Safi vs Lucke Fash boxing fight #boxing #fightnight #kingsafi – Transcript

00:00Ladies and gentlemen, our second contest of the evening is sponsored by Olsen Direct Solutions Limited. It's four three-minute rounds in the super featherweight division, so please welcome to the ring first from whole Yorkshire, Luke Fasch.

00:18And now please welcome his opponent from Liverpool by way of Afghanistan, Saifullah Sadiqi.

01:00Ladies and gentlemen, this contest is four three-minute rounds in the super featherweight division.

01:44Your officials for the contest, timekeeper at the bell will be Chris O'Connor. Your referee in charge of the action will be Darren Sargensen. And now it's time to meet the boxes introducing to you first, fighting out of the blue corner wearing the black shorts.

02:00He weighed in at nine stone, three pounds and three ounces. Ladies and gentlemen, he comes to the ring this evening in his 105th professional contest from whole Yorkshire. Please welcome Luke Fasch.

02:18And his opponent across the ring fighting out of the red corner wearing the black and white shorts. He weighed in at nine stone, four pounds, eight ounces. He comes to the ring with one bout, one draw.

02:35From Liverpool by way of Afghanistan, please welcome Saifullah Sadiqi. Fellas, you both know the rules, keep it clean, nothing low, watch your heads. And when I say break, take a step back, most importantly defend yourself all the time.

02:58Massive gaping experience in the second fight of the night. We've got Safi Sadiqi making just the second professional start against Luke Fasch, who's making his 106th. Seconds out, wrong one. Marvelous to think, you know, over a century of fights. He's in there now against this guy who's literally have one fight, one draw.

03:15Let's see, it's going to be entertaining. I've heard a good things about this other lad, so let's see what happens. Well straight away from the start, Sadiqi's calmed down. He got a draw in his debut, he fought a million miles. Now, not 100 miles an hour, he got it completely wrong on his debut and he's straight away calmed things down.

03:33Wayne Smith in the corner tells you that he's soul talented. He thinks he's the next star coming out of a German. He was shaking his head after his debut, but he looks like he's got everything under control here tonight. You know, very nice to see, I mean, you don't see F1 drivers, you know, taking the corners at a thousand mile an hour.

03:48They take the time, they go into it and it's all learning. And by looks of things from that million mile an hour performance to a very, very calm, relaxed sort of young gentleman now. Luke Fasch just pressing forward, lets his own right hand go. Just falls short a little bit.

04:04Safa using the right hand there off the ropes. Nice shape to him, hasn't he, hasn't he, Sadiqi? Yeah, most definitely, yeah, he has, he's got a very good shape to him. Looks very athletic, you know, very athletic shape.

04:22Fasch here trying to just walk him down. As he is, he's getting beat by punches. South poor stance there.

04:49Yeah, just trying to draw something out of Fasch, isn't he? Just trying to force him into a mistake, but Fasch has seen all this. Oh. As we said, 105 times before, he's not going to bite on anything too. Good long punches there. From Sadiqi, good right hand too.

05:11I think the second Sadiqi feels like he's made a little break. I think we're going to see, I think we're going to see him explode. But for the time being, he's just looking to box his way through this first round, isn't he? See what he's got in front of him. He is, he's having a really good feel out to see what it is.

05:26He's using his jab, he's, you know, he's picking the right punch. He's just falling short of the right hand. Well, as you say, you know, Fasch has got the, will have the distance to the take. You know, having 106 fights to his resume. It's a lot. You can't buy experience.

05:43Nice little combination there. Left, went for the left up to the body and then put a right hand over the top. Definitely got ability, hasn't he? Oh, definitely. Yeah, he's a very flash boxy. You can see that, you know, he's, he's side to side around the ring. He's very light on his feet. He's using, you know, he's using unorthodox punches.

06:00He's quite nice to watch, to be fair, as a boxing point of perspective. Doesn't want to stay square on them ropes though. Good opening round. Yeah, struggle for Luke Fasch that. Just not got fast enough feet as he to get close to a fight like that.

06:17If Sadiki carries on fighting like that, then... It asks looks like two different weight classes, doesn't it? It does.

06:37If you're watching this on the Black Flash Channel, make sure to catch up the rest of the fights which were shown live. You'll be able to find fights from the likes of George Colleen, Niall Brown, area title fight between Louis Wood and John Edo, Jack Rafferty and Le Appoyard in a Commonwealth title fight.

06:54Also an Eliminator for Dalton Smith's British title. So if you've just tuned in to Black Flash to watch this particular fight, make sure you tune in to the other fights where there's plenty to watch. Seconds out. Round two.

07:11Second round commences, John. Let's see what Fasch is going to show him. If Fasch just stays safe like this, what would you like to see from Sadiki, you know, to try and... You know, I'd like to see him open his hands up a little bit more, I know he's being very... He's single pot-shotting quite a lot.

07:27I'd like to see him maybe put twos and threes together. You like that jab there, you know? I'd like to see twos and threes be put together. Try and open him up like a tin, you know? That's what he's there for, like that. Let his hands go into the body, Fasch had to throw something, and then that gives you something to work on.

07:46Yeah, most definitely, you know. At the end of the day, if your man's not going to engage with you on the counters, then you've got to get into him yourself. Steps it up a little bit here, hasn't he? Yeah, most definitely, you know. It's much more better to watch. That's much better work. I mean, it's prettier stuff to watch, and you're getting a look at these talents at the end of the day.

08:03So it's nice to see, you know, variety of punch, hand speed, you know, flea to foot. It's nice to watch, and you're not going to see that if he's just throwing single-pot shots. You're going to see it with him opening his hands up and trying to get to his opponent. You can definitely see him working on slowing him down in the gym, but every now and then you can just see...

08:19He's ready to go up the drop of the hat. If he sees an opening, he's going to go for it, Sadiki, so far, he's staying nice and tight. He is, yes. He's not engaging with Sadiki at all. Good right hand there from Sadiki. Good body work.

08:37That's better. He says, that's lovely work there. Mixes it up very nicely. Yeah, that's really nice. That's lovely. And again, that is beautiful. Oh, two good hooks all back in from Fash. Yeah, good points, but that's not such a bad thing, is it? You know, it means his openings to work from, but yeah, it's a nice impressive little burst there to head and body from Sadiki.

08:55Really nice. Good to see Fash fire back as well, because he's just cut put his gloves up around his ears and cover up. Almost, definitely. Yeah, of course, you know, he knows the story of taking one to give one.

09:11He's had the resume for that one a few times. Not looking too bad for a hundred and six bites. No, no, he's definitely not. He looked like one of the peaky binders when he came with that flat-captain. Southpaw stance again from Sadiki, you know.

09:26Yeah, Fash matched him up that time. Yes. It's nice work. Good left hook, good right hand. Good combination punches. It's what we want to see, you know. He's excited when he cuts. Beautiful. Yeah, most definitely. He goes head and body. Yeah, good variety. That's what I like to see.