KOTELNIK beats MAIDANA by split decision in action-packed fight!

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  1. Tom_Tocca

    Tom_Tocca The Provider Full Member

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    Copied from http://www.eastsideboxing.com/forum/showthread.php?t=119083

    Here's my educated first-hand view on this fight (actually have seen both fighters from ringside - Kotelnik once, Maidana twice):

    IMO Kotelnik will figure out Maidana (both of them I've seen live at ringside and on TV several times and I don't think that Maidana can adapt to the Ukraine his style b/c he's even more wild and not that technically skilled as even Valero) by about the 5th round and than will put a beating on him for a final round retirement in the final stanza.
    Maidana is a actually a raw fighter how hasn't improved technically but makes up for that with his big punching power. Still his last fight was a pain in the ass to see (especially from ringside) were he used pretty dirty moves including kidney punches. Plus he's really got no good handspeed and when you match him with a ring-savy guy WITH handspeed and good TECHNIQUE like Kotelnik you nearly know the outcome for sure.
    This might really make up for an ass-wooping.
     
    Tom_Tocca, Jan 31, 2009
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  2. BigBone

    BigBone Boxing Addict Full Member

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    The 6 rounds f*ing idiot ZDF aired showed a very entertaining fight, and in those 6, Kotelnik had the most success. But Maidana has great power and very unusual wide and wild style, so even the technically and defensively very sound Kotelnik had trouble with the never-ending combos, and some shots like the left hook to the body looked much straighter. So this wild kid might have a future.

    Maidana would have an all-out war vs. Ricardo Torres or Juan Urango, and despite lack of skills in many areas, I see him having success in the division. He's still very young, and a change of training team might benefit him, so excitement guaranteed.

    Kotelnik moves on with another solid win, with the draw-like Witter and controversial M'Baye fights and the wins on his record he now clearly moves up in the rankings, should be #2 behind champ Hatton and the Bradley-Holt winner.
     
    BigBone, Feb 8, 2009
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  3. Tom_Tocca

    Tom_Tocca The Provider Full Member

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    Read here to figure out the whole fight:

    http://www.boxingconfidential.com/articles.php?category=NEWS&id=6355

    http://maxboxing.com/Gerbasi/Gerbasi020709.asp
     
    Tom_Tocca, Feb 8, 2009
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  4. BigBone

    BigBone Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Thx Tom!
     
    BigBone, Feb 8, 2009
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