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23/07/2031
EOD Running: Rankings
John Morison vs Andy Pugh

Boxing Daily Report from the boxeraifan promoted show at The Grizzly Rose, Denver,  taking place on 02/08/2025:

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 mandatory fight for the USA-Mountain West Heavyweight title.  

Looking to impress the boxing fans in attendance and those watching live on Fight Now TV, the two fighters competing in this 10 round matchup are John Morison (14 - 1) who hails from Denver, USA and Andy Pugh(11 - 1) from Provo, USA.  Morison weighed in at 242 pounds And 13 ounces, while Pugh weighed in at 239 pounds And 14 ounces.  
The referee tonight is Mark Mostyn, and the three ringside judges are Oliver Everett, Chris Dingwell and Bart Sundy.  

Round 1: 

Morison connects with a right hook.  
Morison lands a cross.  
Morison lands a cross to the body followed by a jab to the head.  
Pugh steps inside and forces Morison to retreat onto the ropes.  Morison lands a right hook to the body, and then to the head.  
Pugh closes the distance.  Morison sidesteps to the left of his opponent.  Pugh is on target with a left uppercut to Morison's body.  
Pugh tries to land a cross, but Morison sidesteps and counters with a stinging cross.  
Morison lands a left hook to the body followed by a jab to the head.  
Pugh is looking to close the distance and throws a right hook, but his opponent dodges the shot and counters with a firm cross.  
Morison switches the action to the outside and lands a jab.  
Pugh drives a right hook into Morison's ribcage.  
Pugh gets on the inside.  Morison pivots from in front of his opponent and lands a right hook followed by a left hook to his opponents body.  
Pugh is on target with a right uppercut to Morison's body.  
Pugh drives a right hook into Morison's body.  
Morison steps to the outside and lands a cross.  
Morison quickly sidesteps from in front of his opponent and lands with a stinging jab.  
Morison lands a ramrod jab.  
Morison is looking to keep his distance.  Pugh attempts to land an overhand right, but Morison sidesteps and counters with a left hook.  
At the end of Round 1, lets listen in on the corners...Pugh's trainer is advising how he could improve the accuracy of his work.  Pugh's trainer is advising how he could improve his defence.  

Round 1 Statistics
Morison: 
Jabs Thrown: 11                            
Jabs Landed: 6                             
Power Shots Thrown: 19                            
Power Shots Landed: 12                            
Head Shots Thrown: 22                            
Head Shots Landed: 13                            
Body Shots Thrown: 8                             
Body Shots Landed: 5                             

Pugh: 
Jabs Thrown: 9                             
Jabs Landed: 1                             
Power Shots Thrown: 16                            
Power Shots Landed: 4                             
Head Shots Thrown: 18                            
Head Shots Landed: 1                             
Body Shots Thrown: 7                             
Body Shots Landed: 4                             

Round 2: 

Morison lands a solid jab.  
Pugh manouvers his opponent onto the ropes.  Morison connects with a firm cross.  
Pugh throws a cross, but his opponent sidesteps and counters with a left hook.  
Morison tries to step out of his opponents range and hits home with a solid cross.  
Morison lands a jab.  
Morison lands a jab.  
Morison is looking to keep the action on the outside.  Pugh tries to land an overhand right, but his opponent sidesteps and counters with a stinging left hook.  
Pugh walks Morison into the corner.  Pugh is on target with a left uppercut.  
Morison attempts to land a jab, but Pugh slips the shot and counters with a left uppercut.  
Pugh pivots to the right of his opponent.  Morison lands a cross.  
Morison tries to step out of his opponents range and lands a double jab to his opponents head.  
Morison pivots to the right of his opponent and lands a left hook followed by a right hook to his opponents head.  
Morison tries to step out of his opponents range and lands a jab, overhand left and a jab to his opponents head.  
Pugh closes the distance and throws a right hook, but his opponent blocks the shot and counters with a stinging left hook to his opponents body.  
Pugh digs in a left hook to his opponents ribs.  
Morison lands with a sharp jab.  
Pugh is looking to close the distance.  Morison lands a left uppercut to the head, a right hook to the body and a right hook to the head.  
Pugh is on target with a left hook to Morison's liver.  
Morison is looking to keep his distance and lands a straight 1 - 2.  
Pugh closes the distance and lands a double left hook to his opponents head.  
Pugh walks his opponent onto the ropes.  Pugh hits home with a cross.  
Pugh advances into close range and hits home with a right hook.  
Morison tries to step out of his opponents range and lands a cross followed by a jab to his opponents head.  
Morison pivots to the side of his opponent and hits the target with a spiteful jab.  
At the end of Round 2, lets listen in on the corners...Morison's trainer is passing on some tactical advice.  

