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06/02/2033
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Ross McGuinness vs Paul Dolan

Boxing Daily Report from the AI Ireland-Munster promoted show at Waterford McCormick, Waterford,  taking place on 22/03/2023:

Clearly AI Ireland-Munster have made a mistake booking this venue with less than half the tickets sold, including those handed out as prizes by Boxing Daily.  
Next up is the main event of the show.  This is a final eliminator for the Irish-Munster Super Lightweight title.  

Looking to impress the boxing fans in attendance, the two fighters competing in this 10 round matchup are Ross McGuinness (6 - 5 - 2) who hails from Cork, Ireland and Paul Dolan(6(1) - 2 - 1(NC)) from Cork, Ireland.  McGuinness weighed in at 140 pounds, while Dolan weighed in at 139 pounds and 10 ounces.  
The referee tonight is Patrick Hannigan, and the three ringside judges are Felix Curran, Shamus Brogan and Shamus Brogan.  

Round 1: 

McGuinness is looking to keep the action on the outside and lands an overhand right.  
McGuinness gets on the inside.  Dolan lands a left uppercut followed by a right hook to his opponents body.  
Dolan pivots to the side of his opponent and lands a right hook to the head, a right hook to the body and a left hook to the head.  
Dolan is on target with a right hook to McGuinness's body.  
McGuinness pivots from in front of his opponent.  Dolan lands a hard jab.  
Dolan gets on the inside and lands a left hook followed by a right hook to his opponents body.  
Dolan is looking to close the distance.  Dolan quickly sidesteps from in front of his opponent and lands a double left hook to his opponents head.  
Dolan hits home with a left hook.  
McGuinness is looking to keep the action on the outside and lands an overhand right followed by a jab to his opponents head.  
Dolan advances into close range.  Dolan sidesteps to the right of his opponent and lands two left hooks to his opponents ribs.  
McGuinness is looking to keep the action on the outside and lands two consecutive straights to his opponents head.  
McGuinness hits home with a cross.  
McGuinness is looking to keep the action on the outside and lands a jab followed by a overhand left to his opponents head.  
Dolan lands a double jab to his opponents head.  
Dolan is looking to close the distance and lands a left uppercut to the body, a right hook to the head and a left hook to the head.  
Dolan lands a right uppercut followed by a left hook to his opponents head.  
Dolan gets on the inside.  Dolan pivots to the side of his opponent.  Dolan throws a left hook, but his opponent blocks the shot and counters with a left hook.  
Dolan steps away from his opponent.  Dolan feints a jab, but McGuinness is not fooled and responds with a left hook.  
At the end of Round 1, lets listen in on the corners...McGuinness's trainer is passing on some tactical advice.  McGuinness's trainer is advising how he could stop so many clean shots getting through.  

Round 1 Statistics
McGuinness: 
Jabs Thrown: 9                             
Jabs Landed: 5                             
Power Shots Thrown: 23                            
Power Shots Landed: 8                             
Head Shots Thrown: 30                            
Head Shots Landed: 12                            
Body Shots Thrown: 2                             
Body Shots Landed: 1                             

Dolan: 
Jabs Thrown: 5                             
Jabs Landed: 4                             
Power Shots Thrown: 25                            
Power Shots Landed: 18                            
Head Shots Thrown: 18                            
Head Shots Landed: 13                            
Body Shots Thrown: 12                            
Body Shots Landed: 9                             

Round 2: 

