Comments Thread For: Mikhaylenko-Mayfield Now Official For Kovalev vs. Pascal II

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Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Last week, Ray Robinson suffered injuries in a car accident which caused him to withdraw from his scheduled fight against undefeated welterweight Dmitry "The Mechanic" Mikhaylenko (20-0, 9 KOs). Today Karim "Hard Hitta" Mayfield (19-2-1, 11 KOs) agreed to step in and replace Robinson in the ten-round welterweight co-feature on the Saturday, Jan. 30 HBO World Championship Boxing® telecast which features the much-anticipated rematch between Sergey "Krusher" Kovalev (28-0-1, 25 KOs) and Jean Pascal (30-3-1, 17 KOs) for the WBO, WBA and IBF Light Heavyweight World Championship. The Mikhaylenko-Mayfield bout will be for the vacant USBA Welterweight Title. The HBO telecast begins at 9:45 p.m. ET/PT.
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[Cuban Linx]

Bad style matchup for Mayfield. Mikhaylenko isn't some technical wizard or power puncher, but he's got great endurance and breaks his opponents down slowly over the course of a fight. Puts on relentless pressure. Mayfield tends to slow down during fights and that's not a habit you want to have going up against Mikhaylenko.

Still, If Mayfield wants to resurrect his career this is the type of opponent that he would need to beat. He better be in shape.