By Alexey Sukachev

Kiev, Ukraine - Two Chin-Checkers have entered the ring in a span of a week to be chin-checked, and both failed their tests big time. However, unlike Curtis Stevens' fight against Gennady Golovkin, Jaidon Condrington (21-4, 17 KOs) did have some chances against declining Ukrainian light heavyweight Vyacheslav Uzelkov (30-3, 19 KOs), yet found himself on a wrong end of a suspect stoppage in round six.

WBO #9 Uzelkov is far from his former self, showing mediocre skills and even less desire in his latest fights, seemingly losing motivation to fight on at the elite level. He looked bad against Condrington, who has been sparsely active following his crushing defeat to Sakio Bika in their 2007 cracker. He fought just four times since, winning three (all by the way of KO) and losing via KO 1 to Rakhim Chakhkiev a year and a half ago.

Against Uzelkov, 34, however, Condrington was doing good. After an even first, he began to outpunch his opponent in the second. Uzelkov looked dazed and unwilling to put his punches together. Oppositely, the American was active, landing multiple shots, targeting the body. The Ukrainian looked unfazed but also lethargic.

It changed a bit in the fifth but the American was better in that stanza too. Finally, Uzelkov began to do damage in round six. He caught Condrington several times - first with body shots and then going to the head. Condrington tried to retaliate and paid a dear price, missing with his left to eat a monster left hook to the... chin. It's where he had stumbled back to the ropes, ate two more shots with a closing right hand to the body sending him to the canvas. The American actually beat the count but referee Yuri Koptsev asked him several questions in close, and the waved the bout off. TKO 6 for Uzelkov, who acquired a vacant IBO I/C title but hardly any positive reviews of his disappointing performance.

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Another Olympic champion has kicked off his paid career with a bang, as 2012 London and 2011 Baku WC gold medalist Olexander Usyk (1-0, 1 KO) knocked out his Mexican opponent Felipe Romero (16-8-1, 11 KOs) in the fifth round of a one-sided beating.

Usyk, 26, with his stellar teammate Vasyl Lomachenko looking at him from ringside (apart of Usyk's promoter and WBC heavyweight champion Vitaliy Klitschko), used a measured approach, firstly feeling Romero out, than methodically breaking him down. Romero, 29, a three-division Mexican champion (super middleweight, cruiserweight and heavyweight) tried to land some bombs on Usyk but the Ukrainian, with his superior timing, was a couple of inches away from each of the Mexican's punches.

Usyk began to use his left hand at will in round two, mixing body and head shots. Late into the third he caught Romero with a cracking left to the solar plexus, putting him down for the first time. Romero was up at nine and continued fighting. After the fourth, Vasyl's father and Usyk's coach Anatoly Lomachenko, asked his pupil to gear up, which was exactly what Usyk did.

Midst into the fifth, he landed a smashing (but very short) left to the chin, putting Romero down for the count. The towel wasn't taken into account by the local referee, so the Mexican cornerman entered the ring to put a halt to the contest. A great win for one of the best Ukrainian amateur fighters of all time.

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Another Chechen fighter Aslambek Idigov, a stocky pressure super middleweight, improved his record to 3-0, 1 KO, with a dominating victory over Andrey Danichkin (0-9-1). On his 18th birthday, Idigov was better than Danichkin in every department but at the same time showed insufficient technique and some lack of the fight-ending ability. There were no knockdowns. Scores were: 40-36 (twice) and 39-37.

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16-year old welterweight Khasan Baysangurov (2-0), a younger cousin of ex-WBO light middleweight champion Zaurbek Baysangurov,  was lucky to get a majority decision in a rough fight with debutant Mykhailo Andriets (0-1). Andriets, four years older than Khasan, was also shorter of the two but much more powerful. He pressed the action in the opening couple of rounds. In round three, Baysangurov adjusted his thin frame to Andriets powerful but wild attacks. He used his lanky left jab to measure the distance and added big left hooks to the liver and right hands to trouble Andriets. Both fighters rumbled hard in an even fourth stanza, but Baysangurov was sharper with his assaults. Official scores were: 40-36, 39-38 and 38-38. BoxingScene had it 38-38 - a draw.

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Comebacking Azerbaijani light welterweight Agali Alyshev (20-5-1, 14 KOs) made a short work of kill-or-be-killed opponent in Belorussian import Anton Rusak (6-7, 6 KOs). Alyshev stopped Rusak in two.

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Light welterweight debutant Artiom Savenko (1-0) made his successful pro debut, scoring a unanimous decision over Alexey Kozlov (0-3) over four rounds. Scores were: 40-37 and 40-36 (twice) - for Savenko

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