Billy Polkinghorn vs Michael Reynolds (28-08-2024) Full Fight
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00:00Referee Will Solis' instructions.
00:02Gentlemen, this is really simple.
00:03You will listen for my instructions
00:05and obey my instructions at all times.
00:08When I say break or stop, you will stop punching.
00:11You'll take a step backwards.
00:12Do you understand me?
00:13Touch them up, boys.
00:14God bless.
00:16So here we go with Polkinghorne against Reynolds.
00:20Billy Polkinghorne, ultra impressive so far.
00:23Reynolds undefeated in his lone professional fight so far.
00:27And these two did meet once before as amateur boxers.
00:31Here they go as pros.
00:34And it's Polkinghorne in the black trunks
00:36and Reynolds in the white with gold
00:39as they meet at center ring.
00:42This one a five-rounder and a catch
00:44weight of 64 and 1⁄2 kilograms.
00:47Ben Damon here in commentary alongside former world champion
00:51Sean Porter.
00:52And we've seen Polkinghorne before,
00:55a very slick boxer, Sean.
01:08So it is Polkinghorne who leads with that left hand,
01:11just measuring with a bit of power on it, too,
01:15against Reynolds.
01:15And that flicks the head back of the Kiwi Reynolds.
01:19He's just watching them come towards him
01:22at this early stage of the opening round here.
01:26Polkinghorne, ultra impressive last time out
01:29and a solid start here as well.
01:31Yeah, Reynolds just trying to pick up that timing
01:33and that speed on that jab there.
01:35I mean, that's a really nice jab coming from Polkinghorne.
01:43Just turns that one around a little with the left hand
01:45as Polkinghorne.
01:47Reynolds, watchful and now jabbing away
01:50to the body himself.
01:51But it's a fast left hand from Polkinghorne
01:53that comes forwards.
01:54I mentioned as they walked out that the call only
01:57went through to Reynolds last Tuesday.
02:00Well, Polkinghorne, he received the information
02:02around the same time, but they were happy to come together.
02:06And Sean, they do know a bit about each other
02:07after that fight in the amateurs.
02:10How does that affect things here?
02:11Well, it kind of seems like they do
02:13almost as if he knows that the speed is really
02:15what's going to beat Reynolds.
02:17And then Reynolds really just standing and waiting
02:20as if he knows who Billy's got.
02:21So I think the experience is showing right now.
02:29Polkinghorne continues to work with that left hand.
02:34And Reynolds just inching back towards him.
02:36And then he goes to the body.
02:37There's Reynolds with some nice shots of his own.
02:40And back to the jab gets Billy Polkinghorne.
02:42Good counter coming from Reynolds.
02:44There it is.
02:45Counter into the body.
02:46Nice.
02:47And it works well with that left rip to the body.
02:49And a bit of range does the Kiwi Reynolds.
02:52Finds Polkinghorne.
02:53And he's got a nice jab at the end.
02:55And he's got a nice jab at the end.
02:57And he's got a nice jab at the end.
02:59And he's got a nice jab at the end.
03:00And he's got a nice jab at the end.
03:02Finds Polkinghorne as he backs off him there for a moment.
03:08Reynolds, we can see that he was patient
03:10and now deciding to counter to the body
03:12instead of coming straight to the head.
03:15I think he knows if he tries to counter to the head,
03:17there's going to be something fast coming right
03:20as he tries to counter.
03:24Late in this opening round as Reynolds
03:25tries to find that left hand to the body again.
03:29And there's a right hand over the top from Polkinghorne.
03:32And he sits down on one.
03:33Mainly club it caught.
03:34But he finishes the round strongly.
03:37Pretty even opening round two between Polkinghorne
03:41and Reynolds as we duck into the corner of Polkinghorne
03:45with his trainer Benny Harrington.
03:49Stay on that front hand.
03:51Keep touching that rear hand billet.
03:53Get that snap.
03:54And then when you want to put that weight onto that foot,
03:56you can bring that hook around when you're carrying it.
03:59It's good when you're building into the fight really nicely.
04:02The shot flies on up, OK?
04:04He's going to have to start to go.
04:06And as he starts to go, all of the flaws will come.
04:09And you can pick your shots off his flaws.
