Beneath the brilliant lights of the Traktor Ice Enviornment in Chelyabinsk, Russia, hometown fighter Elnur Samedov turned stress into gold.
Samedov claimed the WBA Interim tremendous featherweight World Title with an Eleventh-round TKO over Colombia’s John Lenon Gutierrez in a grueling battle outlined by tempo, persistence, and punishment.
From the opening bell, Samedov set a suffocating tempo. He minimize off the ring with precision, took away Gutierrez’s escape routes, and compelled the taller Colombian to battle at shut quarters. Gutierrez tried to ascertain distance behind his attain benefit, however the Russian’s relentless stress started breaking him down by the center rounds.
The primary main breakthrough got here within the seventh. Samedov detonated a pointy mixture that despatched Gutierrez to the canvas for the primary time. To his credit score, the Colombian rose and confirmed large grit, remaining aggressive over the following few rounds regardless of absorbing heavy hearth.
However within the eleventh, the dam lastly broke.
Samedov unleashed a sustained assault, scoring one other knockdown and trapping Gutierrez alongside the ropes with unanswered photographs. Seeing no efficient return and with the challenger defenseless, the referee stepped in to halt the competition.
With the victory, Samedov improves to 22-1 (11 KOs) and secures the black-and-gold strap. Gutierrez falls to 11-1, struggling the primary defeat of his skilled profession in what was additionally his European debut.
