Ekaterinburg – TBRB #6 ranked super middleweight Pavel Silyagin (13-0, 6 KOs) shined in his tune-up bout against Colombian import Leonard Carrillo, stopping him in four one-sided rounds.
The upset-minded Colombian, who was coming off a road kayo over 14-0 Mateusz Tryc in Poland, had some mild success in round one, when Silyagin was searching his rhythm and range. He dropped Silyagin at the end of the round with a light punch, but it wasn’t ruled a knockdown by referee Victor Panin.
Silyagin didn’t waste any time in showing everyone he wouldn’t be a victim of Leonard’s luck and punching output. He dropped Carrillo with a major right hand in the midst of round two, then repeated this trick with his left hand. Carrillo took it well and fought on, but in the third he was dropped again by a major right hand of the Russian switch-hitter, and this time it was considerably harder. The fight ended in the fourth round, after a left hook to the jaw decked the Colombian for the fourth time, and now for the count. Time of stoppage was 1:18 of the fourth. Carrillo is now 16-5, with 15 KOs.
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Vadim Tukov suffered some facial damage in his fight versus Belarussian import Victor Murashkin (4-6, 3 KOs) but it didn’t prevent him from getting his 10th career win. Murashkin fought hard but Tukov was just more skillful and active in each of eight scheduled rounds. However, he suffered a bad cut over his left eyebrow in mid rounds and used his resilience and character to not allow the Belarussian to capitalize on that. The decision was unanimous for the Russian fighter, who is now 10-0, with 4 KOs.
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Cruiserweight Sharabutdin Ataev (4-0, 3 KOs) went the distance for the first time in his career against journeyman Igor Vilchitsky (6-7, 1 KO). Ataev dropped Vilchitskiy at the ropes in round two, and it seemed for a moment that the fight would be over soon – specifically given the fact that Vilchitskiy was stopped in five of his previous six losses. Yet the journeyman got himself together and brought some heat to Ataev, who was forced to work for the win. The eight-round decision was unanimous in favor of the prospect.
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IBF #13 lightweight Elnur Samedov (16-1, 6 KOs) opened a multi-fight card, organized by the RCC Boxing Promotions at now legendary DIVS arena in Ekaterinburg, Russia, with a convincing stoppage of Uzbek import Mirzamukhamad Khikmatullaev (now 8-5, 4 KOs).
Samedov, a Russia-based Azerbaijani, looked much better than in his most recent outing against then-undefeated Spaniard Moussa Ghoulam. Samedov was outworking and outpunching Khikmatullaev who was mostly lethargic in the ring. The Uzbek’s fuel tank was almost over by the third, and he also complained about an arm injury. Khikmatullaev was unable to get off his stool after the bell for the fourth round rang, signaling a stoppage win for Samedov.