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00:00The referee, third man in the middle, Mr Phillip Holliday.
00:07Gentlemen, I've been to the instructions in the change room.
00:10It's a clean fight. Listen to my instructions all the time.
00:13Okay, good luck to both of you.
00:16Dimskillies, Lachlan, O'Shea, referee Phillip Holliday, three ringside judges, Adam Hite,
00:22Johnny Watson and Phil Austin.
00:28We are scheduled for six three-minute rounds.
00:36Another right versus left-hander, Gillies, in the black and red.
00:42O'Shea in the black and gold.
00:46The black and gold is the left-hander, which means,
00:50not only is he right with his left hand, he punches harder with his left hand.
00:56Exciting start here. A couple of shots have landed from both boys already to start off this first round.
01:03Like you said, a clash of styles once again.
01:05Orthodox versus Southpaw. Both boys throw plenty of punches, so action's coming for sure.
01:12Dim's really relaxed prior to the fight. Forever smiling is Dimskillies.
01:18Just a wonderful nature for the young man.
01:24Like you said, he's in the purple patch of his career.
01:28He's had a couple of wins and a draw in his last three fights.
01:32Obviously, he didn't start too well in his pro career, but he's really coming on.
01:36You can see, even taking on Lachie O'Shea, who's a very avoided man in Queensland.
01:42He's certainly up for it here tonight. You can see, right in the pocket and willing to trade with him.
01:49A couple of big wins from Lachie O'Shea over Ben Horne throughout his career.
01:59His only losses have come to very, very experienced people.
02:04I think people like Ethan Law, Andrew Hunt, Ken Aitken.
02:08You can see the calibre that he's been fighting at, Lachie O'Shea.
02:12Back against the ropes here. That's not ideal.
02:16Where's a right hand? Another right hand.
02:19That's a really good response though from O'Shea. Some counter boxing.
02:25They're on each other's chests.
02:28They haven't worried about just edging into the fight.
02:32They haven't worried about finding range and where you need to stand.
02:36They're in the pocket, Nathan, and firing away early.
02:41I just always mark this one down as a Fight of the Night contender, just because of their styles.
02:46They've got a clash of styles and it's got war written all over this one, that's for sure.
02:50Stop!
02:59Stop!
03:02Go on, you need to go on.
03:05Go on, let's go.
03:08Come on, let's go. Hurry up. Hurry up, guys.
03:11Now you've got to go.
03:13Caleb Gray is principal. Also in the corner, Stevie Wojnicka.
03:17Nugget McNaughton, Blitz Hall of Famer trainer.
03:25Good shots off the rope there from Lachlan O'Shea.
03:29Oh, and another right.
03:32Right hand over the top. There's a couple of big shots from Lachlan O'Shea,
03:35but there's Dimps Gillies with his own version of a right hand.
03:39Wow, explosive end to that first round.
03:42Very explosive and enjoyable from our seat.
03:46Anyway, hope you're enjoying the action live from Southport.
03:54Really entertaining first round once again.
03:57Plenty of output from both boxers.
04:00Fighting off the ropes really well was Lachlan O'Shea,
04:04but when Dimps got close enough, he was good enough,
04:07because he was throwing with his own set of artillery.
04:12And you can see towards the back end of that round,
04:15he really found a home for a couple of big shots like that right hand there.
04:23Yeah, some nice work, and just at the end, it started as counterboxing,
04:28but it became the aggressor and the leader there, didn't he, Lachlan O'Shea?
04:32It was a subtle but really nice little turn.
04:35Nath, as you pointed out at the time, this is round two.
04:39We are scheduled just to six, 18 minutes of work
04:42if we go to the judges' scorecards.
04:49Dimps looking for that really awkward looping left hand.
04:54He's now turned into Southport mode himself.
04:58Yeah, he switched it up a couple of times in that first round as well.
05:03That left hand didn't get full freight luckily for Lachlan O'Shea,
05:07but it definitely caught him still.
05:10Shot of the fight perhaps. Certainly looked the part.
05:14Good body shot there from O'Shea,
05:16trying to mix it up and finish this to the head really well as well.
05:22This is starting to warm up and warm up fast, Andy.
