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04/05/2031
EOD Running: Complete Fight
Paul McConnel vs Mohsin Farooq

Boxing Daily Report from the AI UK-Central England promoted show at Birmingham Adam, Birmingham,  taking place on 30/05/2022:

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.  On the line tonight is the British Heavyweight title.  

Looking to impress the boxing fans in attendance, the two fighters competing in this 12 round matchup are Paul McConnel (9 - 0) who hails from Manchester, UK and Mohsin Farooq(8 - 0 - 1) from Bolton, UK.  McConnel weighed in at 249 pounds and 8 ounces, while Farooq weighed in at 230 pounds and 2 ounces.  
The referee tonight is Tommy MacNeal, and the three ringside judges are Arran Bogle, Hugh McCabe and Amjad Khalili.  

Round 1: 

McConnel steps away from his opponent and lands two consecutive straights to his opponents head.  
McConnel is looking to keep the action on the outside and hits home with a cross.  
Farooq gets on the inside and lands a left hook followed by a right hook to his opponents body.  
McConnel connects with a stinging left hook.  
Farooq connects with a left hook.  
McConnel sidesteps to the right of his opponent and hits home with a left hook.  
McConnel quickly sidesteps from in front of his opponent and hits home with a ramrod jab.  
Farooq gets on the inside.  Farooq sidesteps to the right of his opponent and lands a left hook to the head followed by a left uppercut to the body.  
McConnel switches the action to the outside and hits home with a sharp cross.  
McConnel steps away from his opponent and lands a double jab to his opponents head.  He follows up the attack and lands a cross followed by a jab to his opponents head.  
McConnel lands a straight 1 - 2.  
McConnel lands a stiff jab.  
McConnel lands a jab followed by a overhand left to his opponents head.  
McConnel lands an overhand left followed by a cross to his opponents head.  
McConnel is on target with a jab.  
Farooq drives a stinging right uppercut into McConnel's ribs.  
McConnel steps away from his opponent and lands with a solid jab.  
Farooq attempts to land a jab, but McConnel sidesteps and counters with a cross.  
McConnel switches the action to the outside and lands a jab, cross and a jab to his opponents head.  
Farooq is looking to close the distance and manouvers his opponent onto the ropes.  McConnel hits home with a left hook.  
McConnel lands a double jab to his opponents head.  
McConnel steps to the outside and lands a cross.  
McConnel lands a double jab to his opponents head.  
Farooq closes the distance and drives a sharp right hook into McConnel's ribs.  
Farooq sidesteps to the right of his opponent.  McConnel drives a jab into Farooq's body.  
At the end of Round 1, lets listen in on the corners...McConnel's trainer is passing on some tactical advice.  Farooq's trainer is telling his fighter he is being outworked and needs to throw more.  

Round 1 Statistics
McConnel: 
Jabs Thrown: 25                            
Jabs Landed: 17                            
Power Shots Thrown: 43                            
Power Shots Landed: 15                            
Head Shots Thrown: 60                            
Head Shots Landed: 31                            
Body Shots Thrown: 8                             
Body Shots Landed: 1                             

Farooq: 
Jabs Thrown: 1                             
Jabs Landed: 0                             
Power Shots Thrown: 19                            
Power Shots Landed: 7                             
Head Shots Thrown: 8                             
Head Shots Landed: 2                             
Body Shots Thrown: 12                            
Body Shots Landed: 5                             

Round 2: 

McConnel is looking to keep the action on the outside and lands a jab.  
McConnel hits home with a ramrod jab.  
Farooq advances into close range and drives a left uppercut into McConnel's body.  
Farooq drives a sharp left hook into his opponents ribs.  
McConnel steps to the outside and lands a jab followed by  two straights to his opponents head.  
McConnel lands a spiteful jab.  
McConnel throws a jab, but his opponent sidesteps and counters with a left uppercut.  
Farooq closes the distance and walks his opponent onto the ropes.  Farooq pivots to the right of his opponent.  Farooq drives a left uppercut into McConnel's liver.  Farooq attempts to land a right hook, but McConnel blocks the shot and counters with a right uppercut.  
McConnel steps to the outside and lands two consecutive straights to his opponents head.  
Farooq is looking to close the distance.  McConnel lands a left uppercut.  
Farooq quickly sidesteps from in front of his opponent.  McConnel lands two consecutive straights to his opponents head.  
McConnel lands with a stinging jab.  
Farooq is looking to close the distance.  Farooq pivots from in front of his opponent and lands a right uppercut followed by a right hook to his opponents head.  
McConnel steps away from his opponent and lands a double jab to his opponents head.  
McConnel tries to keep the action at long range and lands a double jab to his opponents head.  
McConnel tries to step out of his opponents range and lands a jab to the body, a cross to the head and a jab to the head.  
Farooq gets on the inside.  Farooq connects with a left hook.  
McConnel pivots to the side of his opponent and connects with a left hook.  
McConnel steps to the outside and lands a straight 1 - 2.  
McConnel lands a double jab to his opponents head.  
McConnel strikes his opponents body with a jab.  
Farooq is on target with a left hook to McConnel's ribs.  
Farooq throws a right uppercut, but his opponent blocks the shot and counters with a cross.  
McConnel switches the action to the outside.  McConnel sidesteps to the left of his opponent.  McConnel throws a jab, but his opponent dodges the shot and counters with a left hook.  