04:12Just stay smart.
04:13Stay defensively responsible.
04:15Little feet, little feet to make him miss, OK?
04:17There's nothing more frustrating than when people miss.
04:19Well done.
04:20Good work.
04:20But stay smart.
04:22Second time for round two.
04:29So the crowd really starting to fill in here
04:32at the ICC in Sydney's Darling Harbour.
04:35And we enter round number two of a five-rounder here.
04:40Polkinghorne just starting to warm up into the fight.
04:43And he is really trying to make a statement with that powerful
04:47jab that he throws.
04:48I really do like it.
04:49And then he's really technically sound as well.
04:52Keeps his hands up.
04:53And he controls the range and the distance really well.
04:56Reynolds in that first round, I thought,
04:57was just one step behind him.
05:00And he's got to pick up his hand speed and his punch output
05:03in order to keep up.
05:05He was a very good amateur boxer was Billy Polkinghorne.
05:09We're seeing some of that here as he puts together
05:11a string of punches.
05:13There is a good left hand, though, on Reynolds.
05:15And he's finding a home for it at times,
05:18both over the top and downstairs onto Polkinghorne.
05:21But the power does seem to be with the man known
05:24as The Hammer, who works away again at range
05:30and turns around that right hand.
05:34I'll tell you what I like about this fight.
05:36Both these guys got experience.
05:37And we can see it.
05:38Polkinghorne with the speed.
05:40And then Reynolds finding moments to explode.
05:43And he's been successful when he does do it.
05:48This is that chess match that we always talk about.
05:51You usually don't get that until early on in a car like this.
05:55But to get it right here in the second fight is awesome.
05:59And there's that shot to the body from Reynolds again.
06:02But it's Polkinghorne with the bulk of the action
06:04as he scores over the top and now works off that strong jab
06:09as Reynolds goes to the body with his left hands.
06:12I like Polkinghorne.
06:13He's really twitchy.
06:14And those little twitchy hands.
06:17This is what I was talking about the last fight.
06:19Polkinghorne, he knows how to mix the speed
06:22with the power simultaneously.
06:25A great opening fight for the pay-per-view that we saw.
06:29Laban Stringer bitterly disappointed against Sonny Nye.
06:35And right now we're watching Polkinghorne and Reynolds.
06:38And Reynolds not doing a bad job.
06:39He's just got to pick up his punch output.
06:41He's got to figure out a way to keep up with Polkinghorne.
06:47And he's got to deal with the power of some of those shots as well.
06:49He counters nicely to the body there as Polkinghorne finds another over the top.
06:53But Reynolds does get a glove in the way.
06:56He's looking for that punch.
06:58And he's got it.
06:59And he's got it.
07:00And he's got it.
07:01And he's got it.
07:02And he's got it.
07:03And he's got it.
07:04And he's got it.
07:05And he's got it.
07:06And he's got it.
07:07And he's looking for that big rounded right hand is Polkinghorne.
07:10Trying to get past the guard of Reynolds and score big over the top.
07:17And they do talk about the power that he shows as that one gets around behind the ear of Reynolds.
07:24And he rips into the body as well does Polkinghorne as Reynolds attempts to counter late in this, the second round.
07:33Another good round of action between Polkinghorne and New Zealand's Reynolds.
07:42And they're our main event contestants, Nikita Zu and Coen Mazudia.
07:48And the hand wraps going on for Mazudia as we speak on the biggest night of his boxing life.
07:56As Nikita just starts to stretch it out.
08:03He's very familiar with the big stage now, Nikita Zu.
08:06This is his tenth outing as a pro and his star continues to rise.
08:11And it can jump up big time globally as well if he can get past that man, Coen Mazudia, tonight.
08:22Two main events here this evening and plenty have joined us at a sold out ICC here in Sydney.
08:31A big crowd and a nice atmosphere building as well.
08:37And plenty of excitement for them before we get to that big main event between Zu and Mazudia.
08:43Right now they are watching a high quality battle.
08:48Billy Polkinghorne looking very good against the tough Michael Reynolds.
08:54He tries to counter again.
08:57But Polkinghorne is having good moments of success including with an uppercut there.
09:03He's got great reflexes, Polkinghorne.
