Italian Olympian Guido Vianello registered a very powerful win of his profession by upsetting Arslanbek Mahkmudov by way of an eighth-round TKO victory on the identical night Christian Mbilli dominated Sergiy Derevyanchenko.
Vianello and Mahkmudov met within the World Sequence of Boxing almost 10 years in the past, with Vianello retiring within the fourth as a consequence of an ear harm. This time, issues have been totally different.
From the opening stanza, Vianello shortly landed an array of proper arms. The straight proper, nonetheless, was pivotal, because it brought about Makhmudov’s left eye to swell by the third spherical.
Makhmudov tried to chop off the ring regardless of his impaired imaginative and prescient, however he was deducted some extent within the sixth for punches behind the top. Vianello landed at will from the skin within the seventh. Makhmudov’s glove touched the canvas at one level, though it wasn’t dominated a knockdown.
Firstly of the eighth, the physician deemed Makhmudov not match to proceed.
“I am a contender now. I am ready for the world level, and I proved that tonight,” Vianello stated.
“I believed I beat Efe Ajagba, and I got here into this battle with a variety of confidence. I used to be in the perfect form of my profession, and that confirmed tonight. I dominated him after which knocked him out.
“I just had to stay composed. There was a knockdown that wasn’t called, but I knew if I stuck to my strategy, I would get the knockout.”
In the meantime, Mbilli defeated three-time world title challenger Derevyanchenko by way of a dominant 10-round unanimous determination.
Mbilli, who’s ranked within the prime three by all main sanctioning organisations, was relentless from the opening stanza, throwing bombs from all angles.
Derevyanchenko tried to field from the skin however harm his left bicep within the third spherical, forcing him to battle with only one hand. Within the fifth, the 38-year-old Ukrainian fought again with consecutive rights, however Mbilli’s youth and energy overwhelmed him as he struggled to finish the battle on his ft.
Mbilli maintained his unbeaten report with scores of 100-90, 99-91 and 98-92.
Mbilli stated: “I had some problems with my left hand, and I was not able to bring it up. I had to throw punches. It was difficult, but I had to do my best.
“He’s a warrior. He was in a difficult position, but he fought back. I’m going to go back home and look at the fight again.
“Proper now, I am prepared for large fights. I wish to be a world champion. I do know that to be the perfect, I’ve to beat the perfect. I do not wish to say any names, however everyone is aware of who’s primary. I need the battle with No 1.”
Derevyanchenko said: “My legs have been good. I solely had one arm. I wanted to maneuver. Once I stayed, he punched in mixtures.
“He’s a good boxer, a strong boxer. But if I had two hands, I think it would be another situation.”
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