The Heavyweight bout in particular saw Andras Csomor (8-2-1, 6) continue to show his development as he took a 4th round TKO over Zoltan Somosi (15-14, 7). This was the 5th straight victory for Csomor who has actualy fought all 5 of those bouts this year.
The only Heavyweight bout this past Sunday was in Slovakia as the Slovakian scene, was was oddly busy last year, continues to have small Sunday shows.
The Heavyweight bout in particular saw Andras Csomor (8-2-1, 6) continue to show his development as he took a 4th round TKO over Zoltan Somosi (15-14, 7). This was the 5th straight victory for Csomor who has actualy fought all 5 of those bouts this year.
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Sunday's are days where we expect many fights but this past Sunday saw one Heavyweight fight in Hungary. The bout in question saw novice fight Istvan Geller (2-0, 1) scoring his first decision victory as he out pointed the much more experienced Zoltan Somosi (15-13, 7) over 6 rounds.
Sometimes the action in the Heavyweight division can be some what lacking. That's exactly what we had this past Friday with the only bouts that we have results for coming at a very low level.
In Hungary this saw Tibor Balogh (12-1-2, 8) stopping Zoltan Somosi (15-10, 7) inside a round. It took just a round longer for Nikola Milacic (2-0, 2) to get rid of Radovan Kuca (0-10-1) in nearby Germany. In Britain we had two bouts, the most telling of which was a 16 second (yes, you read that right) blast out by Adam Machaj (2-0, 2) who took out Deyan Mihailov (1-5-2) in amazingly quick fashion. Machaj was joined by on that card by Paul Drago (4-0) (original name Pavelas Nevedomskis) who managed to out point Danny Fleary (2-0) over 4 rounds. The highest profile bout of the night was in the US as Elijah McCall (12-3-1, 11) swiftly dispatched of the limited Ricky Thompson (3-7-1, 2) who suffered his fifth stoppage loss in 11 bouts courtesy of a first round TKO. We never expect anything great on a Sunday in the Heavyweight division and this past weekend showed the sort of typical action we get in the division as bouts took place in the USA, Croatia and Slovakia.
We'll in the Croatia where German journeyman Muhammed Ali Durmaz (8-16, 7) scored a rare victory. Durmaz, who entered the bout on a 6 fight stoppage losing streak, was matched very easily against Dmitry Orlov (0-7) and managed to score a 4th round TKO. In Slovakia Zoltan Somosi (15-9, 7) managed to score a 6th round stoppage over fellow Romanian Vasil Mandea (3-6, 2) who suffered his second loss in just a few days. In the USA we had a surprisingly short day of action with just 144 seconds of Heavyweight action as Jelani Bitoy (1-0, 1) made a memorable debut. Facing fellow debutant Jamar Fuller (0-1), Bitoy made an immediate impact in his career. Although we don't really talk about Wednesday boxing in this day and age there was a number of Heavyweight contests this past Wednesday. Split between Slovakia and the US we saw 6 Heavyweights in action and whilst none of the contests was hugely notable it was still great that we had good old midweek action.
Due to the time zone's the earliest of the action in Slovakia where 2 Heavyweight contests took place. We believe the first of those was between Zoltan Somosi (14-9, 6) and the experienced Csaba Olah (4-77-3, 3). Scheduled over the 6 round distance Somosi took a decision victory inflicting the fifth loss this year for Olah. Aged 46 years Olah seems to be picking up paydays with ease at the moment due to his eagerness to get in the ring, even if he does tend to lose. Somosi on the other hand will be happy to pick up his second victory of the year, even if it has been joined with 4 losses. In the other contest in Slovakia we saw a bit of an upset as the hard hitting Daniel Kol (6-3, 5) suffered his second successive loss. Taking on former rival Vasil Mandea (3-4, 2) Kol, who had lost in their first meeting, was stopped in 3 rounds. This may be a case of Mandea being a bogeyman to Kol, in the same way that Jerry Pahayahay was to Pongsaklek Wongjonkam, though is more likely to suggest that Kol just isn't very good. Over in the US, where we had the the remaining bout, fans saw Daniel Pasciolla (2-1) in action. Pasciolla managed to out point the tough but limited Lonnie Kornegay (1-10-2) over the 4 round distance. This was Kornegay's sixth straight decision loss. Despite losing frequently we do feel that the 35 year Kornegay could trouble novice prospects, at least if he comes in in shape, unfortunately however he was 20lbs above his best and it showed as he looked sluggish. At 28 Pasciolla does have potential though really needs to show it in more convincing performances than this. In a night of midweek action stateside we had 2 Heavyweight contests with unbeaten fighters coming out on top in both of them.
