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While the reigning champion had
the upper hand from the
beginning, she did have to work
hard in every round and the
lopsided scores of 100-90,
100-90 and 99-91 didn’t reflect
the spirited effort of
Tshabalala. Hammer improved her
record to 12-0 (7), and
Tshabalala dropped to 4-2-1 (1).
Hammer had predicted a knockout
victory, and with this in mind
Tshabalala took the fight on the
inside to avoid the long range
and hard straight shots from the
German, who adjusted nicely and
countered with hooks and
uppercuts.
Tshabalala had her best moments
in rounds six and seven, and
seemed to be catching her second
wind, but Hammer was back on top
in the final three rounds,
making Tshabalala miss and pay
for her mistakes. |
