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23/07/2031
EOD Running: Rankings
Merk Buys vs Agapetus Romo

Boxing Daily Report from the Quick Tan Promotions promoted show at Ellis Park Arena, Johannesburg,  taking place on 11/04/2025:

There are a few empty seats out here tonight, but this is a respectable turnout for the show.  
Next up we have one of the supporting contests of this show.  

Looking to impress the boxing fans in attendance and those watching live on SABC1, the two fighters competing in this 10 round matchup are Merk Buys (12(3) - 0) who hails from Mitchells Plain, South Africa and Agapetus Romo(7 - 3(1)) from San Salvador, El Salvador.  Buys weighed in at 146 pounds And 15 ounces, while Romo weighed in at 146 pounds And 8 ounces.  
The referee tonight is John Nzambi, and the three ringside judges are Quaashie Duncan, Xhosas Kwadwo and Barry Khuzwayo.  

Round 1: 

Romo lands with a stinging jab.  
Buys lands a left hook followed by a cross to his opponents head.  
Buys steps inside and connects with a left hook.  
Buys is on target with a right hook to his opponents ribs.  
Buys tries to keep the action at long range and lands a cross followed by a jab to his opponents head.  
Buys tries to step out of his opponents range.  Romo hits home with a firm cross.  
Romo is looking to close the distance.  Buys digs in a firm right hook to Romo's body.  
Buys quickly sidesteps from in front of his opponent.  Romo lands a straight 1 - 2.  
Buys finds the target with a ramrod jab.  
Romo manouvers his opponent onto the ropes.  Buys drives a firm left hook into Romo's body.  
Buys closes the distance.  Romo throws a left uppercut, but his opponent sidesteps and counters with a stinging right hook to his opponents ribs.  
Buys throws a right uppercut, but his opponent sidesteps and counters with a left uppercut.  
Buys lands with a spiteful jab.  
Buys lands a jab.  
Romo pivots from in front of his opponent and is on target with a cross.  
Buys switches the action to the outside and hits home with a cross.  
Romo sidesteps to the right of his opponent and connects with a right hook.  
Buys steps away from his opponent and is on target with a jab.  
Buys lands a jab to the head followed by a right hook to the body.  
Buys is looking to keep the action on the outside.  Romo lands a stinging overhand left.  
At the end of Round 1, lets listen in on the corners...Buys's trainer is passing on some tactical advice.  

Round 1 Statistics
Buys: 
Jabs Thrown: 12                            
Jabs Landed: 7                             
Power Shots Thrown: 27                            
Power Shots Landed: 10                            
Head Shots Thrown: 27                            
Head Shots Landed: 12                            
Body Shots Thrown: 12                            
Body Shots Landed: 5                             

Romo: 
Jabs Thrown: 10                            
Jabs Landed: 2                             
Power Shots Thrown: 24                            
Power Shots Landed: 6                             
Head Shots Thrown: 30                            
Head Shots Landed: 8                             
Body Shots Thrown: 4                             
Body Shots Landed: 0                             

Round 2: 

Buys steps away from his opponent and lands a hard jab.  
Buys lands a ramrod jab.  
Romo lands a jab.  
Romo lands a jab.  
Buys lands a cross.  
Buys lands a cross.  
Romo walks Buys down, trapping him in the corner.  Romo lands a cross to the head followed by a right hook to the body.  
Romo is on target with a right hook to his opponents ribcage.  
Romo tries to land a right uppercut, but his opponent parries the shot and counters with a right hook.  
Buys lands a hard jab.  
Romo connects with a cross.  
Romo lands a jab to the head followed by a left hook to the body.  
Romo quickly sidesteps from in front of his opponent.  Buys lands a double right hook to his opponents head.  
Buys is looking to close the distance and is on target with a right uppercut to Romo's body.  
Buys hits home with a right uppercut.  
At the end of Round 2, lets listen in on the corners...Romo's trainer is suggesting ways of getting through to his opponent.  