Round 2 Statistics
Morison: 
Jabs Thrown: 24                            
Jabs Landed: 11                            
Power Shots Thrown: 31                            
Power Shots Landed: 14                            
Head Shots Thrown: 49                            
Head Shots Landed: 23                            
Body Shots Thrown: 6                             
Body Shots Landed: 2                             

Pugh: 
Jabs Thrown: 9                             
Jabs Landed: 1                             
Power Shots Thrown: 31                            
Power Shots Landed: 8                             
Head Shots Thrown: 28                            
Head Shots Landed: 7                             
Body Shots Thrown: 12                            
Body Shots Landed: 2                             

Round 3: 

Morison connects with a cross.  
Morison snaps his opponents head back with a hard jab.  
Morison lands a cross, overhand left and a cross to his opponents head.  
Morison lands two jabs followed by an overhand left to his opponents head.  
Pugh throws a jab, but his opponent slips the shot and counters with a solid left uppercut.  
Morison hits home with a ramrod jab.  
Pugh connects with a right hook.  
Morison tries to keep the action at long range and hits home with a stiff jab.  
Morison hits home with a stiff jab.  
Morison lands two jabs followed by an overhand left to his opponents head.  
Pugh is looking to close the distance.  Morison connects with a right hook.  Morison attempts to land a left hook, but Pugh sidesteps and counters with a cross.  
Morison switches the action to the outside and is on target with an overhand left.  
Morison steps to the outside and is on target with a cross.  
Pugh connects with a left hook.  
Morison switches the action to the outside and lands an overhand left followed by a cross to his opponents head.  
Pugh is on target with a cross.  
Pugh lands a left hook to the body, and then to the head.  
Morison lands a hard jab.  


Round 3 Statistics
Morison: 
Jabs Thrown: 16                            
Jabs Landed: 9                             
Power Shots Thrown: 22                            
Power Shots Landed: 12                            
Head Shots Thrown: 35                            
Head Shots Landed: 21                            
Body Shots Thrown: 3                             
Body Shots Landed: 0                             

Pugh: 
Jabs Thrown: 4                             
Jabs Landed: 1                             
Power Shots Thrown: 22                            
Power Shots Landed: 6                             
Head Shots Thrown: 17                            
Head Shots Landed: 6                             
Body Shots Thrown: 9                             
Body Shots Landed: 1                             

Round 4: 

Pugh steps inside.  Morison lands a double left hook to his opponents head.  
Morison tries to step out of his opponents range and lands a straight 1 - 2.  
Morison lands two jabs to the body, and one to the head.  
Pugh is looking to close the distance.  Morison lands a left hook.  
Pugh is looking to close the distance.  Pugh pivots to the right of his opponent.  Pugh tries to land a left hook, but his opponent dodges the shot and counters with a left hook.  
Morison sidesteps to the left of his opponent and is on target with a jab.  
Morison lands an overhand left, cross and an overhand left to his opponents head.  
Morison lands a right hook to the body, a cross to the body and a jab to the head.  
Pugh connects with a cross.  
Morison attempts to land a jab, but Pugh dodges the shot and counters with a left uppercut.  
Morison steps away from his opponent and is on target with a jab.  
Morison lands two consecutive straights to his opponents head.  
Morison lands an overhand left followed by a cross to his opponents head.  
Pugh walks Morison onto the ropes.  Pugh drives a left hook into his opponents body.  
Morison feints a cross, and then lands a jab.  
Pugh drives a left hook into his opponents ribs.  
Morison hits the target with a hard jab.  


