Sahin Destroys Linkert

By Boxing News - 11/29/2008 - Comments

Image: Sahin Destroys LinkertBy Erik Schmidt: Undefeated cruiserweight prospect Serdar Sahin (13-0, 7 KOs) stopped Patrick Linkert (1-3-1) in the 4th round of a scheduled six-round bout on Friday night at the Maritim Hotel, Magdeburg, in Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany. Having chased Linkert around the ring for most of the short bout, Sahin finally caught up to him at the start of the 4th round, nailing him with a huge left hook, hurting him slightly and causing him to back up. Sahin then tagged him with another big left hook to the head, sending Linkert staggering backwards to the ropes, where Sahin then landed a hard right-left combination that sent Linkert down hard on the canvas.

Referee Klaus Griesel then immediately stopped the fight as soon as Linkert got to his feet, putting a halt to the bout at 0:20 of the 4th round. Linkert looked as if he wanted to continue fighting but due to the way he was dropped, with two bone jarring shots that snapped his head first one way and then the other, the referee thought best that the fight be stopped at this point rather than letting Sahin hurt Linkert with any more additional huge shots.

Sahin, 26, looked remarkable like a smaller, slower version of Mike Tyson, as he came out throwing huge hooks and loaded up with every shot he threw at Linkert in the opening round. Unfortunately for him, Sahin had none of Tyson’s incredible hand speed and was therefore easily seen by Linkert when he would attempt to land a big punch.

The opening minute of the round saw Linkert move constantly, jabbing frequently and trying to stay out of range of the much more powerful Sahin. However, Sahin cut off the ring well and began pounding Linkert with hooks to the head and body. However, it wasn’t easy for him because Linkert moved continuously and never let Sahin get a stationary target during the round.

In rounds two and three, Sahin continued to plod after Linkert, trying hard to catch up to him and force him to fight. Linkert was having none of it, though, and fired off combinations whenever Sahin would corner him for a second or two.

However, he had none of Sahin’s immense power of his own and was essentially firing a cap gun at a fighter with a fully loaded cannon in each hand. In the 3rd, Sahin started to time Linkert’s escape routes better, cutting off the ring and meeting him with big lunging hooks to the head and body.

At the end of the 3rd, Sahin nailed Linkert with a big left hook to the head at the bell which seemed to stun Linkert slightly. It looked now like it was only a matter of time before Sahin caught up to Linkert and put him out with something big.

In the 4th round, Sahin immediately nailed Linkert with a huge left hook to the head at the start of the round, and then followed it with another big left hook that sent Linkert staggering backwards to the ropes.

Without any way of escape, Linkert was essentially helpless for Sahin, who then blasted him with a huge right-left combination that put Linkert on the canvas. He got up looking as if he didn’t know what had happened, and appeared to want to continue to fight on. The referee, though, stopped the fight at that point, ending the mismatch.



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