Dolan gets on the inside.  Dolan sidesteps to the right of his opponent and lands a right uppercut followed by a right hook to his opponents body.  
McGuinness attempts to land a jab, but Dolan dodges the shot and counters with a right hook.  
Dolan pivots to the left of his opponent and finds the target with a jab.  
Dolan lands a spiteful jab.  
Dolan is looking to close the distance and is on target with a right hook.  
Dolan lands a left uppercut followed by a left hook to his opponents body.  He continues the combination and lands a left hook to the body, and then to the head.  
McGuinness tries to step out of his opponents range and lands a cross to the head, a jab to the head and a cross to the body.  
Dolan feints a jab, fooling McGuinness into launching a left uppercut counter.  Dolan springs the trap and counters with  a stinging left uppercut.  
McGuinness steps away from his opponent and hits home with an overhand right.  
Dolan closes the distance and lands a right hook to the body followed by a left hook to the head.  
Dolan is looking to close the distance and throws a left hook, but his opponent slips the shot.  Dolan ties up his opponent.  Dolan is using his forearm in the clinch.  The ref breaks the clinch and signals for the action to continue.  
Dolan is looking to keep the action on the outside.  McGuinness connects with an overhand right.  
McGuinness lands an overhand right followed by a jab to his opponents head.  
McGuinness lands a jab, overhand right and a jab to his opponents head.  
McGuinness gets on the inside.  Dolan connects with a left hook.  
Dolan is on target with a left hook to his opponents body.  
Dolan is on target with a left uppercut to his opponents liver.  
Dolan lands a right uppercut to the body followed by a right hook to the head.  Dolan throws a left hook, but his opponent dodges the shot and counters with a left uppercut.  
Dolan stalks forward with a low guard, trying to draw a lead from his opponent.  McGuinness attempts to land a cross, but Dolan slips the shot and counters with a cross.  
Dolan advances into close range.  McGuinness throws a right hook, but his opponent sidesteps and counters with a right uppercut.  
McGuinness tries to step out of his opponents range and lands a cross.  
Dolan lands a left hook to the body, and then to the head.  


Round 2 Statistics
McGuinness: 
Jabs Thrown: 15                            
Jabs Landed: 7                             
Power Shots Thrown: 26                            
Power Shots Landed: 8                             
Head Shots Thrown: 33                            
Head Shots Landed: 14                            
Body Shots Thrown: 8                             
Body Shots Landed: 1                             

Dolan: 
Jabs Thrown: 4                             
Jabs Landed: 2                             
Power Shots Thrown: 32                            
Power Shots Landed: 20                            
Head Shots Thrown: 18                            
Head Shots Landed: 12                            
Body Shots Thrown: 18                            
Body Shots Landed: 10                            

Round 3: 

McGuinness steps away from his opponent and lands a jab.  
McGuinness drives a left hook into Dolan's body.  
Dolan hits home with a right uppercut.  
McGuinness switches the action to the outside.  Dolan sidesteps to the right of his opponent and lands a ramrod jab.  
McGuinness lands an overhand left.  
Dolan is looking to close the distance.  Dolan sidesteps to the right of his opponent and lands a left hook to the head, a left hook to the body and a right hook to the head.  
McGuinness is looking to keep the action on the outside and connects with a cross.  
Dolan pivots from in front of his opponent and lands a right hook to the body, and then to the head.  
Dolan lands a right hook followed by a left hook to his opponents head.  He continues the combination and lands a left hook to the body, and then to the head.  Dolan clinches his opponent.  Dolan tries to make the space to throw a hook, but hits McGuinness's kidney. 
McGuinness lands an overhand left followed by a cross to his opponents head.  
Dolan is looking to close the distance and lands a left uppercut followed by a left hook to his opponents head.  
Dolan is on target with a right hook to McGuinness's ribs.  Dolan clinches his opponent.  As they grapple, Dolan pushes his forearm into McGuinness's face.  The ref breaks the clinch and signals for the action to continue.  
Dolan lands a right uppercut followed by a right hook to his opponents head.  
Dolan pivots to the side of his opponent and is on target with a firm left hook.  
Dolan closes the distance and drives a left hook into his opponents ribs.  
Dolan lands a left hook followed by a right hook to his opponents body.  
McGuinness is on target with a left uppercut.  
McGuinness is on target with a cross.  
Dolan is on target with a left hook.  
Dolan steps away from his opponent.  McGuinness lands a cross, overhand right and a jab to his opponents head.  


