In a WBC cruiserweight eliminator, WBC silver champion Thabiso “The Rock” Mchunu (23-5, 13 KOs) scored a clear cut twelve round unanimous decision over previously unbeaten Evgeny Tishchenko (8-1, 6 KOs) on Saturday night at the RCC Boxing Academy in Ekaterinburg, Russia. Tishchenko. the 2016 Olympic gold medalist at heavyweight, at 6’5 had a good six inches on Mchunu. However, he was mainly content to jab from long range while Mchunu scored inside with power shots. Scores were 117-111, 119-109, 117-111. With the win, Mchunu landed a rematch with WBC champion Ilunga Makabu.
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Well, I got this one completely wrong. Thought Tishchenko would win this on points hands down.
Me too.
Mchunu is one of the most skilled cruisers in the game, but he has been an under- achiever, He went down after losing to Makabu on a “come from behind” ko.
This totally upset plans. Glad Mchunu won though. He’s been deserving of that title shot for a while now.
Mchunu did well to win, even not being as busy as he used to when he was younger. He put in a good performance in this fight. Well done.
Just watched this on YouTube. Was very surprised to see a guy of Tishchenko’s pedigree look as lost as he did. Seemed like he was trying to find an angle to attack Mchunu, but couldn’t come up with anything. Seemed way too worried about getting hit by a guy who’s not a huge banger. He did nothing for stretches, then missed badly when he let his hands go. I literally didn’t see him land a single damaging punch.
On the flipside, great performance by Mchunu. He rendered the much taller Tishchenko’s jab useless, and didn’t have much problem landing his own jab. The 119-109 scorecard seems about right to me. Looking forward to the Makabu-Mchunu rematch.
Tishchenko may do good things in the future, but he went to school tonight. Can’t help but wonder what Javon Sugar Hill might be able to do with him.
Fight looked like an actual boxer against…… a giant, awkward robot. WTH did I just watch.