Round 4 Statistics
Morison: 
Jabs Thrown: 19                            
Jabs Landed: 9                             
Power Shots Thrown: 20                            
Power Shots Landed: 14                            
Head Shots Thrown: 34                            
Head Shots Landed: 20                            
Body Shots Thrown: 5                             
Body Shots Landed: 3                             

Pugh: 
Jabs Thrown: 5                             
Jabs Landed: 0                             
Power Shots Thrown: 21                            
Power Shots Landed: 4                             
Head Shots Thrown: 18                            
Head Shots Landed: 2                             
Body Shots Thrown: 8                             
Body Shots Landed: 2                             

Round 5: 

Pugh is on target with a left hook to his opponents body.  
Morison throws a jab, but his opponent slips the shot and counters with a left uppercut.  
Morison lands a jab followed by  two overhand lefts to his opponents head.  
Morison is looking to keep the action on the outside and lands a solid jab.  
Morison lands a jab.  
Morison feints a right hook, and then lands three consecutive jabs to his opponents head.  
Morison lands with a hard jab.  
Morison lands a stiff jab.  
Morison lands a jab to Pugh's body.  
Morison lands a straight 1 - 2.  
Morison is on target with a jab.  
Morison is looking to keep the action on the outside and finds the target with a jab.  
Morison finds the target with a jab.  
Morison lands a jab.  
Morison lands two consecutive straights to his opponents head.  He follows up the attack and lands a jab to the head followed by a cross to the body.  
Morison lands with a spiteful jab.  
Morison steps away from his opponent and lands a sharp jab.  
Pugh tries to land a left hook, but Morison slips the shot and counters with a cross.  


Round 5 Statistics
Morison: 
Jabs Thrown: 31                            
Jabs Landed: 19                            
Power Shots Thrown: 15                            
Power Shots Landed: 7                             
Head Shots Thrown: 41                            
Head Shots Landed: 24                            
Body Shots Thrown: 5                             
Body Shots Landed: 2                             

Pugh: 
Jabs Thrown: 4                             
Jabs Landed: 0                             
Power Shots Thrown: 13                            
Power Shots Landed: 2                             
Head Shots Thrown: 14                            
Head Shots Landed: 1                             
Body Shots Thrown: 3                             
Body Shots Landed: 1                             

Round 6: 

Morison is looking to keep his distance.  Pugh is on target with an overhand right.  
Morison is looking to keep his distance and lands a hard jab.  
Pugh connects with a left hook.  
Pugh sidesteps to the right of his opponent.  Pugh throws a jab, but his opponent dodges the shot and counters with a left hook.  
Pugh is looking to close the distance.  Morison sidesteps to the right of his opponent and lands a right uppercut to the head followed by a left hook to the body.  
Morison finds the target with a jab.  
Pugh is on target with a cross.  
Morison steps away from his opponent.  Pugh hits home with a cross.  
Morison tries to step out of his opponents range and lands a jab followed by a overhand left to his opponents head.  
Morison hits home with a solid cross.  
Morison lands a jab, cross and a jab to his opponents head.  
Morison is looking to keep his distance and lands a solid jab.  
Morison feints a left, and then finds the target with a jab.  
Pugh closes the distance and manouvers Morison onto the ropes.  Pugh 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.  Morison has been damaged by the clash of heads.  That has caused minor swelling  around the left eye.  
Pugh is on target with a left uppercut.  
Morison tries to keep the action at long range and is on target with a jab.  
Morison tries to land a jab, but Pugh slips the shot and counters with a right uppercut.  


Round 6 Statistics
Morison: 
Jabs Thrown: 15                            
Jabs Landed: 8                             
Power Shots Thrown: 14                            
Power Shots Landed: 6                             
Head Shots Thrown: 27                            
Head Shots Landed: 13                            
Body Shots Thrown: 2                             
Body Shots Landed: 1                             

Pugh: 
Jabs Thrown: 6                             
Jabs Landed: 2                             
Power Shots Thrown: 25                            
Power Shots Landed: 6                             
Head Shots Thrown: 27                            
Head Shots Landed: 8                             
Body Shots Thrown: 4                             
Body Shots Landed: 0                             

Round 7: 

