Kevin Lerena vs. Roman Golovashchenko RBR.

For comparisons, Golvo was regarded as the same numerical underdog as Lejarraga against Skeete recently...

 

Nah, in the first couple of rounds before he gassed it seemed there might be a chance of him smashing Lerena up...and it was competitive until about midway, at which point he was totally spent (but Lerena was still too scared to really capitalize) - although to his credit he rallied hard in rounds 10 & 12 and left it all in the ring.

 

**** i missed this fight!

 

Gotta mind those locations and know what time zone they're in...what's suppertime in western Europe can be late-night the further east you go... currently half an hour until midnight local time in Baku.

 

How was the fight?

 

Started off solid, maybe a 7.5/10 at its peak, dipped to a 5 at its lowest point, then returned to a 6 in the championship rounds.

 

Takeaway: Golovashchenko is tough & durable (and can soak up punishment even when his stamina is sapped) but very limited, and Lerena is somewhat talented (overall pretty good southpaw counter-puncher, not excellent in any one area with barely over average speed, power, and chin) but a complete sissy.

 

...who are the Smiths?

 

Gym/trainers/managers. He may be promoted mostly by Rodney Berman(Golden Gloves) though, who's a bit like South Africa's Arum. I've heard some shady things about both though I'll just leave it at that.

 

I thought Roman Golovaschenko was some made-up amalgamation of Chocolatito, GGG, and Loma. He wins in my book for existing. Being a real life human whose own name is made up of a mashup of three recent top P4P fighters...seriously, what are the odds?

 

Just google "Головащенко VS Лерена". The fight is on Youtube already.