botha steps away from his opponent and lands a jab, cross and an overhand left to his opponents head.  
Wana is looking to close the distance.  Botha connects with a firm left uppercut.  Botha ties up his opponent.  Botha leans on his opponent using all his weight. The ref breaks Botha's hold and signals for the fight to continue.  
Botha feints a jab, and then connects with a cross.  
Botha switches the action to the outside and hits home with a cross.  
Botha lands a left hook followed by a right uppercut to his opponents head.  
Botha lowers his hands, trying to provoke his opponent to attack.  Wana attempts to land a jab, but Botha sidesteps and counters with a solid left uppercut.  


Round 5 Statistics
Botha: 
Jabs Thrown: 11                            
Jabs Landed: 6                             
Power Shots Thrown: 35                            
Power Shots Landed: 23                            
Head Shots Thrown: 40                            
Head Shots Landed: 25                            
Body Shots Thrown: 6                             
Body Shots Landed: 4                             

Wana: 
Jabs Thrown: 8                             
Jabs Landed: 1                             
Power Shots Thrown: 12                            
Power Shots Landed: 0                             
Head Shots Thrown: 17                            
Head Shots Landed: 1                             
Body Shots Thrown: 3                             
Body Shots Landed: 0                             

Round 6: 

Botha is looking to keep his distance and lands two straights followed by an overhand right to his opponents head.  
Botha lands a hard jab.  
Botha lands a jab, cross and a jab to his opponents head.  
Botha is looking to keep his distance and lands a cross followed by  two overhand lefts to his opponents head.  
Botha tries to keep the action at long range and lands two consecutive overhand rights to his opponents head.  
Botha steps away from his opponent.  Botha feints a jab, but Wana ignores the feint and responds with a left uppercut.  
Botha steps to the outside and lands a straight 1 - 2.  
Botha lands two consecutive straights to his opponents head.  
Wana steps inside.  Botha pivots from in front of his opponent and digs in a firm left hook to Wana's body.  
Botha lands two consecutive straights to his opponents head.  
Botha steps to the outside and lands a double jab to his opponents head.  
Wana gets on the inside and hits home with a right hook.  Botha ties up his opponent.  Botha leans on his opponent trying to wear him down. The ref calls break and the two fighters separate.  
Botha hits home with a cross.  
Botha sidesteps to the right of his opponent and lands a cross.  


Round 6 Statistics
Botha: 
Jabs Thrown: 10                            
Jabs Landed: 6                             
Power Shots Thrown: 32                            
Power Shots Landed: 17                            
Head Shots Thrown: 37                            
Head Shots Landed: 22                            
Body Shots Thrown: 5                             
Body Shots Landed: 1                             

Wana: 
Jabs Thrown: 6                             
Jabs Landed: 0                             
Power Shots Thrown: 15                            
Power Shots Landed: 2                             
Head Shots Thrown: 17                            
Head Shots Landed: 2                             
Body Shots Thrown: 4                             
Body Shots Landed: 0                             

Round 7: 

Botha is on target with a jab.  Botha attempts to land an overhand right, but Wana sidesteps and counters with a right hook.  
Wana closes the distance.  Botha lands a left hook to the body followed by a right hook to the head.  THAT HURT HIS OPPONENT!  Wana recovers before his opponent can take advantage. 
Botha tries to step out of his opponents range.  Botha quickly sidesteps from in front of his opponent and lands a cross, overhand left and an overhand right to his opponents head.  
Botha stands off with low guard waiting for his opponent to launch an attack.  Wana attempts to land a jab, but Botha sidesteps and counters with a stinging cross.  
Botha steps away from his opponent and throws a jab, but his opponent sidesteps and counters with a right uppercut.  
Botha lands two consecutive straights to his opponents head.  
Botha lands two straights to the head followed by a right uppercut to the body.  
Botha lands a straight 1 - 2.  
Botha is looking to keep the action on the outside and connects with an overhand left.  
Botha lands a cross followed by a overhand right to his opponents head.  
Botha feints a cross, but Wana does not fall for it and is on target with a left hook to Botha's ribs.  
Botha throws a left hook, but his opponent blocks the shot and counters with a left hook.  
Wana throws a left uppercut, but his opponent sidesteps and counters with a stinging cross.  
Botha hits home with a left uppercut.  
Botha sidesteps to the left of his opponent.  Wana drives a right hook into his opponents ribs.  
Botha tries to keep the action at long range and lands a jab followed by a overhand right to his opponents head.  He continues the combination and lands two consecutive straights to his opponents head.  


Round 7 Statistics
Botha: 
Jabs Thrown: 8                             
Jabs Landed: 4                             
Power Shots Thrown: 34                            
Power Shots Landed: 20                            
Head Shots Thrown: 38                            
Head Shots Landed: 22                            
Body Shots Thrown: 4                             
Body Shots Landed: 2                             

Wana: 
Jabs Thrown: 6                             
Jabs Landed: 0                             
Power Shots Thrown: 18                            
Power Shots Landed: 5                             
Head Shots Thrown: 19                            
Head Shots Landed: 3                             
Body Shots Thrown: 5                             
Body Shots Landed: 2                             

Round 8: 

Wana gets on the inside.  Botha lands a right hook to the body, a left hook to the head and a right hook to the head.  THAT HURT HIS OPPONENT!  
Botha tries to keep the action at long range.  Botha is really starting to turn up the heat!  He senses a stoppage here.  Botha lands three consecutive right hooks to his opponents ribs, AND DROPS WANA!  He manages to get up at 5.  It looks like Wana has now recovered from that earlier bodyshot.  
Botha is looking to keep the action on the outside and connects with a cross.  
Botha lands a jab to his opponents body.  
Botha steps to the outside.  Botha is keeping his hands low...it looks like he wants his opponent to throw first.  Wana throws an overhand right, but his opponent blocks the shot and counters with a right hook.  
Wana closes the distance.  Botha lands two right hooks followed by a left hook to his opponents head, AND STUNS HIS OPPONENT!  Wana almost instantly gets his legs back. 
Botha is looking to keep his distance and lands an overhand left followed by a overhand right to his opponents head.  THAT HURT HIS OPPONENT!  
Botha knows Wana is hurt...he is putting the pressure on now, looking for the stoppage.  Botha lands a left uppercut followed by a cross to his opponents head, AND DOWN GOES WANA!  The count reaches 10, but Wana is unable to get up!  The winner by KO is Botha!  


Round 8 Statistics
Botha: 
Jabs Thrown: 1                             
Jabs Landed: 1                             
Power Shots Thrown: 18                            
Power Shots Landed: 15                            
Head Shots Thrown: 12                            
Head Shots Landed: 11                            
Body Shots Thrown: 7                             
Body Shots Landed: 5                             

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


Fight Statistics
Botha: 
Total Punches Thrown: 333                           
Total Punches Landed: 207                           
Total Head Shots Thrown: 286                           
Total Head Shots Landed: 186                           
Total Body Shots Thrown: 47                            
Total Body Shots Landed: 21                            
Total Power Shots Thrown: 260                           
Total Power Shots Landed: 165                           
Total Jabs Thrown: 73                            
Total Jabs Landed: 42                            

Wana: 
Total Punches Thrown: 168                           
Total Punches Landed: 18                            
Total Head Shots Thrown: 147                           
Total Head Shots Landed: 15                            
Total Body Shots Thrown: 21                            
Total Body Shots Landed: 3                             
Total Power Shots Thrown: 110                           
Total Power Shots Landed: 15                            
Total Jabs Thrown: 58                            
Total Jabs Landed: 3