Pala wins vacant WBO Europe heavyweight

Czech Ondrej Pala (29-2, 21 KOs) will enter the WBO heavyweight rankings after his one-sided beatdown of Ukrainian journeyman Alexey Mazikin (16-6-2, 3 KOs) for a vacant WBO Europe belt. Pala, 26, was way faster than plodding and seemingly out-of-shape former Ukrainian Olympian and was easily beating him to the punch all night long. Quick Pala just jumped in, landed some lightning-fast combinations and immediately jumped out. Mazikin, 36, was unable to cut angles effectively and was overmatched in almost every department. The fight was stopped after the conclusion of the seventh round by referee Manfred Kuechler. Pala had a harder win over Mazikin a year and a half ago when he outpointed him over eight rounds.

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