Heavyweight pressure Arslanbek Makhmudov battered late substitute Miljan Rovcanin, twice knocking his opponent by way of the ropes.
The Russian puncher was getting back from a primary loss suffered towards Agit Kabayel in December. A damaged hand stored him out for six months, which Makhmudov attributes to the defeat.
“It’s easy to grasp. I began effectively within the first spherical however broke my hand within the second spherical with a two-place fracture,” Makhmudov advised World Boxing Information in an unique interview after the Kabayel defeat. “I didn’t understand within the struggle that it occurred, however I felt one thing prefer it grew to become frozen. And I didn’t understand that my hand didn’t work with the fracture.
“As all people is aware of, my fashion isn’t recreation enjoying or to win by some extent. My fashion is a puncher, energy, and anybody who I’m going into the ring with expects energy. Even my opponent [Kabayel] felt my energy within the first spherical. After I broke my hand, he understood I now not had my energy. When he understood that, he began to assault me. There’s nothing I can do as a result of when your hand doesn’t work, you can not do something.”
The ‘Day of Reckoning’ reverse stored Makhmudov hungry to return to successful methods. In opposition to Rovcanin, he wasted no time getting right down to enterprise.
Rovcanin was planted by way of the ring inside two minutes of the competition and virtually landed on the announce desk. The commentary crew needed to step again because it regarded just like the Serbian would go proper by way of to the ground. One way or the other, he recovered, however Makhmudov was removed from performed.
Arslanbek Makhmudov is now absolutely recovered from a damaged hand suffered towards Agit Kabayel, his solely defeat.
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Within the second, he once more caught Rovcanin flush and fell by way of the ring to the underside rope because the referee counted him out.
Makhmudov improves to 19-1 with an eighteenth stoppage and would have been an spectator per week earlier as previous foe Kabayael stopped Frank Sanchez.
A rematch with the German will likely be on prime of Makhmudov’s agenda, with WBN planning one other interview with the 34-year-old to debate the matter this week.
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