Tournament «Tornado in the Ring», Odesa, 5 Jul 2008

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Next boxing tournament organized by «K2 East Promotions» will be held in Odessa Palace of Sports (Odessa is a big city south of Ukraine). It will be the sixth big boxing event out of planned ten carried out by K2 all over Ukraine this year. It got the name «Tornado in the Ring». The tournament will be crowned by two title bouts. Avtandil Khurtsidze, a spectacular middleweight from Georgia (15–1–2, 11 KOs) and unbeaten cruiserweight Vitaliy Rusal (20–0, 13 KOs) will fight for the vacant WBA Inter-Continental middleweight title and WBA Inter-Continental heavyweight title respectively.

In the undercard there will be fights of Dmitrij Nikulin (12-0, 4 KOs), Alik Murtazaliev (6-1, 4 KOs), Vladimir Chanturia (11-0, 7 KOs), Timur Akhundov (5-1, 3 KOs), Valentin Golovko (2-0, 1 KOs). After six-month interval Valeriy Brazhnik (17-0, 10 KOs) will step into the ring too. Brazhnik is WBC welterweight champ of CIS and Slavonic countries. It is worth noting that Brazhnik had to stay away from the ring due to serious hand injury which occurred in his last fight.

Fightcard

Avtandil Khurtsidze [15-1-2, 11] W MD 12 (12) Javier Alberto Mamani [34-6-1, 19]

More about this fightMiddleweight (160 lbs)
WBA Intercontinental Title
Referee cards: 118-111, 115-115, 118-110

Vitaliy Rusal [20-0-0, 14] W TKO 7 (12) Laszlo Hubert [14-1-0, 7]

More about this fightCruiserweight (190 lbs)
Vacant IBO Inter-Continental cruiserweight title
Hubert stood on his knee twice in 6th and once in 7th rounds

Dmitrij Nikulin [12-0-0, 4] W UD 6 (6) Vladimir Borovski [19-31-1, 9]

More about this fightSuper Welterweight (154 lbs)

Vladimer Chanturia [11-0-0, 7] W TKO 6 (8) Paata Berikashvili [7-6-0, 5]

More about this fightHeavyweight (unlimited)

Allaudin Murtazaliev [6-1-0, 4] W RTD 4 (6) Yuriy Skachko [0-1-0, 0]

More about this fightSuper Middleweight (168 lbs)

Timur Ahundov [5-1-0, 3] L UD 4 (4) Maxim Ivshyn [0-0-0, 0]

More about this fightSuper Featherweight (130 lbs)
Referee cards: 56-59, 57-58, 55-59

Valery Brazhnik [17-0-0, 10] W TKO 3 (8) David Tlashadze [3-6-0, 1]

More about this fightWelterweight (147 lbs)

Oleksandr Chervyak [5-0-0, 1] W UD 6 (6) Gennadiy Rasalev [2-0-0, 1]

More about this fightSuper Middleweight (168 lbs)

Ruslan Melnik [2-0-0, 0] W UD 6 (6) Delshot Abdullaev [7-2-0, 3]

More about this fightSuper Lightweight (140 lbs)

Galleries

Gallery | Avtandil Khurtsidze vs Javier Alberto Mamani

Fight Avtandil Khurtsidze vs Javier Alberto Mamani

Fight

Gallery | Allaudin Murtazaliev vs Yuriy Skachko

Fight Allaudin Murtazaliev vs Yuriy Skachko

Fight Timur Ahundov vs Maxim Ivshyn

Fight

Gallery | Oleksandr Chervyak vs Gennadiy Rasalev

Fight Oleksandr Chervyak vs Gennadiy Rasalev

Gallery | Ruslan Melnik vs Delshot Abdullaev

Fight Ruslan Melnik vs Delshot Abdullaev

Tournament news

6 Jul 2008 » 20:42

Avtandil Khurtsidze: «Music in the arena prevented me from early stoppage» At the post-fight presser, Avtandil Khurtsidze, new WBA Inter-Continental middleweight champion, was laconic. He thanked Odessa fans for support and joked that Georgian music played in the arena during the fight prevented him from early stoppage read more ...

5 Jul 2008 » 22:53

Avtandil Khurtsidze and Vitaly Rusal – new Inter-Continental champions! In the main even of a huge boxing tournament «Tornado in the Ring» which was organized in Odessa by «K2 East Promotions» promotional company Avtandil Khurtsidze, a Ukrainian based Georgian, clashed with an experienced Argentinean Javier Alberto Mamani for the vacant WBA Inter-Continental middleweight title read more ...

4 Jul 2008 » 19:59

«Tornado in the Ring» heroes make weight Today participants of «Tornado in the Ring» tournament went through the last trial – official weigh-in.

Both Avtandil Khurtsidze (15-1-2, 11 KOs) Alberto Mamani (34-6-1, 19 KOs) did not waste time and passed the test at the first dash read more ...

4 Jul 2008 » 19:48

Rusal and Akhundov will face late subs There was a sudden change of opponents of both Vitaly Rusal (20-0, 13 KOs) and Timur Akhundov (5-1, 3 KOs). Instead of Hungarian Jozsef Nagy who did not manage to leave Hungary due to passport problems Rusal will clash read more ...

3 Jul 2008 » 01:09

«Tornado in the Ring» – boxing fest in Odessa! Pre-fight presser was held in Odessa at which participants of a huge boxing tournament «Tornado in the Ring» were officially introduced to mass media and fans. «Tornado in the Ring» is organized by «K2 East Promotions» and it will be the sixth big boxing event out of planned ten tournaments carried out by K2 all over Ukraine this year. The name of the boxing fest – «Tornado in the Ring» – is not random read more ...

1 Jul 2008 » 14:00

Avtandil Khurtsidze: «I am not interested in boxing in which fighters run from each other» We offer your attention an interview with promising middleweight Avtandil Khurtsidze (15-1-2, 11 KOs) from «K2 East Promotions» promotional company. In less than a week Avtandil will clash with Argentinean Javier Alberto Mamani (34-6-1, 19 KOs) for vacant WBA Inter-Continental middleweight belt. This fight will be the main event of a huge boxing tournament to be held in Odessa on July 5th read more ...

1 Jul 2008 » 12:20

Champions change professions! Vyacheslav Uzelkov, WBA Inter-Continental light heavyweight champion, and Maxim Bursak, IBF Youth middleweight champ, will temporarily change their occupation. Both key boxers of «K2 East Promotions» promotional company will act as sports commentators at «Megasport», Ukrainian sports TV channel read more ...

26 Jun 2008 » 18:25

Khurtsidze, Rusal prepared to clash - names of their opponents revealed! Finally rivals were named to clash with Avtandil Khurtsidze (15-1-2, 11 KOs) and Vitaliy Rusal (20-0, 14 KOs) for vacant WBA Inter-Continental middleweight title and vacant WBA Inter-Continental cruiserweight title respectively

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18 Jun 2008 » 13:44

«Tornado in the Ring» hits Odessa! Next boxing tournament organized by «K2 East Promotions» will be held on July 5th in Odessa Palace of Sports (Odessa is a big city south of Ukraine). It will be the sixth big boxing event out of planned ten carried out by K2 all over Ukraine this year. It got the name «Tornado in the Ring». The tournament will be crowned by two title bouts read more ...