Stieglitz has sympathy for beaten, bloodied Kiyota
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July 15, 2013, Monday
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SUPER-MIDDLEWEIGHT champion Robert Stieglitz admitted he had some sympathy for Yuzo Kiyota after the Japanese challenger boxed on for two rounds despite blood pouring down his face from a cut eye.
Stieglitz picked up the 45th win of his career from 48 professional bouts as he defended his WBO belt with a technical points win over Kiyota on Saturday.
A cut over Kiyota's left eye in the eighth round eventually saw the fight stopped after 15 seconds of the 10th and Stieglitz was awarded the fight unanimously 99-90, 100-89, 99-90 by the three judges in Berlin.
The referee ruled the decisive cut came from a clash of heads, rather than a punch, which meant the fight was decided on points rather than Stieglitz being awarded a technical knockout. This was the 29-year-old Kiyota's first professional bout outside of Japan and he was taken to hospital straight after the fight to have the deep cut over his left eye stitched up.
"He couldn't really see much anymore and I had a bit of sympathy," Stieglitz said. "It was almost unfair to box against someone in that situation. He had some interesting, unusual movements and at the start of the fight, he was very dangerous."
Stieglitz picked up the 45th win of his career from 48 professional bouts as he defended his WBO belt with a technical points win over Kiyota on Saturday.
A cut over Kiyota's left eye in the eighth round eventually saw the fight stopped after 15 seconds of the 10th and Stieglitz was awarded the fight unanimously 99-90, 100-89, 99-90 by the three judges in Berlin.
The referee ruled the decisive cut came from a clash of heads, rather than a punch, which meant the fight was decided on points rather than Stieglitz being awarded a technical knockout. This was the 29-year-old Kiyota's first professional bout outside of Japan and he was taken to hospital straight after the fight to have the deep cut over his left eye stitched up.
"He couldn't really see much anymore and I had a bit of sympathy," Stieglitz said. "It was almost unfair to box against someone in that situation. He had some interesting, unusual movements and at the start of the fight, he was very dangerous."
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