September 17, M
Aleksander Dimitrenko
WBO I/C heavy champ Aleksander Dimitrenko stopped German
challenger Timo Hoffmann in the twelfth and final round of a
brutal, exciting and controversial fight that headlined this
Universum promotion.
Dimitrenko floored Hoffmann twice in
the fourth but was
guilty
both times of pushing and
wrestling his opponent off balance before or during his
punching. He had previously been ticked off by Belgian
referee Andre van Grootenbruel for this but got away with it
without points deduction.
Hoffmann looked finished but came
back in the fifth to floor Dimitrenko with a left jab that Aleksander walked into as he bounced off the ropes. After
the sixth round the pace slowed down as both fighters were tired and
battle worn, especially Hoffmann. In the last round
Dimitrenko again got away with pushing and hitting and
floored Hoffmann twice - after the second mandatory eight
count the referee deducted a point off Dimitrenko but then
waved the fight on and Aleksander
followed up and again Big Timo went down and now it
was stopped. After eleven rounds Dimitrenko was ahead by a
too wide margin of 107-99 twice and 105-101. Had the referee
done his job in the fourth round we might have seen a
different outcome of this fight. The crowd at the Boerdeland Hall booed the winner and cheered Hoffmann.
WBC number one challenger Vladimir Virchis didn't
impress until knocking out American heavy Robert
Hawkins with a single left hook in the fifth.
WIBF feather champ Ina Menzer retained her title with
a unanimous decision over Mexican Laura Serrano, who
overcame a slow start to make it very close at the end
of a very good fight.
Russian cruiser Grigory Drozd impressed in knocking
out tough Brazilian Laudelino Josa Barros in the
eighth round of a WBO A-P title fight. Drozd looked very
sharp in the first three but Barros came on in the
middle rounds but Drozd dug deep and found his second
win and took out his opponent with a double left
hook.
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