Scary KO In Heavyweight Main Event Leads To Brawl In And Out Of The Ring!
In the main event from Hamburg, Germany, ethnic Kosovan, German born Albon Pervizaj and Venezuelan Luis Jose Marin Garcia threw down in a heavyweight bomb show main event. It looked as if Garcia wasn’t going to be long for the night as he was almost out several times in the first round, courtesy of practically everything that Pervizaj threw. Unbelievably, Garcia stormed back in round two to hurt Pervizaj! The pace evened out starting in the third as both guys were really gassed.
Proving that a beautiful physique doesn’t mean anything in boxing, Garcia actually seemed to have more energy than Pervizaj down the stretch. Suddenly in the tenth and final round with his back to the ropes, Garcia launched a vicious left hook that stretched Pervizaj on the canvas. Thanks to his own guts and a generous count from the referee, Pervizaj beat the count, only to get bludgeoned to the canvas one final time, with the referee not even bothering to count, waving it off. Pervizaj remained on the canvas for an extended period of time.
Shortly after he was able to get into a sitting position, a melee broke out between members of Pervizaj’s corner and a member of Garcia’s team. The brawl carried out of the ring and even saw someone getting hit with a chair!
For the record, to Garcia improves to 17-11-1, 12 KOs. Pervizaj drops to 19-2, 14 KOs. The time of the stoppage was not read off to the crowd, first due to the severity of the knockout and medical attention needed by Pervizaj, then due to the brawl in and out of the ring.
In an important minimumweight title unification fight, WBA champion Yuko Kuroki of Japan, went up against her WBO counterpart, Sarah Bormann of Germany. Southpaw Kuroki came out fast and accurate to seemingly take the first round. Bormann came out more aggressively in the second which led to headbutts, wrestling and warnings from the referee. In the fourth, Bormann was warned for flagrantly hitting on the break but that didn’t dissuade her from hitting behind the head and other rough house tactics.
Kuroki tried to conduct a disciplined fight while Bormann seemed desperate and reckless in her dogfight tactics.
Kuroki appeared to be able to time Bormann’s rushes better at the halfway point of the bout, jabbing and hooking then moving out of harm’s way. Bormann’s bull rushes cost her in the ninth as she smashed straight into Kuroki’s head and suffered a vertical gash right between her eyes, pouring blood down the front of her face. It all came down to whether or not the judges would favor Bormann’s aggression, as ineffective as it was at times, or Kuroki’s safe but effective boxing. The scores were 97-93,96-95 and 97-93, a split decision for Bormann. The decision did not seem to be met favorably by the German crowd and definitely was not greeted positively by Kuroki’s corner.
The ring announcer did not say which scores were for which fighters, adding to the confusion. Bormann is now the WBO/WBA minimumweight champion and improves to 21-1, 7 KOs. The unlucky Kuroki falls to 25-9-2, 10 KOs.
Croatian heavyweight Petar Milas took on 23-year veteran American Rydell Booker. A left to Booker’s ample midsection dropped him to a knee as the bell sounded to end the third round. Two more body shot knockdowns in the fifth forced the referee to halt matters at 1:54. Milas improves to 19-1, 14KOs. Booker plunges to 27-11-1, 14 KOs.
German cruiserweight Marco Aschenbrenner
took on Dutchman Denzel Oosterwolde in a rock-em, sock-em, no defense battle over four rounds. With little to separate them, the resulting draw was a fitting decision. Again, no scores were read. Aschenbrenner goes to 1-0-1, 1 KO. Oosterwolde is re reportedly now 2-1-1.
Novice German middleweight Daniel Meyer went the four round distance with perennial Croatian loser Anto Nakic. It was a dominant performance, though Meyer suffered a cut right eye in the third, due to a clash of heads. Meyer moves to 2-0, while Nakic loses his 34th straight fight after winning his pro debut eleven years ago, now sits at 1-34!
Opening the show were welterweights Jonny Sanchez (Venezuela) and Vedat Deniz (Germany) in a pedestrian affair. Deniz dropped Sanchez with a right to the body once in the second and once in the fifth, but Sanchez proved durable and resilient to the end. Deniz won by unanimous decision (no scores were read). He improves to 17-0, 10 KOs, while Sanchez falls to 20-8, 13 KOs.
