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00:00Ibs will call him to center ring for final instructions, four threes.
00:03Wow, a lot of height advantage to Tommy Gunn Fitzgerald.
00:08He looks extremely confident, Tommy Fitzgerald.
00:11Right, touch him up, come out on the bell. Thank you.
00:14Big things expected of Tommy Fitzgerald, another step
00:19up the ladder here tonight at the Melbourne Pavilion.
00:22Yeah, absolutely. I predict Tommy's going to come out pretty quick.
00:25Tie fighters generally, they start at a slower tempo, although Citadet
00:30is adapted well to boxing. But look at the height and reach advantage
00:33that Fitzgerald has over Citadet. He'll sit behind that jab, establish his range,
00:40then try and find a home for that big right that Fitzgerald's got.
00:43But Citadet's going to try and roll over also, of course, shorter against taller.
00:48The overhand right is going to be a guaranteed weapon that comes into play.
00:52Yeah, and it did. The first scoring punch bounced off the left ear of Fitzgerald,
00:55who responds though with a nice crisp left hook.
00:58I like the way Tommy Fitzgerald's so side on,
01:01uses his shoulders with his chin tucked down and his shoulder up. Very, very nice defence.
01:06Oh, he just got nailed.
01:08But yeah, he got nailed with a left hook.
01:10Said that a bit early, didn't I?
01:11Oh yeah, I was just about to say, that guard always worries me, Barry.
01:14And I had an interesting conversation that Kane Watts come down to my gym and take a session.
01:19And I said, what do you reckon about that side on sort of fillied shoulder guard?
01:22He goes, I was always told to just punch him as hard as you can in that shoulder
01:26and just wreck the shoulder.
01:27And invariably, the shoulder will drop and then you'll open up the jawline.
01:31So Watts, he'd given me some nuggets of advice on
01:34how to fight someone with a side on stance like that.
01:36Well, Citadet has tested the Fitzgerald whiskers already in this first round.
01:40Although Fitzgerald's a lovely little uppercut,
01:41but he wears another left to the right side of the jaw, Barry.
01:44Yeah, yeah, look, I've got to say that to Mark.
01:47Hard to hurt a shoulder though, you know, to be honest with you.
01:50Yeah.
01:51You know, the shoulder roll, I think, I mean, look at Floyd Mayweather.
01:54That's the way to fight.
01:56Hit and not be hit.
01:57Good right hand from Citadet there.
02:00Tommy's going to keep that shoulder up nice and high, I reckon, Barry,
02:03after Citadet's shown his intent on rolling that overhand.
02:07Yeah, he's trying to land that overhand right.
02:09I think you only have to bugger it up once though,
02:12and you're going to get caught on the chin.
02:14I suppose that's a risky part of some fighters.
02:16If you're not experienced at doing it, obviously, you know, yourself
02:19and, you know, A-grade fighters will always have that anticipation.
02:24But it worries me when novices try and beat Floyd Mayweather,
02:28and then they get sat, you know.
02:29Good point. It's all about experience, Mark, as you know.
02:33It's all a learning curve, to be honest.
02:34Absolutely, and of course, it's personal preference, isn't it?
02:37It's your head that's getting flogged if you do it wrong.
02:40I'll tell you what, Citadet's, you know, getting out of box,
02:42but he's having his moments.
02:43He's landing some good shots.
02:44Yeah, showing a lot of grip, that's right.
02:46Almost took when it were a trip takedown there, getting the leg.
02:49That's actually a classic Thai takedown.
02:51Get your leg behind and just tip him over that lead thigh.
02:54Yeah, little tricks coming into play here from the Thai, Citadet.
02:58But also shows his physical strength.
03:01Yeah, tough and nuggety, yeah, for sure.
03:04Fitzgerald can't, or hopefully hasn't underestimated him.
03:08Mbolo Wright again finds a home,
03:10and again, he's had a really good start, Citadet.
03:13Citadet's overhand right's a ripper.
03:15Of course, the other weapon of choice
03:17at this sort of height and range difference
03:19is the uppercut as well off the rear.
03:22Oh, he's hit it.
03:23That just nails it coming from there.
03:25Left down the pipe.
03:27This is a close around.
03:28Not much in this round.
03:30Very close round.
03:32Yeah, very good round.
03:45Did Citadet do enough to pinch that round?
04:04For mine, I reckon he might have.
04:06Oh, very close.
04:07I mean, look at that.
04:08It's a good shot there.
04:11Tommy Gunn did land some good shots as well,
04:14but Citadet just had some really good counters.