Pugh lands a jab followed by a left hook to his opponents head.  
Pugh hits home with a left hook.  
Morison pivots to the side of his opponent.  Pugh finds the target with a stiff jab.  Pugh tries to land a jab, but his opponent dodges the shot and counters with a cross.  
Morison digs in a right hook to Pugh's body.  
Pugh gets on the inside and lands a right hook followed by a left hook to his opponents head.  
Morison lands a sharp cross.  
Pugh sidesteps to the right of his opponent and connects with a cross.  
Morison is on target with a hard jab.  
Pugh tries to land a cross, but Morison blocks the shot and counters with a stinging left uppercut.  
Morison tries to step out of his opponents range and lands a sharp jab.  
Pugh is on target with a cross.  
Pugh advances into close range and hits home with a left hook.  
Pugh lands a left uppercut.  
Pugh walks his opponent down, trapping him on the ropes.  Pugh feints a jab, but Morison ignores the feint and lands with a cross.  
Morison is looking to keep the action on the outside.  Pugh tries to land a cross, but his opponent sidesteps and counters with a firm right uppercut.  
Morison hits home with a firm right hook.  
Morison steps away from his opponent and hits home with a solid jab.  
Morison lands a double jab to his opponents head.  
Morison lands an overhand right.  
Pugh hits home with a cross.  


Round 7 Statistics
Morison: 
Jabs Thrown: 12                            
Jabs Landed: 7                             
Power Shots Thrown: 12                            
Power Shots Landed: 8                             
Head Shots Thrown: 20                            
Head Shots Landed: 14                            
Body Shots Thrown: 4                             
Body Shots Landed: 1                             

Pugh: 
Jabs Thrown: 7                             
Jabs Landed: 2                             
Power Shots Thrown: 19                            
Power Shots Landed: 9                             
Head Shots Thrown: 22                            
Head Shots Landed: 11                            
Body Shots Thrown: 4                             
Body Shots Landed: 0                             

Round 8: 

Morison lands two consecutive straights to his opponents head.  He then lands a cross followed by a overhand left to his opponents head.  
Pugh is on target with a right uppercut to his opponents ribs.  
Morison steps to the outside and lands two consecutive straights to his opponents head.  He then lands a cross to the body followed by a jab to the head.  
Morison attempts to land a jab, but Pugh sidesteps and counters with a left hook.  
Morison is looking to keep the action on the outside and hits home with a sharp jab.  Morison throws a cross, but his opponent blocks the shot and counters with a right hook.  
Morison lands with a stinging jab.  
Pugh is on target with a cross.  Pugh attempts to land a jab, but Morison slips the shot and counters with a right hook.  
Pugh walks Morison onto the ropes.  Pugh tries to land a left hook, but his opponent blocks the shot and counters with a cross.  
Morison steps to the outside and is on target with a ramrod jab.  
Morison lands a right hook.  
Morison pivots to the right of his opponent and lands with a ramrod jab.  
Pugh lands a cross to Morison's body.  
Morison switches the action to the outside and hits home with an overhand left.  
Morison hits home with a cross.  
At the end of Round 8, lets listen in on the corners...Morison's trainer is telling his fighter to play it safe for the remainder of the fight. 

Round 8 Statistics
Morison: 
Jabs Thrown: 19                            
Jabs Landed: 5                             
Power Shots Thrown: 24                            
Power Shots Landed: 12                            
Head Shots Thrown: 39                            
Head Shots Landed: 16                            
Body Shots Thrown: 4                             
Body Shots Landed: 1                             

Pugh: 
Jabs Thrown: 3                             
Jabs Landed: 0                             
Power Shots Thrown: 19                            
Power Shots Landed: 5                             
Head Shots Thrown: 13                            
Head Shots Landed: 3                             
Body Shots Thrown: 9                             
Body Shots Landed: 2                             

Round 9: 

