Kirkalnd comes right out and lands some good strait shots. Oh, takes a nice right hook, then another right. Good punching by Vera. Kirkland seems honest suddenly. Both guys look tired. Kirkland doing some nice work in the pocket. Vera eating a lot of leather right now. Kirkland pressuring, good power shots by both guys as they scrap in the pocket, though sloppy. Kirkland pawing with jab, bang Vera lands 2 big rights at the end.

round 4 to Kirkland

Kirkland landing serious power combos, Vera hurt in the corner. Vera trying to survive. Good body shots by Kirkland. Both guys land some good power shots in the pocket. This is a shoulder up battle. Vera with a good right, crowd oohs. Kirkland with some good power shots with Vera on the ropes. 3 more, the crowd oohs. Two power shots by Kirkland.. Vera is eating a lot leather.

Round 5 to Kirkland

Kirkland still pressuring. Both guys landing some good pwoer shots, Kirkland gives it a bit better. Kirkland pawing with the jab as he walks Vera down. Vera trying to stick and mvoe, but is getting hit too often. Kirkland with anice left. Vera missing a lot of punches. Vera with a good right to the head. Kirkland with a hard combo that rocks Vera.

Close round, but Kirkland takes it with that last minute flurry.

Ledderman agrees with my score so far.

Kirkland with a nice triple jab. Nails Vera with a big right. Vera seems tired and sloppy. Nice power combo by Kirkland. Nice jab snaps Vera's head back. Kirkland is walking after Vera , whose technique has deteriorated over the course of the fight. Nice hard left by Kirkland. Another left. Vera with a right.

Round 7 to Kirkland

Both guys have slowed down and continue pawing with shots. Kirkland eats a hard left. Vera moving and throwing, but not landing.

Vera down on a left hook.

Kirkland pressuring. Nice body shot, a lef to the head.

Ref jumps in and stops the fight.

Kirkland win by TKO round 8.

Kirkland looks promising. He's a bit small for a Middleweight, but packs good power and shows nice technique.

Kirkland landed 283 shots to Vera's 64. Threw 532 to Vera's 470.

Okay, bout to start. Here's the tale of the tape.

when is it starting?

Ricky pressuring. Paulie moving back. Paulie with a jab, then clinching. Both guys mauling from the clinch. Ricky with anic body shot. Ricky with good uppercut, he's really putting hte pressure on. Paulie with some good jabs. Nice righ tby Paulie. Nice slipping by Paulie. Hatton doing a good job pressuring and Paulie a good job slipping and moving.

Even round.

Ricky coming out strong. Paulie trying to nail Ricky on the way in. Ricky with a good right. Paulie with a good right. Paulie trying to catch Ricky ont he way in. Paulie starting to ge6t rhythm going. Good left by Ricky. Another left hy Ricky. Paulie looking roughed up already from..

Pow! Paulie is hurt bad by right, he's wobbly... catches Ricky coming in.

Ricky takes round 2.

Ricky turning up the heat, Paulie jabbing to keep him at range. Ricky now really trying to put the pressure on. Paulie with a nice jab. Ricky really mauling on the inside nicely. Ricky not concerned with Paulie's power, he's coming right in. Hard body shots on the inside by both men, Ricky's shots are harder. Good jab by Paulie.

Paulie stunned by a left hook.

Round 3 to Hatton.

Rough hard fight so far. Ledderman has it 2-1 for Hatton.

Paulie is trying to box from the outside but doesn't have enough power to daunt Ricky. Both guys missing, oh, Ricky with a hard left, crowd ooohs. Paulie with a nice left hook... they're in a clinch mauling... ref breaks them. Ricky pounding from the clinches. Both guys banging from the clinch. Ricky tried the same uppercut on Paulie that got him KO'd by Floyd... he missed.

Hard round to score. I'll call it even.

Ricky running out after Paulie. Paulie with agood left right. Clinch fighting continues. Ricky with a good uppercut, they clinch. The ref has his hands full. Ricky with another hard left jab that snaps Paulie's head.

Ricky mauling Paulie into exhaustion it seems. Nice right by Ricky. Good jab by Paulie. Clinch fight erupts. Ricyy with a right from the clinch, another right. Ricky is really taking the fight to Paulie and roughing him up.

Round 5 to Hatton

Ricky flies out lands a hard upperjab. Crowd oohs. Ricky throwing caution to wind, flying in with power shots. Paulie throwing one jab at a time to keep him off. The fight is turning into a stay alive fight for Paulie. Ricky with a good right. Hatton battering on the inside.

Ricky getting wild and missing. Paulie getting slick, making Ricky miss.

Very close round. HBO gave it to Paulie, fine with me.

Ledderman gave Hatton every round but the first so far.

Ricky coming on hard, oh, nails paulie with a hard right. Mauling him feverishly on the inside. More mauling. Ricky with a good uppercut. Oh, hurts Paulie with a left, another left. A right, the crowd is screaming. Paulie doesn't look strong enough to deal with Ricky's pressure.

Paulie with anice counter right, conter left, nice work. Ricky with a hard right, then a left uppercut. Oh, naother hard upperjab by Ricky. He's pretty much chasing Paulie around the ring, oh, another hard left upperjab by Ricky, Paulie may have been stunned.

Round 7 to Ricky.

Again, Ricky coming right after Paulie. Paulie not doing much, oh, Paulie nails Ricky with hard right, makes him stumble for a moment, Ricky coming back hard nails paulie with several hard shots. Both guys mauling, Ricky getting the best of it, oh, nails Paulie with a hard left. Right by Paulie. The chase is back on. Paulie having a lot of trouble dealing with Ricky's pressure. Hard right by Ricky from. a clinch.

Oh, Paulie hurt by a left uppercut. This fight is starting to look just like the Cotto fight for Paulie - SURVIVAL.

Round 8 to Hatton

Ricky running out after Paulie, lands a hard left. Paulie rocked by another left hook. Ricky looks real fresh while Paulie looks very roughed up. Ricky with hard shots on the inside, crowd ooohs.

Paulie isn't doing much but slipping and holding. He's feeling the pressure. Lennox feels Paulie may have hurt his right hand due to lack of use. Hey, I see Vargas in the audience.

The fight is very one sided, with Ricky pressuring and pounding while Paule throws a jab and holds.

Round 9 to Hatton.

Paulie trying to jab more, lands seveal clean ones, oh, Ricky with a hard right.

Ledderman gave Ricky every round but the first so far.

Oh, hard left by Ricky. Merchant scolding Ledderman for not understanding why Ricky is kicking butt. Hatton still pressuring and forcing the fight. paulie with a nice left counter, Ricky walks right through it into a maul. Lots of rough housing on the inside now. Ricky fresh as a daisy, bouncing his feet as he gallops after Paulie.

round 10 to Hatton

McGirt threatens Paulie that he'll stop the fight if he doesn't start throwing some punches. Oh, Paulie almost drops from some hard inside body shots. Ricky's trademark.

McGirt stops the fight. It's over.

Hatton TKO 11.

thanks for the play by play miagi much appreciated

Final Punchstats.

You rule! Thanks Bro! I enjoyed it very much. Here is a link to your round by round at Doghouse:

http://www.doghouseboxing.com/Results/Round112308.htm

Thanks Miagi. Great job.

You're welcome.

Thanks Miagi, I wasn't able to watch the fight this morning, and used your round-by-round last night. Great job!

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Yes I would also like to know.