05:25Yeah, it certainly is. We're almost a minute in to round number two,
05:31and Gillies had O'Shea back into the corner,
05:34not for the first time, a short punch from Gillies.
05:37Yeah, I like those body shots there from Lachlan O'Shea,
05:40really dropping the guard and then coming over the top.
05:47If you're not familiar with boxing, you don't watch a lot of it,
05:50you don't understand the tactics, the body shots.
05:54Well, if you get a good one in, it takes the wind out of you,
05:57and that's fight over. You might break a rib,
06:00but predominantly you're going to the body
06:03to try and drop the defence of your opponent.
06:06So your opponent starts protecting his ribs,
06:09that means his elbows drop and his chin becomes an available target.
06:17Good left hand there from Lachlan O'Shea,
06:19two, three, four in a row there, all finding a home.
06:22The mouth guard comes out for the second time.
06:27And he gets a warning on the fly there.
06:29He's not spitting it out, and there is a huge difference
06:32between spitting out a mouth guard
06:34or a mouth guard coming out,
06:36and that happened right in front of us, right over the top of us.
06:40Dimp's not spitting the guard out.
06:42There's a good turn there from O'Shea
06:44and came back with his own kit of punches
06:46and another body shot there.
06:49Changes sides, goes into the left-hand rib cage of Dimp's Gillies.
06:53Good right hand from Dimp's Gillies.
06:55A looping hook, and he turns back to the orthodox stance now.
06:59And back to southpaw, he's mixing it up here.
07:02We'll have to double-check and see the family tree
07:06of our ring announcer, James O'Shea.
07:08I don't think he and Lachlan are related.
07:11I think Lachlan's the fighter of the family.
07:14James is the lover.
07:21Gillies, oh, the counterpunch there from O'Shea, beauty.
07:24Yeah, that was good.
07:26Just made him miss and made him pay there, did O'Shea.
07:31Oh.
07:40I tell you what, hasn't Dimp's come on?
07:42Honestly, mate, I reckon a year or two ago,
07:45this would have been a mismatch, complete mismatch.
07:48But now, he's in for the fight.
07:52As you can see, some replays of that second round.
07:55Another high, high energy round.
07:57Plenty of punches thrown once again.
07:59Like previous bouts on tonight's card,
08:03the counter shots are coming better from that man,
08:05Lockio O'Shea, but every now and again,
08:08Dimp's Gillies just pulls a big shot
08:13as he tries to turn this fight in his favour.
08:30Little step back, then come in on the right.
08:37Destruction's coming fast for Dimp's Gillies.
08:44Good hand from Gillies, yeah.
08:46Back into that right hand stance.
08:49I think he's been caught defensively a couple of times, Dimp's,
08:53almost front on in between the right hand, left hand,
08:57because he's used both stances so far tonight.
09:01And it's okay when you're attacking, Nath,
09:03but if you're caught defensively like that, you're vulnerable.
09:07Yeah, definitely, or you can't get your distance right,
09:09especially when you're switching so much and so often,
09:11you can't get your distance right.
09:13And what he's doing as well is he's standing very high, Dimp's.
09:16You can see, not bending his knees at all,
09:19so he's a very big target for Lachlan O'Shea.
09:22So when he throws, he connects.
09:28O'Shea against the ropes again.
09:32And it's not by chance it hasn't happened that way,
09:37because Lachlan O'Shea is actually pulling Dimp's Gillies
09:41into that position, and that's when he's done his best work.
09:44But Gillies with a couple of punches there
09:46that were both good scoring shots.
09:48Not high on power, but scoring shots nonetheless.
09:58Two good jabs there from Dimp's.
10:01Oh, and a body shot rips in.
10:04You can hear them echo around any auditorium that you're in,
10:09or any stadium, and you can also hear the victim exhaling.
10:15The wind just comes out of them.
10:17Yeah, Lachlan O'Shea, when he throws combinations,
10:20two, three or more, that's when he lands,
10:22and there it is once again.
10:24You can see when he's doubling it up or tripling it up
10:26or doing some sort of combo,
10:28because Dimp's isn't moving his feet,
10:30he'll eventually get caught with one of them in the combination.
