Fabio Turchi vs. Thomas McCarthy & Gevorg Khatchikian vs. Matteo Signani RBR

...interesting, had it not been for Grandelli's hustle down the stretch he might have gotten screwed over at home.

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Never said Bellotti was great, just that Grandelli appears on more or less the same level as him. If one's trash so is the other.

 

Gevorg Khatchikian vs. Matteo Signani, 12 rounds @ middleweight

 

This is for the vacant EBU middleweight title.

 

"Sharoyan", the visiting Armenian-Dutchman, has just a 45% rate of stoppage; "Il Giaguaro" an even lower 27% - and each man has been stopped just once in over thirty bouts apiece. Bank on this going long.

(aka Turchi vs. McCarthy ring walks in about ~48 minutes at soonest)

 

Morning, sunshine.

 

Round 1

Khatchikian is pressing in with the jab and then yanking himself backward, fully covered up. Signani taking his bait repeatedly, chomping at the bit whenever Khatchikian begins his in-and-out tease, bowling in overhands and body shots. Pretty even connection rate as each man negates the other in ring center and neither achieves generalship.

10-9 Khatchikian, very close

 

Round 2

Khatchikian is now incorporating some long lead right uppercuts into his arsenal from more than a pace or two out, playing with fire, sometimes successful in planting it on the bottom of Signani's chin but sometimes whiffing and paying the price for it with his gloves down & out of position. Signani grinds his way in, left shoulder curled up like a shield against the Khatchikian jab.

10-9 Khatchikian, again close

20-18 Khatchikian