Flamboyant Russian Sergey Vorobyev (9-0, 6 KOs), national light middleweight champion, came back to the 147lb division and showed solid skills and mastery against dangerous Vazir Tamoyan (12-3-1, 3 KOs), dominating him over eight rounds of a non-title special attraction.
Vorobyev dropped Tamoyan with a cracking right hand in the third round but was deducted a point for low blows in the fifth. Other than that, flashy Vorobyev had little problems with his opponent winning a wide unanimous decision.
Vorobyev is best known for his win over then 34-0 Konstantin Ponomarev in the undercard of Usyk vs. Gassiev.
Kazakhstani slugger Aidos Yerbossynuly (13-0, 9 KOs) capped off another solid year in the pros with his third victory, dominating brave yet limited Omar Garcia to the eighth-round stoppage.
Well-travelled Yerbossynuly was rated #2 by the WBA and #8 by the WBO in the super middleweight division. Meanwhile, the equally well travelled Garcia was fighting for the fifth (and for the fourth consecutive) time in Russia.
Yerbossynuly, 28, was just tighter and more refined than Garcia, one year his senior. The latter was brave and didn’t hesitate to exchange leather with the Kazakh - mostly with the negative outcome. There were no knockdowns but Aidos’ dominance increased with each fought minute.
In round eight, Yerbossynuly connected with a serious combination, wobbling Garcia. The Venezuelan leaned forward, and was tackled down. It wasn’t ruled a knockdown but he was still wobbling after getting up forcing a stoppage from referee Leszek Jankowiak.
Yerbossynuly retained a handful of titles, including WBO Global, WBA Continental and WBC Asian Boxing Council Continental super middleweight titles. Garcia drops down to 15-3, 12 KOs.
Rising Spanish prospect Samuel Carmona (3-0, 2 KOs) passed his toughest career test by outpointing Filipino Enrique Magsalin (7-3-2, 1 KO) over eight rounds.
The 23-year old Spaniard, who is signed by the Patriot Russian promotional outfit, was flashy and delivered with vengeance against durable, well-taught but way too basic opponent. Magsalin showed some solid skills but lacked some subtle finesse, possessed by 2016 Rio quarterfinalist and 2017 WC bronze medalist.
The decision was unanimous for Carmona but no scores were announced. BoxingScene saw it 78-74 in his favor.