10:39Nicely evaded there from Lachlan O'Shea.
10:49Nice shot.
10:51Just a one-off though at time from Gillies
10:54with a minute remaining, round number three,
10:56almost halfway through this fight.
10:58Dimp's Gillies, Lachlan O'Shea,
11:00still to come Nathan Watson, Bryce McLaughlin
11:02for the Australian middleweight title.
11:07Two good shots there from Lachlan O'Shea.
11:10It was a body shot first,
11:12and then a big left hand over the top to finish off.
11:15And what happens, Andy, when you're throwing a body shot
11:17and a head shot in the one combination,
11:19you're creating gaps.
11:21Because, like you said in an earlier fight,
11:23you're either bringing your guard up
11:25or you're bringing your guard down.
11:27So if it's through a body shot and a head shot
11:29in the one combination, you're creating gaps somewhere.
11:33Last couple of seconds of round number three.
11:36An O'Shea round, very much so.
11:38Picking Gillies off almost at will here.
11:45Back to the corner as we go,
11:47and a lot of work required from the blue corner.
11:54And what a round, round three was.
11:57Plenty of action once again.
11:59Like we've seen all throughout this night,
12:01plenty of punches thrown from both combatants.
12:04As you can see, the more the fight goes on
12:08and the more the round goes on,
12:09the more it heats up.
12:10You can see they get comfortable with each other's power
12:12and they just start launching away.
12:14That was the combination that I spoke about
12:16when he ripped to the body,
12:18created an opening to the head,
12:20and he capitalized.
12:22Bang, bang, there it is.
12:31Just as all the air is leaving your body,
12:33you get your whiskers tested.
12:36With a left hand, that was dominant from Lachlan O'Shea.
12:42Halfway through this contest, three rounds down,
12:44three remain.
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13:14Pushing forward, edging forward here is Dims Gillies.
13:18Both boys in the south force stance at the moment
13:20as Dims switches once again to the orthodox stance.
13:29I love the theory behind switching from left to right.
13:34I don't.
13:37I don't like seeing it unless it's a really experienced boxer
13:41because I think an inexperienced boxer
13:46and Dims is just that with only the six fights,
13:49I think you're actually over-thinking and out-thinking yourself.
13:53You're exactly right.
13:54Only very few can do it and it's at a top level
13:57because you're creating gaps that aren't usually there.
14:01If you're not comfortable in one position,
14:02I think just perfect one stance
14:05and just keep on working on that.
14:09He's looking to load up here,
14:11but he's wary because from that counter-punching position
14:14that's when O'Shea's had his best moments throughout the fight.
14:18Yeah, agreed.
14:19Agreed.
14:20He's doing a very good job of fighting off the ropes,
14:23as you can see,
14:24but when he doubles up or triples up his combinations,
14:28he's having success.
14:34Good body shot there from Dims.
14:36I would have liked to see a hook over the top to finish off
14:38and there it is there, but it just split apart.
14:40Oh, and another rip to the body.
14:45Body shot's a good one.
14:46They haven't dropped the guard as yet of Lachlan O'Shea.
14:51Keep throwing them, they will.
14:52It just happens.
14:54Jeez, improved Dims Gillies though.
14:56Wow.
15:05O'Shea looking for that almost bolo left hand.
15:10Good shot.
15:11Terrific from Lachy O'Shea and the defense equally as good.
15:15Yeah, it was half an uppercut then a left hand to follow.
15:18Both catching Dims.
15:2420 seconds left in this round.
15:25Both boys will explode once they hear the 10-second buzzer.
15:29Oh, good shot there once again from O'Shea.
15:34Arguably the most powerful shot of the fight.
15:36Here we go.
15:37Open up, boys.
15:39Work rate extreme levels for four straight rounds.
15:45They deserve this 60-second rest.
15:54And what a round it was.
15:55Once again, round four.
15:57Both boys having their moment.
16:00Both boys not 100% defensively sound
16:04and that's why they're getting caught with shots,
16:06especially because they're in the pocket always.
16:08They're never too far away from each other.
16:11That was a big swing and a big miss there from Lachy O'Shea,
16:14but like I've said throughout the commentary,
16:20when he throws more than one punch in the combination,
16:23that's where he's having most of his success.
