Landman and Commey were announced as 118 pounds each, but Commey, a 39 year old from Accra, looked huge compared to Landman. Yonatan told The Jewish Boxing Blog, "The plan was to get inside as much as I could."
Early in the first, Yonatan got inside and absorbed a chopping right from Commey. Landman then began to jab cautiously from the outside, land two body shots, and get out. The rest of the round he tried to get inside, but Commey was ready to exchange even as both fighters missed.
"After the first round my father told me to change tactics because the original game plan was not working," Landman told The JBB. "Start boxing from the outside and get in when you can with body shots but still be aware of defense."
Landman followed his father's advice. His jab was crisp, and he then moved to avoid counters. Landman doubled and even tripled up on his jab. He managed to touch the body a few times in the second round. Commey became befuddled by the Israeli's movement and mostly kept his hands up in a high guard. When the Ghanaian threw, Landman used agile foot movement to evade damage while occasionally blocking or parrying Commey's jab. Yonatan tried to land power shots off the jab, but that's when Commey would shoot his punches, and the result was usually sloppy exchanges with no harm done.
In the fourth, Landman continued to pump his jab while finding more openings to Commey''s midsection. Commey did nothing to dissuade the red-headed fighter from touching the body, but the memory of the chopping right in the first round kept Landman cautious.
In the fifth, Yonatan pulverized Commey's body, but missed when he tried to go up to the head. At the end of the round, Landman finally smashed Commey's face with a right after two left hooks to the body. It was Landman's most punishing combination of the fight.
Commey came out for the sixth guns ablaze. He pressed forward for the first time and made a concerted effort to go for the knockout. He threw several hard rights, which proved to be Commey's last stand, because he then took a knee for the ten-count with an apparent injury. "I think he did hurt himself and was very tired," Yonatan explained. The abrupt end came fifty seconds into the sixth round.
With the victory, Landman was awarded the vacant Tanzanian super flyweight title. Though the fight featured an Israeli fighting a Ghanaian in Ghana at 118 pounds, it's important to note that being a Tanzanian super flyweight is more a state of mind than the reality of weight, nationality, or location. Or something.
In any event, Landman has been very impressive over the past eight days when he stepped up twice and more than answered both challenges. On November 16, he stopped Asamoah Wilson in the fifth round. In his first five fights, Landman only fought a total of ten rounds. In the past eight days, he fought a combined eleven rounds against tougher opposition and looked good both times.
"I do feel tired but very happy with the results," Yonatan said. "My father and I worked very hard on those two fights!" They put in twelve weeks for the back-to-back bouts. Landman is now 7-0 with 7 KOs. Commey falls to 9-10 with 8 KOs. Has has been stopped in all of his losses.
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