ESPN: Mehmet Nadir Ünal vs. Janek Czerklewicz & Albert Ramón Ramírez Durán vs. Michael Flannery RBR

Antonin Hortie Décarie - retired welterweight contender and currently managing director for Eye of the Tiger - now joins to chat about some of the prospects in his stable.

He's very high on Moreno Fendero.

 

Movladdin Biyarslanov vs. Antonio Collado, 10 rounds @ super lightweight

 

Movladdin "Artur" aka "The Chechen Wolf" Biyarslanov has honestly not looked too hot in the pros so far, as least not consistently - being bailed out on multiple occasions by his raw power.

Antonio "Goku" Collado is a less-than-a-week replacement for Xolisani Ndongeni. While he is 19-1, the Spaniard doesn't have any meaningful victories (the best probably being Leonardo Uzcátegui - whom I suspect but can not yet confirm is the younger brother or maybe cousin of fellow Venezuelan former titlist José "Bolivita" Uzcátegui)

 

Collado hits the deck twice but survives the opening round.

Unsurprising he could not keep the Russian at bay, as he's a complete feather-fist - just three stoppages in his twenty previous bouts.

10-7 Biyarslanov

 

Another right hook body shot knockdown very early in R2. Looks like there might be blood in the water, but Collado is able to box and move for a minute straight. Biyarslanov warned for a rabbit punch. Moments later, Collado down, but the ref rules it not a KD as it was from another blatant rabbit punch. Collado is ducking & shimmying a lot but Biyarslanov not being particularly careful to avoid the base of the skull either.

10-8 Biyarslanov

20-15 Biyarslanov

 

Collado very slow to rise from the fourth and ultimately final knockdown of the fight (from a cuffing right hook on the nape of the neck) early in round three. Rides the count until nine and the ref says fuhgeddaboutit.

 

Camille Estephan is like if you threw Peter Macdissi, Paul Levesque, and Telly Savalas in a blender.

 

Alright, finally...twenty minutes of yapping is more than enough.

 

Mehmet Nadir Ünal vs. Janek Czerklewicz, 10 rounds @ light heavyweight

 

I hate when this happens...

Obviously with the umlauts in play, Ünal is the name I must have copied to my clipboard for ease of repeated quick-pasting ...but I don't exactly feel like typing out Czerklewicz a bunch of times either.