In the U.S. city of Stockton was the match for the title of world champion on Boxing in heavy weight under version IBF. In the fifth round of Russian Artur Beterbiev won by TKO over American Radivoje by Caladium and the second time he defended the title. After the fight he admitted that he is ready to do battle with other holders of the championship belts.
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For the next fight in his career, Artur Beterbiev came in the status of clear favourites. In favor of the Russians spoke vast experience in Amateur Boxing skills and knockout punch. By this time he had 13 fights in the professional ring, and each of them finished ahead of schedule. Was no exception and battle with Radivoje by Caladium, during which athletes have not been on the ring for half the scheduled time.
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In anticipation of the battle, the American of Bosnian descent has publicly predicted his victory, pointing out the weaknesses of the opponent. He gave tribute to Beterbiev, but drew attention to the fact that the Russians very often skips beats. According to him, this could well be the deciding factor in this battle. Apparently, Arthur took seriously the statements of his opponent and rushed to the attack. A few seconds after the Gong sounds, he had a powerful combination and quickly took down with his counterpart.
Already during the first three-minute has become very clear the tactics of the athletes to fight. If Kalajic tried to actively move around the ring and act as the second number, then Beterbiev fearlessly walked forward, firing his opponent’s powerful blows, many of which were just in my head. Nevertheless, by the end of the round Arthur slowed down a little bit and even was on the floor. Leaning backwards, he stumbled over the leg of the opponent and found himself on the canvas, but the referee did not open the account. The American got excited about and even scored an impressive sequence of four straight side to the body.
The second round took place on a similar scenario. Beterbiev quickly shortened the distance and fired at his opponent’s powerful blows, and, Kalajic preferred to act more rationally. He moved well around the ring, did not hesitate to clinch and continued to avoid melee. Before the fight Arthur’s superiority in power was no doubt due to careless of what the exchange could quickly draw a line under Radivoje part in the battle.
World champ @ABeterbiev unleashes a barrage and scores a technical knockdown!!#BeterbievHotRodpic.twitter.com/Vx8TVUnDR3
— Top Rank Boxing (@trboxing) may 5, 2019.
As it turned out, Kalajic have enough exposure only for the first six minutes of battle. By the middle of the second round he got careless and got into an exchange of blows with Beterbiev. The Russians almost completely killed the opponent, and even forced to trigger the knockdown. In an attempt to stop the advance of the rival American knelt down and gave the judge a reason to open an account. The rest of the round Radivoje received some hefty direct and miraculously stood on his feet.
After the “massacre” in the third round, Kalajic was clearly not in the best condition. Talked about this medical examinations, which began as a fourth round and the fifth. Both times the doctor found the American is able to continue the fight, but his actions spoke otherwise. Despite the abundance of missed punches, he went forward and again came under fire Beterbiev. Over a certain period of the fight he beat his opponent, almost giving that chance to recover. Arthur pinched Radivoje in the corner and rained a flurry of blows, forcing him often to flee in the clinch.
The ref stops the fight after @ABeterbiev proves to be too much for Kalajdzic. The world champ retains his belt with a TKO victory!!#BeterbievHotRodpic.twitter.com/oos50omeHq
— Top Rank Boxing (@trboxing) may 5, 2019.
The judge long time watching the one-sided fight, but in the fifth round he ran out of patience. After another sweeping attack in the performance of Beterbiev he stood between the athletes and announced to stop the fight. Arthur scored 14 early victory in his career and the second time defended the title of world champion light heavyweight champion under version IBF.
The audience was met with displeasure the decision of the referee to stop the match, which upset Beterbiev. The reaction of the Russian boxer, it was evident that he was clearly disappointed by the end of a fight and willing to continue the fight.
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“I’m unhappy with my performance. Perhaps my opponent didn’t give me a chance to demonstrate their talents”, — quotes Beterbiev Boxing Scene.
In addition, the Russian athlete recalled that in the near future expects to hold a unification fight with one of the world Champions at light heavyweight. In addition to the Beterbiev, titles his own countrymen Sergey Kovalev and Dmitry Bivol and Ukrainian Alexander Gvozdik.
“I want to become the absolute world champion,” added the athlete.
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“There is a possibility of these (the unification. — RT) fights,” said Arum.