Round 2 Statistics
Buys: 
Jabs Thrown: 5                             
Jabs Landed: 3                             
Power Shots Thrown: 19                            
Power Shots Landed: 7                             
Head Shots Thrown: 14                            
Head Shots Landed: 9                             
Body Shots Thrown: 10                            
Body Shots Landed: 1                             

Romo: 
Jabs Thrown: 9                             
Jabs Landed: 5                             
Power Shots Thrown: 29                            
Power Shots Landed: 5                             
Head Shots Thrown: 29                            
Head Shots Landed: 7                             
Body Shots Thrown: 9                             
Body Shots Landed: 3                             

Round 3: 

Romo connects with a solid cross.  
Buys is on target with a left hook to Romo's liver.  
Romo finds the target with a jab.  
Romo drives a left hook into Buys's liver.  
Buys switches the action to the outside and lands a cross followed by a jab to his opponents head.  
Buys steps inside and drives a right hook into his opponents ribs.  
Buys tries to keep the action at long range.  Romo hits home with an overhand right.  Romo attempts to land a cross, but Buys sidesteps and counters with a left uppercut.  
Romo manouvers Buys onto the ropes.  Buys lands a jab followed by a left hook to his opponents head.  
Buys gets on the inside and is on target with a left hook to his opponents liver.  
Buys quickly sidesteps from in front of his opponent and lands a left hook.  
Buys steps to the outside.  Romo hits home with a sharp overhand left.  
Romo pivots to the side of his opponent.  Romo tries to land a right hook, but his opponent sidesteps and counters with a right hook.  
Buys lands a hard jab.  Buys tries to land a right uppercut, but his opponent blocks the shot and counters with a left uppercut.  
Buys tries to step out of his opponents range and lands an overhand right, jab and a cross to his opponents head.  
Buys lands a cross followed by a jab to his opponents head.  
Buys lands a straight 1 - 2.  
Buys is on target with a jab.  
Buys switches the action to the outside and lands two straights followed by a jab to his opponents head.  
Buys advances into close range and lands a left hook to the head followed by two left uppercut's to the body.  
At the end of Round 3, lets listen in on the corners...Romo's trainer is advising how he could stop so many clean shots getting through.  

Round 3 Statistics
Buys: 
Jabs Thrown: 10                            
Jabs Landed: 8                             
Power Shots Thrown: 29                            
Power Shots Landed: 17                            
Head Shots Thrown: 28                            
Head Shots Landed: 20                            
Body Shots Thrown: 11                            
Body Shots Landed: 5                             

Romo: 
Jabs Thrown: 2                             
Jabs Landed: 1                             
Power Shots Thrown: 21                            
Power Shots Landed: 5                             
Head Shots Thrown: 15                            
Head Shots Landed: 5                             
Body Shots Thrown: 8                             
Body Shots Landed: 1                             

Round 4: 

Buys gets on the inside and drives a left uppercut into Romo's ribs.  Buys attempts to land a right uppercut, but Romo blocks the shot and counters with a right uppercut.  
Buys tries to keep the action at long range.  Buys sidesteps to the left of his opponent.  Romo lands a cross to the body, and then to the head.  
Buys quickly sidesteps from in front of his opponent and lands a cross to the head followed by a right uppercut to the body.  
Buys is looking to keep the action on the outside and attempts to land a cross, but Romo sidesteps and counters with a right uppercut to his opponents body.  
Buys hits home with a right uppercut.  
Buys lands a jab to the head followed by a right hook to the body.  
Romo tries to land a left uppercut, but his opponent blocks the shot and counters with a sharp right hook.  
Romo lands a right uppercut followed by a left hook to his opponents head.  
Buys lands with a ramrod jab.  
Buys gets on the inside.  Romo is on target with a right hook.  
Buys tries to keep the action at long range and lands a stinging jab.  
Buys advances into close range and digs in a right uppercut to his opponents body.  
Romo is on target with a sharp right uppercut.  
Buys gets on the inside and lands a left hook to the body, a right uppercut to the body and a right hook to the head.  
Buys lands a cross followed by a jab to his opponents head.  


