CompuBox: Mohammedi With Big Edge on Dudchenko
Nadjib Mohammedi KO 7 Anatoliy Dudchenko - Mohammedi had a 123-17 edge in punches landed over the robotic Dudchenko over the last five rounds- 69-5 in rounds five and six.
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Dudchenko Slams Stevenson, Talks Hopkins, More
A year ago Anatoliy Dudchenko was on the outside of the light heavyweight division looking in. Unable to make his mark on sport, drifting into his mid 30's when his manager Lawrence Rozenburg decided to bring someone aboard with boxing experience in the form of Vince Caruso who had worked with Marco Antonio Barrera in the past. After an initial stay busy fight, Dudchenko’s (19-2, 13 knockouts) big break came in his most recent bout 8-moths ago when he travelled from his now home in Los Angeles to Oldenburg, Germany where on the undercard of Arthur Abraham-Giovani De Carolis, Dudchenko took on previously unbeaten Robert Woge.
Mohammedi Confident Game Plan Shocks Dudchenko
Wilkes-Barre, PA: Nadjib Mohammedi (35-3, 20 KOs) grew up in the ghettos of France surrounded by mobsters, fighting to survive and now he is in the United States, for the first time in his life, fighting for the chance to face Bernard Hopkins for the IBF Light Heavyweight World Championship. At today's fighter meetings with NBCSN Fight Night Mohammedi provided a little more insight into his background and his career leading up to tomorrow's fight.
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Photos: Dudchenko-Mohammedi Final Press Conference
Main Events’ CEO Kathy Duva – Welcome to the beautiful Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. This is our first fight here. This spectacular destination has everything you could want: gaming, shopping and entertainment. We are blessed to be able to come here for the first of hopefully many, many great events. Last weekend, Chris Algieri became the second Fight Night veteran, after Sergey Kovalev, to win a world title in the two and a half years we have been on the air. Many fighters either were introduced to the US public for the first time or renewed their careers on Fight Night. World title challengers: Curtis Stevens, Gabriel Rosado, Jesus Soto Karass, Zab Judah and Jerry Belmontes. Top ten heavyweight contenders: Czar Glazkov, Steve Cunningham, Tomasz Adamek, Tyson Fury, Amir Mansour, Bryant Jennings and Eddie Chambers. Top two Cruiserweight contender Thabiso Mchunu was introduced. Top two light heavyweight contender Isaac Chilemba and former light heavyweight world champion Gabriel Campillo have appeared. That’s 17 shows and I just read 17 names.
Duva: Dudchenko-Mohammedi Winner In Line For Shot
While Adonis Stevenson and Bernard Hopkins plan for a discussed light heavyweight unification match this fall, Main Events is doing its part to ensure that at least one of its fighters remains in their sights. A June 21 showdown between Anatoliy Dudchenko and Nadjib Mohammedi headlines the next installment of NBC Sports Network Fight Night series, but the matchup alone isn’t what has promoter Kathy Duva feeling giddy. The bout comes with the prize of the winner earning a mandatory title shot at Hopkins.
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