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Saturday 21, April 2018
Hala Sportowa, ul. Zuzlowa 4, Czestochowa, Poland
Hala Sportowa, ul. Zuzlowa 4, Czestochowa, Poland
Four years after their first fight, Mateusz "The Master" Masternak (41-4, 28 KOs) exerted a sweet revenge on his bitter rival, stopping former WBA interim cruiserweight champion Youri Kayembre Kalenga (23-5, 16 KOs) in a scheduled twelve-rounder for a vacant WBO European 200lb title. Kalenga didn't come out for the seventh round.
After the tedious first round, WBA #6, WBO #7 and WBC/IBF #8 rated Pole was rocked a couple of times by onrushing France-based Congolese, who was also warned for turning his back on The Master at one point. The Pole got more consistent at the end of the round and started to dominate Kalenga in the third. A hard right hook got a stern attention of Kalenga but he somehow weathered that storm.
In the fifth, Masternak showed his best boxing in years, peppering a dangerous kayo artist with left jab adding right hooks in succession to make it a very tough outing for the Frenchman. In the sixth, Kalenga looked a beaten man, and he was a beaten man and a desperate one, giving nothing in return for continuous pummelling. His corner saw nothing that could be offered to Masternak, forcing their fighter to retire in his corner before the bell to start the seventh round.
Masternak is now 5-0, 2 KOs in his recent run and definitely back into the mix. Nothing of the same could be said of Kalenga, who is 2-4 with two consecutive losses to drive him back down for a while.
https://www.boxingscene.com/tomasz-adamek-downs-joey-abell-seventh-round--127402
After the tedious first round, WBA #6, WBO #7 and WBC/IBF #8 rated Pole was rocked a couple of times by onrushing France-based Congolese, who was also warned for turning his back on The Master at one point. The Pole got more consistent at the end of the round and started to dominate Kalenga in the third. A hard right hook got a stern attention of Kalenga but he somehow weathered that storm.
In the fifth, Masternak showed his best boxing in years, peppering a dangerous kayo artist with left jab adding right hooks in succession to make it a very tough outing for the Frenchman. In the sixth, Kalenga looked a beaten man, and he was a beaten man and a desperate one, giving nothing in return for continuous pummelling. His corner saw nothing that could be offered to Masternak, forcing their fighter to retire in his corner before the bell to start the seventh round.
Masternak is now 5-0, 2 KOs in his recent run and definitely back into the mix. Nothing of the same could be said of Kalenga, who is 2-4 with two consecutive losses to drive him back down for a while.
https://www.boxingscene.com/tomasz-adamek-downs-joey-abell-seventh-round--127402