By Erik Schmidt: Undefeated light welterweight prospect Sergey Fedchenko (22-0, 10 KOs) destroyed Juan Alberto Godoy (22-12-1, 8 KOs) in a 4th round TKO on Saturday night at the Budivelnik, in Cherkasy, Ukraine. Fedchenko, 28, also known as “The Professor,” knocked Godoy down three times in the fight, twice in the 3rd and a final time in the 4th round. After the third knockdown, referee Yuri Koptsev stopped the one-sided bout. Fedchenko, a Ukrainian, jabbed Godoy frequently in the first round, and hammed him with power lefts and rights to the head. Fedchenko rarely threw combinations in the round and instead appeared to be loading up for quick, powerful shots that would often catch Godoy unaware.
For his part, Godoy found it difficult to land his own punches in the opening round, as when he would attempt to land a shot, Fedchenko would quickly move away to the outside leaving nothing but air in between the two fighters. In the second round, Fedchenko hurt Godoy with a hard left to the body in the early portion of the round, making Godoy grab to his side and wince in pain. He didn’t go down, however, and merely backed up. Fedchenko came after him and continued punishing him with right hands and left hooks to the head and body. Godoy tried to mount an attack but once again was unable to catch up to the quick of foot Fedchenko, who skittered away to safety on the outside.
Near the end of the round, Godoy finally was able to land a couple of decent right hands to the head of Fedchenko, but the punches had little on them and had no effect on the Ukrainian. Godoy continued to mostly miss in the 3rd round, as Fedchenko would dance away again and again, preventing him from landing his shots. Looking a little frustrated, Godoy charged after Fedchenko to the ropes, and hit him with a left-right combination.
However, Fedchenko, not wasting a second, fired back immediately with a hard right counter shot that planted Godoy to the canvas. He was unhurt, though, and sprang to his feet none the worse for the wear. Fedchenko went after him all the same, thinking he had him hurt, and landed two powerful left hooks to the head. He then began throwing flurries, hitting Godoy with blinding fast punches before he had a chance to react.
When Godoy finally attempted to throw a shot in return, Fedchenko once again moved away to the outside making him miss. He then came back after Goody and tagged him with a handful of punches ending with a hard right hand to the head that dropped Goody for the second time in the round. After Godoy to his feet, this time hurt, Fedchenko continued to blast him with punches for the remainder of the round.
In the fourth round, Fedchenko went after him immediately, hitting him with a right uppercut, a left hook to the head, causing Godoy to bend over. While he was bent over, Fedchenko stood over him and hit him with a hard left to the midsection followed by two hard right uppercuts to the head that sent Godoy down for the 3rd and final time in the fight. The referee then moved in and halted the fight with Godoy still down.