Artur Subkhankulov won again at IBA Champions’ Night Ufa at the Ufa Arena, dominating his eight-round 60kg match against Roland Galos of Hungary and defending his IBA Pro European Champion title.

Those early rounds saw Subkhankulov the more aggressive fighter, feeling out his foe more and more as the bout went on. Galos looked comfortable in the first half of the match but was equally not too ambitious. Subkhankulov had to be given credit for being active on the front foot and looking to find a way through the Hungarian’s wall of defence. Galos would have some of his best attacks in the final two rounds but would come up against a harder attack from the Russian. It looked comfortably his victory, and a roar came around the Ufa Arena, as Subkhankulov had his arm raised.

Danis Gabdrafikov held off an animated attack from Misheelt Battumur of Mongolia to win in the 67kg division.

Gabdrafikov utilised his left hand throughout, faking with the right and in the early rounds, landing to the chest. In those later three minutes, he targeted the head more. Battumur was certainly no pushover. He looked lively throughout the competition and replied with several feisty hooks to the head and body of the Russian. The Mongolian never took the heat off his opponent, but it was not enough to win favor with the judges.

Dzhambulat Bizhamov won his 75kg contest with Juan Narvaez from Colombia, five rounds into an eight-round bout.

Early in the match, Bizhamov was lacing together lovely combinations against the 19-year-old, who was mostly strong on the defence, but was not landing enough attacks of his own. The Russian was picking out punishing, accurate blows that started to really take its toll in the fourth round. The fifth round seemed to be leading one way – and that was Narvaez on the floor. After trying to retort in round four and being punished for it, the Colombian soaked up punches for nearly three whole minutes before crumbling in the corner, losing by knockout.

In the only women’s contest of the night, Russia’s Azaliya Amineva won in her first IBA professional contest at 66kg against Tanzania’s Rehema Mafundo in just one round. An inconspicuous start in the first round ended with Mafundo being pummeled by Amineva in the corner. Although managing to dodge many shots, the heavy hits piled out and led to the visiting boxer not seeking any continuation into round two, giving the Russian the TKO victory.

Vadim Musaev won the WBA Asia Welterweight title after dominating Paulus Amavila of Namibia with an early knockout in a 10-round contest.

Musaev nearly ended the match within 90 seconds, clipping Amavila with a right hand and a follow-up flurry to send him staggering to the floor. A left hook in the second round created a second knockdown and despite a quiet third, the Russian knocked Amavila down three times in just over a minute at the start of the fourth round. A completely one-sided affair as the Namibian struggled to keep his guard up and nimble on his feet.

Alokhon Abdullaev from Uzbekistan emerged victorious over eight rounds in the 75kg division, defeating his Central Asian opponent, Saparbay Aidarov from Kazakhstan.

Abdullaev attacked from the back foot, frustrating Aidarov from distance for a few rounds as the Kazakh struggled to land many blows by the halfway stage. But round five was a definite improvement for Aidarov, managing to close that gap to the Uzbek as the match got deeper. Abdullaev noticeably slowed down and Aidarov was able to land more blows as the contest went on, but the Uzbek fighter was the more successful in that passive stance, landing quality jabs throughout at arm’s length.

In the opening bout, Egor Kozorezov defeated Akshay Chahal from India in the 63.5kg division.

Kozorezov started spritely, evading Chahal a lot, but would soon head into unknown territory having never boxed past round three. In the later rounds, Chahal stepped into his opponent more often, understanding aggression was needed to overcome his younger foe. However, it was clear that Kozorezov was the winner after six rounds.

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