04:16He was aggressive.
04:17He was aggressive, Citadet,
04:19and he certainly had his moments as well.
04:21So yeah, it was a pretty even round, I reckon.
04:25Mbolo Wright and a couple of lefts straight down the pipe.
04:29Bouncing off the chin of Tommy Fitzgerald,
04:32who will look to step it up a gear in this second round.
04:36Yep, I think we'll see him lift the pace.
04:39It's only a four rounder.
04:40Four threes at the super lightweight limit.
04:42Yeah, we're in three minute rounds now.
04:44That's the professional caper.
04:48And the left gets through from Citadet.
04:50Oh, straight left.
04:53Certainly wasn't a knockdown, but he did get caught.
04:57Legs getting tangled up.
04:59Southpaw against Orthodox.
05:00Yeah, and he's sitting that lead foot out
05:03on the outside of Tommy's as well.
05:05Yeah.
05:05So if he sits that leg out there and throws a rear,
05:08it's going to unbalance him for sure.
05:10Pushes him off.
05:12He's comfortable on the inside, Citadet.
05:14He certainly is.
05:16Tommy hasn't used that those long range strikes
05:18as much as I thought he would.
05:20But he's having trouble just reading the movement.
05:22Yeah, I was going to say, Mark, I think that's what it is.
05:25He's trying to use his reach, but Citadet is countering nicely.
05:30Making himself a very small target, Citadet, as well.
05:33He's only got Fitzgerald out of his...
05:38Well, there's sort of no momentum to the fight at all
05:41for the Australian at this stage.
05:44Citadet's trying for that straight left to the solar plexus
05:48and then trying to put the hook over the top
05:50with the lead foot on the outside.
05:53And in his hips, just having a bit of a chat with him,
05:55telling him not to push.
05:57Fitzgerald trying to pull with that lead hand.
06:00Yeah, I'd like to see Tommy step to the left more, Mark,
06:05and throw the right hand down the middle.
06:07He's leading with the left all the time
06:08against his southpaw opponent.
06:11You've got to measure with that lead hand
06:12and then let that rear go.
06:13Back with the right hand straight down the middle.
06:15Citadet back to orthodox now.
06:16So it's gone orthodox.
06:19Switching stance as well.
06:20Trying to confuse Fitzgerald.
06:23Keeps crashing overhand rights into the left ear
06:25of Tommy Fitzgerald.
06:2965 seconds remaining in the second round.
06:32This one's set for four.
06:37Again, right hand, they tangle feet
06:39as he goes back momentarily to southward.
06:42Citadet with a tangle of arms and legs.
06:45A little bit like man of dance floor.
06:46It's a tangle of arms and legs, gentlemen.
06:49Back to orthodox.
06:50He's got an arm again here.
06:53That left ear will be a good right hand from Citadet there.
06:5840 seconds remaining, round two.
07:00Citadet Panacea having a lot of success in this round.
07:07Step back, step back.
07:10Like to think Tommy Gunn used that right hand
07:12more against himself, well, when he is southward.
07:14He thought that he was a switch hitter, Citadet,
07:16but when he is in the southward stance,
07:18which he's not at the moment.
07:20Cheeky little uppercut there from Citadet
07:22at the start of that exchange.
07:26Sweeping right hand at the end of it
07:28as Fitzgerald digs to the body.
07:31Work, work, work, work.
07:34Don't hold.
07:35Point.
07:36That's the end of the second round,
07:37and another pretty strong round for Citadet.
08:04Hard fight to score, gentlemen.
08:10I'm getting Barry Michael and Mark the Hammer Castagnoni,
08:13and has Fitzgerald done enough
08:15to have his nose in front at the moment?
08:18Well, I reckon it's pretty even.
08:20What do you think, Mark?
08:22Look at this.
08:23You know, we've seen the judges.
08:24They've been divided.
08:25There's been split decisions earlier in the night.
08:28So yeah, you've got to get a clear winner,
08:30and I'm not seeing one at this point.
08:32No, I agree.
08:33So we're at the halfway point.
08:35I'd like to see Tommy Gunn, you know,
08:37get Lansing cleaner shots,
08:38use his left hand more,
08:40and throw the right hand down the middle
08:41against when his opponent does,
08:43you know, standing the southpaw stance
08:45with his right foot forward.
08:47Good body work there from Fitzgerald at the start of the round.
08:50Lovely uppercut as well.
08:54Fitzgerald tries to dig to the body.
08:56Citadet doesn't really want to work inside.
08:58Happy to hang on.
