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Kuzmin on amateur fight against Joshua: I fought him in 2012, there was tournament in Hungary. I fought in the 2 round of the tournament. In first round I fought him against opponent from the Czech Republic and won in the 1 round. Physically I think Joshua was the same as now. After the World Championships he became known, he earned second place there. I started this fight with one thought that I have to win this fight. After the fight my trainer said, that this was like a bar fight. I think, I made a tactical mistake, I started to unleash on him and that was a mistake because it took a toll on the scorecard. Than I took a step back and started to move more. Maybe, he was better in some moments but I can't say that he has a hard,strong punch. I have fought against boxers who has a much stronger punch, strong like a hammer. Per instance people like Magomedrasul Medzhidov, he hits very hard.

P.S. Kuzmin lost to Joshua by a 9:7 score.

 

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The head of the television channel Showtime Sports Steven Espinosa summed up the results of the year and announced the most important points of the plan for the coming year. "2017 was one of the best in my memory. But I would quote the opinion of more experienced and educated people, for example Al Bernstein. He says that this year has become one of the best, if not the best in Showtime for the whole time when he works with the company. And he's in business for already an eternity. There is one fight that was close to being held, but it did not happen. This is Wilder Ortiz. In addition to this fight, I would not change anything this year. We did the right fights at the right time, everything went smoothly, "Espinosa said in an interview with fighthub.tv. - As for the year 2018, it is important to just show good fights at the right time. Then everything is won, even the loser. I think that all the fans of boxing crossed their fingers and are waiting for the fight between Wilder and Joshua. And the chances of this fight are very good. I think that this is the most anticipated fight at the moment. The fight with Ortiz Wilder again tries to get himself as soon as possible. Perhaps not later than the first quarter of 2018. I would say that no later than April or May. "

 

Could be but there are many of these around

 

Heavyweight Zhan Kosobutsky will meet with "Gladiator" in the third battle in the professional ring

3 time Kazakhstan heavyweight champion Zhan Kosobutsky (2-0, 2KO) on December 21 will hold his third fight in the professional ring.

The evening of boxing will be held in Moscow in the sports palace "Wings of the Soviets". The format of the match is eight rounds.

According to BoxRec.com, the rival of the Kazakhstan boxer will be Alexnadr Nesterenko from Ukraine, nicknamed "Gladiator". On account of the last nine wins (4KO) with eight defeats.

At the same time, Nesterenko was already mentioned as a rival of Kosobutsky for his second fight at the professional ring, which took place in November this year. However, this option was eliminated and the Kazakh met with Oleg Zablotsky from Belarus, defeating that technical knockout in the fourth round.

29-year-old Kosobutsky debuted in the pro in September in Borisov and won by technical knockout of Edgars Kalnars (27-41-1, 18KO) in the first round.

During the amateur career, Kosobutsky became the silver medalist of the Universiade in Kazan in 2013. He also won the championship of Kazakhstan three times (2010, 2012 and 2013).

Also holds almost a whitewash win over Vasily Levit and wide win over Medzhidov.

 

March will mark the return to the ring of the heavyweight Dillian Whyte (22-1, 16 KO). Team Whyte are trying to make a fight the 29-year-old Lucas Browne (25-0, 22 KO) or European champion Agit Kabayel (17-0, 12 KO).

Earlier, it was announced that the Briton will face another fight on February 3, but talks on this matter have been prolonged and the date of his performance changed. It is possible that Whyte will fight the next fight outside Great Britain.

Whyte in the last ring performance won on points with Robert Helenias, winning the WBC Silver belt. This year, the Englishman recorded two wins.

 

Julio Cesar de la Cruz beat Angelo Morejon by a 5:0 score to win Cuban National Championships in the heavyweight division. And Erislandy Savon beat Yoandris Toirac by a 4:1 score to win Cuban National Championships in the super-heavyweight division.