Riyadh Season WBC Boxing Grand Prix - Tournament Details, Preview, Round By Round & Results!

WBC open scoring:

19-19 x2
20-18 Tursunov
20-18 Lozan x2

(utilizing five judges)

 

Tursunov dominated round three, going all out, ripping big hooks up top and still drilling the body while pressing forward, no longer staying low in his compact shell, up on his toes and practically leaping at Lozan.

I wonder if that sustained three-minute assault will cost him stamina in the second half. Won the round big, but it was quite an energy expenditure.

29-28 Tursunov

 

Of all eight bouts in the semis, this is the one I was least excited about - and this is pretty great!

 

39-37 Tursunov

 

Lozan looking very arm-weary in round five, carrying his hands low, staying as far outside as possible, breathing a little labored. He's landing some good counter lefts here and there, but Tursunov has flipped the script from the beginning and is now outworking him.

 

Round 6

Lozan seems to realize he needs the final round, commanding the center of the ring and flinging out shuriken jabs and right hooks. Tursunov is waiting on the outside, reverting to his crouching turtle shell and economical punching. Some fierce hooking exchanges at short range. Lozan eats a left hook while going for a sneaky up-and-over right hook off the hip to start a combo. Tursunov blocks another right hook with a raised left arm, then plugs a right into Lozan's gut. Lozan now coming forward, driving straight lefts down the pipe and whipping right hooks at the head while backing Tursunov into the ropes. Big left by Lozan at the bell.

10-9 Lozan, very close

58-56 Tursunov

 

Official cards:

Metcalf 57-57
Mindun 59-55
Agiyon 59-55
Cavalleri 58-56
Danseco 58-56

MD for Tursunov

 

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And here's the full card:

FEATHERWEIGHT

• Yoni Diego Lorenzo Sebastian "Titi" Valverdé López (France, 15-0) vs. Muhamet "The Robot" Qamili (Italy, 16-0)

• Bekizizwe "Dr. Sleep" Maitse (South Africa, 8-1) vs. Brandon "Dog" Mejia Mosqueda (Mexico, 10-0)

SUPER LIGHTWEIGHT

• Danylo Alexandrovich Lozan (Ukraine, 15-0) vs. Mujibillo Dilmurodjon Ogli Tursunov (Uzbekistan, 8-0)

• Ntethelelo Eric Nkosi (South Africa, 10-2) vs. Carlos Alfonso Utria López (Colombia, 12-0)

MIDDLEWEIGHT

• Derek "Slick" Pomerleau (Canada, 14-0) vs. Jean Carlos Sinisterra Palacios (Colombia, 13-1)

• Dylan "The Beaudesert Storm" Biggs (Australia, 16-1) vs. Lancelot "The Last Knight" Proton de la Chapelle (France, 18-1-1)

HEAVYWEIGHT

• Keaton Gomes (South Africa, 13-3) vs. Ahmed "Bosnian Steel" Krnjić (Bosnia & Herzegovina, 6-0)

• Kevin Christopher Ramírez (Argentina, 11-0-1) vs. Dante Darnell Stone (USA, 21-1)

IB's picks:

Valverdé SD Qamili (Enhanced Scoring in play)
Mosqueda KO Maitse

Lozan UD Tursunov
Utría UD Nkosi

Sinisterra TKO Pomerleau
Biggs UD Proton de la Chapelle

Krnjić TKO Gomes
Ramírez UD Stone

 

Ntethelelo Eric Nkosi vs. Carlos Alfonso Utría López, 6 rounds @ super lightweight

 

Round 1

Utría is cautious in the opening moments, jabbing to check Nkosi's advance. Nkosi swerving from side to side, awkwardly coming in with body shots from weird angles. Utría steps wide, jabbing off the hip. Nkosi leans down and to his right while sticking a left jab on the belt line. Utría lining him up with jabs, then walks Nkosi onto a flush 1-2-3. Nkosi wobbled unsteadily backwards into the ropes, Utría clocks how hurt he is, and pounces with a series of BRUTAL hooks and rights. It's over!

KO1!!

 

Utría is such a beast.

 

The finals at 140lb in December are set, it will be Carlos Alfonso Utría López of Colombia vs. Mujibillo Dilmurodjon Ogli Tursunov of Uzbekistan.

Utría is now 13-0 (11) and Tursunov is now 9-0 (2), with the latter being three years older and having more amateur experience.

 

Yoni Diego Lorenzo Sebastian Valverdé López vs. Muhamet Qamili, 6 rounds @ featherweight