09:03Oh, nice hook on the entrance there from Fitzgerald.
09:09Hibbs having a chat with Citadet.
09:16He certainly made it an awkward, clumsy affair as the tie.
09:20Yeah, he's certainly putting up a good fight with Citadet.
09:24So Fitzgerald getting down really low.
09:26He's putting himself down to Citadet's height, Barry.
09:28Yes, yes.
09:28But look, wouldn't you want to see him sitting up more,
09:31rolling more, sort of use that reach of his move to the left hand?
09:34Sort of nullifying his own reach in some ways,
09:36sitting down a bit low and then crowding himself,
09:39you know, so getting involved on this inside fight,
09:42which suits Citadet.
09:43It does.
09:44He's certainly not using his reach to any advantage.
09:47Tommy is at his best when he's at range
09:49and really rolling the shoulder on that right hand.
09:52And, you know, those long range punches
09:54have sent many an opponent down.
09:57Tonight, as Citadet plans that straight left
10:00on Fitzgerald and tangles the feet again,
10:02that tactic of putting that lead foot to the outside too,
10:05he's also got a couple of warning for that, I reckon.
10:07He's done it a couple of times.
10:08Citadet, he needs to...
10:09You're pushing all the time, right?
10:11And we're doing some holding too.
10:13Let's just play up a little bit, OK, please.
10:14Third man in centre ring, Anthony Hibbs,
10:16certainly earning his money in this four rounder.
10:19So absolutely big fights ahead as well in Melbourne this weekend
10:25with Johnny Manu defending his title
10:28as Fitzgerald rallies on the inside.
10:31And, of course, Bikash Lavolo fighting as well on Saturday night.
10:36So lots of big fights coming up.
10:39Sami Abderrahim as well in Thailand, got a big fight coming up.
10:42So there's a hotbed of boxing events all over the country.
10:47And you see why when you see the action of these fights
10:50with the fighters mixing it up and making it totally entertaining.
10:54Yeah, look, you know, as we've said a number of times,
10:57there's so many quality world-rated fighters in this country at the moment.
11:01Boxing is booming big time.
11:04Yeah, we're still in the afterglow of Liam Burroughs' world title win in Toledo
11:09last weekend against an incredible unit of us, Terizic Victory.
11:13It's going to be a point off.
11:14Yeah, this is going to be a point off.
11:16I told you before not to do that.
11:17Well, I'm going to take one point off you for hitting after the break.
11:20Well, Hibbs has now made this one even more interesting, gentlemen.
11:23Yeah, point off for hitting after the break.
11:26One point after the break.
11:28OK, listen to what I say, please.
11:30You must listen to what I say, OK?
11:32So Wayne Carey here as well tonight in the crowd,
11:35enjoying potentially the footy match-up coming up as well, gentlemen.
11:40Yeah, good to see Wayne, top fellow Wayne.
11:43The AFL stars have turned out in support of this.
11:47As he lets one go on the knocker.
11:49After the bell, that was.
11:52And that might be another point off.
11:53We'll take a quick break.
11:55Go off all you do.
11:56OK, that's a point.
11:56As he gets a real dressing down.
12:02It's on him.
12:04Pretty much teaching up from when you first put a set of gloves on
12:08to right up through to jumping in the ring in front of 2,000 people.
12:12Just achieving something in the ring, you know,
12:14finishing off that eight-week program,
12:17and then jumping in the ring and fighting in front of thousands of people
12:20is a big achievement.
12:22No matter if you win or lose, it's a great experience and it's good fun as well.
12:27So Synerdette not in the good books of referee Anthony Hibbs.
12:31And right after the bell, Barry as well, letting go another huge punch.
12:37A bit unfortunate because he has been in the fight all the way through.
12:40He's had his moments.
12:41And yeah, you know, losing those points certainly aren't going to help him here.
12:48And what's been a difficult fight to score.
12:50We head into the fourth and final round.
12:52Battling at super lightweight, the undefeated Tommy Fitzgerald
12:56against Synerdette and Fahna Ansap.
13:02And he's told to touch gloves with his opponent.
13:06It's been an awfully clumsy fight at times.
13:10Well, with all the Team Alice crew behind him,
13:12Fitzgerald really needs to rally in this one.
13:15He's got that point off, which is going to make things a little bit healthier for him.
13:19He needs to use that reach and speed of him.
13:22Both letting their hands go at the start of the fourth.
13:24Synerdette might have pinched the first from the second.
13:27He certainly lost the third.
13:29Good shots here from Tommy.
