Radivoje "Hot Rod" Kalajdzic

...although, if Jeff Page can strike early.. :think

But of course that would be his only chance. If he didn't crack Beterbiev early that is a VERY painful night for Kalajdzic.

 

..and he probably hits a bit harder than Page but is less accurate.

 

Hot Rod is back!!!!

...for his third appearance since the Marcus Browne robbery, in fact... (having already returned in September of that same year to upset yet another Lou DiBella prospect with a kayo in 5 of Travis Peterkin, then 16-0-1 in the pros with a 95-7 amateur mark) but just the second time since interrupting a 22-month layoff with a blitz of 13-28 moldy old tomato can BradAustin this July.

That means come October 5th, the Friday after next, Kalajdzic will have logged under three minutes in the prize ring in over 2 years! Of his prime.

The opponent is Colombian southpaw glass cannon Alex Theran...no soft touch for someone as rusty as Hot Rod.

WAR RADIVOJE!

 

Don't see one for him on sportenote - usually if guys don't have one there, or have it listed on their Wikipedia page (if they have one, if not then maybe on their bio page on BoxRec), and they're not Olympians nor WSB veterans or something else where they would have been high profile enough for their amateur record to be researched & reported in a mainstream article somewhere...usually they're extremely hard to come by, in my experience.

I do, however, remember a lot of fuss being made, in the run-up to Kalajdzic vs. Browne, of the fact that Hot Rod had a very skimpy amateur resume. Not quite a Mexican-style learning-on-the-job deal but he might've only had a couple dozen bouts or something.