Round 2 Statistics
McConnel: 
Jabs Thrown: 27                            
Jabs Landed: 17                            
Power Shots Thrown: 29                            
Power Shots Landed: 12                            
Head Shots Thrown: 50                            
Head Shots Landed: 27                            
Body Shots Thrown: 6                             
Body Shots Landed: 2                             

Farooq: 
Jabs Thrown: 1                             
Jabs Landed: 0                             
Power Shots Thrown: 27                            
Power Shots Landed: 9                             
Head Shots Thrown: 14                            
Head Shots Landed: 5                             
Body Shots Thrown: 14                            
Body Shots Landed: 4                             

Round 3: 

McConnel switches the action to the outside and lands a ramrod jab.  
McConnel is on target with a cross.  
McConnel sidesteps to the right of his opponent and connects with a solid cross.  
Farooq closes the distance and lands a right hook followed by a left hook to his opponents body.  
McConnel is looking to keep his distance and is on target with a stiff jab.  
McConnel lands a double jab to his opponents head.  
McConnel switches the action to the outside and is on target with a jab.  
Farooq lands a right uppercut followed by a right hook to his opponents body.  
McConnel is on target with a right hook.  
McConnel switches the action to the outside.  McConnel feints a cross, and then lands a straight 1 - 2.  
Farooq closes the distance.  McConnel quickly sidesteps from in front of his opponent.  Farooq digs in a firm right hook to McConnel's body.  
Farooq forces McConnel to retreat onto the ropes.  Farooq lands a right hook to the body, and then to the head.  
McConnel lands two consecutive straights to his opponents head.  
McConnel lands a ramrod jab.  
McConnel attempts to land a jab, but Farooq parries the shot and counters with a right uppercut.  
McConnel hits home with an overhand right.  McConnel tries to land a jab, but Farooq dodges the shot and counters with a cross.  
McConnel tries to keep the action at long range and is on target with an overhand right.  
Farooq quickly sidesteps from in front of his opponent.  McConnel connects with a solid left uppercut.  
McConnel sidesteps to the left of his opponent and lands a jab followed by a overhand right to his opponents head.  
Farooq walks McConnel down, trapping him in the blue corner.  McConnel lands a double jab to his opponents head.  
McConnel is looking to keep his distance and lands a double jab to his opponents head.  
McConnel switches the action to the outside and lands a cross to the body, and then to the head.  
Farooq quickly sidesteps from in front of his opponent and drives a right hook into his opponents body.  
McConnel tries to step out of his opponents range and is on target with a cross.  


Round 3 Statistics
McConnel: 
Jabs Thrown: 29                            
Jabs Landed: 15                            
Power Shots Thrown: 30                            
Power Shots Landed: 13                            
Head Shots Thrown: 52                            
Head Shots Landed: 27                            
Body Shots Thrown: 7                             
Body Shots Landed: 1                             

Farooq: 
Jabs Thrown: 2                             
Jabs Landed: 0                             
Power Shots Thrown: 18                            
Power Shots Landed: 10                            
Head Shots Thrown: 8                             
Head Shots Landed: 3                             
Body Shots Thrown: 12                            
Body Shots Landed: 7                             

Round 4: 

