By Erik Schmidt: Middleweight contender Mahir Oral (26-2-2, 10 KO’s) defeated German Alexander Sipos (19-8-2, 9 KO’s) by a six-round unanimous decision on Friday night at the Gran Casino, in Castellon Comunidad Valenciana, Spain. The final judges’ scores were 59-55, 59-55 and 59-55. I personally had Sipos winning the fight by three rounds to two with one even. Sipos was penalized one point for slapping with his punches in the 3rd round.
Steffen Kretschmann
Airich Defeats Jakobs; Kretschmann Destroys Zeller – Boxing Results
By Erik Schmidt: Fringe heavyweight prospect Konstantin Airich (11-1-1, 9 KOs) defeated former cruiserweight Alexander Jakob (25-5-1, 15 KOs) by an unimpressive eight-round unanimous decision on Tuesday night at the Kugelbake-Halle, Cuxhaven, in Niedersachsen, Germany. Airich, 30, dropped the 40 year-old Jakob with a weak left-right combination in the 2nd round.
Kretschmann Stops Tisdale
By Erik Schmidt: Unbeaten heavyweight prospect Steffen Kretschmann (12-0, 11 KOs) took out American heavyweight Otis Tisdale (25-22-1, 15 KOs) with a big body shot in the 5th round on Friday night at the Kugelbake Halle, Cuxhaven, in Niedersachsen, Germany. The 6’5″ Kretschmann, 28, had too much power for the aging 39 year-old Tisdale, knocking him down twice in the bout – once in the 4th and another time in the 5th – with hard body shots. Tisdale took the Kretschmann’s power shots to the head without any problem, but when he was hit to the body, it was a serious problem for Tisdale. However, Kretschmann looked slow, robotic and landed big power for a heavyweight his size.
Kretschmann, southpaw, had it easy in the first round, stalking Tisdale and hitting him with straight left hands and a pawing jab. Unfortunately, Kretschmann rarely was able to get any real power on his shots and caused Tisdale little problems when throwing head shots. Part of the problem appears to be Kretschmann’s stand up style of fighting, in which he stands straight up without bending his knees.