Round by Round: Liakhovich -vs- Brewster

By B. "The Hype" Thompson

02/04/2006

Round by Round: Liakhovich -vs- Brewster

Round 1
Brewster comes out jabbing. Liakhovich being cautious. Brewster misses with a wild overhand right. Liakhovich lands a jab to the body. Liakhovich doubles up on the jab. Brewster lands some jab of his own. Liakhovich lands another jab to the body. Both men being cautious. Brewster lands a big right hand . Jab from Brewster snaps Liakhovichs head back. Liakhovich lands another stiff jab to the body. Liakhovich doubles up on the jab and lands both. Again, the double jab lands for Liakhovich. Hard right hand lands over the top for Liakhovich. Jab backs Brewster up again. Liakhovich lands a right to the body. They trade jabs. Brewster bangs to the body. Good round for the challenger.

Brewster 9 Liakhovich 10

Round 2
Both men working the jab to start the round. Brewster snaps Liakhovich's head back with a jab and lands a left hook. They trade hooks. Liakhovich lands a a quick right to the body. Brewster lands a big overhand right. Liakhovich lands a big right hand counter of his own. Liakhovich's hand speed is evident. They trade jabs. Liakhovich looks comfortable and loose. Wooooo...big right hand lands for Brewster, but Liakhovich game and backs Brewster up with three jabs. Liakhovich lands a nice left hook to the head. They trade jabs. Brewster misses with an overhand right, but lands a nice left hook to the body to end the round. Good back and forth action. Close round, but I give it to Brewster for landing the more telling blows. Liakhovich's hand speed might cause trouble down the road though.

Brewster 19 Liakhovich 19

Round 3
Stiff jab lands for Liakhovich to start the round. 1-2 lands for Liakhovich. Brewster being more defensive-minded than normal. Crushing straight right to the body lands for Liakhovich. Brewster lands a nice upercut on the inside, but Liakhovich answers with a nice three punch combo. They trade jabs. Wooooo....they just miss each other with straight rights. Oooooh, but they trade some nasty hooks that has the crowd in awe. Woooo...Liakhovich lands a huge straight right. Another hard right hand to the body lands for Liakhovich. Brewster slowing down a bit and looks confused. Brewster lands a jab. Woooo...big left hook lands for Liakhovich right on the chin of Brewster. Another crushing right hand to the body lands fory Liakhovich. They trade jabs. Brewster misses with an ovherand right. Hard right hand to the back of Brewster as he tries to turn away to avoid the punch. Big round for Liakhovich.

Brewster 28 Liakhovich 29

Round 4
Two stiff jabs land for Liakhovich who looks to be in total control of the fight. Two more jabs land for Liakhovich. A nice stiff double jab lands for Brewster now. Both men trading jabs. Brewster lands an overhand right...woooo...but Liakhovich lands a better right that backs brewster up. They trade some hard shots on the inside,. Liakhovich is landing the better shots. Nice left hand lands for Liakhovich. Brewster getting outhustled and outmuscled. Hard body shot lands for Liakhovich. Bewster lands a 1-2 that backs Liakhovich up now. they trade sitff jabs. Brewster misses over the top. 1-2 lands for Liakhovich. Brewster misses with a wild left and a right. Round to Liakhovich.

Brewster 37 Liakhovich 39

Round 5
Brewster lands a right to the body. Liakhovich continues to work behind the jab. Brewster lands a stiff jab of his own. Another stiff jab lands for Brewster. Woooo...nice right hand lands for Liakhovich. Brewster misses with a right. Liakhovich works his jab. Brewster lands a right hand and a left hook that backs Liakhovich up. Another left over the top. A right hook followed by a left staggers Liakhovich. Brewster lets his hands go and unleashes some bombs. Right, left, right...upstairs...downstairs...left, right, right...everything connecting on Liakhovich, but he's still standing. Now Liakhovich fires back. Lamon still landing bombs. Liakhovich still standing. Unbelievable. Lamon is gassed now. Amazingly, Liakhovich fires back. A huge right hand and a left land for Liakhovich. Wow...great action for a heavyweight fight. Great action. Round to Brewster, buy credit to Liakhovich for having an incredible heart and chin to take that kind of punishment and still come back.

Brewster 47 Liakhovich 48

Round 6
Brewster comes out working the body. Liakhovich looks stronger and fresher as he lands a hard body shot to the boyd. A 1-2 lands for Liakhovich to the head. Wooooo...hard right to the body lands for Liakhovich. Ohhhhhhh and another hard right to the body. They trade big left hooks. A right to the head lands for Liakhovich..and an uppercut. Both men throwing and landing bombs. Nonstop action. Huge right hand lands for Brewster. Crushing right to the body lands for Brewster as well. Nice three punch combo lands for Liakhovich. Brewster misses with a wild right. Right to the body lands for Liakhovich. HUGE left hook lands for Liakhovich and has Brewster in trouble against the ropes. Wow. Great action. Another hard body shot lands for Liakhovich. Nice four punch combo lands for Liakhovich to the head that has Brewster in trouble again. Wow....nothing but the ropes and heart holding Brewster up. Liakhovich stilll pounding on him. Brewster taking a lot of damage. Wow...but Brewster fires back and lands a thunderous right hook that has Liakhovich in trouble now. Great action. HUGE round to Liakhovich, who crippled Brewster to the body. Again...Brewster being outworked and outmuscled. Liakhovich is faster and has the bigger punch.