McConnel is looking to keep his distance and hits home with a cross.  
McConnel quickly sidesteps from in front of his opponent and lands two consecutive straights to his opponents head.  
McConnel is looking to keep his distance and lands with a ramrod jab.  
Farooq advances into close range.  McConnel backs onto the ropes...he is waving his opponent in!  Farooq accepts the invitation, throwing powerful combos, but is unable to land anything on McConnel.  Farooq lands a left uppercut to the head followed by a right uppercut to the body.  
McConnel digs in a left hook to his opponents liver.  
Farooq sidesteps to the left of his opponent and hits home with a left uppercut.  
Farooq lands a right hook.  
McConnel switches the action to the outside and strikes his opponents body with a jab.  
McConnel lands a left hook.  
McConnel drives a solid left uppercut into his opponents body.  
Farooq is on target with a right hook to McConnel's body.  
McConnel is on target with a left hook.  
Farooq gets on the inside and hits home with a right hook.  
Farooq hits home with a left hook.  
Farooq throws a left hook, but his opponent slips the shot and counters with a firm right uppercut.  
Farooq digs in a left uppercut to McConnel's body.  
Farooq hits home with a cross.  
McConnel is looking to keep his distance and lands an overhand left followed by a jab to his opponents head.  McConnel attempts to land a cross, but Farooq blocks the shot and counters with a sharp cross.  
Farooq gets on the inside.  Farooq sidesteps to the left of his opponent.  McConnel lands a left uppercut followed by a left hook to his opponents head.  
McConnel tries to step out of his opponents range and hits home with a cross.  
McConnel steps to the outside and lands with a hard jab.  
McConnel strikes his opponents body with a jab.  
McConnel lands two consecutive overhand lefts to his opponents head.  
Farooq sidesteps to the left of his opponent.  McConnel lands with a ramrod jab.  
McConnel is looking to keep his distance and connects with a cross.  
Farooq gets on the inside and is on target with a right hook.  
Farooq gets on the inside and connects with a right hook.  


Round 4 Statistics
McConnel: 
Jabs Thrown: 17                            
Jabs Landed: 7                             
Power Shots Thrown: 29                            
Power Shots Landed: 15                            
Head Shots Thrown: 39                            
Head Shots Landed: 18                            
Body Shots Thrown: 7                             
Body Shots Landed: 4                             

Farooq: 
Jabs Thrown: 0                             
Jabs Landed: 0                             
Power Shots Thrown: 25                            
Power Shots Landed: 12                            
Head Shots Thrown: 19                            
Head Shots Landed: 9                             
Body Shots Thrown: 6                             
Body Shots Landed: 3                             

Round 5: 

Farooq throws a left hook, but his opponent blocks the shot and counters with a sharp right uppercut.  
McConnel is looking to keep the action on the outside and hits home with an overhand right.  
McConnel connects with a stinging overhand left.  
McConnel is looking to keep his distance and attempts to land an overhand right, but Farooq sidesteps and counters with a solid right hook.  
McConnel steps away from his opponent and hits home with a cross.  
McConnel is looking to keep the action on the outside and lands a jab.  McConnel throws an overhand right, but his opponent sidesteps and counters with a stinging left uppercut to his opponents liver.  
Farooq quickly sidesteps from in front of his opponent.  McConnel lands two jabs followed by a cross to his opponents head.  
McConnel is looking to keep his distance.  Farooq quickly sidesteps from in front of his opponent.  McConnel lands a jab to Farooq's body.  
Farooq steps inside and hits home with a right hook.  
McConnel is looking to keep his distance and lands a double jab to his opponents head.  
Farooq closes the distance.  Farooq quickly sidesteps from in front of his opponent.  Farooq connects with a firm left uppercut.  Farooq attempts to land a left uppercut, but McConnel blocks the shot and counters with a cross.  
McConnel is looking to keep his distance and lands two consecutive straights to his opponents head.  
Farooq closes the distance and is on target with a left uppercut to his opponents ribs.  
Farooq closes the distance and digs in a left hook to McConnel's body.  
McConnel steps away from his opponent and lands with a hard jab.  
Farooq steps inside.  McConnel is on target with a firm left hook.  
Farooq sidesteps to the left of his opponent.  Farooq throws a right hook, but his opponent slips the shot and counters with a left uppercut.  