Morison is looking to keep the action on the outside and lands an overhand right followed by a overhand left to his opponents head.  He follows up the attack and lands a jab to the body, and then to the head.  
Pugh advances into close range.  Morison is on target with a left hook to his opponents liver.  
Morison lands two jab's to the head followed by a right hook to the body.  
Morison is looking to keep his distance.  Morison sidesteps to the right of his opponent and lands a jab, overhand right and a jab to his opponents head.  
Morison is on target with a sharp jab.  
Morison lands with a stinging jab.  
Morison feints a left, and then lands a cross followed by a jab to his opponents head.  
Pugh closes the distance.  Morison lands a double right hook to his opponents head.  
Morison throws a jab, but his opponent slips the shot and counters with a right uppercut.  
Morison switches the action to the outside and is on target with a cross.  
Morison sidesteps to the right of his opponent and lands a straight 1 - 2.  
Pugh lands a jab.  
Morison is looking to keep his distance and lands a straight 1 - 2.  
At the end of Round 9, lets listen in on the corners...Pugh's trainer is telling his fighter to go out and knock out his opponent!  

Round 9 Statistics
Morison: 
Jabs Thrown: 19                            
Jabs Landed: 12                            
Power Shots Thrown: 19                            
Power Shots Landed: 11                            
Head Shots Thrown: 33                            
Head Shots Landed: 20                            
Body Shots Thrown: 5                             
Body Shots Landed: 3                             

Pugh: 
Jabs Thrown: 7                             
Jabs Landed: 1                             
Power Shots Thrown: 8                             
Power Shots Landed: 1                             
Head Shots Thrown: 14                            
Head Shots Landed: 2                             
Body Shots Thrown: 1                             
Body Shots Landed: 0                             

Round 10: 

Morison finds the target with a jab.  
Morison sidesteps to the right of his opponent.  Pugh tries to land a cross, but Morison blocks the shot and counters with a cross.  
Morison lands a jab.  
Pugh lands a right hook to the head followed by a left uppercut to the body.  
Morison is on target with a cross.  
Pugh forces Morison to retreat onto the ropes.  Pugh sidesteps to the right of his opponent.  Morison lands a double jab to his opponents head.  
Pugh digs in a left hook to Morison's body.  
Morison is looking to keep the action on the outside and hits the target with a hard jab.  
Morison finds the target with a spiteful jab.  
Morison is looking to keep the action on the outside and lands a double jab to his opponents head.  He follows up the attack and lands a straight 1 - 2.  
Morison lands a stinging jab.  
Morison sidesteps to the right of his opponent and lands a double jab to his opponents head.  
Pugh gets on the inside.  Morison lands a right hook to the body, and then to the head.  
Morison lands with a spiteful jab.  
Pugh sidesteps to the right of his opponent.  Morison lands with a stinging jab.  
Morison finds the target with a stiff jab.  
Morison lands a double jab to his opponents head.  


Round 10 Statistics
Morison: 
Jabs Thrown: 26                            
Jabs Landed: 21                            
Power Shots Thrown: 12                            
Power Shots Landed: 5                             
Head Shots Thrown: 34                            
Head Shots Landed: 25                            
Body Shots Thrown: 4                             
Body Shots Landed: 1                             

Pugh: 
Jabs Thrown: 5                             
Jabs Landed: 1                             
Power Shots Thrown: 15                            
Power Shots Landed: 3                             
Head Shots Thrown: 14                            
Head Shots Landed: 2                             
Body Shots Thrown: 6                             
Body Shots Landed: 2                             

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


Final Scorecards: 100 - 90  100 - 90  100 - 90

The winner, by Unanimous Decision, from Denver, USA.... John Morison

Fight Statistics
Morison: 
Total Punches Thrown: 380                           
Total Punches Landed: 208                           
Total Head Shots Thrown: 334                           
Total Head Shots Landed: 189                           
Total Body Shots Thrown: 46                            
Total Body Shots Landed: 19                            
Total Power Shots Thrown: 188                           
Total Power Shots Landed: 101                           
Total Jabs Thrown: 192                           
Total Jabs Landed: 107                           

Pugh: 
Total Punches Thrown: 248                           
Total Punches Landed: 57                            
Total Head Shots Thrown: 185                           
Total Head Shots Landed: 43                            
Total Body Shots Thrown: 63                            
Total Body Shots Landed: 14                            
Total Power Shots Thrown: 189                           
Total Power Shots Landed: 48                            
Total Jabs Thrown: 59                            
Total Jabs Landed: 9