Armory, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. A quartet of prospects from Kazakhstan performed on the early card of the evening. All won early.
Super middleweight fighter (up to 76.2 kg) Bek Nurmaganbet (7-0, 5 KOs) beat the American
Heinell Wheeler (7-2, 6 KOs).
Nurmaganbet TKO 2.
The prospect of the second bantamweight (up to 55.3 kg) Evgeny Pavlov (7-0, 5 KOs) expectedly did not notice the resistance of the Mexican
Alexis Salido (2-3, 1 KO).
Pavlov TKO 2.
First middleweight fighter (up to 69.9 kg)
Ablaykhan Zhusupov (2-0, 1 KOs) beat the Mexican journiman
Edgar Ramirez (18-21-1, 14 KOs).
The fight ended in the starting round.
Zhusupov TKO 1.
Middleweight (up to 72.6 kg)
Abilkhan Amankul (1-0, 1 KO) made his pro debut in a fight with an American
Devonte McDonald (1-1, 1 KO).
A left-handed prospect, a participant in the 2020 Olympics, sent an opponent to the canvas in the 3rd round – he was hit to the body. McDonald refused to continue the fight.
Amankul TKO 3.
Zenith metropole, Nantes, France. In the main bout of the evening, local fighter of the first middle weight (up to 69.9 kg) David Papo (26-0-1, 4 KOs) defended the low-prestige IBA championship belt in a confrontation with compatriot Ahmed El Musawi (34-4-1, 8 KO).
The fight went all the way, it turned out to be competitive. The judges disagreed: 117-114, 116-113 and 113-116.
Papo SD 12.
As part of the evening, the local WBA intercontinental bantamweight champion (up to 53.5 kg) Eli Konki (12-1, 1 KO) sensationally lost by knockout to his compatriot
Loic Tajan (7-1, 5 KOs). In 2019, the fight ended in favor of Konka.
Tajan KO 2.
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