Casino Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Two-time Olympic medalist, promising heavyweight (over 90.7 kg) from Kazakhstan Ivan Dychko
(12-0, 11 KOs) won his 12th career victory, but for the first time he failed to knock out an opponent – a local journeyman turned out to be a survivor
Kevin Espindola (7-4, 2 KOs).
Dychko was closest to an early victory in the decisive rounds, but by that time Espindola had already firmly decided for himself that he would do everything in his power to hear the gong.
In general, the prospect looked indistinct: he boxed slowly, practically did not combine, did not use superiority in anthropometry. Therefore, the result was expected – Espindola survived to the end.
The score of the judges: 100-90 and twice 99-91 in favor of the favorite.
Dychko UD 10.
Montreal Casino, Montreal, Canada. Russian Artyom Oganesyan (13-1, 11 KOs) made his debut defense of the NABF junior middleweight champion belt (up to 69.9 kg) and sensationally lost to Mexican gatekeeper Dante Hardon (35-8, 25 KOs).
Problems for Hovhannisyan began from the opening round – a hard right counter-hook yawned and sprawled on the canvas. He managed to get to his feet, continue the fight and even recovered during the break. The favorite turned on in full, but it turned out that Hardon simply did not notice Oganesyan’s blows – the underdog accepted the proposed tight fight and began to process the opponent without any problems.
Coach Mark Ramsay demanded a knockout from the ward, but he lost to the underdog without options. Two judges gave a confident victory to the guest (98-91, 97-92), but there was also a pathetic attempt to pull out the favorite – still 95-94 in favor of the Mexican.
Hardon UD 10. He also took the belt.
To understand the scale of the upset: odds for Hardon’s victory were 21.0.
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