In one of the very few Heavyweight contests Ukrainian giant Ivan Tkachenko (2-0, 2) made very light work of the over-matched Kostyantyn Gavrylov (0-2). Stood at 6'5" Tkachenko weighed in at a surprisingly light 209lbs and looks like he's in doubt as to whether or not he's a Heavyweight or a very tall Cruiserweight. We're hoping he can fill out into a fully fledged Heavyweight.
The past Saturday may have been a big one in the boxing world in general though unfortunately it was a quiet one in the Heavyweight division.
In one of the very few Heavyweight contests Ukrainian giant Ivan Tkachenko (2-0, 2) made very light work of the over-matched Kostyantyn Gavrylov (0-2). Stood at 6'5" Tkachenko weighed in at a surprisingly light 209lbs and looks like he's in doubt as to whether or not he's a Heavyweight or a very tall Cruiserweight. We're hoping he can fill out into a fully fledged Heavyweight.
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In a busy day of Heavyweight action it's fair to say that eyes were turned to the United Kingdom as Kazakhstan born German Edmund Gerber (23-2, 14) took on former world title challenger Dereck Chisora (18-4, 12).
Having seen his former matchmaker, Dean Powell, pass away this past week Chisora seemed intent of fighting for a man he was close to and made it known from the off. Although tears seemed to be close to his face on his walk in, Chisora went out and made a statement as he stopped Gerber, becoming the first man to do so. Also in the UK Carl Spencer (4-0, 3) took his first decision victory as he over came Carl Baker (9-7, 6) via a 6 round points decision in a bout that we dubbed "The Battle of Carl's". The European Heavyweight action wasn't just in the UK with two bouts in Ukraine. These saw the unbeaten Vladimir Tereshkin (17-0-1, 8) swiftly dispatching Laszlo Toth (19-10, 13) whilst Ivan Tkachenko (1-0, 1) came out on top in a battle of debutants, stopping Denys Nedashkovskyy (0-1). Across the Atlantic, to the US, Nathan Luis Rosa (1-0, 1) made the perfect start to his career taking out John Schimon (1-2) in just 63 seconds. Although it was a great for Rosa the key US action happened in Washington as Charles Martin (10-0, 8) overcame Vincent Thompson (13-1, 2). With the unbeaten men colliding someone's "0 had to go" though few would have expected Martin to have such an easy nights work with Vincent. |