Round 4 Statistics
Buys: 
Jabs Thrown: 7                             
Jabs Landed: 4                             
Power Shots Thrown: 34                            
Power Shots Landed: 11                            
Head Shots Thrown: 25                            
Head Shots Landed: 9                             
Body Shots Thrown: 16                            
Body Shots Landed: 6                             

Romo: 
Jabs Thrown: 7                             
Jabs Landed: 1                             
Power Shots Thrown: 35                            
Power Shots Landed: 8                             
Head Shots Thrown: 28                            
Head Shots Landed: 7                             
Body Shots Thrown: 14                            
Body Shots Landed: 2                             

Round 5: 

Buys hits home with a left hook.  
Romo advances into close range.  Buys digs in a left hook to Romo's body.  
Buys finds the target with a jab.  
Romo steps inside and walks his opponent down, trapping him on the ropes.  Buys is on target with a stinging right hook to his opponents body.  
Buys is looking to keep the action on the outside.  Romo sidesteps to the left of his opponent.  Buys attempts to land a cross, but Romo sidesteps and counters with a left hook to his opponents ribs.  
Buys tries to step out of his opponents range.  Buys feints a cross, and then lands an overhand left.  
Romo steps inside.  Buys digs in a left uppercut to Romo's liver.  
Romo hits home with a cross.  
Buys is looking to keep the action on the outside and lands two consecutive straights to his opponents head.  
Buys lands a jab to the head, a left uppercut to the head and a left hook to the body.  
Buys sidesteps to the right of his opponent and is on target with a cross.  
Buys attempts to land a jab, but Romo slips the shot and counters with a stinging right hook.  
Buys gets on the inside and lands a right uppercut.  
Romo digs in a firm left hook to Buys's body.  
Buys advances into close range and is on target with a left uppercut.  
Buys tries to step out of his opponents range and lands a cross to the body followed by a overhand right to the head.  He then lands an overhand right followed by a jab to his opponents head.  
Buys steps away from his opponent and lands three consecutive jabs to his opponents head.  
Romo connects with a left uppercut.  


Round 5 Statistics
Buys: 
Jabs Thrown: 13                            
Jabs Landed: 7                             
Power Shots Thrown: 28                            
Power Shots Landed: 15                            
Head Shots Thrown: 32                            
Head Shots Landed: 17                            
Body Shots Thrown: 9                             
Body Shots Landed: 5                             

Romo: 
Jabs Thrown: 8                             
Jabs Landed: 1                             
Power Shots Thrown: 18                            
Power Shots Landed: 5                             
Head Shots Thrown: 20                            
Head Shots Landed: 4                             
Body Shots Thrown: 6                             
Body Shots Landed: 2                             

Round 6: 

Buys lands a left hook to the body followed by a jab to the head.  
Romo cuts off the ring, trapping Buys in the corner.  Romo hits home with a cross.  
Romo is looking to close the distance.  Buys is on target with a solid right uppercut.  
Romo lands a right hook.  
Buys pivots to the right of his opponent and drives a right uppercut into Romo's body.  
Buys tries to step out of his opponents range and is on target with a jab.  
Romo is on target with a right hook.  
Buys closes the distance and lands two consecutive left uppercuts to his opponents head.  
Buys hits home with a left hook.  
Romo tries to land a cross, but Buys slips the shot and counters with a left uppercut.  
Buys hits home with a cross.  Buys throws a jab, but his opponent blocks the shot and counters with a sharp left uppercut.  
Buys tries to step out of his opponents range and lands a straight 1 - 2.  
Buys drives a left uppercut into Romo's body.  
Romo walks his opponent down, trapping him on the ropes.  Buys is on target with a jab.  Buys tries to land a jab, but Romo sidesteps and counters with a right hook to Buys's ribcage.  
Romo connects with a firm cross.  
Buys lands a straight 1 - 2.  Buys attempts to land a right uppercut, but Romo slips the shot and counters with a stinging left hook.  


