Artur Ramilevich Subkhankulov vs. Tigran Arturovich Uzlyan & Pavel Silyagin vs. Keiber González RBR

Official cards:

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UD for Israilov

 

Danis Ruslanovich Gabdrafikov vs. Temirzhan Temertasovich Baimolda, 10 rounds @ welterweight

 

This and the main event (Subkhankulov vs. Uzlyan) are the only sanctioned pro bouts on the card - ie that will count on the fighters' official records.

The rest are classified as IBA-Pro bouts.

 

The vacant WBA Central Asia welterweight title is on the line.

(in fact, that is the common denominator between Subkhankulov-Uzlyan and Gabdrafikov-Baimolda; both are for WBA titles, which explains why they're not under the auspices of IBA-Pro like the rest of the card)

 

Gabdrafikov, the local southpaw, apparently sells a lot of tickets and is considered a bright prospect with good movement (but not a big puncher).

Timmy "The Gentleman" Baimolda owns a promotional company at home in Kazakhstan but weirdly has been padding up his pro record in places like Ghana (where boxing was recently banned), Thailand and Nigeria.

 

I mean it's the same rule set more or less, three minute rounds etc., but they're not recognized by any recordkeeping entity - not BoxRec, not FightFax, etc.

In their own category sort of like the celebrity/YouTuber white collar and "Hybrid Rules" bouts. They're not exhibitions per se, as there are winners and losers, but they are not sanctioned by any boxing/athletic commission and thus don't count on pro records.

The weight divisions also don't line up perfectly with normal pros. They consider a 195lber a "heavyweight", like in the amateurs, rather than a cruiser. They'd call over 200lb a super heavyweight.

Also their championships are over 10 rounds instead of twelve.

 

Gabdrafikov uglied him up good.

 

Gabdrafikov improves to 5-0 and claims his first trinket.

I agree with Andy Clarke, this alone shouldn't get him within sniffing distance of a top 15 world ranking but will at the very least put him on the WBA's radar and perhaps within a few wins of gaining one.

 

Quite a lengthy break there.

...and we're not done, apparently. Ring emcee Alexsander Sadokov now calling somebody into the ring to be interviewed.

Guessing they're holding the next bout until top of the hour for some reason. Maybe to sync up with a scheduled Russian television simulcast, needing to pad time because of the previous match ending so quickly.

 

...means I've got time for a fresh batch of coffee!