The 13th Round - Boxing for the Hardcore

2015-11-04	TTR RANKED FIGHTERS IN ACTION- November 4- Afolabi, Lebedev, and Povetkin Win; Cuenca, Kudryashov, and Chakhkiev Lose
Earlier today, in Kazan, Russia, six boxers ranked by the participating members of TTR as being among the best currently fighting in their respective weight classes were in action. Three, Ola Afolabi, Denis Lebedev, and Alexander Povetkin, stopped their opponents while three, Cesar Rene Cuenca, Dmitry Kudryashov, and Rakhim Chakhkiev, were stopped by theirs. IBO and IBF World Junior Welterweight Titles- IBO champion Eduard Troyanovsky (IBF #13; 23-0, 20 KOs) TKO-6 IBF champion Cesar Rene Cuenca (TTR #8, Transnational #10; 48-1, 2 NCs, 2 KOs as per BoxRec; 47-1, 2 NCs, 2 KOs as per FightFax) Vacant WBC Silver Cruiserweight Title- Olanrewaju Durodola (WBC #4; 22-2, 20 KOs) TKO-2 2:29 Dmitry Kudryashov (WBC #2, WBA #4, WBO #5, TTR #6, The Ring #8, Transnational #9, IBF #9; 18-1, 18 KOs) - Durodola's WBC Continental Americas and Kudryashov's WBA International, WBC CISBB, and UBO World titles were not on the line. - Durodola forced the fight to the inside in the second round. He drove Kudryashov to the ropes and then landed his right hand repeatedly until referee Jay Nady mercifully stopped the bout. IBO World Cruiserweight Title- Ola Afolabi (Transnational #7, IBF #10, TTR #15; 22-4-4, 11 KOs) KO-5 1:44 Champion Rakhim Chakhkiev (WBC #3, IBF #5, Transnational #6, TTR #7, The Ring #10, WBA #11; 24-2, 18 KOs) - Former two-time WBO interim champion Afolabi regained the IBO title he had held from November 2, 2013 until April of this year. - Trailing on points, the IBO #20 ranked Afolabi abruptly ended matters in the fifth round with a hard right followed by a crunching left. WBA World Cruiserweight Title- Champion Denis Lebedev (Transnational #2, The Ring #2, TTR #3; 28-2, 20 KOs) TKO-8 2:00 Lateef Kayode (WBA #3; 21-1, 1 ND, 1 NC, 16 KOs) - Lebedev decked Kayode three times- once in the seventh round and twice in the eighth. Kayode made it back to his feet each time. After the second knockdown in the eighth round, Lebedev landed a series of unanswered power punches giving referee Steve Smoger no choice but to prevent Kayode from taking additional punishment. WBC Silver Heavyweight Title- Champion Alexander Povetkin (TTR #1, Transnational #1, The Ring #1, WBC #1, WBO #5; 30-1, 22 KOs) TKO-12 Mariusz Wach (WBC #11, IBF #13; 31-2, 17 KOs) - Povetkin dominated and was leading 79-73 on all three cards after the eighth round. He continued to dominate into the twelfth round. - Referee Jay Nady stopped the bout on the advice of the ringside physician because of the cuts Wach had suffered. Povetkin also suffered a cut during the bout but his corner was able to keep it under control. Wach's cuts kept worsening as the fight went on.
	Article By: Ken Pollitt