The_budweiser Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 ‘Mighty’ Kevin Mitchell made a welcome return to the ring on Friday night, when he took on Spain based Dominican Felix Lora in a ten round non-championship bout in front of a packed house at York Hall in Bethnal Green. The Dagenham Destroyer seemed unfazed that the bout was touted as just a warm up bout, ahead of a summer showdown with WBO Lightweight World Champion Ricky Burns, as Mitchell seemed almost as fired up as he was when he faced John Murray back last year. Whilst it wasn’t the liveliest of starts, as both fighters felt each other out, it soon livened up and see Mitchell using his incredibly accurate jab and superior movement to frustrate Lora. Late on the raucous crowd jumped to their feet, as Lora fell to the canvas. The cheers faded as soon as they realized it was just a slip, but seconds later the crowd were back on their feet as Mitchell went straight back on the attack. A much livelier start to the second round see Mitchell start to pressure Lora, picking him off with ease utilizing his jab and some powerful rights to the body, and it wasn’t long before the big crowd were on their feet cheering again, as again Lora made a visit to the canvas, this time it was the real deal. Lora had started to apply some pressure of his own, Mitchell used his excellent movement to avoid everything Lora threw at him before letting rip with a wickedly quick and accurate countering left. After the count Mitchell went straight on the attack in a very controlled way, Lora used his head and grabbed hold of the advancing Mitchell. Once his head had cleared Lora tried to keep Mitchell on the backfoot, however Mitchell with his back to the rope proves to an extremely elusive target. For the next few rounds Mitchell produced a boxing masterclass par excellence, easily controlling the rounds using his world class ring craft. Just as comfortable on the backfoot as he is on the attack Mitchell would pick off Lora, with sharp jabs, lightning fast one twos and uppercuts, at will each time the Dominican came in range. Read More: http://ringnews24.com//index.php/boxing-news/42461-mitchell-romps-to-victory-saunders-impresses-on-debut-buglioni-goes-the-distance.html#ixzz1m6Z2rKxD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavpowell Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 He makes it sound a hell of a lot more interesting than the Eastmanesque display I saw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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