Round 3 Statistics
McGuinness: 
Jabs Thrown: 17                            
Jabs Landed: 5                             
Power Shots Thrown: 24                            
Power Shots Landed: 9                             
Head Shots Thrown: 40                            
Head Shots Landed: 13                            
Body Shots Thrown: 1                             
Body Shots Landed: 1                             

Dolan: 
Jabs Thrown: 2                             
Jabs Landed: 1                             
Power Shots Thrown: 27                            
Power Shots Landed: 20                            
Head Shots Thrown: 21                            
Head Shots Landed: 14                            
Body Shots Thrown: 8                             
Body Shots Landed: 7                             

Round 4: 

Dolan gets on the inside and digs in a left hook to McGuinness's ribs.  
McGuinness steps to the outside and finds the target with a jab.  
Dolan sidesteps to the right of his opponent and lands a right hook to the head followed by a left hook to the body.  
Dolan is on target with a left uppercut to McGuinness's liver.  
McGuinness steps away from his opponent and lands an overhand right followed by a overhand left to his opponents head.  
Dolan steps inside and lands a left hook followed by a right hook to his opponents head.  
Dolan lands a right uppercut, right hook and a left hook to his opponents head.  
McGuinness is looking to keep his distance and is on target with an overhand right.  
Dolan is looking to close the distance and lands a left hook to the body followed by a right hook to the head.  
Dolan advances into close range and digs in a right hook to McGuinness's body.  
Dolan closes the distance.  Dolan pivots to the side of his opponent and is on target with a right hook to McGuinness's ribcage.  
Dolan advances into close range.  Dolan pivots to the left of his opponent and hits home with a left hook.  
Dolan hits home with a left hook.  
Dolan lands a sharp jab.  Dolan attempts to land a jab, but McGuinness slips the shot and counters with a right uppercut.  
Dolan is looking to close the distance and manages to force McGuinness onto the ropes.  Dolan lands a right hook to the body, a right hook to the head and a left hook to the head.  Dolan ties up his opponent.  Dolan leans on his opponent trying to wear him down. Dolan pushes his forearm into McGuinness's face.  The referee separates the two fighters and warns Dolan.  
Dolan lands a solid left hook.  
McGuinness is on target with an overhand left.  


Round 4 Statistics
McGuinness: 
Jabs Thrown: 6                             
Jabs Landed: 2                             
Power Shots Thrown: 15                            
Power Shots Landed: 5                             
Head Shots Thrown: 20                            
Head Shots Landed: 7                             
Body Shots Thrown: 1                             
Body Shots Landed: 0                             

Dolan: 
Jabs Thrown: 9                             
Jabs Landed: 2                             
Power Shots Thrown: 27                            
Power Shots Landed: 19                            
Head Shots Thrown: 25                            
Head Shots Landed: 14                            
Body Shots Thrown: 11                            
Body Shots Landed: 7                             

Round 5: 

McGuinness steps to the outside and lands two consecutive overhand rights to his opponents head.  
McGuinness lands an overhand left followed by a jab to his opponents head.  
Dolan lands a jab to the body followed by a right hook to the head.  
Dolan lands two right hooks to the body, and one to the head.  
Dolan throws a right hook, but his opponent sidesteps and counters with a left hook.  
McGuinness tries to keep the action at long range and lands a jab.  
McGuinness throws a left hook, but his opponent sidesteps and counters with a left hook to his opponents body.  
McGuinness is looking to keep the action on the outside and lands a cross followed by a overhand right to his opponents head.  
McGuinness lands a straight 1 - 2.  
McGuinness switches the action to the outside and connects with a cross.  
Dolan steps away from his opponent.  McGuinness lands a cross followed by  two overhand rights to his opponents head.  
Dolan lands a cross followed by a jab to his opponents body.  Dolan throws a left hook, but his opponent blocks the shot and counters with a cross.  
Dolan pivots to the right of his opponent and lands a stinging jab.  
McGuinness tries to step out of his opponents range.  Dolan sidesteps to the left of his opponent.  McGuinness is on target with an overhand right.  
Dolan pivots from in front of his opponent and connects with a stinging cross.  
Dolan hits home with a right hook.  Dolan tries to land a left hook, but his opponent parries the shot and counters with a right hook to his opponents body.  
Dolan is on target with a left uppercut to McGuinness's liver.  


