Marco Huck vs Ola Afolabi Fight Report

[WelshDevilRob]

Marco Huck is still the WBO Cruiserweight World Champion. Before a massive crowd of 5,000 spectators at Max-Schmeling-Halle in Berlin, Germany, he beat the previous interim titleholder Ola Afolabi. It was not the win itself that was so surprising but the way the 28-year-old achieved it. Throughout the whole twelve rounds he showed a disciplined performance and won on points by scores of 117:111, 115:113 and a confusing 114:114.

 

After a short-lived feeling-out it was the defending champion who took control with eye-catching combinations, which rattled his challenger. Afolabi tried to tire out Huck, by aiming for the German´s body most of the time but without much effect. Instead it was the Briton, who tired late in the championship rounds. Besides putting his well-known warrior's mentality on display, Huck was counter-punching Afolabi for most of the fight.

 

"Today, I proved that I am first and foremost a boxer and not just a warrior inside the ring," said Huck after the fight, his eleventh defense of the WBO Title. "This time, I was in tip-top shape - unlike to last year's clash with Afolabi, where I was nowhere to my current level of fitness. I was focused on the task ahead of me and it showed."

 

 

Read full report here: http://www.ringnews24.com/index.php/fight-reports/item/5012-marco-huck-wins-third-encounter-with-ola-afolabi

[BoztheMadman]

Re: Marco Huck vs Ola Afolabi Fight Report

 

Perhaps Marco's best performance yet.:hail:

[davemurphy]

Re: Marco Huck vs Ola Afolabi Fight Report

 

Isn't it amazing that Huck is still just 28-years-old? We've gotten so much entertainment out of this guys career that it seems like he should be a lot older than that. I'm thankful he came along when he did, and not before the days of internet streams, or a lot of this would've been wasted on us. Love him or hate him, he's packed a lot into his career and hopefully will be around for some time to come.