Bobirzhan Mominov gets through gutcheck in Russia
Earlier in today in Kazan fight fans saw unbeaten Kazakh Bobirzhan Mominov (12-0, 8) [Бобиржан Моминов] narrowly retain his "0" as he squeaked past Armenian born Russian Vaghinak Tamrazyan (17-8, 5) in Kazan. The men, clashing in a 10 round contest for the lightly regarded vacant Eurasian Boxing Parliament Welterweight title, headlined at the Pyramide in what was a disappointing card for Kazakh fighters.
Mominov was in the ring after countrymen Dastan Saduuly and Armen Rysbek had both lost and knew he was carrying the hopes of Kazakh fans on his shoulders. Despite that pressure he started well and looked very sharp in the opening moments, landing some very crisp punches and moving around the ring very well. Despite the success of Mominov he couldn't stop Tamrazyan from having his moments. The most notable of those moments was a sweeping right hand just moments before the bell to end the opening round, with the shot forcing Mominov to lose balance and hit the canvas for the bout's first knockdown.
Despite being dropped in the opening round Mominov recovered well and in round 4 he managed to shake Tamrazyan, who seemed to be on the verge of going down, but gritted it out and remained up right to the end of the round.
From there on the bout was a tough bout for both. Both men proved to be solid, tough, heavy handed fighters who were technically solid. The key between the two seemed to be the speed, energy and youth of Mominov, who looked a bit fresher than his 34 year old foe, but to his credit Tamrazyan looked strong and soaked up a lot on his tight defensive guard. The defensive skills of Tamrazyan, added to his own smart offensive work, saw him getting the eye of the judges at times and he took Mominov into deep waters, with the Kazakh going 10 rounds for the first time.
As a result of the competitive rounds the scorecards were all close, with the judges turning in cards of 95-95, along with 96-94 and 97-97, to give Mominov the majority decision wins.
Interestingly, given those cards, we're guessing the opening round was not scored a 10-8 round, and in fairness it shouldn't have been Mominov was down, but had easily won the round prior to the knockdown, that occurred very, very late in the round.
With the win Mominov picks up the a lightly regarded title, claims his second win of 2020, his career win in Russia, keeps his unbeaten record intact and has now answered some questions in regards to his stamina and gas tank. Tamrazyan on the other hand proved he was much better than his record suggests, and he may well find himself in demand to give prospects a genuine test. He's tough, he's rugged, has a good engine and comes to win, which leaves prospects answering questions, rather than just padding their records.
Mominov was in the ring after countrymen Dastan Saduuly and Armen Rysbek had both lost and knew he was carrying the hopes of Kazakh fans on his shoulders. Despite that pressure he started well and looked very sharp in the opening moments, landing some very crisp punches and moving around the ring very well. Despite the success of Mominov he couldn't stop Tamrazyan from having his moments. The most notable of those moments was a sweeping right hand just moments before the bell to end the opening round, with the shot forcing Mominov to lose balance and hit the canvas for the bout's first knockdown.
Despite being dropped in the opening round Mominov recovered well and in round 4 he managed to shake Tamrazyan, who seemed to be on the verge of going down, but gritted it out and remained up right to the end of the round.
From there on the bout was a tough bout for both. Both men proved to be solid, tough, heavy handed fighters who were technically solid. The key between the two seemed to be the speed, energy and youth of Mominov, who looked a bit fresher than his 34 year old foe, but to his credit Tamrazyan looked strong and soaked up a lot on his tight defensive guard. The defensive skills of Tamrazyan, added to his own smart offensive work, saw him getting the eye of the judges at times and he took Mominov into deep waters, with the Kazakh going 10 rounds for the first time.
As a result of the competitive rounds the scorecards were all close, with the judges turning in cards of 95-95, along with 96-94 and 97-97, to give Mominov the majority decision wins.
Interestingly, given those cards, we're guessing the opening round was not scored a 10-8 round, and in fairness it shouldn't have been Mominov was down, but had easily won the round prior to the knockdown, that occurred very, very late in the round.
With the win Mominov picks up the a lightly regarded title, claims his second win of 2020, his career win in Russia, keeps his unbeaten record intact and has now answered some questions in regards to his stamina and gas tank. Tamrazyan on the other hand proved he was much better than his record suggests, and he may well find himself in demand to give prospects a genuine test. He's tough, he's rugged, has a good engine and comes to win, which leaves prospects answering questions, rather than just padding their records.