Both men might be busy but neither are very good and neither are really promoting the quality of Hungarian boxing.
On Sunday we never really expect great Heavyweigth action and that was the case again this weekend as we got a very low quality bout in Hungary. The bout saw Gabor Farkas (7-30-6, 3) defeating long time professional loser Csaba Olah (5-81-3, 4). As you can guess from the records of the two men this was never going to be a great fight though we did see Farkas ending a win-less streak of 17 fights! For Olah, who was dropped in round 3, this was his 4th loss already this year.
Both men might be busy but neither are very good and neither are really promoting the quality of Hungarian boxing.
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We're one of the sites that have championed a new era of rising Heavyweight prospects. This weekend was a great example of that as several young and promising Heavyweights were in action.
The most notable of the prospects in action was American KO sensation Deontay Wilder (30-0, 30) who scored his 30th straight stoppage by taking out the gutsy Nicolai Firtha (21-11-1, 8) in the fourth round. Although Firtha was down several times he did some what expose some issues with Wilder who was caught off balance early on and was very open. Unfortunately for Firtha however he couldn't take advantage of Wilder's flaws. Although Wilder did leave Firtha a bloody mess it does seem that Wilder is getting by on athletic ability rather than boxing ability. It maybe unfair but after 30 fights we'd have expected Wilder to be showing much better technique and it's a worry that he isn't. He has the reach, speed and movement of a promising fighter but we really do worry about him when he steps up to the fringes of world class, something that will have to happen sooner rather than later. In the UK the high profile Anthony Joshua (2-0, 2), the 2012 Olympic Gold medal winner, scored his second early victory taking out the over-matched Paul Butlin (14-20, 3). This was a much improved performance by Joshua compared to his debut though really it appears time that Butlin called it a day. With 9 stoppages against him Butlin no longer appears to be a test for a good prospect and it showed. Joshua does have great speed and appears to be learning plenty between fights but he has certainly had harder sparring sessions than this contest. Talking about fighters who have had harder sparring sessions Otto Wallin (3-0, 3), a fighter who is part of the Sauerland stable, will also have had harder sparring sessions than his bout. Wallin, fighting for the third time this year, managed to stop Hungarian Gabor Farkas (6-29-6, 3) in 3 rounds. This was Wallin's longest bout to date though with 3 stoppages in 3 bouts it's hard to complain. With sparring sessions against the likes of Denis Boytsov and Kubrat Pulev he's certainly getting some great developmental sparring and something that will really help him in the long term. Over in Russia the unbeaten 24 year old Apti Davtaev (3-0, 3) continued his run of stoppages as well. Like Wallin and Joshua it's fair to say that Davtaev will have had tougher sparring as he stopped the very fragile Vyacheslav Shcherbakov (3-16-1, 2), a man who has now been stopped 15 times in just 20 contests. It wasn't only prospects in action however and in Poland was saw evidence of that. Although Tomasz Duszak (2-0-1, 1) did remain unbeaten in his third professional contest no one really considers him a prospect and it was shown why as he was held by Mateusz Malujda (4-3-1, 1). In a second full fledged Heavyweight contest on the same show the debuting Patryk Brzeski (1-0) defeated fellow debutant Artsiom Charniakevich (0-1). Again neither man is likely to be a force in the division. This past Sunday saw a Heavyweight double header in the wonderfully named "Gentlemen Fight Club Boxing House" in the Hungarian capital of Budapest.
Of the two bouts one ended in a draw as Gabor Farkas (6-28-6, 3) was held by debutant Attila Zsiros (0-0-1). Although one judge had Farkas as a 40-36 winner he was over-ruled by his fellow judges who both had it 38-38. The other Heavyweight bout on the card saw the highly experienced Csaba Olah (3-75-3, 2) defeated by novice Tibor Balogh (4-1-2, 2) via a clear decision. Olah, who has been stopped in 31 of his 74 losses was out pointed 40-34 on all 3 cards so it may well have been a case that he was fortunate the bout was only scheduled for 4 rounds. Romanian born Hungarian based Zsolt Bogdan (5-0, 3)retained his unbeaten record with arguably the win of his career so far.
The 33 year old Bogdan who has been a professional for a little over 2years managed to out point Hungarian journeyman Gabor Farkas (6-28-5, 3). The bout wasn't close as Farkas failed to claim even a portion of a round and Bogdan took a clear shut out over his more experienced rival. |