Alexander Povetkin vs. Andriy Rudenko & Eduard Troyanovsky vs Michele Di Rocco RBR.

Round 3: A little slower pace to start the round as Troya controls the distance with his jab. Di Rocco lands a decent right hand, Troya holds. Troya gets in close and drops Di Rocco again with a right hand.

10-8 Troya

 

Round 1. Troyanovsky 10-8
Round 2. Troyanovsky 10-9
Round 3. Troyanovsky 10-8

 

I can't get over Troya being 37. Blows my mind.

 

Wasn't a hard knockdown in round 3, more of a balance thing.

 

Even so Troy is dominating this he's clearly got a shaky pair of whiskers, whenever he gets hit with a overhand right he panics. I'd say Ricky Burns could even shake him up...

 

just a matter of time

 

Round 4: Troya with a very good sense of proper distance as his punches land and Di Rocco misses with a wild right hand. Strong jabs set up a great 1-2 combo with a huge right hand that floors Di Rocco. He gets up but is in big trouble. Troya finishes him off. Ref waves it off.

Troyanovsky TKO4

 

Pretty savage stoppage.

 

KO

 

Troya wins in the fourth round, and I KO @CST80 in the WBK!

 

what a terrific ref

 

Yep, he seems awkwardly unbalanced during the phases of backfoot boxing; from a psychological standpoint, that unexpected loss against Indongo definitely still haunts him.

 

Good for Troya, for getting back on track in a short period of time after such a devastating set back. Can't get back on the horse much better than that.

 

Povetkin fight up next

 

Should have been stopped sooner, Di Rocco is a punching bag. As for Troy, he's always had sharp power. But the division has a few fighters who would beat him. Jack Catteral would be a good fight. He has a decent chin and a strong dig and would keep coming at Troy.
We'll see whether O'Hara Davis or Josh Taylor are ready soon enough.