Boxing Weigh-In Results: Zaurbek Baysangurov vs. Lukas Konecny
By Media Report on Doghouse Boxing (Oct 6, 2012)
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KIEV, UKRAINE (October 5,
2012) WBO Junior Middleweight World
Champion Zaurbek Baysangurov will defend his title against former world
title challenger and WBO “Interim” Junior Middleweight Champion Lukas Konecny TOMORROW, Saturday,
OCTOBER 6 at the Sport Palace in
Kiev, Ukraine.
At the official weigh-in on Friday in Kiev, Baysangurov
weighed in at 152.5 while Konecny tipped the scales at 153.5. The fight will be
broadcast LIVE on the UK’s premier boxing channel, BoxNation (www.BoxNation.com)
A
native of Samashki, Russia, training for the first time with highly regarded
trainer Abel Sanchez in Big Bear,
California, the 27-year-old Baysangurov, 27-1-0 (20KO’s) is coming off a MAY 12
unanimous decision victory over Michel
Soro in Brovari, Ukraine, the first defense of his title. He is currently
on an eight bout-winning streak.
Along
with training under Sanchez, Baysangurov is a training partner of WBA/IBO Middleweight World Champion Gennady
Golovkin.
“I’m
looking forward to defending my title against Konecny, he is a very good
fighter but I’m looking forward to showing my improvement from this camp with
Abel Sanchez” said Baysangurov. “Training with Gennady has also helped a great
deal in my preparation.”
Continued Alexander Krassyuk, General Director
of K2 Promotions-Ukraine, “We’re
very anxious to see a much improved performance from Zaurbek. He’s been in camp
in Big Bear, California for ten weeks and he knows this is biggest fight of his
career. Were expecting a huge crowd at the Sport Palace tomorrow night.”
Fighting
out of the Czech Republic, Konecny has won twelve in a row since losing a
majority decision to former WBO Champion
Serhiy Dzinziruk on APRIL 26, 2008, in Dresden, Germany. In his last
outing, Konecny won the Interim WBO
Junior Middleweight World Title by stopping Salim Larbi in the seventh round on APRIL 5 in Brno, Czech
Republic.
Stated Tom Loeffler, managing director of
K2 Promotions, “Baysangurov has been training diligently in Big Bear with Abel
and Gennady for the last two months. He’s very anxious to get back in the ring
for this title defense against Lucas Konecny and we’re looking for big things
from him with Abel.”
“Similar
to Golovkin, Baysangurov is also looking forward to fighting in the United
States and is willing to face any of the other title holders or top rated
contenders at junior middleweight.”
“His
only loss is to IBF Junior Middleweight World
Champion Cornelius “K9” Bundrage in 2008 and he would welcome an
opportunity to avenge that loss or face the Miguel Cotto/Austin Trout winner, Canelo Alvarez, James Kirkland, Demetrius Andrade or anyone of the
top names in the division.
“We feel
that Baysangurov is the best junior middleweight in the world and in the future
we intend to prove that fighting the best in the division.
ABOUT K2 PROMOTIONS
K2 Promotions currently promotes the unified heavyweight
champions, Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko. Over the last decade, K2
Promotions has promoted the most heavyweight championship title bouts of any
promoter worldwide. K2 Promotions is one of Boxing’s most respected promoters
showcasing boxing’s biggest events in the US and Europe at some of the world’s
premier venues.
For more information, please visit their website at
http://www.k2ukraine.com/
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