Gennady Golovkin vs. Makoto Fuchigami & Zaurbek Baysangurov vs. Michel Soro RBR

Ukrainian FOTY? :think

:yep

 

Round 11

Clinch. Spin. Baysangurov backs out, and Soro starts to pepper in quick body shots from outside. Soro is swiveling above the waist and really leveraging some of those fast cuts to the midsection with either fist. They clinch again, and Vann asks for a break. He doesn't get it. He yells at them. They let go, and Baysangurov marches in before Soro is expecting him and clubs him with a right, and a left! Soro squats and peers up at Baysangurov on the outside, then reaches out to intercept him in a clinch. Soro steps back, jabs, turns Baysangurov. BIG LEFT HOOK BY BAYSANGUROV stepping in. Soro holds, then skirts off the ropes, backs up a foot, Baysangurov is up in his face, giving no quarter, clinch again, nice counter uppercut by Soro, big right hand over the top by Baysangurov, and Soro clinches again. BIG loud spanking left hook to the hip by Baysangurov. Flush jab to the chin by Baysangurov as Soro is circling away.

10-9 Baysangurov (but Soro had an excellent opening 90 seconds, I wouldn't fuss much if someone gave this to him as a comeback round)

105-103 Baysangurov

 

The best Russia vs. France match-up held in Ukraine through the first 4.5 months of the year, hands down.

 

For me, Soro needs another knockdown (with the 10-8 swing) to salvage a draw.