TV: Showtime
By Peter Lim
The temptation in making a prediction here is to place too much emphasis on Trout’s decision loss to Jermell’s identical twin Jermall in 2016. But as all parties will attest, all three boxers in that triangle are not the same fighters they were two years ago. Since then, Jermall has moved up to middleweight, Jermell has three world title bouts under his belt and Trout, coming off the first stoppage loss of his career, has changed trainers.
Trout’s defense is slick but not impenetrable and he has the
experience to rarely get hit by one clean shot at a time. But Jermell will
quickly discover that when he catches Trout with the right, he is a sitting
duck for a follow-up right. By the fourth or fifth round, Jermell begins
landing the double right with virtual impunity.
Trout courageously returns fire but to no avail. Jermell continues
to press the action, gets the better of the exchanges and mixes in left hooks
and right uppercuts into his attack. In the seventh round Jermell connects with
a double right that has Trout out on his feet. He pounces on Trout with a
vicious two-fisted assault that has Trout reeling defenselessly around the
ring, forcing the referee to step in and end the beating.
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