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Rivalry- Round 1

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Hopefully the first of four I have planned for a short series for two created boxers.

Boxing News Network-

Bryan Gomez of Ecuador (22-6) retained his Light-Heavyweight title with a seventh round stoppage of former middleweight title holder and challenger Samu Heikki of Finland (30-2-1) at Madison Square Gardens. Gomez asserted his dominance early, using the jab to keep his opponent at range and off balance. "It wasn't a hard fight," Gomez said at the post fight interview. "I made him fight my fight and he couldn't adjust."

Heikki, a southpaw, found himself caught all night by Gomez's straight right hand, his best punch. Converting to an orthodox style was only successful in short spurts, not enough to turn the fight around.  "We weren't able to cut down the ring like we'd planned." Heikki's trainer, Bill Walcott said after the fight. Further confounding the Finn was a  bloody cut opened under the left eye in a furious exchange at the end of the first round which was never fully controlled by his corner. At the end of the fourth round Heikki was dropped for the first time in his career by a right hand. He was floored twice more in the sixth and once in the seventh before his corner threw in the towel.

"I never imagined it'd go down like that," Samu's sister Stena, who is also a fighter, told reporters. "I've seen him dance circles around guys but this Gomez was something else. This was his first fight at the weight so that could have played against him too."

Heikki himself exited the ring under his own power but was transported to the hospital, having suffered multiple injuries during the bout before returning to his adopted home in London.
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This turned out better than I expected. I've had trouble doing action poses so this went pretty well all things considered. Tried my best to get the body proportions just right as well.
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Finland, eh? I was under the impression, Heikki was Japanese?