Round 5 Statistics
McGuinness: 
Jabs Thrown: 15                            
Jabs Landed: 3                             
Power Shots Thrown: 23                            
Power Shots Landed: 14                            
Head Shots Thrown: 37                            
Head Shots Landed: 16                            
Body Shots Thrown: 1                             
Body Shots Landed: 1                             

Dolan: 
Jabs Thrown: 5                             
Jabs Landed: 3                             
Power Shots Thrown: 15                            
Power Shots Landed: 9                             
Head Shots Thrown: 9                             
Head Shots Landed: 6                             
Body Shots Thrown: 11                            
Body Shots Landed: 6                             

Round 6: 

Dolan tries to keep the action at long range.  McGuinness is on target with an overhand right.  
Dolan gets on the inside.  Dolan quickly sidesteps from in front of his opponent.  Dolan connects with a right hook.  Dolan throws a right hook, but his opponent parries the shot and counters with a cross.  
Dolan advances into close range.  McGuinness sidesteps to the left of his opponent.  McGuinness throws a left hook, but Dolan holds on to his opponent.  Dolan is leaning on his opponent in the clinch. McGuinness is using his forearm in the clinch.  The ref breaks the clinch and signals for the action to continue.  
Dolan advances into close range.  McGuinness tries to land a left hook, but Dolan blocks the shot and counters with a cross.  
Dolan steps to the outside.  Dolan quickly sidesteps from in front of his opponent and lands with a sharp jab.  
McGuinness connects with an overhand right.  
Dolan closes the distance and tries to land a left hook, but McGuinness sidesteps and counters with a right hook.  
Dolan walks his opponent down, trapping him in a corner.  Dolan sidesteps to the left of his opponent and lands a right hook.  
Dolan lands a right uppercut, right hook and a left hook to his opponents body.  
Dolan switches the action to the outside.  Dolan sidesteps to the right of his opponent.  McGuinness tries to land a cross, but his opponent slips the shot and counters with a stinging left hook.  
Dolan lands a left uppercut.  
Dolan lands a double left hook to his opponents head.  
Dolan advances into close range and lands a left uppercut to the body, a left uppercut to the head and a left hook to the head.  
Dolan tries to step out of his opponents range.  McGuinness tries to land a jab, but his opponent sidesteps and counters with a left uppercut.  


Round 6 Statistics
McGuinness: 
Jabs Thrown: 5                             
Jabs Landed: 1                             
Power Shots Thrown: 22                            
Power Shots Landed: 4                             
Head Shots Thrown: 24                            
Head Shots Landed: 5                             
Body Shots Thrown: 3                             
Body Shots Landed: 0                             

Dolan: 
Jabs Thrown: 3                             
Jabs Landed: 1                             
Power Shots Thrown: 25                            
Power Shots Landed: 14                            
Head Shots Thrown: 20                            
Head Shots Landed: 11                            
Body Shots Thrown: 8                             
Body Shots Landed: 4                             

Round 7: 

Dolan gets on the inside and lands a right hook, left hook and a right hook to his opponents head.  
McGuinness steps to the outside and lands two consecutive straights to his opponents head.  
Dolan steps inside and forces McGuinness to back into the ropes.  Dolan lands a left uppercut.  
McGuinness hits home with a cross.  
McGuinness connects with a cross.  
McGuinness tries to keep the action at long range and attempts to land a jab, but Dolan slips the shot and counters with a sharp right hook.  
McGuinness connects with an overhand right.  
Dolan walks his opponent into the corner.  Dolan sidesteps to the right of his opponent and lands two right hooks followed by a left uppercut to his opponents head.  
Dolan is looking to close the distance and digs in a left uppercut to McGuinness's body.  
McGuinness steps away from his opponent and lands an overhand right followed by a jab to his opponents head.  
Dolan closes the distance and lands a right hook to the head followed by a left hook to the body.  
Dolan quickly sidesteps from in front of his opponent.  McGuinness lands a right uppercut.  
Dolan is on target with a left hook to McGuinness's body.  
McGuinness cuts off the ring, trapping Dolan in the blue corner.  Dolan lands a jab.  