09:05That's why he's able to find that speed with the jab, then explosive with the right hand and also not get hit either.
09:12Very explosive and also intuitive with his reflexes.
09:17He's really hunting for that big winging right hand is Billy Polkinghorne.
09:21There it is again.
09:22And he tries again and he turns the hook around and that's a good shot.
09:26The left hook got through as Reynolds threw the gloves up to defend himself.
09:33And he misses over the top as Reynolds.
09:38Yeah, I mean, I know we're only three rounds in.
09:41This is a five round fight?
09:43Five round fight.
09:44That's real?
09:45That's real.
09:46We talked about that before.
09:47You get surprised by that each and every time.
09:49But I tell you, it would have been handy if the last one was a five round fight as well.
09:53I assume this was a six round fight, but neither here nor there.
09:58Reynolds has got to get going.
10:00He's got to pick it up ASAP.
10:08Michael Reynolds the Kiwi.
10:11He does have to get right of the action here because Polkinghorne as the heads come together.
10:17Here's a good one as he just throws that little up jab.
10:21And gets around as well with a right hand now digging into the body of Reynolds.
10:25I got to tell you, Polkinghorne has really checked off just about every box tonight.
10:30Even the ring generalship, you know, the punch selection, the punch output, the power, the speed.
10:38He's chucked off every box.
10:47Reynolds tries to come back with shots and he fires out that right hand over the top.
10:54Polkinghorne again looks for the uppercut and he faints towards it there as Reynolds works to the body.
11:01It's easy to say somebody should just throw more punches, but when there's so much speed and so much movement
11:07and you can look across from you and you can tell that this guy has so many different things that he can do,
11:12it'll just stop everything that you're capable of doing.
11:16There's his shot, that right hand that he likes too, Polkinghorne.
11:18That one got straight through, but Reynolds wore it well.
11:22And he does have all the artillery, doesn't he, Billy Polkinghorne?
11:28He's throwing all the punches here against again Michael Reynolds.
11:32Good man, good man. Just keep picking him apart like that.
11:35All the shots are starting to open up now.
11:37Very good to the body, that form of the body.
11:39Hard, okay? That's good.
11:41Yeah, a hundred, that's right.
11:43He's not committed to that jab, so you also have that jab.
11:45Lay on that right side.
11:49You hear the coach right there saying,
11:51he's not committed to that jab, so you also have that jab.
11:53Lay on that right side.
11:56You hear the coach right there saying,
11:58he's not committed to that jab, so you also have that jab.
12:01You hear the coach right there saying,
12:03all of the punches are starting to open up now.
12:05We've even got a lead hook right here,
12:07coming from Polkinghorne.
12:09I mean, he's able to land a jab, the right hand,
12:11and now even landing hooks from the left side.
12:13Haven't seen that tonight.
12:15So, again, we're three rounds in,
12:17and we're seeing the whole arsenal
12:19coming from Polkinghorne.
12:22Yeah, he's been really concentrating on that right hand
12:24around the guard, but then he turned that left hand around
12:27and scored strongly onto Reynolds, did Billy Polkinghorne.
12:31And he is boxing nicely.
12:33Here again tonight is Polkinghorne.
12:35We talk about world-class boxing,
12:37and I know that's what everyone's looking for over here
12:39in Australia.
12:41Who's the next world-class?
12:43We've seen Tim do it.
12:45We're wondering if Nikita's going to do it.
12:47I can assure you, Billy's going to do it,
12:49and I'll tell you why.
12:51It's been a building process every single round for him.
12:53No round has looked the same for Polkinghorne,
12:55and that's important.
12:57Well, that is high praise.
12:59Well, that is high praise from Sean Porter
13:01towards Billy Polkinghorne,
13:03who's here having his third professional fight.
13:06Does look the goods
13:08as he fires off that right hand again.
13:12And don't forget, he's got an undefeated guy
13:14in front of him.
13:16It'd be different if this was, you know,
13:18a 50-50 fighter or a lopsided record guy
13:20who's just coming here to lay down.
13:22He's got a great opponent across from him.
13:24He's just stopped his opponent
13:26from doing everything he's capable of doing.
13:28Because he's that good.