Round 6 Statistics
Buys: 
Jabs Thrown: 11                            
Jabs Landed: 8                             
Power Shots Thrown: 26                            
Power Shots Landed: 11                            
Head Shots Thrown: 27                            
Head Shots Landed: 16                            
Body Shots Thrown: 10                            
Body Shots Landed: 3                             

Romo: 
Jabs Thrown: 7                             
Jabs Landed: 1                             
Power Shots Thrown: 30                            
Power Shots Landed: 7                             
Head Shots Thrown: 25                            
Head Shots Landed: 7                             
Body Shots Thrown: 12                            
Body Shots Landed: 1                             

Round 7: 

Romo is on target with a left hook to his opponents body.  
Romo advances into close range.  Buys quickly sidesteps from in front of his opponent and lands two consecutive right uppercuts to his opponents head.  
Buys gets on the inside and hits home with a firm right uppercut.  
Buys advances into close range.  Romo sidesteps to the left of his opponent and hits home with a firm right hook.  
Buys digs in a right uppercut to Romo's ribcage.  
Romo attempts to land a jab, but Buys parries the shot and counters with a left uppercut to his opponents body.  
Buys steps away from his opponent.  Buys sidesteps to the right of his opponent and is on target with a cross.  
Romo quickly sidesteps from in front of his opponent.  Romo digs in a firm left uppercut to Buys's ribs.  Romo throws a right uppercut, but his opponent parries the shot and counters with a solid right hook.  
Buys drives a cross into Romo's body.  
Buys gets on the inside.  Romo quickly sidesteps from in front of his opponent and lands a right uppercut.  
Buys steps to the outside and lands an overhand right followed by a cross to his opponents head.  
Buys lands with a stinging jab.  
Buys advances into close range and lands a left hook followed by a right hook to his opponents body.  
Buys drives a sharp left hook into his opponents body.  
Romo feints a left hook, and then lands a left uppercut to the body, and then to the head.  
Romo lands a jab followed by a right uppercut to his opponents head.  
Buys steps away from his opponent and hits home with a cross.  
Buys is looking to keep his distance and hits home with a sharp overhand left.  


Round 7 Statistics
Buys: 
Jabs Thrown: 5                             
Jabs Landed: 1                             
Power Shots Thrown: 31                            
Power Shots Landed: 15                            
Head Shots Thrown: 24                            
Head Shots Landed: 10                            
Body Shots Thrown: 12                            
Body Shots Landed: 6                             

Romo: 
Jabs Thrown: 7                             
Jabs Landed: 1                             
Power Shots Thrown: 29                            
Power Shots Landed: 7                             
Head Shots Thrown: 24                            
Head Shots Landed: 5                             
Body Shots Thrown: 12                            
Body Shots Landed: 3                             

Round 8: 

Buys finds the target with a jab.  
Romo drives a left uppercut into his opponents body.  
Romo cuts off the ring, trapping Buys on the ropes.  Romo attempts to land a left uppercut, but Buys dodges the shot and counters with a left hook.  
Buys lands a sharp jab.  
Buys feints a right, and then lands a double jab to his opponents head.  
Buys advances into close range and hits home with a right hook.  
Buys steps away from his opponent.  Romo lands with a sharp jab.  
Buys digs in a left hook to Romo's body.  
Buys steps inside and digs in a sharp left hook to Romo's body.  
Buys advances into close range and digs in a sharp left hook to Romo's ribs.  
Romo hits home with a sharp cross.  Romo tries to land a cross, but his opponent sidesteps and counters with a left hook.  
Romo lands a cross.  
Romo gets on the inside.  Romo sidesteps to the left of his opponent and is on target with a left uppercut to his opponents liver.  


Round 8 Statistics
Buys: 
Jabs Thrown: 7                             
Jabs Landed: 4                             
Power Shots Thrown: 18                            
Power Shots Landed: 6                             
Head Shots Thrown: 16                            
Head Shots Landed: 7                             
Body Shots Thrown: 9                             
Body Shots Landed: 3                             

Romo: 
Jabs Thrown: 7                             
Jabs Landed: 2                             
Power Shots Thrown: 28                            
Power Shots Landed: 4                             
Head Shots Thrown: 27                            
Head Shots Landed: 4                             
Body Shots Thrown: 8                             
Body Shots Landed: 2                             

Round 9: 