Round 7 Statistics
McGuinness: 
Jabs Thrown: 9                             
Jabs Landed: 4                             
Power Shots Thrown: 17                            
Power Shots Landed: 7                             
Head Shots Thrown: 25                            
Head Shots Landed: 11                            
Body Shots Thrown: 1                             
Body Shots Landed: 0                             

Dolan: 
Jabs Thrown: 3                             
Jabs Landed: 1                             
Power Shots Thrown: 24                            
Power Shots Landed: 12                            
Head Shots Thrown: 21                            
Head Shots Landed: 10                            
Body Shots Thrown: 6                             
Body Shots Landed: 3                             

Round 8: 

McGuinness steps inside.  Dolan lands a sharp right uppercut.  
McGuinness quickly sidesteps from in front of his opponent.  Dolan is on target with a firm cross.  
McGuinness hits home with an overhand right.  
Dolan lands a straight 1 - 2.  
McGuinness switches the action to the outside and hits home with a cross.  
McGuinness feints a left, and then lands a left hook.  
Dolan connects with a left hook.  
McGuinness is looking to keep his distance and is on target with an overhand right.  
Dolan finds the target with a jab.  
Dolan gets on the inside and lands two right hooks to the body, and one to the head.  
Dolan cuts off the ring, trapping McGuinness in the red corner.  Dolan is on target with a right hook.  
Dolan gets on the inside and lands a right hook to the head followed by a left hook to the body.  
Dolan lands a double jab to his opponents head.  
Dolan advances into close range.  Dolan sidesteps to the left of his opponent and lands a left uppercut.  
Dolan lands a right hook to the body, and then to the head.  Dolan ties up his opponent.  Dolan leans on his opponent using all his weight. The ref breaks the clinch and signals for the action to continue.  
Dolan steps inside and walks his opponent onto the ropes.  Dolan lands a right uppercut to the head, a right hook to the head and a left hook to the body.  
At the end of Round 8, lets listen in on the corners...Dolan's trainer is telling his fighter to play it safe for the remainder of the fight. 

Round 8 Statistics
McGuinness: 
Jabs Thrown: 11                            
Jabs Landed: 3                             
Power Shots Thrown: 16                            
Power Shots Landed: 4                             
Head Shots Thrown: 26                            
Head Shots Landed: 7                             
Body Shots Thrown: 1                             
Body Shots Landed: 0                             

Dolan: 
Jabs Thrown: 9                             
Jabs Landed: 4                             
Power Shots Thrown: 25                            
Power Shots Landed: 16                            
Head Shots Thrown: 21                            
Head Shots Landed: 15                            
Body Shots Thrown: 13                            
Body Shots Landed: 5                             

Round 9: 

McGuinness switches the action to the outside and lands a cross followed by a overhand right to his opponents head.  
McGuinness connects with an overhand right.  
McGuinness lands a cross.  
McGuinness sidesteps to the left of his opponent.  McGuinness throws an overhand right, but his opponent sidesteps and counters with a sharp left hook.  
McGuinness cuts off the ring, trapping Dolan on the ropes.  McGuinness sidesteps to the right of his opponent and finds the target with a jab.  
McGuinness gets on the inside.  Dolan lands a right uppercut to the head followed by a left hook to the body.  
Dolan is looking to keep his distance.  McGuinness connects with a cross.  
McGuinness connects with an overhand right.  
McGuinness gets on the inside.  Dolan lands a right hook to the head, a left hook to the head and a right uppercut to the body.  
McGuinness attempts to land a cross, but Dolan slips the shot and counters with a left hook.  
McGuinness quickly sidesteps from in front of his opponent.  McGuinness lands a straight 1 - 2.  McGuinness throws a jab, but his opponent slips the shot and counters with a right uppercut.  
McGuinness is on target with a cross.  
McGuinness lands a cross.  
McGuinness hits home with an overhand right.  
McGuinness sidesteps to the left of his opponent and lands an overhand left.  


