Tokyo 2020 Olympic silver medalist Muslim Gadzhimagomedov (4-0, 3 KOs) scored a fourth round TKO over Zhaoxin Zhang (12-3-1, 7 KOs) to claim the vacant WBA bridgerweight title on Friday night in Serpukhov, Russia. Gadzhimagomedov pounded on Zhang until the bout was waved off by the referee. The title became vacant after former champion Evgeny Tishchenko tested positive for banned substances.
In the co-feature, Tokyo 2020 Olympian Albert Batyrgaziev (11-0, 8 KOs) stopped former champ Jono Carroll (24-3-1, 7 KOs) in round nine to claim the WBA interim super featherweight belt. Carroll down twice.
So you have a record of 3 fights and you get a shot at a world title and in your 4th fight you are a world champion. What a load of bs, especially the BW division is. Boxing and it’s splintered multitude of champions is a joke, just fake. Not Gadzhimagomedov that is at fault, he did what he had to do.
Let’s get some hot Bridgerweight unification action happening.
Wait till they come out with the Super Bridgerweight and Light Bridgerweight belts.
It is ridiculous and waters down what it means to be a champion.
This has been happening for decades and boxing is the ultimate loser.
Malph, lets fight for the Interim Light Bridgerweight belt. Pay per view of course.
Yawn ,,,,
Gadzhimagomedov said his ultimate dream is to meet the boy the bridgerweight divison is named after.
The ole I’m to lazy to make cruiser and to weak for heavyweight title.
Anybody over 200 lbs is a heavyweight. At 200 pounds you should hold a major speed advantage over larger opponents. Also at 200 pounds you should have massive power.
If you are not on PEDs your fighting weight has to be the lowest weight you are most comfortable with and able to avoid blacking out from fatigue in late rounds. Usyk is truly a unique fighter – being HW champ without massive gain of Muscle like EVan Fields in the 90’s
Why are we still takling about the bridgerweight division ? Ystk proces that a good (in his case great) fighter Can compete at heavyweight. It boils down to talent not size
Why are we still takling about the bridgerweight division ? Ysyk proved that a good (in his case great) fighter Can compete at heavyweight. It boils down to talent not size
Why are we still takling about the bridgerweight division ? Ysyk proved that a good (in his case great) fighter Can compete at heavyweight. It boils down to talent not size