16:39Round number five.
16:45Round number five of six.
16:46You can see it's really starting to heat up once again.
16:49The penultimate round, five of six.
16:51Look at Lachy O'Shea starting very fast with great punches.
16:57Penultimate round.
16:58A lot of work to do for Dims Gillies.
17:01Back to that Southport stance, should I say.
17:07And no doubt Lachy O'Shea is winning this comfortably on points,
17:10but to say how impressed I am with the skill level of Dims Gillies,
17:15understated.
17:16He's going to get in trouble here.
17:17He's going to get in trouble.
17:19The mouth guards come out for a third or fourth time throughout this bout.
17:24And Dims said, don't worry about it.
17:26Let's keep going.
17:27And Lachy went, okay, no worries.
17:29Let's keep trying.
17:33Good shots there from Lachy O'Shea.
17:35Oh, and a big shot from Dims Gillies in close.
17:40When they finally do break,
17:42Phil Holliday will separate them and fix up the mouth guard issue.
17:48But he's going to let this come to a natural close, this exchange.
17:53And that's a good referee.
17:55Terrific referee.
18:00He's been given the official warning.
18:02I think Dims, next one, you will lose a point.
18:04And that's fair enough.
18:05Yeah, it is.
18:06Oh, good shot there from Dims.
18:09Body shot just missing the mark as well.
18:11And there's a left over the top from O'Shea.
18:20Stretching, just overstretching probably that time.
18:24Lachy O'Shea, good right hander crossing left.
18:30When you've got a right hander versus left hander,
18:32you're looking at those front feet.
18:34Front foot of O'Shea, the front foot of Gillies.
18:39And what you're trying to do is get that front foot
18:41on the outside of your opponent.
18:43So you would say Dims Gillies has got the advantage here.
18:47It opens up the angle.
18:49Well, it opens up the angle for your power hand, that's for sure.
18:52So it just opens up your whole body.
18:54So that right hand or that left hand goes there,
18:57straight down the barrel.
18:59Everything's parallel.
19:0345 seconds remaining in the penultimate round
19:07here at Southport Sharks.
19:09And this is good work from both boys again to close out this round
19:12with 30 seconds to go in this fifth round.
19:18Oh, Lachy O'Shea, he slipped there and his leg came out.
19:23But it came out over the edge of not only the ropes
19:30but the ring frame.
19:35Almost kicked me in the head, basically.
19:37That could have been catastrophic, but lucky it wasn't.
19:39As both boys start opening up in the middle,
19:4230 seconds comes off again and there comes the punch output.
19:48At 30 seconds, less than every round, the boys start heating up
19:53and that's what they did once again.
19:56What a brilliant finish.
19:59To round 5 of 6.
20:01Wow.
20:046 of 6 coming up, but let's have a look at that round 5 action,
20:09especially that last 20-30 seconds.
20:12That was electric.
20:13Both boys having their moments once again.
20:16Lachy O'Shea fighting more off the back foot,
20:18but when he comes full with punches, he's having success.
20:22Dimps Gillies marching forward.
20:24It's a very to-and-fro fight.
20:28That last 30 seconds, I just want to see some of those replays.
20:31Unbelievable.
20:43Sixth and final round.
20:44A little bit of a cuddle before some face punching.
20:48Dimps Gillies and Lachy O'Shea get ready to do it all again
20:53for another three minutes.
20:55Let's hope we see a few exchanges like we did the last 20 seconds
20:59of that final round.
21:02O'Shea in the black and the gold.
21:03Gillies in the black and the red
21:05with the MTG Fight and Fitness labelling on his back.
21:11Nice work there.
21:12Three-punch combination.
21:13A left doubling the right changing levels from O'Shea.
21:17Yeah, really good up-and-down work, like you said, from O'Shea,
21:21both scoring punches to the body and to the head.
21:24Every time Dimps tries to switch,
21:27what I'll be telling Lachy to do is throw your power hand
21:30because when you're switching that often,
21:32you can't get your distance right.
21:33So you throw a power hand and more often than not, it connects.
21:39Minute down.
21:40The final round.