Round 9 Statistics
McGuinness: 
Jabs Thrown: 13                            
Jabs Landed: 6                             
Power Shots Thrown: 22                            
Power Shots Landed: 11                            
Head Shots Thrown: 34                            
Head Shots Landed: 17                            
Body Shots Thrown: 1                             
Body Shots Landed: 0                             

Dolan: 
Jabs Thrown: 5                             
Jabs Landed: 0                             
Power Shots Thrown: 12                            
Power Shots Landed: 8                             
Head Shots Thrown: 14                            
Head Shots Landed: 6                             
Body Shots Thrown: 3                             
Body Shots Landed: 2                             

Round 10: 

McGuinness tries to keep the action at long range and hits home with a cross.  
McGuinness finds the target with a jab.  
McGuinness lands a cross.  
Dolan strikes his opponents body with a jab.  Dolan throws a jab, but his opponent blocks the shot and counters with a cross.  
McGuinness is on target with an overhand right.  
Dolan attempts to land a jab, but McGuinness sidesteps and counters with a cross.  
McGuinness connects with a cross.  
McGuinness is on target with an overhand right.  
McGuinness is on target with a cross.  
McGuinness lands a double jab to his opponents head.  
McGuinness lands an overhand left.  
McGuinness gets on the inside and walks his opponent onto the ropes.  Dolan is on target with a left hook to McGuinness's liver.  
McGuinness is looking to keep the action on the outside.  Dolan stands off with low guard waiting for his opponent to launch an attack.  McGuinness lands an overhand right followed by a overhand left to his opponents head.  
Dolan lands a jab.  
Dolan switches the action to the outside.  McGuinness lands a jab.  
McGuinness lands an overhand right, cross and an overhand right to his opponents head.  
McGuinness hits home with a cross.  


Round 10 Statistics
McGuinness: 
Jabs Thrown: 18                            
Jabs Landed: 11                            
Power Shots Thrown: 22                            
Power Shots Landed: 15                            
Head Shots Thrown: 39                            
Head Shots Landed: 26                            
Body Shots Thrown: 1                             
Body Shots Landed: 0                             

Dolan: 
Jabs Thrown: 14                            
Jabs Landed: 2                             
Power Shots Thrown: 6                             
Power Shots Landed: 1                             
Head Shots Thrown: 13                            
Head Shots Landed: 1                             
Body Shots Thrown: 7                             
Body Shots Landed: 2                             

Round 1 Scores: 9 - 10  9 - 10  9 - 10
Round 2 Scores: 9 - 10  9 - 10  9 - 10
Round 3 Scores: 9 - 10  9 - 10  9 - 10
Round 4 Scores: 9 - 10  9 - 10  9 - 10
Round 5 Scores: 10 - 9  10 - 9  10 - 9
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: 10 - 9  10 - 9  10 - 9


Final Scorecards: 93 - 97  93 - 97  93 - 97

The winner, by Unanimous Decision, from Cork, Ireland.... Paul Dolan

Fight Statistics
McGuinness: 
Total Punches Thrown: 328                           
Total Punches Landed: 132                           
Total Head Shots Thrown: 308                           
Total Head Shots Landed: 128                           
Total Body Shots Thrown: 20                            
Total Body Shots Landed: 4                             
Total Power Shots Thrown: 210                           
Total Power Shots Landed: 85                            
Total Jabs Thrown: 118                           
Total Jabs Landed: 47                            

Dolan: 
Total Punches Thrown: 277                           
Total Punches Landed: 157                           
Total Head Shots Thrown: 180                           
Total Head Shots Landed: 102                           
Total Body Shots Thrown: 97                            
Total Body Shots Landed: 55                            
Total Power Shots Thrown: 218                           
Total Power Shots Landed: 137                           
Total Jabs Thrown: 59                            
Total Jabs Landed: 20