13:30He jabs well to the body there too
13:32as Polkinghorne before he tries
13:34to fire that big right hand.
13:36And just can't quite find
13:38Reynolds with it.
13:40Is he looking for the highlight knockout here?
13:42I think he is
13:44because there's been so much talk
13:46about the power he possesses,
13:48and he hasn't really shown it to us
13:50just yet in a professional fight.
13:52He's had moments as he gets through
13:54with an uppercut there,
13:57but I'm pretty sure he would like something
13:59that people are going to talk about.
14:01Well, listen, I don't know what the records
14:03of his other opponents have been.
14:05I know it's only been, what,
14:07two or three fights for him.
14:09But he's got a guy in front of him
14:11who's undefeated with a deep amateur pedigree.
14:13These guys, you're not supposed to knock them out.
14:15You're supposed to find ways to get it done.
14:17And he's doing it.
14:19Look at him digging to the body now.
14:21That was a beautiful body shot.
14:23And Reynolds just winced for a moment,
14:25again to the body as Reynolds comes back.
14:27Good shots from Michael Reynolds
14:29off the back of a barrage
14:31from Billy Polkinghorne.
14:33Plenty of swelling
14:35underneath the right eye of Reynolds
14:37as he just tries to cover up
14:39the right side of his body
14:41that's taking a fair bit of punishment
14:43in this fourth round.
14:45Could it be the body shots that do the damage
14:47here, do you think, Sean?
14:49It's got to be, you know, at this point
14:51for Polkinghorne, even for both guys,
14:54Polkinghorne especially, he hasn't gone to the body
14:56a lot, so the body shots
14:58I think will be open more than anything.
15:04A right hand there, too, from Polkinghorne.
15:06And he goes again with it. Counter shots come back
15:08from Reynolds.
15:10Good exchange.
15:12Both firing with power.
15:14Uppercut from Polkinghorne.
15:16Oh, there's a big uppercut.
15:18Polkinghorne has been looking for that
15:20right hand uppercut.
15:22And he connected solidly to the chin
15:24of Reynolds who is showing
15:26that he has one.
15:28That one got through
15:30was it low or...
15:32He certainly felt it wherever
15:34it hit him.
15:36That left Rick to the body.
15:38From Polkinghorne.
15:40Good round from him.
15:42He stepped it up
15:44and scored with some big shots.
15:52A lot of big shots this round
15:54from Billy Polkinghorne.
15:56Seeing more of his arsenal.
15:58Dipping to that uppercut right there
16:00was vicious.
16:02I mean, just a little off
16:04of the mark, that uppercut we want
16:06to land either on the
16:08top of the nose, the bridge of the nose
16:10or the chin.
16:12That's definitely a knockout punch.
16:14That hook to the body right there.
16:16Look at that. You see him bend down a little bit.
16:18He thought about it. He thought about going down
16:20to Reynolds right there. He's not here
16:22to lay down tonight.
16:24That's a beautiful body shot.
16:26He scored with a few of them.
16:28Has left Rick to the body
16:30and maybe that's where he goes
16:32again here in round number 5 of 5.
16:34Polkinghorne having
16:36things largely his own way
16:38against a man he met
16:40in the amateurs and beat.
16:42Michael Reynolds
16:44from New Zealand.
16:46Left hook was a good one from Polkinghorne.
16:48He comes back over the top.
16:54Uppercut again. Body shot Reynolds.
16:56Body shot there from Polkinghorne.
16:58It's that same left hand
17:00and he finds another. There's a good shot
17:02from Reynolds.
17:04Polkinghorne fires that same right hand
17:06over the top again.
17:08He laughed. He knew he was just late
17:10with that punch. He knew it was the perfect
17:12punch and it really was because
17:14Michael was open but it just fell
17:16for it.
17:18He shot the inside
17:20there from Reynolds. Body shot comes back
17:22from Polkinghorne.
17:24Still plenty of time
17:26here and
17:28Billy Polkinghorne is sitting down on these
17:30shots in this final round too. He's throwing
17:32with power. That right hand gets
17:34through. Reynolds
17:36is tough. He can take a shot.
17:38There's some
17:40good ones coming at him though.