For us the most interesting of the two bouts saw Uzbek Ahror Muralimov (15-0, 12) scoring his second win of the year as he overcame former US Golden Gloves champion Nathan James (9-3, 5). "Aha", as he is known, didn't need long to deal with James who appears to have fallen a long way short of expectation. Although Muralimov probably isn't a "natural" Heavyweight the fact he keeps stringing wins together, in both the West and the East will likely lead him to a major fight sooner rather than later. The second clash was actually a female bout as Sydney LeBlanc (4-0-1) cleared up the only mark on her record defeating Tiffany Woodard (4-7-3, 3). The two women had fought before, fighting to a draw on LeBlanc's debut but this time the unbeaten woman used her experience to drop Woodward, as she secured a decision victory. As well as the US action there was also a bout in Hungary as the once beaten Daniel Kol (6-1, 5) took his first decision victory. Kol, fighting the more experienced Zoltan Somosi (13-9, 6) of Romania, took every round despite being unable to get rid of his opponent through 8 rounds. Heavyweight action returned to Slovakia this past Wednesday in an interesting Heavyweight double at the Sportova hala MSO in Šturovo.
These bouts in Slovakia saw stoppage victories for both Daniel Kol (5-1, 5) and Zoltan Somosi (13-8, 6). For Kol things were easy with the hard hitting Hungarian taking out Marton Cagany (1-2) in the third round, giving Cagany his second successive stoppage loss. Things were slightly more time consuming for Somosi however as he needed some 6 rounds to get rid of Vasil Mandea (2-4, 1). As well as the double in Slovakia there was also action in both the US and Mexico. In Mexico the once beaten Juan Manuel Dominguez (4-1, 2) gave away around 60lbs in weight though still managed to overcome the debuting Victor Bobadilla (0-1) via a unanimous decision. Whilst the Mexican bout went the distance the US one didn't as the unbeaten Jarrell Miller (5-0-1, 5) forced a second round retirement of journeyman Tobias Rice (4-9-1, 2). In a low profile card in the UK young British prospect Hughie Fury (8-0, 5) recorded his 8th victory in the space of just 4 months. Fury over-came the tough Moses Matovu (4-29-4) for the second time. As with their first fight, back in May, Matovu managed to see out the 4 round distance and is now the only man to have done 8 rounds with Fury.
The same card also saw Matt Legg (6-1, 2) claim his first victory in almost 5 years as he overcame Czech puncher Radek Linka (4-1, 4). Linka, who went in with a perfect record, paid the price of having never fought a live opponent and was shown up by a fighter who although inactive in recent years knew how to handle himself. In Slovakia there was action a plenty with a staggering 4 Heavyweight contests on the same show. The most interesting of the 4 bouts in Slovakia saw Hungarian novice Daniel Kol (2-0, 2) in a scheduled 8 round contest. Kol, who had only had 2 rounds prior to today faced the experienced Zoltan Somosi (12-8, 5) of Romania and stopped him in the 3rd round. The most notable name on the Slovakian card was Laszlo Toth (18-8, 12) who out pointed "professional loser" Csaba Olah (3-74-3, 2). Olah, fighting for the 80th time, is now winless in over 11 years and has won just once since 1998. There was also a decision victory for Tibor Balogh (3-1-2, 2) who claimed a 4 round points victory over Norbert Szucs (0-2-1). The remaining contest saw Istvan Ruzsinszky (10-7-1, 7) stopping the undersized Marton Beke (3-11, 1) who was stopped for the seventh time as a professional. |