21:43Hooking right from Gillies, but the punches,
21:47the majority of them, they're coming from Gillies.
21:50They've worn themselves out.
21:52No surprise either.
21:53No surprise.
21:54Yeah, plenty of punches thrown.
21:56More in this six than many 12-round fights, that's for sure.
22:01Good assault right hand once again from Lachy O'Shea.
22:06Tries to go over the top of that right shoulder,
22:09there's Gillies.
22:10Yeah, good shot there from Gillies into the body.
22:14Lachy O'Shea trying to give back as good as he gets.
22:17Both boys in centre ring, good jab there from O'Shea.
22:21And there's a double up.
22:28Just over a minute to go in this final round, six of six.
22:32Both boys, they'll come home strong.
22:34We know they're going to do it.
22:36There's a minute to go left.
22:40They're earning their paycheck tonight, these two boys.
22:44Last fight for the year, you would assume, for both guys.
22:51Maybe the first festive beer this evening.
22:57Good one-off left hand from O'Shea that sets up his next combination.
23:05He does set up particularly well,
23:07and he's still very much learning his craft, Lachy O'Shea.
23:11Seven wins, three losses, so a 70% record.
23:16Right hand just missing there from Dimps.
23:19And a good hook lands that time from Dimps.
23:2320 seconds remain, 20 seconds remain.
23:28Left hand from Gillies.
23:32Always uncomfortable living in the judges' hands,
23:34as we found out in our last fight.
23:37Dimps Gillies and Lachlan O'Shea,
23:39they too are going to the judges' scorecard.
23:43Highly entertaining 18 minutes between two very different fighters.
23:47The two wonderful ambassadors for this great sport.
23:50Dimps Gillies, Lachlan O'Shea doing their thing here on the Gold Coast.
23:56Another cracking fight, Andy.
23:58Both boys leaving it all out there.
24:00Plenty of punch-out footlock, like we've said,
24:02throughout the whole six rounds.
24:04Both boys very happy with their performance.
24:07Both teams very happy with their combatants' performance.
24:11As we can see, some replays of the sixth and final round,
24:14and it was just more punches.
24:16Punches from both boys, hitting the body, hitting the head.
24:24Another really, really exciting fight.
24:27He is just constant, Lachlan O'Shea.
24:30Wow.
24:32He is constant.
24:34Constantly moving, constantly punching.
24:50Dimps Gillies, all smiles.
24:52The Nugget behind him.
25:01Only seven fights and still improving.
25:05Both guys, if you are realistically talking,
25:08both guys very much in the early stages of their career.
25:12If that's what they choose,
25:14our third and final round,
25:16it's going to be the final round.
25:18Only seven fights and still improving.
25:21Both guys very much in the early stages of their career.
25:25If that's what they choose,
25:27our third and final round,
25:29it's going to be the final round.
25:31We're an impatient lot in 2023.
25:33We no longer get into the sport
25:35and have 12 fights in the first 12 months
25:38and try and dominate your region,
25:40then your state, then your country.
25:42It's all about getting overseas,
25:44picking up regional belts
25:46that sometimes don't mean all that much,
25:48but I guess like society,
25:50we're all in a rush.
25:52As a result, we don't see many guys
25:55that aren't going to be world-class level
26:00go beyond 10 or 12 fights.
26:04Here's Dimps Gillies' mum.
26:10Let's go to James.
26:13All right, ladies and gentlemen,
26:14let's get set to make this one official.
26:16This one is proudly brought to you by Empire Nightclub.
26:19Don't forget that is our after-fight party venue
26:22as we get our two fighters to the center ring
26:26to make this one official.
26:29Put your hands together for both fighters.
26:31What a display.
26:32They certainly deserve your applause,
26:35ladies and gentlemen.
26:39We go to the judge of school cards.
26:41Judge Adam Hite scores the bout 58-56.
26:45Judge John Watson scores the bout 60-55.
26:49And Judge Phil Austin scores the bout 60-54.
26:53All to your winner by unanimous decision,
26:56and it goes to the blue corner,
26:59McLaren Slick Rick O'Shea.
27:06Bit of a variation there in scores, 58-56.
27:10A 60-55 and a 60-54.
27:14Needless to say, the winner is...