By Jeff Aranow: Former two time world title challenger Andrzej Fonfara (30-5, 18 defeated journeyman Ismayl Sillakh (25-6, 19 KOs) by a 6th round knockout on Saturday night in a scheduled 10 round fight at the Torwar Sport Hall in Warsaw, Poland.
Ismayl Sillakh
Kovalev: I’m ready for Adonis Stevenson
By Eric Thomas: WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev (23-0-1, 21 KO’s) made a statement last night in stopping #15 WBO Ismayl Sillakh (21-2, 17 KO’s) in the 2nd round on HBO from the Colisee de Quebec, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The win puts the 30-year-old Kovalev on course to face WBC light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson (23-1, 20 KO’s) in a fight that could take place next if HBO is willing to come up with the big money to get Stevenson to accept the fight.
That’s the one thing that will determine whether the Kovalev-Stevenson fight happens next or at some point down the road after the two fighters have exhausted all the possible smaller money fights they can take before facing each other.
Bellew-Stevenson & Kovalev-Sillakh this Saturday on HBO
HBO’s hit late-night boxing franchise travels to Canada for an all-action Thanksgiving weekend doubleheader of light heavyweight powerhouses when HBO BOXING AFTER DARK: ADONIS STEVENSON VS. TONY BELLEW AND SERGEY KOVALEV VS. ISMAYL SILLAKH is seen SATURDAY, NOV. 30 at 10:15 p.m. (live ET/tape-delayed PT) from the Colisee Pepsi in Quebec City, exclusively on HBO. The HBO Sports team of Jim Lampley, Max Kellerman and Roy Jones Jr. will be ringside for the event, which will be available in HDTV, closed-captioned for the hearing-impaired and presented in Spanish on HBO Latino.
Sergey Kovalev vs. Ismayl Sillakh on HBO this Saturday
By Allan Fox: This Saturday night unbeaten WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev (22-0-1, 20 KO’s) will be taking a decent test in his first title defense of his World Boxing Organization title against #15 WBO Ismayl Sillakh (21-1, 17 KO’s) on the undercard of the Adonis Stevenson vs.Tony Bellew card at the Colisee de Quebeck, Quebec City, Canada.
Sillakh, 6’1″, has good size and excellent skills. He’s a very mobile fighter and reminds one of a shorter, lighter version of Wladimir Klitschko, but without his power and size. The 28-year-old Sillakh’s career hit a speed bump last year when he was stopped by Russian Denis Grachev in the 8th round in a fight that Sillakh was dominating at the time of the stoppage.
Sillakh to fight 39-year-old Pylypenko on August 19th
By Allan Fox: #7 WBC light heavyweight contender Ismayl Sillakh (17-1, 14 KO’s) will be stepping up a weight class on August 19th to fight 39-year-old Ukrainian journeyman Igor Pylypenko (3-12-2) in a 10 round scheduled fight at the Club Sportlife, in Kiev, Ukraine.
Sillakh is still the most talented fighter at 175, and will soon be a world champion
By Scott Gilfoid: The talented 27-year-old light heavyweight contender Ismayl Sillakh (17-1, 14 KO’s) may have been stopped in the 8th round by Russian Denis Grachev (12-0-1, 8 KO’s) last Friday night, but this is merely a small setback for Sillakh and it in now way deter him from continuing to press forward to pick up one of the world titles at 175lbs.
Sillakh vs. Grachev on ESPN2 Friday Night Fights
By Jason Kim: In one of the better ESPN2 fights, undefeated light heavyweights Ismayl Sillakh (17-0, 14 KO’s) faces unbeaten Denis Grachev (11-0, 7 KO’s) in an Eastern European fighter showdown scheduled for 10 rounds at the Frank Erwin Center, in Austin, Texas.
Sillakh-Pascal in talks for May fight: Don’t hold your breath in this fight happening
By Dan Ambrose: According to Dan Rafael, there are talks between former WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal (26-2-1, 16 KO’s) and unbeaten contender Ismayl Sillakh (17-0, 14 KO’s) to fight in early 2012 in a World Boxing Council light heavyweight eliminator with the winner of that fight take on the winner of the April 28th fight between WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins and Chad Dawson.
Sillakh vs. Pascal in talks
By Dan Ambrose: According to Dan Rafael, a fight between former WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal (26-2-1, 16 KO’s) and Ismayl Sillakh (17-0, 14 KO’s) is a possibility. Rafael states that the two fighters are in talks.
Sillakh: Andre Ward would easily beat Lucian Bute
By Scott Gilfoid: Undefeated light heavyweight contender Ismayl Sillakh (17-0, 14 KO’s) thinks WBA/WBC super middleweight champion Andre Ward (25-0, 13 KO’s) would have no problems beating International Boxing Federation (IBF) super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (29-0, 24 KO’s) if and when they end up fighting in 2012 or 2013. Sillakh, 26, simply thinks Ward would be too good for the 31-year-old Bute to deal with.