Tony Victor James Yoka vs. Joel Tambwe Djeko & Estelle Yoka Mossely vs. Verena Kaiser RBR.

He took a beating for most of 12 rounds - eye clearly shot. Yet this is what you take away.

 

Yoka seemed very happy to have stopped a D class fringe man in the 12th.

 

has yoka failed any tests? i know he got in trouble for avoiding them i think just wondering if he failed any also.

 

A clean shot right on an injured eye can be enough to make anyone quit. Can't slip when you can't see...or seeing double.

 

Djeko was stopped before in a tournament whose fights don't show on boxrec

 

Yes, at Bigger is Better XVI by Maslobojev. I mentioned that in the preview thread: https://www.boxingforum24.com/threads/tony-victor-james-yoka-vs-joel-tambwe-djeko.663909/

His chin has been reliably serviceable in the 7½ years since, though. Stopping him is a meaningful result - loathe though I am to admit it, being a major Yoka skeptic.

 

I remember the latvian had some pretty loose hands

 

Correction: that was meant to be XXVI.

My days of tracelessly fixing bloops like that are gone.

 

Shame he never turned actual pro. For a guy with such prolific renaissance man combat sports experience (very good record in kickboxing, and so-so in both MMA and semi-pro boxing) it'd have been interesting to see what he brought.

 

Always tragic IMO when a guy makes very nearly a whole career (at least officially, in Djeko's case) with that flawless void in the "# of times stopped" column only for it to be ruined late hours for a dumb reason (injury, quick ref stoppage, or just hanging around for slightly too long and being done in by a guy that maybe isn't a feather-fist but probably wouldn't have completed the job if the iron-chinned warrior in question was closer to prime - ie Juan "Fénix" Ruiz, against Tögstsogt "King Tug" Nyambayar.