Romo quickly sidesteps from in front of his opponent and is on target with a left uppercut to his opponents liver.  
Buys advances into close range and lands a left hook to the body, a right uppercut to the head and a left hook to the body.  
Buys drives a firm left hook into his opponents ribs.  Buys attempts to land a jab, but Romo parries the shot and counters with a left hook.  
Buys is looking to keep his distance.  Romo strikes his opponents body with a cross.  
Buys connects with an overhand left.  
Romo walks his opponent down, trapping him in a corner.  Romo lands a solid cross.  
Romo is on target with a solid left hook to his opponents body.  
Romo sidesteps to the right of his opponent and drives a stinging right uppercut into Buys's ribs.  
Buys connects with a right hook.  Buys throws a jab, but his opponent slips the shot and counters with a right uppercut.  
Buys steps inside and hits home with a sharp right hook.  
Buys finds the target with a jab.  
Buys is looking to keep his distance and lands a double jab to his opponents head.  He follows up the attack and lands two consecutive straights to his opponents head.  
Romo pivots to the right of his opponent.  Buys attempts to land a jab, but Romo slips the shot and counters with a sharp right uppercut.  


Round 9 Statistics
Buys: 
Jabs Thrown: 8                             
Jabs Landed: 3                             
Power Shots Thrown: 18                            
Power Shots Landed: 9                             
Head Shots Thrown: 17                            
Head Shots Landed: 9                             
Body Shots Thrown: 9                             
Body Shots Landed: 3                             

Romo: 
Jabs Thrown: 7                             
Jabs Landed: 1                             
Power Shots Thrown: 22                            
Power Shots Landed: 8                             
Head Shots Thrown: 20                            
Head Shots Landed: 5                             
Body Shots Thrown: 9                             
Body Shots Landed: 4                             

Round 10: 

Romo lands a firm cross.  
Buys lands a right hook to the body followed by a left uppercut to the head.  
Buys is looking to keep the action on the outside.  Romo throws a cross, but his opponent blocks the shot and counters with a right uppercut.  
Buys lands a right hook.  
Romo gets on the inside.  Buys lands a right uppercut to the body, and then to the head.  
Buys closes the distance.  Romo lands two right hooks to his opponents ribs.  
Buys lands a cross followed by a jab to his opponents head.  
Romo steps inside.  Buys drives a left hook into Romo's body.  Buys throws a left hook, but his opponent sidesteps and counters with a firm right hook.  
Buys lands a cross.  
Romo is on target with a left uppercut.  
Buys hits home with a cross.  
Buys hits home with a sharp left uppercut.  
Romo advances into close range.  Buys attempts to land a right hook, but Romo sidesteps and counters with a left hook.  
Romo connects with a cross.  
Romo lands a cross followed by a jab to his opponents head.  


Round 10 Statistics
Buys: 
Jabs Thrown: 5                             
Jabs Landed: 1                             
Power Shots Thrown: 29                            
Power Shots Landed: 11                            
Head Shots Thrown: 26                            
Head Shots Landed: 9                             
Body Shots Thrown: 8                             
Body Shots Landed: 3                             

Romo: 
Jabs Thrown: 5                             
Jabs Landed: 2                             
Power Shots Thrown: 25                            
Power Shots Landed: 8                             
Head Shots Thrown: 21                            
Head Shots Landed: 8                             
Body Shots Thrown: 9                             
Body Shots Landed: 2                             

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: 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
Round 8 Scores: 10 - 9  10 - 9  10 - 9
Round 9 Scores: 10 - 9  10 - 10  10 - 10
Round 10 Scores: 9 - 10  9 - 10  9 - 10


Final Scorecards: 98 - 92  98 - 93  98 - 93

The winner, by Unanimous Decision, from Mitchells Plain, South Africa.... Merk Buys

Fight Statistics
Buys: 
Total Punches Thrown: 342                           
Total Punches Landed: 158                           
Total Head Shots Thrown: 236                           
Total Head Shots Landed: 118                           
Total Body Shots Thrown: 106                           
Total Body Shots Landed: 40                            
Total Power Shots Thrown: 259                           
Total Power Shots Landed: 112                           
Total Jabs Thrown: 83                            
Total Jabs Landed: 46                            

Romo: 
Total Punches Thrown: 330                           
Total Punches Landed: 80                            
Total Head Shots Thrown: 239                           
Total Head Shots Landed: 60                            
Total Body Shots Thrown: 91                            
Total Body Shots Landed: 20                            
Total Power Shots Thrown: 261                           
Total Power Shots Landed: 63                            
Total Jabs Thrown: 69                            
Total Jabs Landed: 17