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Undefeated European super middleweight champion Karo Murat (20-0, 12 KOs) made his light heavyweight debut a successful one, conviniently outpointing Italy-based Ukrainian Sergey Demchenko (13-3, 10 KOs) over twelve one-sided rounds.
Smaller but much faster Murat seemed to be competing in a wrong weight class, as he looked too tiny for 175lb, but he delivered a world-class performance against his rugged foe nevertheless. He used his diverse offensive to deliver a punching clinique to Demchenko but was unable to rock him really hard. However, he took almost evrey round with his rate of fire. Ukrainian fighter, on the other hand, wasn’t able to utilize his size advantage and knockout power, missing widely all the time. At the end, all three judges scored it unanimously in favor of the local fighter: 117-111 (twice) and 120-108. Fightnews had it 119-109. Murat acquired the vacant WBO Intercontinental title during the process.
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