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By Peter Lim - The Soviet Union might have lost the Cold War but that didn’t seem to take the fight out of its boxers.
A trio of fighters from former Soviet Republics, all born around the time the Soviet Empire was disintegrating, reined terror upon their American opponents at the Houston Club on March 22.
Most terrifying of the three, was Russian cruiserweight Medzhid Bektimirov, 7-0 (6 KOs), who cornered 6-foot-five Mathew Thompson, 2-4-1 (1 KO), and separated him from his senses with a volley of wrecking ball lefts and rights in just 23 seconds of the first round. Thompson lay unconscious for several minutes and had to be stretchered out of the ring. [Click Here To Read More]
A trio of fighters from former Soviet Republics, all born around the time the Soviet Empire was disintegrating, reined terror upon their American opponents at the Houston Club on March 22.
Most terrifying of the three, was Russian cruiserweight Medzhid Bektimirov, 7-0 (6 KOs), who cornered 6-foot-five Mathew Thompson, 2-4-1 (1 KO), and separated him from his senses with a volley of wrecking ball lefts and rights in just 23 seconds of the first round. Thompson lay unconscious for several minutes and had to be stretchered out of the ring. [Click Here To Read More]