Brewster 56 Liakhovich 58

Round 7
Both men taking a break now as they paw with the jab. Hard right hand lands for Liakhovich. Liakhovich moving well in there as Brewster stalks. Another hard right hand to the body lands for Liakhovich. Straight right for Liakhovich lands. Brewster lands a right of his own. Now a left hook lands for Brewster. Woooo...hard right hands lands for Brewster that has Liakhovich momentarily dazed. Another BIG right hand has Liakhovich holding on now. Liakhovich on the retreat. Left hook lands for Brewster. Another hard right to the body lands for Liakhovich that has Brewster crumpled over and backing up. Nice uppcercut lands for Liakhovich now. Brewster misses with a quick combo. Hard left hook lands for Liakhovich. Whoa, big right hand over the top lands for Brewster. Liakhovich against the ropes and Brewster works the body. Liakhovich just covers up. Brewster chopping him down and landing some brutal body shots. Liakhovich's down. He takes a knee to stop the the pounding Brewster was giving him. The ref begins the count. There's the bell as Liakhovich walks to his corner and looks fatigued. Wow...Brewster steels the round in the last minute as Liakhovich gets fatigued and take some big damage that makes him take a knee and give up a knockdown. Great back and forth action.

Brewster 66 Liakhovich 66

Round 8
Brewster misses with a wild overhand right. Wooo...but he doesn't miss the second one. Liakhovich looks tired now, but so does Brewster. Liakhovich lands two huge right hands to the body that stops Brewster in his trakcs. Brewster comes back with a hard right on the inside. Liakhovich lands another crushing right hand to the body. uppercut and right hand rocks Brewster against the roeps. Brewster lands a hook. Another crushing right to the body lands for Liakhovich. Another right to the body...and a right to the head lands for Liakhovich. 1-2 lands for Brewster. Left hook to the head and body lands for Brewster, but Liakhovich answers with a left of his own that staggers the big man. Brewster getting outworked by the faster hands of Liakhovich. Liakhovich's proving that he has the bigger punch too. The body work is chopping Brewster down.

Brewster 75 Liakhovich 76

Round 9
Liakhovich stayng on the outside and working behnd the jab. Still choping down the body with the straight right hand. Brewster looks fatigued. Another hard right to the body lands for Liakhovich. 1-2 lands for Liakhovich. Another right to the body. Brewster getting a boxing lesson now. Another straight right lands for Liakhovich. HUGE right hand over the top ROCKS Bewster. Brewster staggers in slow motion to the ropes as Liakhovich comes in to close the show. Brewster tries to hold on, but Liakhovich gets free and lets his hands go. Brewster looks ready to go. Liakhovich throwing a lot of punches and landing a lot. Big right hand lands for Liakhovich. Brewster eating a lot of leather, but he's still standing. Unbeliievable. Brewster misses with a wild 1-2. Liakhovich tries to work the body again. Brewster still in the corner and looks ready to go, but somehow he's still able to dig in and fire back. Round to Liakhovich.

Brewster 84 Liakhovich 86

Round 10
Brewster's legs look shaky, but he's still in there. They trade jabs. Liakhovich lands a double jab. Up on his toes now. Brewster reminds him about his right hand as he connects. Liakhovich lands a nice three punch comb. Brewster not doing much. Lands an overhand right now. Brewster lands a jab to the body. Liakhovich works behind his jab again...appears to be content with staying on the outside and outboxing him. Another hard right to the body lands for Liakhovich. Double jab lands for Liakhovich. He triples up on the jab now and lands another right hand to the body to end the round. Round to Liakhovich.

Brewster 93 Liakhovich 96

Round 11
Liakhovich up on his toes again. Lands two jabs to the body. Double jab lands again for Liakhovich. Brewster misses with an overhand right. One and done for Brewster. Liakhovich lands a right to the body. Chpping him down...chopping him down. 1-2 and a huge right hook has Brewster buzzed again. Liakhovich lands another nice double jab and digs to the body again with the right. Jab lands for Liakhovich. Hard right to the body lands again for Liakhovich. He's starting to make it look like easy work in there. Slips three upnches from Brewster and lands a hard right to the boyd. Liakhovich geting loose....woooo....that was mistake. Brewster lands a BIG left-right combo that stuns Liakhovich. Liakhovich holds on. Liakhovich fires back and lands a nice combo that backs Brewster up now. Round to Liakhovich.

Brewster 102 Liakhovich 106

Round 12
Brewster lands a left. Liakhovich lands a right over the top. They trade left hands. Liakhovich on his toes. Brewster stalking.  Two left hooks land for Brewster. Liakhovich retreats on his toes. Liakhovich lands a jab. They both miss each other with big right hands. Brewster lands a right over the top. They trade jabs. Uppercut lands for Liakhovich. Hard left hook to the body lands for Brewster. Liakhovich waves him in for more. Liakhovich lands a right over the top. Hard right hand to the body lands for Liakhovich again. Brewster flurries at the end, but it's not enough. Round to Liakhovich.

Brewster 111 Liakhovich 116

The winner....and NEW WBO heavyweight champion of the world....

Sergei Liakhovich

Offical scorecards: 115-113, 115-112, 117-110