Former IBF Jr. Middleweight champion pulled a rabbit out of his has as he came back from being knocked down and rocked on several occasions to come back to stop Dionisio Miranda in round ten of their scheduled twelve round IBF Middleweight elimination bout at the Glendale Auditorium in Glendale, California.
The first couple rounds were fought evenly until Miranda rocked Karmazin with a huge right hand that had the former champion in serious trouble in round three. Karmazin showed his veteran grit by being able to box and hold on until he gained his senses to survive the round. In round four, the two combatants clashed heads and a cut developed around the left eye of Miranda.
Karmazin got back in the fight as he boxed well and put some nice combination’s together to pull close on the cards. In round nine, Miranda landed a huge right that was followed up by a lesser right that sent Karmazin to the canvas. Miranda had over two minutes to finish the fight but Karmazin ducked and held and took some decent body shots and got out of the round.
In round ten, Karmazin landed a big right of his own and stunningly put Miranda on his back. Karmazin showed the experience that Miranda couldn’t as he was able to land some hard shots and drop Miranda for a second time that forced referee James Jen-Kin to stop the fight at 2:37.
With the win, Karmazin, 158 1/2 lbs of St. Petersburg, Russia will now stand to face IBF Middleweight champion Sebastian Sylvester as he notched his fortieth victory against three losses and one draw with twenty-six knockouts. Miranda, 155 1/2 lbs of Barranquilla, Colombia is now 20-5-2.
Anatoliy Dudchenko scored three knockdown en route to an easy six round unanimous decision over Isaac Atencio in a Light Heavyweight bout.
Dudchenko scored knockdowns on right hands in both rounds one and two and again dropped that over matched Atencio again in round five with a left.
All cards read 60-51.
Dudchenko, 175 3/4 lbs is now 7-2. Atencio, 174 1/2 lbs of Denver, CO is now 2-2-1.
Heavyweight Andrey Fedosov stopped faded journeyman Lionel Butler in round two of a scheduled eight round bout.
The two exchanged some solid shots in round one. In round two, Fedosov dropped Butler with a short right hand. Seconds later Fedosov rocked Butler with another right on the inside he than followed up with a another right hand that sent Butler to the canvas for a second time that forced referee Lou Moret to stop the bout at 2:37 of round two.
Fedosov, 223 lbs of St. Petersburg, Russia is now 21-1 with seventeen knockouts. Butler, 276 3/4 lbs of Valencia, CA is now 32-16-1.
