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By Chris Williams: The World Boxing Super Series (WBSS) 8-man tournament will be well represented at 140 with the following being some of the names in the tourney: Regis Prograis, Kiryl Relikh, Eduard Troyanovsky, Ivan Baranchyk and Anthony Yigit.
By Jim Dower: Amir Mansour (23-2-1, 16 KOs) and unbeaten Sergey Kuzmin (11-0, 8 KOs) fought to a 3 round no contest on Monday night in a fight for the vacant WBC International heavyweight title at the Luzhniki, in Moscow, Russia.
By Jeff Aranow: In a shocking fight, #15 WBA fringe contender Julius Indongo (21-0, 11 KOs) pulled off a major upset in stopping previously unbeaten 36-year-old IBF World light welterweight champion Eduard Troyanovsky (25-1, 22 KOs) in the 1st round on Saturday night to capture his IBF 140lb title at the Khodynka Ice Palace, in Moscow, Russia.
The lanky 5’10” southpaw Indongo nailed Troyanovsky with a scorching left hand to the jaw in the 1st round that sent the Russian fighter down flaw on his back. Troyanovsky was badly hurt from the shot and didn’t even try to get up. Referee Mark Calo-Oy immediately stepped in and halted the fight with Troyanovsky still down on the canvas and in need of assistance. They eventually got Troyanovsky back to his feet and took him out of the ring, but he looked in bad shape.
By Jaime Ortega: Terrence Crawford will defend his belts against contender John Molina. The fight is set for December 10, but no one has signed any deals yet. The fight holds little meaning to Crawford’s highly superior technical ability, who will easily defeat Molina on a one sided match-up.
Crawford’s camp has shown reluctance to announce a much riskier fight – one that would outmatch any other fight on the Junior Welterweight division. That is against the IBF and IBO champion, Eduard Troyanovsky, an undefeated Russian who doesn’t fear any welterweight.
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By Jim Dower: Making his second defense of his International Boxing Federation light welterweight title, champion Eduard Troyanovsky (25-0, 22 KOs) totally destroyed a badly overmatched #3 IBF challenger Keita Obara (16-2-1, 15 KOs) in the 2nd round on Friday night at the Krylia Sovetov in Moscow, Russia.
By Jaime Ortega: As I predicted and it came to pass, Terrence Crawford absolutely dominated and destroyed Viktor ‘overhyped’ Postol with relative ease. Postol became a hyped superstar from the ashes of Lucas Mathysse, who after many battles looked like the oil-less robot of the Wizard of Oz. Postol’s only reliable weapon is his jab, and his eight week training at Wildcard gym under Freddy Roach was not going upgrade his average skillset. Crawford vs Postol was a disappointing battle, and those who over hyped Postol as the next big star were rightly put on their place.
However, in the 140 division the biggest challenge for Crawford is not the one dimensional Ukrainian, but the omni-directional Russian Eduard Troyanovsky who is 24-0, 21 knockouts.
By Jaime Ortega: A few boxing fans have called Viktor Postol versus Terrence Crawford the fight of the year and the best fight currently lining the 140 division. Some even claim that the winner of the two should be crowned the best pound for pound, which in essence seems utterly ridiculous –neither claim holds truth –so rest assure the winner of Sergey Kovalev versus Andre Ward will be crowned best pound for pound boxer in the world.