Rudolf Durica (Slovakia) vs Paolo Barvero (Italy)
A high quality technical match, with Rudolf dominating all three rounds to win
on points. No shame for Paolo, cos Rudolf was just obviously better.
Result: Rudolf Durica won by unanimous decision.
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QF2
Dennis Varaxa (Ukraine) vs Daniel Mashamaite (South Africa)
Looked like a David-Goliath match with Dennis standing like a giant in
front of Daniel. Dennis was too big and powerful for Daniel, but
received a lot of "boos" for acting cocky in the ring. Dennis scored an
8-count in the second round and kept dominating the third round...
However, the match was finished dramatically when Dennis knocked Daniel
out with a head butt. The decision was made to grant Daniel the win by
disqualifying Dennis.
Result: Daniel Mashamaite won by DQ.
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QF3
Santichai Swish (Thailand) vs Abbas Ahmadi (Iran)
Probably the closest quarterfinal. Santichai was the better man in the
ring in the first round, but seemed to be out of gas in the second.
Abbas took all the initiative in the second round. In the third
round, Santichai had himself refreshed and finally walked away with
a close points decision.
Result: Santichai Swish won by split decision.
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QF4
Andrei Kulebin (Belarus) vs Chawan Dasri (Cambodia)
Again, it is a match of very high quality. The first round was quite
even and Andrei started to take control of the rhythm in the second
round. Chawan almost survived all three rounds but the match was
stopped only three seconds before the end of the final round due to
a bad cut on Chawan's face.
Result: Andrei Kulebin won by 3rd round TKO.
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SM1
Rudolf Durica
went straight into the final as Daniel Mashamiate was unfit for semifinal.
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SM2
Andrei
Kulebin vs Santichai Swish
Both fighters went toe-to-toe in the first round and performed a very
exciting round. Andrei finished Santichai up in the middle of second
round with a powerful hook to the body.
Result: Andrei Kulebin won by 2nd round KO.
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Final
Rudolf
Durica vs Andrei Kulebin
Everybody expected another "Fight of the Century". However, the final
was finished unexpectedly early as Andrei caught Rudolf's left eye
with an elbow. The match was stopped twice, and Rudolf was very
determined to fight on. However, the bleeding was too bad and doctor
had no choice but to stop Rudolf from continuing. It was very
unfortunate for Rudolf but Andrei once again had proved that he
deserved to be on top of the world.
Result: Andrei Kulebin won by 1st round TKO.
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Other matches:
Wong Wai Tik def. Tong Wan Yin -
Unanimous decision
Shing Wai Lun def. Wong King Lung - Unanimous decision
Shinji Ichinose def. Lau Tak Yau - Majority decision
Ramazan Ramazanov def. Baek Si Wang - 2nd round KO
Kwok Ka man def. Lee kam Yam Kenneth - 1st round KO
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SUPERFIGHTS
including:
NATE SMANDYCH
(Calgary)
vs.
CHOI YIU NAM
(Hong Kong)