By Nate Anderson: Unbeaten welterweight Roberto Belge (19-0, 4 KOs) defeated Ukrainian Vladimir Borovski (21-34-1, 9 KOs) by a six-round majority decision on Tuesday night at the Laser Show Hall, Bobycentrum, in Brno, Czech Republic. The final judges’ scores were 60-56, 60-55 and 57-57. I had Belge, 28, winning every round of the fight with ease, using his jab and combinations to easily control the slower, far less active Borovski in every round of the fight. Belge, from Switzerland, had little trouble with Borovski, who came into the fight having lost his last 18 fights. Without any real boxing skills, Borovski was hopelessly outclassed in this fight.
Belge worked Borovski over with combinations, a jab and an occasional shove to keep Borovski safely on the outside where he was unable to do much damage. Belge, a fighter with very little power, more than made up for his lack of power by hitting Borovski with a constant flow of punches from round one. In the first two rounds, Borovski threw only a pitiful six punches and spent most of the time eating shots to the head and body. The 57-57 score from one of the judges was simply ridiculous given Borovski’s sheer lack of offense in the fight. It was as if the judge had either been asleep during the fight or had been confused about another fight on the card.
In the 4th round, Borovski threw a few good shots, bloodying Belge’s nose during the action, but Borovski still got the far worst of it in the round. Belge used his as target practice, keeping him on the ropes for an extended amount of time where he landed lefts and rights to the head and body. Early in the round, Belge turned southpaw and begin nailing Borovski with straight rights to the head.
It was more a less a jab, but must more powerful because of it being Belge’s normal power hand. As the round progressed, Belge hit Borovski over and over with combinations to the head, and once again pinned him on the ropes for more punishment. Like in the other rounds, Borovski was limited to around 10 punches thrown in the round.
Borovski fought reasonably well in the 5th round, landing some good right hand shots. Belge’s left eye began to show red swelling by the end of the round. He still wasn’t hit that much, but Borovski had good power in his shots and did a lot of damage with the few times that he was able to land in the round. If I were to give any of the rounds to Borovski, this would be the one. Though he didn’t do nearly enough to win the round, as far as I’m concerned.
In the 6th round, Borovski got off to a good start landing a few single shots to the head. However, Belge quickly took over the round and dominated the next two minutes until the last 30 seconds of the round when Borovski opened up with a short volley of shots. It was too little, too late for Borovski, was behind in the fight and needed a knockout to win.