17:42I tell fighters all the
17:44time you want to steadily be learning
17:46in the gym but on fight night there
17:48are some things you need to learn.
17:50I think right now Billy Polkinghorne
17:52trying to show everyone that he's got the power
17:54but he's learning it himself
17:56just how to deliver that power.
17:58Misses over the top. Rips into the
18:00body with that left hand again does Polkinghorne.
18:02That's the shot that had success
18:04in the previous rounds.
18:06Lots of swelling
18:08underneath that eye for Reynolds
18:10who's shown his toughness here.
18:12Goes to the body himself.
18:16Polkinghorne misses over the top.
18:18They tie up.
18:24Chopping right hand
18:26there from Polkinghorne. Reynolds comes back.
18:30One minute left
18:32in this fight. Polkinghorne
18:34and Reynolds.
18:36They fire off
18:38right hand simultaneously.
18:42He's trying to find
18:44the big shot.
18:46Polkinghorne
18:48but Reynolds
18:50he's tough and he comes back with punches
18:52of his own.
18:54Polkinghorne clearly
18:56swept this fight and he's still being
18:58here trying to push for the knockout.
19:00Standing in there
19:02not afraid to take punches as well.
19:04I hate to see it but the fact that he's still
19:06pushing forward even though he's won
19:08the fight already is impressive.
19:10Big shot.
19:12They get through solidly too from
19:14Polkinghorne but Reynolds
19:16he wears them really well.
19:18There's swelling now under both
19:20eyes for the New Zealander.
19:24See this final bell by the looks
19:26of things.
19:28A really tough performance
19:30from the Kiwi
19:32but Billy Polkinghorne continues
19:34to impress.
19:36He'll remain
19:38undefeated and he keeps
19:40improving as well.
19:42The English born
19:44Billy Polkinghorne
19:46who produced all of the punches
19:48and looked
19:50very good in doing so.
19:52And Sean Porter you were impressed.
19:54Absolutely.
19:56It truly ended up being a one sided fight
19:58even though like I said before Michael
20:00I think in the beginning of this fight
20:02he was just one step behind as the
20:04fight continued on. He slowly fell
20:06a step and a half to two steps
20:08and Billy Polkinghorne
20:10impressed me because like I said before
20:12a building process. Every
20:14single round he built on what
20:16he was doing the
20:18previous round and that's a very
20:20impressive outing right there for Billy
20:22Polkinghorne.
20:24Yeah ultra impressive.
20:26He says
20:28to his trainer he wanted to show his boxing
20:30skills and he did exactly that and he showed
20:32he's got the full kit of punches
20:34does Billy Polkinghorne. He's got it all.
20:36He's got the uppercut. He's got the hook.
20:38Of course he's got the fast jab.
20:40Also he's got good feet and I can see
20:42that he's got a good mind in the ring as well.
20:44It's one thing to have good reflexes
20:46and be intuitive and know
20:48what moves to make but to make the
20:50right moves every single time
20:52makes you special and he made all of the right moves
20:54tonight. Any advice
20:56that you would give Billy Polkinghorne as he
20:58watches this back?
21:00I'm looking at maybe
21:02if anything the trajectory on his shots
21:04I think that he can stand
21:06to turn his punches
21:08just a little bit more. Bring the power
21:10generate that power from the legs
21:12opposed to every punch being an arm
21:14punch. Those big overhands that he
21:16missed and some of those hooks that he
21:18landed. Some of the big overhand rights that he
21:20even landed. It didn't do the damage
21:22because there were arm
21:24punches. Every fighter knows
21:26in order to generate true power
21:28you've got to bring it from the legs up.
21:30Okay let's get the scores
21:32on this one from Lieutenant Dan Hennessey.
21:34Fighters to the center
21:36ring please.
21:42Ladies and
21:44gentlemen once again can we please have a round
21:46of applause for these two warriors.
21:52After five rounds of action we go to the judges
21:54score cards for a decision.
21:56Judge Leanne Reed scores the competition
21:5849-46
22:00Tom Lambert 50-45
22:02Charlie Lucas
22:0450-45. For your winner
22:06by unanimous decision
22:08fighting out of the blue corner
22:10Billy
22:12The Hammer
22:14Polkinghorne.