WBC make Ward Champion in recess - Dirrell vs. Sjekloca for the vacant title

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by RonnieHornschuh, Apr 26, 2012.


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  1. yellow

    yellow New Member Full Member

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    Your selling points about his 3rd place don't tell much about him. Golovkin won gold by defeating successively Andy Lee, Lucian Bute and Yordanis Despaigne. One could wonder who was left in Sjekloca's half of the brackets...
     
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  2. mark.cooper

    mark.cooper thinker Full Member

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    To get it fair, he had a rather easy run up to the semifinals:
    R32 Nikola Sjekloca - Jose Yebes (ESP) 22:9
    R16 Nikola Sjekloca - Kimbatbek Riskulov (KGZ) 17:7
    QF Nikola Sjekloca - Abdelhani Kinzi (ALG) 24:5
    ... then he met his match:
    SF Oleg Mashkin (UKR) - Nikola Sjekloca 21:18
    ... who lost without glory in the final
    Gennady Golovkin (KAZ) - Oleg Mashkin (UKR) RSCI 2nd round (10:6)

    Not really a bum but far from impressive.
     
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  3. RonnieHornschuh

    RonnieHornschuh ESB indie police Full Member

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    I've seen a couple of his fights at the pros. He will get crushed. Why the WBC chose him instead of Stevenson, I don't know. :bart
     
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  4. tobias

    tobias Well-Known Member Full Member

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    We will see but the professional level is completely different, that's true.
     
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