Tokyo gold medalist Albert Batyrgaziev powered by critical adversity in Serpukhov this afternoon to complete Jono Carroll and declare the interim WBA tremendous featherweight title.
Carroll (24-3-1, 7 KO), an almost 12-to-1 underdog, got here storming out the gate with heavy swings as Batyrgaziev (11-0, 8 KO) appeared to get his jab and proper hook going. A couple of minute into the third spherical, Batyrgaziev dipped down for a straight left to the physique and was too sluggish in bringing it again, permitting Carroll to blast him within the temple with a wound-up proper hook.
Batyrgaziev did the rooster dance for a second and really clearly put a glove on the mat to regular himself, however the referee didn’t name a knockdown, permitting Carroll to swarm him in opposition to the ropes. To his credit score, Batyrgaziev managed to climate the storm and work his means again into the struggle
After plenty of aggressive and entertaining rounds, Batyrgaziev began ramping up his offense within the eighth, cracking Carroll with volleys of 1-2s. One spherical later, Batyrgaziev’s physique work paid off when a left to the liver despatched Carroll to his knees. Although Carroll managed to beat the rely, a subsequent onslaught from Batyrgaziev quickly put him down once more and compelled the referee into motion.
It’s a really stable win for Batyrgaziev over a battle-tested veteran who had by no means been stopped, however he confirmed some noteworthy flaws he’ll want to deal with earlier than his mandated shot at Lamont Roach Jr. Whereas he’s acquired a genuinely beautiful jab and works the physique properly, he tends to flare his elbow when launching his left upstairs and has a foul behavior of bringing his palms again low with out transferring his head. Nonetheless, not unhealthy for 26.
You may watch the occasion in its entirety on the IBA’s YouTube web page; Batyrgaziev vs Carroll kicks off at virtually precisely the five-hour mark and concludes round 35 minutes later.
The primary occasion noticed Tokyo heavyweight silver medalist Muslim Gadzhimagomedov (4-0, 3 KO) demolish the overmatched Zhaoxin Zhang (12-3-1, 7 KO) for the WBA’s first-ever “bridgerweight” belt. Zhang acquired this chance by starching the undefeated Evgeny Romanov final February in one in every of 2024’s most ludicrous comeback knockouts, however had nothing to supply Gadzhimagomedov, who battered him en path to a fourth-round stoppage.
