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Amateur success doesn’t necessarily equal pro success.
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Amateur success doesn’t necessarily equal pro success.

Mark "Canelo" Urvanov overcame tough resistance provided by former WBA 130lb champion Rene Alvarado of Nicaragua to hammer out a ten-round, unanimous decision Saturday at RCC Boxing Academy in Ekaterinburg, Russia.

The scene is set for one of the most prominent boxing cards of 2022 in Russia. The epithet should be taken with a grain of salt, as local cards are far less pretentious this year than they were before – another sad consequence of an ongoing high-scale military conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

Tokyo Olympian Caroline Dubois got her professional career to a winning start with a six-round shut-out against Vaida Masiokaite in Cardiff.

Following today’s announcement by the Welsh Government that indoor sports events can resume in Wales, BOXXER announced that the showdown between bitter rivals Chris Eubank Jr. (31-2, 23 KO’s) and Liam Williams (23-3-1, 18 KO’s), presented in association with Wasserman Boxing, will take place at the Motorpoint Arena Cardiff on Saturday, February 5.

Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood - Daniyar Yeleussinov (10-0 6 KOs) landed his first pro title with a blistering two round KO win over former unified World Super-Lightweight champion Julius Indongo (23-3 12 KOs).

Yeleussinov, Indongo Fight Photos Gallery - Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood - Rising welterweight prospect Daniyar Yeleussinov (10-0, 6 KOs) blew away former unified junior welterweight champion Julius Indongo (23-3, 12 KOs) in two rounds. (photos by Ed Mulholland)

Daniyar Yeleussinov became the third opponent Friday night to knock out Julius Indongo. If nothing else, he got rid of Indongo in the same round as Regis Prograis knocked him out and a round earlier than Terence Crawford stopped the ex-junior welterweight champion. Yeleussinov dropped Indongo once apiece in the first and second rounds, and referee Christopher Young halted the action after Indongo got up from the second knockdown.

Daniyar Yeleussinov couldn’t even bring himself to laugh at the claim made by his upcoming opponent. As serious as he could express himself, former unified 140-pound titlist Julius Indongo (23-2, 12KOs) insisted that Friday’s clash with Kazakhstan’s Yeleussinov will be “easy work.” The belief—as the 37-year old from Windhoek, Namibia sees it—is that what he’s been able to accomplish as a pro will be enough to prevail in Friday’s chief support battle of welterweight southpaws.

Julius Indongo isn’t impressed with what well-established former amateur standout Daniyar Yeleussinov brings to the table. The former unified 140-pound titlist moves up in weight for a regional welterweight title fight with Kazakhstan’s Yeleussinov (9-0, 5KOs), a two-time Olympian and 2016 Olympic Gold medalist who has emerged as a notable prospect in the pro ranks. The two collide this Friday, live on DAZN from a crowdless Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida, with the winner poised to make some noise in the loaded 147-pound division.