Comments Thread For: Olag Maskaev-Danny Williams Early Krasnodar Results

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Russian welterweight champion David Avanesyan (16-1-1, 9 KOs) scored a frightening stoppage of Argentinean Carlos Leonardo Herrera (24-6, 10 KOs) in the second round to acquire a vacant WBC Baltic 147lb title - one, which can hardly be attributed both to the Russia-ased Armenian and his transcontinental opponent.

Herrera, who was earlier stopped in one by Canelo Alvarez, was no match to a much better local battler. Avanesyan combined punching power with hand and foot speed to completely dominate his foe. Herrera tried to bully the Russian Armenian in the second round and paid a dear price. Firstly he was caught with a counter right hook by the local southpaw at the ropes. Then, moments later, Avanesyan landed a multi-punch combination with a finishing right hook, which sent Herrera crushing down and out cold. Several worrying minutes had passed until Herrera showed signs of consciousness before being taken out on stretcher.
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[richardt]

Great. The world awaits not to see which guy moves forward but which guy is less shot, if that is imaginable. Whoopee! Edit: Looks like that is what happened, only neither guy is more shot.

[BattlingNelson]

I thought Maskaev won clearly. But what an appauling fight. Maskaev looked like he needed a cane to get back to his corner after the final bell.

Somebody should stop these guys from this game. Sad, sad fight it was.

[Tobi.G]

This was by far the best heavyweight fight i have ever seen! The pace and the skill level was unbelievable, i have never seen something like that! Now i want Maskaev vs. klitschko!!

[Alec900]

Maskaev vs Wilder is next

[hyeduk]

Alexey, you gotta agree with me, the Avenesyan's KO against Herrera was unnecessary, the referee should have stopped the fight before letting Avanesyan throwing those bombs to defenseless Herrera.

[GStalker]

Alexey, you gotta agree with me, the Avenesyan's KO against Herrera was unnecessary, the referee should have stopped the fight before letting Avanesyan throwing those bombs to defenseless Herrera.

Partially agreed. Koptsev, though an experienced referee, was indeed late with his intervention. The last couple of punches was unnecessary and led to a scar end of what turned out to be a mismatch rather than a really compelling fight.

However, I have nothing against letting the brawl go on after the first knockdown. Firstly, Herrera was hit just once before going down - on a counter left, when he (Herrera) was the aggressor. And he beat the count cleanly. Secondly, it was a minor title fight, which means the contestant should be given extra credit before being switched off the bout. Thirdly, Avanesyan wasn't known as a murderous puncher.

All in all, Koptsev rightfully let the fight on but was bit late with his intervention.