On Monday night, February 2, as part of the Zuffa Boxing 2 tournament at the Meta Apex arena in Las Vegas (USA), the former holder of the interim title in the first middleweight (up to 69.9 kg), Ukrainian Serhiy Bogachuk (27 wins, 24 of them by knockout, 3 losses), who had previously defeated a 192-centimeter boxer from the United States, snatched a very difficult victory from the former champion of the lower division, Russian Rajab Butaev (16 wins, 12 of them by knockout, 2 losses).
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The boxer from the aggressor country, who lives in the United States, gave Bohachuk a lot of trouble. However, two of the three judges gave the Ukrainian the victory after 10 rounds — 96:94, 94:96, 96:94.
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According to the statistics of the computerized Compubox system, Bogachuk landed more accurate punches overall (317 vs. 255). At the same time, Butaev surpassed our compatriot in power punches (224 vs. 206), but completely lost in jabs (31 vs. 111).
Vinnytsia native Serhiy Bogachuk celebrated his 27th professional victory. Recall that he has only two defeats. In March 2021, he lost by knockout to American Brandon Adams, and in August 2024, he lost the WBC Interim world champion title, losing by split decision to his opponent from the United States, Virgil Ortiz. Serhiy ended all his other fights, except for the last three, with early victories.
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Previously, “FACTS” reported that the boxer who sent the native of Asia into a severe knockout was brutally beaten in the ring.
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