Round 5 Statistics
McConnel: 
Jabs Thrown: 13                            
Jabs Landed: 7                             
Power Shots Thrown: 27                            
Power Shots Landed: 10                            
Head Shots Thrown: 37                            
Head Shots Landed: 16                            
Body Shots Thrown: 3                             
Body Shots Landed: 1                             

Farooq: 
Jabs Thrown: 2                             
Jabs Landed: 0                             
Power Shots Thrown: 27                            
Power Shots Landed: 6                             
Head Shots Thrown: 14                            
Head Shots Landed: 3                             
Body Shots Thrown: 15                            
Body Shots Landed: 3                             

Round 6: 

Farooq closes the distance.  McConnel drives a right hook into his opponents ribcage.  
McConnel is looking to keep his distance.  Farooq sidesteps to the left of his opponent.  McConnel lands an overhand right followed by a cross to his opponents head.  
Farooq advances into close range and lands two right hooks to his opponents ribs.  
McConnel steps away from his opponent and attempts to land a jab, but Farooq sidesteps and counters with a left uppercut.  
McConnel hits home with an overhand left.  
McConnel is on target with a jab.  
Farooq attempts to land a left hook, but McConnel blocks the shot and counters with a stinging left uppercut to his opponents body.  
McConnel tries to keep the action at long range and is on target with a solid jab.  
Farooq sidesteps to the left of his opponent and hits home with a sharp cross.  
McConnel drives a cross into Farooq's body.  
McConnel steps away from his opponent.  Farooq quickly sidesteps from in front of his opponent.  McConnel is on target with a stinging jab.  
McConnel lands a cross.  
McConnel connects with a cross.  
Farooq gets on the inside and drives a stinging right uppercut into McConnel's body.  
Farooq closes the distance.  McConnel lands consecutive left uppercuts to his opponents body.  
McConnel steps to the outside and connects with a cross.  
McConnel is on target with a jab.  
Farooq connects with a left hook.  
McConnel lands a jab followed by  two straights to his opponents head.  


Round 6 Statistics
McConnel: 
Jabs Thrown: 19                            
Jabs Landed: 5                             
Power Shots Thrown: 26                            
Power Shots Landed: 13                            
Head Shots Thrown: 35                            
Head Shots Landed: 13                            
Body Shots Thrown: 10                            
Body Shots Landed: 5                             

Farooq: 
Jabs Thrown: 1                             
Jabs Landed: 0                             
Power Shots Thrown: 20                            
Power Shots Landed: 6                             
Head Shots Thrown: 14                            
Head Shots Landed: 3                             
Body Shots Thrown: 7                             
Body Shots Landed: 3                             

Round 7: 

McConnel finds the target with a jab.  
McConnel switches the action to the outside and hits the target with a stinging jab.  
McConnel lands a right uppercut.  
McConnel steps to the outside and lands a cross.  
McConnel is on target with a jab.  
McConnel steps to the outside and lands a straight 1 - 2.  
McConnel lands an overhand right followed by a jab to his opponents head.  
Farooq is on target with a stinging left hook to McConnel's liver.  
McConnel is looking to keep his distance and hits home with a stinging jab.  
McConnel tries to step out of his opponents range and drives a cross into Farooq's body.  
Farooq wants to work on the inside, but accidentally clashes heads with his opponent!  The ref acknowledges the accidental headclash but allows the action to continue.  McConnel has taken some damage there.  That has caused nasty swelling  around the right eye.  The ref has ruled that the fight cannot continue due to the accidental damage.  We are going to the scorecards.  


Round 7 Statistics
McConnel: 
Jabs Thrown: 11                            
Jabs Landed: 6                             
Power Shots Thrown: 19                            
Power Shots Landed: 5                             
Head Shots Thrown: 24                            
Head Shots Landed: 10                            
Body Shots Thrown: 6                             
Body Shots Landed: 1                             

Farooq: 
Jabs Thrown: 0                             
Jabs Landed: 0                             
Power Shots Thrown: 16                            
Power Shots Landed: 1                             
Head Shots Thrown: 6                             
Head Shots Landed: 0                             
Body Shots Thrown: 10                            
Body Shots Landed: 1                             

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


Final Scorecards: 70 - 63  70 - 63  70 - 63

The winner, by Unanimous Decision, from Manchester, UK.... Paul McConnel

Fight Statistics
McConnel: 
Total Punches Thrown: 344                           
Total Punches Landed: 157                           
Total Head Shots Thrown: 297                           
Total Head Shots Landed: 142                           
Total Body Shots Thrown: 47                            
Total Body Shots Landed: 15                            
Total Power Shots Thrown: 203                           
Total Power Shots Landed: 83                            
Total Jabs Thrown: 141                           
Total Jabs Landed: 74                            

Farooq: 
Total Punches Thrown: 159                           
Total Punches Landed: 51                            
Total Head Shots Thrown: 83                            
Total Head Shots Landed: 25                            
Total Body Shots Thrown: 76                            
Total Body Shots Landed: 26                            
Total Power Shots Thrown: 152                           
Total Power Shots Landed: 51                            
Total Jabs Thrown: 7                             
Total Jabs Landed: 0