RCC Boxing: Zaur Magomedaliyevich Abdullayev vs. Henry Lundy & Denis Lebedev vs. Nezir Altunkaya RBR

Uh-oh, noodled arm punches and some heavy air-sucking through an open maw, Canelo is gassed halfway into the 9th...but to his credit he's standing his ground and pumping out both hands even as Kuz rolls himself into a hedgehog ball and then catapults himself in and scores uppercuts.

If they can both catch a second wind on their stools we could be set up for a positively epic tenth.

 

I thought I saw him wag a finger in the air, could be mistaken.

 

Quick glove touch and hug as they answer the bell.

Some people don't like that practice until a fight is over; this is the sort of fight I point to as the very obvious exception, where I can't see how anybody could have a problem with that gesture of camaraderie and sportsmanship in this context.

edit: and of course they immediately begin proving my point by HAMMERING each other with brutal hooking combos in the pocket moments later.

 

Kuznetsov looking hungrier in the ultimate frame..

It has been close enough throughout (although I haven't kept a running scorecard), it could well be hanging in the balance here..

 

Three baubles up for grabs:

1. vacant Eurasian Boxing Parliament Super Featherweight Title
2. vacant International Boxing Federation Youth Super Featherweight Title
3. vacant World Boxing Council CIS and Slovac Boxing Bureau (CISBB) Super Featherweight Title

 

I'd approve of a draw or a 2-round margin either way.

Any sort of six point gap and I'm suspicious.

(Canelo is a German Titov guy, while Kuznetsov belongs to another small-fry rival domestic promoter, Sergey Trofimov)

 

I'm watching in a library (no audio), plus I don't speak Russian...so I'm relying on you guys for the scores here...

edit: n/m they both had their hands raised by the ref, guessing draw?

 

Agreed, they both fought their asses off, and the whole damn thing was competitive (more than half were airtight swing rounds) - glad to see neither take an L.

I'd clear my schedule for a rematch.

 

I'd be fine with Urvanov shading it, but if we saw 98-91 cards or something it would smell like rotten home cooking.