Alexander Kubich Blasts Out Joey Vegas in Three

By Alexey Sukachev

Kirill Pchelnikov's Pushka Promotions (in association with the Ultimatum Promotions) continued their recent activities with the second installment in less than a week by staging a nice-packed little card in Gomel, Belarus.

In the main event, Russian cruiserweight Alexander Kubich (8-0, 5 KOs) got his best career win by knocking out rugged Ugandan veteran Joey Vegas (17-12-2, 10 KOs) in the third round. Vegas looked better and sharper in the opening round and a subsequent one but was finished off with a single body shot, which had him down and out for several painful minutes.

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Undercard:

Maxim Sirota's combined record of the opponents was 1-18-1, coming into his fight with experienced, upset-minded Russian Sergey Beloshapkin, whose record was twelve times better - 12-18-1, 4 KOs. Beloshapkin has almost pulled it this time as well, losing just barely with a split decision over six rounds. Sirota, tested for the first time, is now 8-0, 6 KOs.

Fighting through visible pain, former fringe super bantamweight and featherweight contender Andrey Isaev (29-5, 9 KOs) lost the first couple of rounds against recent Tajik debutant Firdous Azzimjonov (1-2) but managed to get a decision win over six.

In the best fight of the night, local hero Kirill Samodurov improved to 5-0, 2 KOs, with a terrific stoppage of Moscow-based Uzbek Izzat Ibragimov (2-4, 1 KO) in the fifth round. Ibragimov was also down in the third.

Also, Dmitry Miliusha (5-0, 1 KO) dominated Moscow-based Cameroonian Valere Essomba Ngono (1-9) over six. Ngono was rocked several times but never went down.