13:32He's landing some real good punches.
13:34Synerdette showing no desire to throw punches when they're
13:37in this clinch in close quarters,
13:39where Fitzgerald continues to try to dig to the body like there.
13:43Yeah, Fitzgerald's trying to let everything go up close here,
13:45which is, you know, credit to his fitness.
13:47He wants this win desperately.
13:50Good work from Fitzgerald here.
13:52And have a look at the corner there.
13:54You've got Antoni, you've got Ty and Nigel Snart all in the corner,
13:58just whirling on Tommy, trying to rally him,
14:00trying to make him do something special here.
14:03He needs a big round.
14:04Synerdette pushes the pace, throws himself literally at Fitzgerald.
14:11Almost halfway through the final round.
14:14Tommy Fitzgerald, the Tommy gun, looking for a big finish.
14:17Work away a little bit.
14:19How do you see it at the moment, score-wise,
14:21because, you know, a point went against Synerdette.
14:26Tommy, what do you think, mate?
14:27I reckon with that point off Synerdette,
14:30it's evened it up and it's gone into this fourth round,
14:32with whoever wins this round will win the fight, I reckon.
14:35Tommy Fitzgerald's winning this round with just too much pressure.
14:38Fitzgerald's just throwing his whole body into the fray.
14:41He is.
14:42And caution to the wind, just having a red hot crack here.
14:45Yep.
14:46Synerdette seconds remaining,
14:48if one big punch can change the momentum of this fight.
14:51Of course, in a fight where the scoring is even,
14:53it comes down to who is more aggressive.
14:55The judges will take that into an account.
14:57And in this round, it's been Fitzgerald that's been more aggressive from the outset.
15:02Definitely.
15:02There's a bit of a head clash there as Synerdette goes in.
15:0750 seconds remaining, fourth and final round.
15:10How are we going to see this one go?
15:12Box.
15:13The voices of Barry Michael and Mark Bahama.
15:15Castagnini on seven plus tonight.
15:17Premier boxing series.
15:19And these early undercard fights have been thrill a minute.
15:22And this is a really tough, close fight.
15:25Final 30 seconds.
15:28Synerdette with the fast start, Fitzgerald with the big finish.
15:31Yep.
15:33I think it goes Fitzgerald's way.
15:35Over 20 seconds to go.
15:38Fitzgerald just needs to keep those one-two-ones happening.
15:41Just keep the range of obvious scoring shots on the outside.
15:44But digging to the carcass of Synerdette on the inside, Fitzgerald.
15:48Fitzgerald's found his opponent hard to fight all the way through.
15:52All, you know, unorthodox switching from there.
15:55Southport, orthodox throwing punches from all angles.
16:00Good experience for Tommy Fitzgerald.
16:02A really awkward tie.
16:03Whether he's snuck out, eked out a decision, we will find out.
16:08Because it's now in the hands of Peter Hanson, Andrew Campbell and Andrew Bartlett.
16:13Absolute warfare that one was in the fourth round.
16:16It had swings and roundabouts aplenty.
16:19And the point off, I think, could be the determining factor here.
16:22Yeah, I think you're probably right, Mark.
16:24I think, you know, without that point off, Synerdette may have,
16:28well, it could have actually been a draw, you know.
16:29So it could have been a round apiece.
16:31But with the point off.
16:32It'll be interesting to see how the judges see it.
16:34Because it's a bit messy in there.
16:36Not a lot of clean shots.
16:38He had his moments, absolutely.
16:39Synerdette again.
16:40And that's probably.
16:41And like that.
16:41You know, he's found his groove in this boxing caper.
16:47Call the number on the screen or visit the website.
16:52And we're shortly going to go up to our ring announcer, James O'Shea,
16:55with the decision in this four round or at the super lightweight limit
16:58between the undefeated Tommy Gunn, Tommy Fitzgerald and Synerdette.
17:02Final answer.
17:12All right, ladies and gentlemen, we'll get set to make this one official.
17:15Put your hands together for both of our fighters here.
17:19And a big thank you to our sponsor, Deribut 24-7.
17:23We go to the judges scorecards and they see the contest this way.
17:2839 to 36.
17:3039 to 36 and 38 to 37.
17:34All to your winner from the red corner.
17:38Tommy Fitzgerald.
17:45Yeah, look, you know, I think it was probably the right decision, but
17:49Panacea put up Synerdette put up a really good contest.
17:52It was a very competitive fight.
17:54Tommy, I like a lot of the stuff that Tommy Gunn does and
17:58like looking forward to seeing improving more.