Ali Bagodinoviç Akhmedov - remember the name.

The guy in blue from 0:13 until 0:20 seconds? He's blacker than James Brown.

 

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When is Dychko ever going to debut? Feels like it has been talked about for a year now. He's just doing, what, nothing these days?

 

I shot Buatsi a tweet asking if he knows where the rest of the footage of him vs. Akhmedov can be found. After all, somebody edited that video together from different sources, meaning there's more of it out there somewhere.

Also, he is a powerhouse. Check out his pro debut:

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Granted, the Cuban-Spaniard was of course well-scouted and brought in to be KTFO (and came in with just one KO to his credit in ten bouts, so he wasn't that dangerous), but a natural light heavy nonetheless and he put on a very game & gutsy performance while it lasted...and he previously dragged the once-promising Sergei Ekimov into the eighth.

You can almost hear in Tony Bellew's voice while lavishing praise on Buatsi in the commentary his relief that he's no longer campaigning in the same division.

 

You think he'll lobby for Joshua on strength of the legend of their amateur encounter like Whyte?

 

"Loss".

 

...and from the few seconds of highlights we have to go on he didn't even get Akhmedov "out" per se.

 

QazSport will be streaming Islam vs. Cook and presumably the whole undercard.